Inside this issue:

Reynols: For three decades the Argentinian psych travellers have surfed a cosmic sea of collaboration and communication. By Emily Pothast. Reynols on disc: A short guide to some of the outfit’s most notable releases. By Kurt Gottschalk

Valentina Magaletti: From improv to dreampop to gamelan, the prolific London based drummer keeps her options open. By Ilia Rogatchevski

Ivo Perelman: The tireless Brazilian saxophonist harnesses the unrepeatable beauty of the moment across a broad collaborative career. By Phil Freeman

Invisible Jukebox: King Jammy: Will The Wire’s mystery record selection send the pioneering Jamaican producer retreating under his sleng teng? Tested by Jordan Chung

Unlimited Editions: Fonolith Records

Unofficial Channels: Data Sonification Archive

Helms Alee: Seattle psych trio thrive in global crisis. By Neil Kulkarni

Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh: Adventurous violist craves the sound of metal. By Clive Bell

Blod: Back to church for the Swedish musician. By Louis Pattison

Oksana Linde: The Venezuelan-Ukrainian composer breaks surface. By Louise Gray

Global Ear: Kyiv: Underground survival in the Ukraine capital. By Ivan Shelekhov

The Inner Sleeve: Dennis Bovell on The Slits’ Cut

Epiphanies: Edward Henderson finds illumination in a sweaty East London flat

Print Run: New music books: Harry Harrison’s The DiY Soundsystem, Bob Stanley’s The Birth Of Pop and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Cem Kaya’s Love, Deutschmarks And Death, Giuseppe Tornatore's Ennio

On Location: Recent live events and streams: Deliaphonic, Sons d’hiver, and more

On Site: Recent art shows: Camille Norment

Soundcheck: Abhorrent Expanse, The All Golden, William Basinski & Janek Schaefer, Jam Baxter, Black Josh & Milkavelli, Bulbils, Sarah Cahill, Laura Cannell, crys cole, Congrotronics International, Clarissa Connelly, Andy Cowling, Cut A Lonely Figure, Delphine Dora, Axel Dörner & Mazen Kerbaj, Earthen Sea, Mark Ellestad, Roger Eno, Anne Gillis, Gultskra Artikler, Marcus H/Earstone, Helms Alee, HPrizm, JWords, Brian Jackson, Javon Jackson & Nikki Giovanni, Julmud, Kashaiof, Mazen Kerbaj, Laibach, Läuten Der Seele, Machinefabriek, Machinefabriek/Matt Wand/Nick Storring/Phil Maguire, Ben Marc, Benedicte Maurseth, Adela Mede, Myra Melford, Mona Evie, Alejandro Morse, Fred Moten/Brandon López/Gerald Cleaver, Nadja/Aidan Baker, Nils Økland, Pan•American, Shelley Parker, Joanne Robertson & Sidsel, Meineche Hansen, Savage Republic, SNØGG, Soft Cell, Soundwalk Collective, Sports Pharmacy, Steamboat Switzerland, Steel Dangerous, G Steenkiste & U Schütte, Stinkin Slumrok, They Hate Change, billy woods, Richard Youngs, Rutger Zuydervelt & Bruno Duplant, Various Healing Together: A Compilation For Mental Health Recovery

The Boomerang: Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Julius Eastman, Funkadelic, Fred Lane & His Hittite Hot Shots, Fred Lane with Ron ’Pate’s Debonairs, Billy Mackenzie, Branko Mataja, Charles Mingus, Tony Oxley, Hamid El Shaeri, Jimmy Smack, Suicide, David Tudor, Yamash’ta & The Horizon, Frank Zappa & The Mothers, Various First Six Records

Available: 16th March 2022

Inside this issue:

Justin K Broadrick: With his prolific output – both solo and as part of Napalm Death, Godflesh, Techno Animal, Zonal and Jesu – the extreme music pioneer reckons with his own vulnerability. By Antonio Poscic; The Primer: A user’s guide to Broadrick’s vast and varied discography. By Noel Gardner

Thomas Buckner: The avant garde vocalist and promoter looks back on a life of experimentation. By Robert Barry; Mutable Music: A tour through the highlights of Thomas Buckner’s record label. By Julian Cowley

Invisible Jukebox: Claire Rousay × More Eaze: The Texas duo test each other with a mystery record selection

Unlimited Editions: Superpang

Unofficial Channels: Ringtone Bangers

Iceboy Violet: The Manchester MC explores virtual worlds. By Chal Ravens

Tony Bontana: Everything Is Perfect for the Birmingham producer. By Richard Stacey

Sophie Cooper: The DIY Todmordenite does it all for the greater good. By Abi Bliss

Wet Tuna: Matt Valentine forges his own style of funkadelia. By Dave Segal

The Inner Sleeve: Terry Riley on his album Shri Camel

Epiphanies: L’Rain documents lives and loves via her ever-growing archive of sound recordings

