Bearcubs

Bearcubs: Berlin-shifted electronic songwriting shaped by sound design and collaboration

Bearcubs is the solo project of Jack Ritchie, a U.K.-born, Berlin-based producer who says he makes music to create sonic worlds listeners can enter. The interviews describe an artist who moved from early experiments with percussion, tape recorders and basic software into a workflow built around synths, sampling and fast audio editing. He also describes Berlin as giving him more time and a less competitive, more collaborative environment. MUNYA), both tied to the Bearcubs release history. Taken together, the materials show a project that connects personal experience, city changes and hands-on production.