Back catalogue: Leftfield

Review: ***B-STOCK: Sleeve damaged but otherwise in excellent condition***


It's hard to straddle euphoric and dystopic, but Chilean producer Manuel Ortuzar aka Aural Trace has just about done it. The borders between new wave, electroclash and post-punk are all but shattered on their new EP 'Midnight Thoughts', wherein the artist finds it no great feat to inspire a sense of both tension and wonderment in the listener, through combinations of chuffy clap-whacks, quadruplet bass patterns, and an overall neon-drenched synthy style reminiscent of what might happen if William Friedkin directed a cyberpunk film.

Review: Is there any artist in electronic music that releases as little music yet remains as highly revered as Burial? We can't think of any. As it happens, this new Streetlands EP is actually the hallowed UK producer's second outing of 2022 after the ambient offering Antidawn back in January. As always it finds him back on Kode9's Hyperdub label. 'Hospital Chapel' is eerie atmosphere and lo-fi samples, 'Streelands' is another sparse ambient cut that is full of melancholy and 'Exokind' is the soundtrack of a faraway planet with distant solar winds and only the smallest of microbial activities for you to tune into before a signature angelic vocal brings the beauty.

Review: Emotional Response present something intriguing and oh so fresh from Cherrystones, who has most commonly been spotted recently lurking about labels like Bahnsteig 23, but in fact has a legacy reaching back to the late 90s. This new mini-album is reportedly the result of a pointed retreat to Scotland - a period of semi-isolation with minimal distractions from the serious business of analogue synths and reel-to-reel tape. There's a lot going on, from the slinky, boogie-licked groove of 'Amaziac' to the sludgy, wave tinted 'Rave Digger', but throughout the common theme is one of rough, upfront waveforms - maximal sounds with lashings of character, wielded with glee by an artist knee deep in their craft.

Review: Past Inside The Present is at it again, and by 'it' we mean both releasing great music and also doing so on unusual formats. This new single 'Cadere' is taken from Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea's forthcoming long-player, which will arrive in the Spring of next year, and it comes on a rather unusual glass-mastered 3" mini-CD which includes a download link and code. It's a lush and widescreen ambient single detailed with subtly uplifting chords coated in lo-fi hiss and hum. Also included is a live version of 'Alpha' which in its original form was on a previous album of the same name. It's from James Bernard and Kevin Sery and was recorded live at the Gothic Chapel in Indianapolis so has a decidedly spiritual edge.

Review: Having spent much of the last few years working alongside Lou Savary in cold-wave revivalists Reymour, Luc Bersier has decided to go solo as Marcel Die Sie. His debut release, which also happens to be the inaugural EP of the Rababoo label, naturally inhibits a similar sonic space to his work with Savary, with each of the three original cuts on show offering a mixture of chugging, mid-tempo grooves, wayward electronics, early '80s new wave synth sounds and a subtly psychedelic mood. There are similarly impressive remixes on the flip too, with De Roo's moody, occasionally spacey IDM style take on 'Poetic Frame' being followed by a hypnotic, acid-fired and trance-inducing interpretation of the same track by Dark Entries artist Anatolian Weapons.

Review: It's not often someone other than Omar S releases on his FXHE label. And it is never that he has put hardcore post-punk. But we're not complaining. There's a real dance floor chug to this new EP that would have been masterfully deployed by dexterous DJs like the late Andrew Weatherall. The whole thing has been recorded, produced and mixed by Alex Smith himself, while the trio that is Decliner are the ones who wrote the filthy guitars and laid down the sleazy drum beats. The tunes are mired in fuzz and grime and have snarled lyrics that really cut through the darkened biker disco vibes. Excellent stuff.

Review: Berlin's Cocktail d'Amore and Tokyo's Ene Records have come together once again to present the music of Solidair. The duo of Cocktail alumni Luigi Di Venere and Jules Etienne present three tracks aimed to induce a dance floor hypnosis. Orgonite (Riding the Waves) does just that, a slow build awash in the ebb and flow of acid tinges, just enough to wet your whistle on a Saturday night. The original mix keeps the skeletal support but throws in a life preserver of 8 bit gaming synthesis. Frisky arps call and respond to each other before making way for sinewy pads to lift off. Tiger's Eye sets itself onto cruising speed incorporating elements of late 90's acid techno with the sleek and smooth clubbing aesthetics of modern day Berlin.

Review: DJ F16 Falcon's music has always been tricky to pigeonhole, with the fast-rising French producer frequently fusing dub-wise rhythms and off-kilter beats with unusual samples, Tolouse Low Tracks style experimental electronics and melodic elements that doff a cap to tropical, new age and world music. Ici Commence La Nuit, his latest excursion, treads a similar sonic path, delivering unusual but wonderfully inventive and entertaining excursions. The most accessible and warming of the lot is colourful, melodious and bass-heavy opener 'Ici Commence La Nuit', though the sludgy, modular-rich pulse of 'Trip a La Mode de Quand' and thoroughly odd 'Clope Sucree' are equally as potent.