Print Run: New music books: David Grubbs’s pleasure, DJ Screw’s revolution, David Bowie’s last works, John McGeoch’s light, and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Alex Wroten’s 23rd Century Giants: The Story Of Renaldo & The Loaf

On Location: Recent live events and streams: Sourdure, Mixology Festival 2022, Klein, Sophie Cooper, and more

On Site: Recent art shows: Laurie Anderson, The Weather; Jerry Hunt, Transmissions From The Pleroma

Soundcheck: 250, Anadol, Horace Andy, Kee Avil, Bronze, Eric Chenaux, Cheer-Accident, Kieran Daly, Sarah Davachi & Sean McCann, Dan Deacon, John Dikeman/Stefan Gonzalez/Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/Jonathan Horne, Elnath Project, Signe Emmeluth/Dag Erik Knedal Andersen/Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard, Eyes Of The Amaryllis, Goatface!, Flower-Corsano Duo, Keeley Forsyth, Malcolm Goldstein, Joy Guidry, Robert Haigh, Headboggle, HEALTH, Keiko Higuchi, Jameszoo, Kill Alters, Alison Knowles, Luxury Elite, Model Home, Charlie Morrow, Nappy Nappa, Nosaj Of New Kingdom & V8 TFD, Pumajaw, Bogdan Raczynski, Éliane Radigue/Frédéric Blondy, Raum, Terry Riley, Nein Rodere, Jana Rush, Loren Rush, Saloli, Skeleton Hand, Sote, Survival Unit III, System Exclusive, Tangerine Dream, Cheb Terro Vs DJ Die Soon, lina tullgren & Alec Toku Whiting, Alex Twomey, Ken Vandermark, The Vex Collection, Ben Vida & Lea Bertucci, Cristian Vogel, Nik Colk Void, David Watson & Matthew Welch, Wet Tuna, Jason Williamson, AR Wilson, Teresa Winter, Patricia Wolf, Simona Zamboli, Peter Conradin Zumthor, Various Epiphanies, Various Get This: 32 Tracks For Free – A Tribute To Peter Rehberg

The Boomerang: David Bowie, George Duke, John McGuire, Pavement, Popol Vuh, DJ Quik, Richard Thompson, Lennie Tristano, Universal Liberation Orchestra, The Winstons, Iannis Xenakis, Various 6 x 10 = 60 Vol 1 & Vol 2

Inside this issue:

On the cover: Scratcha DVA: Active in UK club culture for two decades, the producer turns his attention to the global dancefloor with new cross continental hookups. By Chal Ravens. Plus, Yewande Adeniran has words with collaborators Mxshi Mo and Citizen Boy.

Anne Gillis: Over a multi-decade career the French artist has explored a world of objects and sensations, a project she continues with her first solo album in 20 years. By Jennifer Lucy Allan.

Eberhard Kranemann: The German artist and musician discusses a lifetime of restless creativity, taking him from stints with Kraftwerk and Neu! to solo work as Fritz Müller. By Dave Segal.

Invisible Jukebox: Lee Ranaldo × Steve Shelley: The Sonic Youth bandmates put each other to the test with a mystery record selection.

Unlimited Editions: Ratskin Records

Unofficial Channels: This Band Isn’t Real

Joanne Robertson: The UK singer-songwriter alternates dreamy folk with gleeful absurdism. By Claire Biddles

Jessie Cox: In search of space with the composer-percussionist. By Peter Kalal

Yao Bobby & Simon Grab: Electronics duo survey the failure of humankind. By Rob Turner

Alabaster DePlume: Vaguely magical energy from the UK jazz jester. By Daniel Spicer

Global Ear: Fine tuning in Berlin. By Peter Margasak

The Inner Sleeve: Laura Cannell on Björk’s Homogenic

Epiphanies: The sounds of East London market life blend past and present for Edward George

Print Run: New music books: Mark Fell’s anatomy, Vashti Bunyan’s life, Frank Zappa’s conversations, Dilla’s rhythms, and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Basile Koechlin & Jules Louis Koechlin’s Buganda Royal Music Revival; Marcus Werner Hed & Dan Fox’s Other, Like Me

On Location: Recent live events and streams: Aaron Dilloway & Robert Turman, Tectonics, Winter Jazzfest 2020, Noisy Women, and more

