19 min
Friedberg and Presence LIVE at SXSW 2024 Jrodconcerts: The Podcast
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- Music Interviews
Our final episode from our extensive coverage of SXSW 2024.
Presence
Presence is the stage name of Southern California recording artist Jonathon Martinez. Presence’s musical catalog of nearly two dozen singles is an intimate dive into his struggles with anxiety, depression, grief, and love. Combined with a unique blend of singing and rapping, this vulnerability creates a fluidity of emotions across every project. In 2019, Presence gave a TEDTalk titled "The Power of Authenticity and the Internet." During the presentation, he states, "we all are unique, which makes our stories important, but more importantly, we all are connected, which makes our stories necessary. You never know who’s paying attention to yours." This conviction to be open and honest has made Presence stand out since the release of his first single that same year. The 21 year old musician has amassed over 100 million streams on his music, and over 1 million followers across platforms.
Friedberg
With an escapist blend of post punk, alt-rock and alluring pop-infused songwriting, Friedberg’s sound is primed for a night out. Brand new single 'Hello' out since 01.03.24
London/ Berlin based, Austrian born Anna Friedberg (writer, vocals, cowbell, guitar, and more cowbell) backed by her a stellar band.
2019 debut single ‘BOOM’, a dissonant siren’s call with its ominous riff and seductive benign vocals written in the Mojave Desert. Follow up ‘Go Wild’ yielded placements with FIFA 20, the BBC's Normal People, Netflix Biohackers etc.
‘Go Wild’, #1 track at alt. radio FM4 (Austria). Ones to Watch lists include: Musikexpress in Germany. 4 more #1s on FM4, BBC 6music + R1, Radio X (UK), Triple J (Aus), Primavera Radio (ES), KCRW (US), Deutschlandfunknova, Flux FM, You FM, Radio Eins (Ger), incredible print reviews; The Sunday Times, Forty-Five, Glamour.
2022 performed at Eurosonic, U.S. + UK tour support to Hot Chip. 2023 tours with Placebo, plus European festivals. Supported AnnenMayKantereit on German stadium tour. Picked for Great Escape First Fifty (UK), and TGE, Brighton, plus supports with Big Special in May.
Our final episode from our extensive coverage of SXSW 2024.
Presence
Presence is the stage name of Southern California recording artist Jonathon Martinez. Presence’s musical catalog of nearly two dozen singles is an intimate dive into his struggles with anxiety, depression, grief, and love. Combined with a unique blend of singing and rapping, this vulnerability creates a fluidity of emotions across every project. In 2019, Presence gave a TEDTalk titled "The Power of Authenticity and the Internet." During the presentation, he states, "we all are unique, which makes our stories important, but more importantly, we all are connected, which makes our stories necessary. You never know who’s paying attention to yours." This conviction to be open and honest has made Presence stand out since the release of his first single that same year. The 21 year old musician has amassed over 100 million streams on his music, and over 1 million followers across platforms.
Friedberg
With an escapist blend of post punk, alt-rock and alluring pop-infused songwriting, Friedberg’s sound is primed for a night out. Brand new single 'Hello' out since 01.03.24
London/ Berlin based, Austrian born Anna Friedberg (writer, vocals, cowbell, guitar, and more cowbell) backed by her a stellar band.
2019 debut single ‘BOOM’, a dissonant siren’s call with its ominous riff and seductive benign vocals written in the Mojave Desert. Follow up ‘Go Wild’ yielded placements with FIFA 20, the BBC's Normal People, Netflix Biohackers etc.
‘Go Wild’, #1 track at alt. radio FM4 (Austria). Ones to Watch lists include: Musikexpress in Germany. 4 more #1s on FM4, BBC 6music + R1, Radio X (UK), Triple J (Aus), Primavera Radio (ES), KCRW (US), Deutschlandfunknova, Flux FM, You FM, Radio Eins (Ger), incredible print reviews; The Sunday Times, Forty-Five, Glamour.
2022 performed at Eurosonic, U.S. + UK tour support to Hot Chip. 2023 tours with Placebo, plus European festivals. Supported AnnenMayKantereit on German stadium tour. Picked for Great Escape First Fifty (UK), and TGE, Brighton, plus supports with Big Special in May.
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