Review: Elektronik Body Girl is the musical alter-ego of Shelbatra Jashari featuring production assistance from Brussels's soFa. The Belgo-Albanian postpunk pair cooked up sounds that accompany an imagined dystopian industrial wasteland with tons of improv and lots of raw, jagged rhythm. Dealing with the "empowering feminine" and its representation were key to the vision of Jashari as well as abrasive textures and stark atmospheres. Her vocals touch on her roots in Belgium and Kosovo from an outsider's position and label associate Toulouse Low Trax cooks up a brilliant beatdown mix to seal the deal.

Review: Trauma Collective returns to shock your system on their fifth release, which comes courtesy of Spain's Rafael M. Espinosa aka Geistform. The Barcelona-based artist, also known for his exploits under the Univac alias, has crafted a singular style that exists at the interzone of IDM, digital noise and electro and having earned him releases on Pi Electronics, Femur and Hands Productions in recent years.

Espinosa executes four programs in sonic warfare on the Antena EP, all sounding akin to complex bitstream amplification. A multi-level barrage of frequencies play offense on opening cut "Proxima B", which sets the theme for more widescreen pulsations that gash the senses, as heard on the syntax error of "Note Repeat" and building up to a climax on the monochromatic soundstage of "Norc" - a jagged and angular exploration in bass artefacts and static redux.

Since unleashing the austere techno of Birmingham legend Mick Harris (as Monrella) and hometown hero Kwartz on unsuspecting ears, the Madrid-based collective has now ventured into more experimental spheres, as heard on the off-kilter mentalism of ASC's Loop Research and the brooding atmosphere of Makunaimadama's limited cassette release last year. Antena is the logical progression for the label's next chapter, where it continues to push the threshold of electronic music's outer limits.

Review: Since first emerging in 2011 via the globally renowned Bella Union stable, Swedish indie rock duo I Break Horses have certainly set out their stall. The pair, better known as Maria Linden and Fredrik Balck, have - among other things - hit the road to support both M83 and Sigur Ros in the years between then and now. Indicative of their incredibly textured and subtly all-consuming approach to soundscapes, while this release comprises two remixes it still feels every bit a Horses outing.

There's just so much timbre to get to grips with. 'Death Engine' belongs in a twisted math rock dream, as grungy and rough as it is epic and emotional, if you look beneath the immediate discordance and distortion. Mythologen's take on 'Turn' is a cleaner second act, taking the pace down a notch and removing chaos, leaving only calm and serene harmonies of real beauty behind.

Review: This first ep on Utch Elektronics is signed by Helsinki producer Samuli Kemppi and is titled Huuto pimeassa, which in Finnish means (Shout in the dark). This Utch Records sub-label focuses on the most experimental stream of electronic music. The sound of pure electronics, also called idm, where styles such as ambient, drone, cold wave, easy listening, downtempo or noise are generally seen together.

Review: Malin Genie welcomes an extensive EP treat from Lava Lap, an emergent producer with an affinity for the kind of braindance that will have fans of Jodey Kendrick beating their drum machines with approval. The acid is slippery, the structures ever-shifting and a wealth of expression spills out of every bar. There are faster drum & bass paced bits, melancholy detuned electro and much more besides. Far from just being clever music though, it's also amazingly emotional and so impeccably produced. Any electronica head should be all over this.

Review: "Hope is not passive. Hope is not blah blah blah. Hope is telling the truth." So said the world's most visible climate activist Greta Thunberg in her pre-COP26 speech in Milan, blasting world leaders for inadequate (or near-non-existent) responses to the environmental crisis. Given we're 12 months down the line and the vast majority of promises made at said 2021 climate summit have not been actioned, with emissions continuing to climb, it's unsurprising direct action has turned much more direct and disruptive this year, and people are now sampling the young orator to amplify her message through music.

If that sounds like it may lack subtlety, fear not. Renude19 have managed to achieve something pretty difficult - a protest dancefloor track that doesn't ram things down your throat and works very well without you knowing that context. Essentially a dystopian-vibed broken beat synth workout with electro-pop vocals and occasional "Blah blah blah" hook, it's timely and well executed.

Review: Indica Dubs and Kai Dub link up here for their second collaboration, which is the first release of the year for the label. It features the full flavour and futuristic stepper that is 'Elevation Dub', complete with wooden hits and Digital pads, warrior chords and a nice sleek aesthetic. 'Higher Dub' then flip sit into a more heady affair with plenty of mad studio effects and endless reverb, floating toms and sizzled pads. These triumphant tunes are primed and ready for big plays on huge sound systems.