Soundcheck: Sophie Agnel & John Butcher, Ale Hop, Liz Allbee/John Butcher/Ignaz Schick/Marta Zapparoli, Author & Punisher, Burkhard Beins/John Butcher/ Werner Dafeldecker, Big Thief, John Bischoff, Black Opal, Buñuel, John Butcher/Thomas Lehn/Gino Robair, Gonçalo F Cardoso, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, David Ornette Cherry, Chucha, CIA Debutante, Earl Sweatshirt, Empath, Christina Giannone, Anna von Hausswolff, Alexander Hawkins Mirror Canon, Kev Hopper, Jenny Hval, Iceboy Violet, Ilmiliekki Quartet,The International Nothing, Killah Priest, DJ Lag, Catherine Lamb, Robbie Lee & Lea Bertucci, Kristine Leschper, Loop, Matchess, Magda Mayas/Tony Buck/John Butcher, Messa, Thurston Moore, Rick Myers, Rick Myers & Matt Krefting, Adam O’Farrill, John O’Neill, Oùat, Abiodun Oyewole, Dani Lee Pearce, Pneumatic Tubes, Claire Rousay & More Eaze, Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow, Slikback, Sonic Youth, Devin Townsend, Franck Vigroux, Eli Wallace, Various Infinite Limits

The Boomerang: Broadcast, Peter Brötzmann/Milford Graves/ William Parker, Cactus, Peter Maxwell Davies, Alan Hovhaness, Mary Lattimore, Pat Matshikiza & Kippie Moeketsi, Lionel Pillay featuring Basil ‘Mannenberg’ Coetzee, Richard Pinhas, Pocket, Prophets, Rudimentary Peni, Sepultura, System 01, Tinariwen, Stan Tracey, Various The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes Of Alan Oakes

Inside this issue:

On the cover: Mdou Moctar: The Nigerien kings of the almighty riff talk touring, rock, suffering and the invaluable discipline of the wedding circuit. By Clive Bell.

Mazen Kerbaj: The Lebanese musician, artist and film maker establishes global relationships via an idiosyncratic musical language. By Mariam Rezaei

Éliane Radigue: A user’s guide to the swelling discography of the French composer. By Julian Cowley

Invisible Jukebox: Jeff Parker × Ben LaMar Gay: The Chicago master musicians put each other to the test with a mystery record selection.

Unlimited Editions: Dub Store

Unofficial Channels: Original Jungle Samples

Hedvig Mollestad: The Norwegian guitarist reaps the whirlwind. By Mike Barnes

Duma: Metal meets gabber for the Kenyan doom duo. By Miloš Hroch

Robbie Lee: New York improvisor reimagines the saxophone. By Andy Hamilton

Matthew J Rolin & Jen Powers: The Ohio guitarist and hammered dulcimer player keep the underground thriving. By Bill Meyer

Global Ear: Inventive linguistic play in Lisbon’s hiphop scene challenges injustice. By April Clare Welsh

The Inner Sleeve: Tim Hecker on Fugazi’s In On The Kill Taker

Epiphanies: Zeitkratzer’s Reinhold Friedl finds liberation in the thundering noise bursts of Iannis Xenakis

Print Run: New music books: Hiphop photography, alien listening, wild vinyl, Swell Maps, and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Paul Duane’s While You Live, Shine

On Site: Recent art shows: Spazio Per Azioni Luminescenti; Sweet Harmony: Radio, Rave & Waltham Forest 1989–1994

On Location: Recent live events and streams: faUSt, GLOR1A, EFG Jazz festival, Archie Shepp, Björk, and more

Soundcheck: 75 Dollar Bill, Liz Allbee, Oren Ambarchi, Animal Collective, BLOODMONEYMIMZ, City & io, Mike Cooper, Kelli Frances Corrado, Dlina Volny, Earthless, farmersmanual, Josephine Foster, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Akiko Haruna, Hen Ogledd, Ilgenfritz/Chase/Lee, Kramer, Kuang Program, Lambda Sond, Robbie Lee, Love Object, Lungs, Matilde Meireles, Ava Mendoza, Chantal Michelle, Maria Moles, Matthias Muche, Mothermary, Shane Parish, Jeff Parker, phiik x S!LENCE, Michael Pisaro-Liu, Éliane Radigue, Rangers, Allen Ravenstine, Marcelo Dos Reis, Sawyer/Coates/Zoby/Renteria/Dwyer, Sea Oleena, Semiratruth, Sally Shapiro, Sara Serpa & Emmanuel Iduma, Shortie No Mass, Spermchurch, Luke Stewart, Luke Stewart & Jarvis Earnshaw Quartet, Luke Stewart’s Silt Trio, Robert Storey, Tanya Tagaq, Telefís, Brian Thummler, Travis Duo, Valery Vermeulen, Salomé Voegelin, Yeong Die, Various Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined

The Boomerang: William S Burroughs, Can, Don Cherry, El Trío, William S Fischer, Freestyle Fellowship, Roland Kayn, Movietone, OKI, Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Nate Scheible, Splinters, Yukihiro Takahashi, Cecil Taylor, Larry Wish, Pamela Z, Frank Zappa

Available: 20th December 2021

Inside this issue:

Rewind 2021: The year in sound and music:

Releases Of The Year: We asked our contributors to nominate their top ten records, CDs, downloads and streams of the year, then we added up the votes.

