The Attic (magazine)

The Attic

Type of site	Online magazine
Headquarters	Bucharest, Romania Oslo, Norway
Founder(s)	Dragoș Rusu
URL	www.the-attic.net
Launched	December 19, 2014

The Attic Magazine is an online music magazine. The magazine has branches in Bucharest, Romania, and Oslo, Norway, and additional mobile offices in various European countries. The magazine focuses on a wide variety of music genres, and also features editorial investigation concerning different world cultures.^[1][2] The magazine has also been involved in organizing significant musical events including the Outernational Days festival^[3][4] and other events in the capital.^[5] The magazine has been referenced in several Romanian magazines including Dilema veche^[6] and România liberă,^[7] British pop culture magazine The Quietus,^[8] and the British avant-garde music magazine The Wire.^[4]

Background

Dragoș Rusu is the magazine's editor in chief.^[9][6][10] The magazine had its launch party at clubul Control din București (Control club in Bucharest) on December 19, 2014.^[11] The magazine features music from various genres and times.^[1]

Activities

The magazine has organized music concerts with world music acts, including Senyawa (from Indonesia), Praed (from Lebanon), and the Thai music group, Paradise Bangkok International Molam Band.^[9][12] In 2015 it contributed an article to Kaput Magazine in an editorial exchange.^[13]

References

1. Nedelcu, Cristi (2014-12-17). "Travka, Temple Invisible si lansare The Attic saptamana asta la Control". Metalhead (.ro).
2. "About The Attic". The Attic.
3. "3000 de participanti au fost la festivalul Outernational Days". Best Music (.ro). 2016-07-08.
4. "Romanian festival Outernational Days takes place this weekend". The Wire. 2016-06-27.
5. Gheorghiu, Andra (2016-05-10). "Macaz - Bar Teatru Coop. Un bar cinstit, activist care te invita la reflective". Metropotam (.ro).
6. Breazu, Paul (2016-06-30). "Un festival de world music pentru elitişti şi diletanţi - interviu cu Dragoş RUSU". Dilema veche.
7. Breazu, Paul (2015-02-06). "Muzica românească, anchetată". România liberă.
8. Eede, Christian (2016-06-21). "News, LISTEN: Hisham Mayet Club Mix". The Quietus.
9. Augood, Richard (2016-07-20). "Outernational Days: A Window Onto Manele". The Quietus.
10. Nikolayi, Andra (2016-09-01). "Almost a Holiday". Revista ARTA.
11. Vasile, Cristian ("igu") (2014-12-19). "The Attic Magazine Launch Party @ Control". Feeder.ro.
12. Denselow, Robin (2014-12-05). "The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band: 21st Century Molam review – a rousing debut". The Guardian.
13. Venker, Thomas (2015-06-07). "Are we really here? Or are we just going through some strange sort of hallucination?". Kaput Magazine.

External links

• Website
• About the Attic organizing festival