Critics’ Reflections: Our contributors reflect on where we are now via 2021’s cultural highs and lows.

Tunings: Not to scale. By Clive Bell.

Disability & Inclusion: Open systems. By Robyn Steward.

Formats: Vinyl frontiers. By Rob Turner.

Fourth Worlds: Rootless music. By Neil Kulkarni.

Columnists’ Charts: Our specialist critics select music that shook their corner of the subculture, from avant rock to noise.

Archive Releases Of The Year: Our contributors voted for their top ten archival records, CDs, downloads and streams, and we counted them all up.

Invisible Jukebox: Loré Lixenberg × Elaine Mitchener: The two experimental vocalists subject each other to a mystery record selection.

Saadet Türköz: Kazakh and Turkish traditions meet borderless creativity for the experimental vocalist. By Daniel Spicer

Klankvorm: New beginnings for the Netherlands multimedia duo. By Holly Dicker

Giant Claw: It’s a wobbly world for Orange Milk founder Keith Rankin. By Emily Bick

Matthias Muche: Trombone density from the Cologne based musician and composer. By Julian Cowley

Global Ear: Seoul: Flux and mutability in the South Korean capital. By James Gui

Unlimited Editions: smallest functional unit

Unofficial Channels: Contextual Dissemination

The Inner Sleeve: Reiko & Tori Kudo on Brigitte Fontaine’s Comme À La Radio

Epiphanies: A Florida residency teaches Haley Fohr aka Circuit Des Yeux the importance of environment

Print Run: New music books: rock ’n’ roll lightning, Arthur Russell’s bubblegum, the incomplete Steve Lacy, and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Caroline Kraabel London 26 And 28 March 2020: Imitation: Inversion; Klein Care

On Location: Recent festivals, gigs and clubs: Berlin Jazzfest, Alternating Current 2021, L’Rain, Plus-Minus Ensemble, and more

On Site: Recent art events: People Like Us Gone, Gone Beyond; Nina Thomas & Fern Thomas The Hidden Noise

Soundcheck: Eve Adams, Alya Al-Sultani & Mariam Rezaei, Arca, Bad Tracking, Bardo Todol Y Sus Aves Sin Nido, Beauty Pill, David Behrman, Betamax Vs Clive Bell, Calhau!, Chris Campbell, Anla Courtis & Stefan Neville, Dark Sky Burial, Seven Davis Jr, Dead Space Chamber Music, Adrián Demoč, Die Wilde Jagd, Thomas Dimuzio/Jon Leidecker/ Alan Courtis, Wendy Eisenberg, Rufus Isabel Elliot, JJJJJerome Ellis, Embryo, Fionnlagh, Mabe Fratti & Concepción Huerta, Garcia Peoples, GCOM, GLOR1A, Grove, Dan Haywood, Helado Negro, Eiko Ishibashi, Daniel Jones & Phil Julian, Joyul, Phil Julian, Kinlaw & Franco Franco, James Brandon Lewis, Lolina, Luce Celestiale, Luciano Maggiore, Tony Malaby, Jeff Mills & Rafael Leafar, Hedvig Mollestad, Francisco Mora Catlett, Kensho Nakamura, Niagara, Nonexistent, NOUS with Laraaji & Arji OceAnanda, Duane Pitre, Propan, Phil Ranelin, Julia Reidy, David Ross & Clive Bell, Nala Sinephro, Wadada Leo Smith’s Great Lakes Quartet, Wadada Leo Smith/Vijay Iyer/Jack DeJohnette, Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser, The Splatter Trio, Sunn O))), Max Syedtollan & Plus-Minus Ensemble, Ayumi Tanaka, Ghédalia Tazartès, Ghédalia Tazartès & Rhys Chatham, Tender Buttons, They Might Be Giants, John Tilbury, Trees Speak, Umlaut Big Band, Christian Wallumrød, Patrick Ward, Wild Rani, Peter Zummo, Various Common Ground Vol 1, Various Intentions, Various Open Space Vol 2

The Boomerang: Hasaan Ibn Ali, Elton Dean Quartet, The Dream Syndicate, Denis Dufour, Thomas Leer & Robert Rental, Charles Mingus, Mordant Music, Mouth Congress, Adam Pacione, Steppenwolf, Suzukiski

Inside this issue:

On the cover: Laraaji: The former stand-up comedian and street performer transforms mirth into meditative healing music. By Emily Pothast. Plus, Alan Courtis on the power of laughter, and Greg Davis on six wellbeing albums

Olivia Block: With her recent releases for Longform Editions and Room40, the US composer takes varied approaches to music-making, from painstaking perfectionism to pscilocybin experimentation. By Bill Meyer

Jun Togawa: As her back catalogue undergoes extensive reissue, the Japanese performance pop provocateur looks back on her subversive career. By James Hadfield

Invisible Jukebox: Giant Swan: Waterfowl development as the Bristol dance duo subject each other to a mystery record selection

Unlimited Editions: Akuphone

Unofficial Channels: Wearable instruments

Kay Logan: The Glasgow based sonic occultist summons the city’s shadow self. By Abi Bliss

Max Syedtollan: Aleatoric prog moves from the autodidact UK composer. By Stewart Smith

Cath Roberts: Chance encounters with the London based saxophonist. By Dan Spicer

BlackFace Family: Auto-Tuned social commentary and pan-African rhythms from the Malawian outfit. By Antonio Poscic

Global Ear: It’s a bard life in the Central Asian deserts of Karakalpakstan. By Nick Hobbs

The Inner Sleeve: Marina Rosenfeld on Joan Jonas’s Vertical Roll

Epiphanies: Abdullah Ibrahim takes inspiration from a day at the races

Print Run: New music books: Malaria! and friends, Wu-Tang Clan, Genesis P-Orridge, Warren Ellis, Arvo Pärt, and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Todd Haynes’s The Velvet Underground, Bill Benz’s The Nowhere Inn

On Location: Recent live events and streams: Keith Tippett: A Celebration, Festival Iminente, Yarmonics, Unsound, Lunchmeat, and more

On Site: Recent art shows: Ulysses Jenkins’s Without Your Interpretation, Angelica Mesiti’s In The Round

Soundcheck: 266sx, Alarm Will Sound & Tyshawn Sorey, Artifacts, Atræ Bilis, Autumns, Olivia Block, Body/Dilloway/Head, Albert Bouchard, Brontis, Kyle Bruckmann, Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber, Charred, Ben Chasny, Douglas J Cuomo, Cynic, Richard Dawson & Circle, Deviant Process, ESP Summer, Zack Fox, Annie Gardiner, Ben LaMar Gay, Robert Görl & DAF, Charlotte Greve, Helm, Herbert, Michael Hurley, Ilitch, Interesting Times Gang, Klein, Mikado Koko, Kowloon Walled City, Lonely Guest, Norman W Long, Lotic, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Juçara Marçal, Mephisto Halabi, MMM, Mzylkypop, Mankwe Ndosi & Body MemOri, New Age Doom & Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Daniel O’Sullivan, O YAMA O, Perila, Lovetta Pippen, Nolan Potter, Princess Diana Of Wales, Penny Rimbaud & Youth, Saint Abdullah, Philip Samartzis & Eugene Ughetti, Patrick Shiroishi, SIMM, Tyshawn Sorey & King Britt, Spectacular Diagnostics, Springtime, Suss, Elan Tamara, Tirzah, Amon Tobin, Martina Topley-Bird, Daniel Wyche, Youth

The Boomerang: Miles Davis, Faust, Lost Trail, Leo Nocentelli, Paul Schütze, SND, Joseph Spence, Various Ostgut Ton Funfzehn + 1, Various The Paths Of Pain: The CAIFE label, Quito, 1960–68, Various Tresor 30

Inside this issue:

On the cover: Klein: The South London musician, vocalist, playwright, game designer and film maker generates uncanny resonance via collage and subversion in new film Care and album Harmattan. By Abi Bliss.

The Primer: Horace Tapscott & The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra: A user’s guide to the recorded legacy of the prolific US pianist, composer, bandleader, organiser and activist. By Francis Gooding.

Black Dice: After almost a decade dormant the joyfully elastic noise trio make their return with a new album of effervescent edits and psychedelic humour. By Marc Masters.

Invisible Jukebox: Alan & Sir Richard Bishop: The erstwhile Sun City Girls bask in the rays of a mystery record selection. Tested by each other.

Anthony Wood 1948–2021: The Wire’s founder has died. Obituary by Tony Herrington

Tara Clerkin Trio: Homemade fusion from the Bristol group. By Clive Bell

L'Rain: Taja Cheek processes the past via evocative sonic collage. By Claire Biddles

Mazaher: The Zãr tradition handled with care by the Egyptian ensemble. By Louis Pattison

Magda Mayas: Berlin based pianist gets graphic and tactile. By Peter Margasak

Global Ear: Artists in the Texas Llano Estacado flatlands embrace the stark landscape. By Josh Feola

Unlimited Editions: We Jazz

Unofficial Channels: The Heat Warps

The Inner Sleeve: Midori Takada on Toru Takemitsu’s Corona

Epiphanies: Conny Plank and Holger Czukay teach Youth to embrace his mistakes

The Wire Tapper 57: A track by track guide to this issue’s free CD

Print Run: New music books: improv politics, Scandinavian dreams, Jandek’s rays, hardware hacking, horror scores, and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Robert V Galluzzo’s Analog Love: The (Long Lost) Art Of The Mixtape

On Location: Recent live events and streams: Jupiter Rising, Mary Halvorson, Wysing Arts Festival, Rewire, and more

On Site: Recent art shows: Barbara Ess The Secret Life Of Objects

Soundcheck: Algara, Amir Abbey, Robert Ashley, Aya, Badbadnotgood, Le Beast Concrète, Billion O’Clock, Black Dice, Mira Calix, Carlos Casas, Circuit Des Yeux, Corder & Yantis, Dear Laika, Dimmer, Diskord, Sam Dunscombe, Endless Boogie, Fire-Toolz, David Grubbs & Ryley Walker, Liz Helman, IG, Irreversible Entanglements, Jhelisa, KingL Man, Okkyung Lee, Andra Ljos, Neil Luck, Luggage, Maniac Squat, Joe McPhee, Mukqs, Nasturtium, New Mexican Stargazers, Monika Werkstatt/Mania D/ Malaria!/Matador, Marissa Nadler, Roman NoN & Zebadiah Witch, Ora Clementi, Ov Pain, Jessica Pavone, Pelt, Phew, The Pop Group, Porest, Proc Fiskal, RAIC, Rdeča Raketa, Replicant, Al Riggs, Marina Rosenfeld & Ben Vida, São Paulo Underground & Tupperwear, Elliott Sharp’s Terraplane, Nikki Sheth, Geneva Skeen, Paula García Stone, Yuji Takahashi & Roger Turner, Thollem, Threshing Floor, Ken Vandermark, Veilburner, Moreno Veloso, Voiddweller, Emmanuelle Waeckerlé, Whisker, Richard Youngs, Nick Zanca, Zara, Various BA7CH, Various Place: Nairobi, Various Redline Legends

The Boomerang: Janet Beat, The Brian Brown Quintet, Ian Carr’s Nucleus, John Coltrane, Tom Dissevelt, Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan, Mike Gibbs, Thomas Köner, Bertie Marshall, Mujician, Joseph Nechvatal, Negative Approach, Porter Ricks, Marina Rosenfeld, Dirk Schaefer, Super Furry Animals, Keith Tippett & Matthew Bourne, Yoshi Wada, Winterhawk, Various Back Up: Mexican Tecno Pop 1980–1989, Various Strain Crack & Break: Music From The Nurse With Wound List Vol 2 

Inside this issue:

Faust: On the eve of a new box set chronicling their 1970s music, the German band’s members and crew discuss their contrarian art of falling apart that has kept them going over 50 years. By Daniel Spicer. Plus, a survey of Faust’s often equally fractious contemporaries including: Amon Düül: A Bavarian psychedelic legacy. By Edwin Pouncey. Klaus Dinger: La Düsseldorf and other Neu! adventures. By David Elliott. Dieter Moebius: Clusters of collaboration. By Matt Krefting

Mary Lou Williams: Taking in vaudeville, bebop, gospel-inflected hard bop, free jazz and beyond, the late composer’s career is littered with gems of a prescient modernity. By Alexander Hawkins

Invisible Jukebox: Theresa Wong × Ellen Fullman: The Bay Area experimental musicians tackle a mystery record selection. Tested by each other

They Hate Change: Florida duo Tampa with rap’s DNA. By Neil Kulkarni

id m theft able: Water palaver for the improvising tuba player. By Joe Murray

More Eaze: Suburban collage from the Texas based composer. By Antonio Poscic

Siksa: Polish duo confront oppression. By Miloš Hroch

Unlimited Editions: C/Site Recordings

Unofficial Channels: Song Work

Global Ear: New York’s TIME:SPANS festival revives the intimacy of live sound

The Inner Sleeve: Carlos Casas on a Batavia gasometer pressure gauge plate

Epiphanies: Thomas Köner recalls formative vibrations

Print Run: New music books: sound art and climate change, a Deep South punkhouse, John Lurie’s memoirs, and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Great Noises That Fill The Air: Music, Poetry And Performance On Film; What Is Man And What Is Guitar?: Keith Rowe

On Location: Recent festivals, live events and streams: Alligator: Go!, Jazz Em Agosto, Bang On A Can Loud Weekend, Charlemagne Palestine, and more

On Site: Recent art shows: Ilia Rogatchevski & Laura Rogatchevskaia’s Echo Chamber; Sonambiente

Soundcheck: Eivind Aarset 4tet, Ashtray Navigations, Black Meteoric Star, Black Tempel Pyrämid, Buck Gooter, John Cage, Purbayan Chatterjee, Cronies, Curved Light, Angel Bat Dawid, Domingæ, e & H, Amir Elsaffar, Rivers Of Sound Orchestra, Alister Fawnwoda/Suzanne Ciani/Greg Leisz, Les Filles De Illighadad, Kristen Gallerneaux, Lee Gamble, Alexander Garsden, Geoff Kevin, Daniel Goode, Grouper, Gudrun Gut & Mabe Fratti, Will Guthrie, Will Guthrie & James Rushford, HTRK, Injury Reserve, Jerusalem In My Heart, Ka, Ryosuke Kiyasu & Watts, Hiro Kone, Annea Lockwood, Brandon López Trio, Nathaniel Mackey & The Creaking Breeze Ensemble, Madam Data, Melvins, Native Soul, Phill Niblock, Bill Orcutt, Enno Poppe & Wolfgang Heiniger, Razen, Paul Rooney, James Rushford, Sone Institute, Sparks, The Specials, Tim Story, Henry Threadgill Zooid, Viktor Timofeev, Yves Tumor, William Tyler & Marisa Anderson, William Tyler & Luke Schneider, Vangelis, Vanishing Twin, XT, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Pamela Z, Various The Harmonic Series II, Various Nanocluster Vol 1, Various New Horizons: Young Stars Of South African Jazz, Various New Horizons: Young Stars Of South African Jazz Vol 2, Various Screensavers Vol 1

The Boomerang: Bardo Pond, Baligh Hamdi, Nikki Giovanni, Joe Harriott, Joëlle Léandre/Pauline Oliveros/George Lewis, Costin Miereanu, David Tudor, Nico, Van Der Graaf Generator, Alan Vega, Various An Eclectic Selection Of Music From The Arab World Part 2, Various Eins Und Zwei Und Drei Und Vier: Deutsche Experimentelle Pop-Musik 1980–86

Inside this issue:

Grouper: As she prepares to release a new album rooted in the ambience and climate of her home in the Pacific North West, Liz Harris discusses chaos, therapy and the spectre of fascism. By Dave Segal.

Pat Thomas: The diverse sprawl of the UK keyboardist’s career runs from jazz and improv to funk and drum ’n’ bass, informed by a scholarly interest in Islam. By Clive Bell.

Once Upon A Time In Prague: Dancing along the thin lines separating the Czech underground, the alternativa scene and the secret police, Extempore/MCH Band leader Mikoláš Chadima’s expressions of freedom have survived communism and the capitalist takeover. By Miloš Hroch.

Machine learning: Machine learning and AI have opened up new creative possibilities for artists such as Jennifer Walshe, Distractfold and Dadabots. By Abi Bliss.

Invisible Jukebox: DJ Bus Replacement Service × Surgeon: Anthony Child and Doris Woo run the gauntlet of a mystery record selection. Tested by each other.

Hiro Kone: The electronic artist foregrounds artistic partnership on her new album. By Chloe Lula

René Lussier: Clowning around with the Québécois guitarist and composer. By Julian Cowley

Wayne Adams: The punkish adventures of a Big Lad. By Holly Dicker

Nicolas Collins: The author and performer takes a Lucky Dip with his homemade !trumpet. By Clive Bell

Global Ear: Alan Courtis untaps creative potential in workshops in Buenos Aires

Unlimited Editions: Cruel Nature

Unofficial Channels: Riversssounds

The Inner Sleeve: Gerald V Casale on Winny Puhh

Epiphanies: Moritz von Oswald admires Carl Craig’s sweet spot

Print Run: New music books: drill, trap and bashment, Mark E Smith comes alive, rap futurism, and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: Leonel Costa’s Ivo Perelman: A Musical Storyteller; Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers

On Location: Recent live events and streams: Four Years Of Chinabot, Sequesterfest 6, Jennifer Walshe & Neil Luck, and more

On Site: Recent art shows: Imran Perretta & Paul Purgas; Seeing Sound

Soundcheck: Rodrigo Amado/This Is Our Language Quartet, Anika, Badge Epoch, Dahveed Behroozi, Blectum From Blechdom, Body Meta, RP Boo, The Bug, John Butcher/Sharon Gal/David Toop, Shirley Collins, The Cookers, Andrew Cyrille Quartet, Damu The Fudgemunk, Sarah Davachi, Mr Diagonal, Tim Finn & Phil Manzanera, Melvin Gibbs, Go Ahead And Die, Steve Gunn, Graham Haynes vs Submerged, TheIncidentalCrack, John Carroll Kirby, Little Simz, Low, Michael Mantler, Ruth Mascelli, John McLaughlin, Joe McPhee/Michael Marcus/Jay Rosen/Warren Smith, Meridian Brothers & Conjunto, Media Luna, Matt Mitchell & Kate Gentile, Moin, Moor Mother, Nite Jewel, OSS, Moritz von Oswald Trio, Psychic Graveyard, Psychic Hotline, Lucy Railton & Kit Downes, Lucy Railton & Yair Elazar Glotman, Rambutan, Alasdair Roberts Og Völvur, Jana Rush, Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Toop, Sedibus, Sepultura, Shackleton, Space Afrika, Tibor Szemző, Télémaque, Joshua Trinidad, Mark Vernon, Alex Ward, Anna Webber, Byron Westbrook, ZRL, Various Arc Mountain, Various It’s Not Complicated, Various You Can Never Leave

Boomerang: All Night Radio, The Beach Boys, Paul Bley, Roy Brooks, Gerald V Casale, Jimmy Giuffre, Goat, Meurig Elis Huws, Lee Morgan, Outkast, Prince, The Rootsman, Synergetic Voice Orchestra, Lewis Taylor, Voivod

Inside this issue:

South Africa’s new jazz generation: Thandi Ntuli, Siyabonga Mthembu, Bokani Dyer, Siya Makuzeni and others are at the forefront of a vibrant and booming South African jazz scene, as illustrated by two new compilations. By Francis Gooding

Mamer: The Chinese multi-instrumentalist resists categorisation and canon via his continually evolving music. By Josh Feola

The Primer: Carla Bley: The ambitious and highly versatile pianist, composer and collaborator has been blowing minds for over 50 years. Daniel Spicer presents a user’s guide to her body of work

Invisible Jukebox: Mark Fell × Rian Treanor: UK electronic music’s esteemed father and son duo test each other with a mystery record selection

Hiele: Squiffy electronics and milky piss from the Belgian composer. By Louis Pattison

Altın Gün: Amsterdam based outfit bring Turkish tradition to the dance. By Daniel Spicer

Rob Noyes: Tokyo via Massachusetts, fingerpicking via punk for the guitarist/composer. By Tony Rettman

Kikimore: The non-hierarchical Ljubljana collective Do It With Others. By Abi Bliss

Unlimited Editions: Jazz In Britain

Unofficial Channels: Philly Hiphop Radio Freestyles

Global Ear: Our regular column continues to report on music in the time of pandemic. This month: broadcasting in Brazil and solidarity radio in Tblisi, Georgia

The Inner Sleeve: Elvin Brandhi on a Haunter Records album launch

Epiphanies: King Britt on the everlasting influence of Mwandishi

Print Run: New music books: Andrew Weatherall, Los Angeles noise, an obstinate clot, and more

On Screen: New films and DVDs: John McDermott’s Music, Money, Madness... Jimi Hendrix In Maui; David Bernabo’s Just For The Record: Conversations With And About “Blue” Gene Tyranny

On Site: Recent art shows: Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abbou-Rahme; I Should Be Doing Something Else Right Now at Somerset House

On Location: Recent live events and streams: Infrequent Seams Streaming Festival, Nicole Mitchell, Radiophrenia 2020, Nyege Nyege Festival, and more

Soundcheck: 38KEA, Ain’t About Me, Angry Blackmen, Apifera, Armageddon Experimental Band, Cages, John Carpenter, Tania Caroline Chen, Buck Curran, Buck Curran featuring Jodi Pedrali, Divide And Dissolve, Dyani, Editrix, Wendy Eisenberg, The End, Fire!, The Gagmen, Georg Graewe & Sonic Fiction Orchestra, Alexander Hawkins, Jim Haynes, Hiele, IKSRE, Insides, Jesu, Chuck Johnson, Thomas Kotcheff/Frederic Rzewski, Laraaji, Mason Lindahl, João Lobo, Matchess, Donald Miller, Steve Moore, Moor Mother & billy woods, Mouse On Mars, My Heart, An Inverted Flame, Maggie Nicols, Nihiti, Rob Noyes, Ivo Perelman Trio, Ivo Perelman & Nate Wooley, Plankton Wat, Powers/Rolin Duo, Reynols, Laila Sakini, Secluded Bronte, Geneva Skeen, Akai Solo, Pauline Anna Strom, Stuck Sunsets, USA/Mexico, Vapour Theories, Venus Ex Machina, Virginia Wing, Cristian Vogel, Wobbly, Various Apocope, Various This Is Cairo Not The Screamers, Various Under Stars/Shells In Colour

The Boomerang: Acen, The Chi-Lites, Tony Bevan/Brian Lavelle/Richard Youngs, Lol Coxhill/Pat Thomas/Lindsay Cooper/Bill Wells, Gentle Fire, GISM, Group Sounds Four & Five, Inversion, Kyoufu Shinbun, Gary Lucas, Ennio Morricone, Muslimgauze, Mutiny, Portray Heads, Sonny Rollins, Screamers, Tim Story, Creepy John Thomas, Ultramarine, Mika Vainio, Naná Vasconcelos