Review: Roy Of The Ravers takes a break from his mischievious outings on Acid Waxa et al to lay down some of his braindance tackle on Emotional Response. White Line Sunrise II.I (Le Roy Soleil) can rightly be considered a follow-up to White Line Sunrise II and indeed it represents a similar kind of spectrum of electronica. Roy's sound is edging further into the kind of 'artist' territory where slower, softer tracks, odd vocal diversions and some pop sensibilities merge with the acid, electro, breakbeat and other well-established tropes of his sound. It's the kind of record which could easily broach this quirky fringe operator of UK electronics to a broader fan base, and there's no doubt he's got the melodic, emotional heft on tracks like 'Versace 101624' to get everyone on board.

Review: After launching last year via an arguably overlooked EP from Obsidian, Parallel Connection has made us wait a little while for the London label's second release. It comes courtesy of Sela, a 25-year-old French producer who apparently honed his soon to be trademark sound while living in the UK. There's much to enjoy across the four track missive, from the alien electronics, loose-limbed broken electro beats and chiming lead lines of '2020 Connection' and sub-heavy, acid-flecked stomp of 'Animal Kingdom', to the pitched-down electronica eccentricity of 'Really Get Fucked' and the psychedelic late-night tech-house hedonism of 'Mr Rabbit', which boasts bleeping melodies reminiscent of both mod-90s ambient techno and Yorkshire bleep and bass.

Review: Independent radio institution NTS has a lot to answer for. Not least introducing its legions of loyal listeners across the world to the mighty (or, perhaps more appropriately, curious Staalfagel). The result of some serious crate digging, as per usual for the platform, the Swedish post punk and New Wave outfit - Erik Fritjofsson, Petter Brundell and Micke Kjell - reflect how broad the digital station's music policy can be, and how important it is for things to be rediscovered and saved from obscurity.
Forming in 1980, the three piece only released two full length records in their time, alongside a handful of singles and EPs. Utan Rymddrakt Pa Uranus is among the most enigmatic and delightful, here presented in two parts with an edit by Gary The Tall. As early adopters of synths and drum machines, the cosmic dance-pop sound here might be rudimentary today, but also has this real sense of adventure and breaking new ground about it.

Review: In remembrance of Pete Birch, AKA Woosh, AKA The Peaceful Ones and founder of Spirit Wrestlers. Four ambient pieces, three of which were released as part of Pete's 52 Card Trick series on the Spirit Wrestlers Bandcamp site, plus another piece which was a favourite of Pete's but was never finished in time.
Collected together on vinyl for the first time, all profits from the sale of this record will be donated to the Spirit Wrestlers Foundation. Set up after Pete's passing, the Foundation promotes the belief that ""Music is the Healing Force of the Universe"", that ""Love Is the Most Important Thing"" and helps causes that were close to his heart. Nx

Review: Josh Dahlberg is The Valley and the Mountain aka TVTM and is an artist who has made a big move recently from the deep westside of Detroit all the way across to the far reaches of the Pacific Northwest. He he arrives on Central Scientific for its inaugural release with Detroit-based producer and Akka & BeepBeep founder, Jo Rad Silver, taking care of the flip. Next to an array of hardware, there is plenty of improvisation with guitars in this EP - 'Experiment Obscura' is a widescreen and dramatic ambient cut with a meditative feel and 'Immersion Theatre III' is another empty but inviting piece with curlicues, wispy pads, distant guitar echoes and moodiness to spare.

Review: Nocturn I from Abraco De Vapor is a first release for the new LILA label. Accompanying the music is a note that a core belief for this label is that "we are all in this adventure of eternal life together." As such, the imprint pledges to donate a portion of income from all sales to various different charity organizations whose aim it is to improve the living conditions of those who need it. This first album is a life-affirming ambient soundscape with heavenly chords and choral vocals all layered up so beautifully that you will find yourself with an empty mind, dreaming of nothing in particular.

Review: Originally released in the mid 80's on UK cassette label Bite Back!, this nearly lost gem finds new life 30 years later on Cocktail D'Amore Music. Steve has cobbled together a superbly melancholic electronic concept album. Wistful melodies often evoke sentiments of a lost childhood and hazy English mornings. Each song within remains untitled allowing full perceptive freedom as to what they all communicate, a language for the feelings that have no name. Untitled A1 - A6 leads one along intimate soundscapes of pattering drums and tinkering piano, a sense of closeness and trust develops with the introduction of each new idea much like the beginning of a bed time story. Untitled B1 - B3 then begin to breathe more openly awash in angelic colours before abruptly turning downward on B4, a wall of booming drums and atmospheres from the furthest reaches of the galaxy before the last trio of songs settles gently back on Earth.

Review: Carcass Identity are Matthieu Levet and Ernesto Gonzaalez, two heroes of the Brussels underground for over 10 years. Following up their 2018 debut for Bologna-based label Random Numbers, the duo present their next collaboration for Glasgow's Phase Group which once again infuses dub electronics with cosmic and psychedelic influences. Tracks such as 'Things To Forget' explore freefall tribal trance, while the contorted techno derivatives heard on tracks such as 'Freedom Principle' or the meditative polyrhythmic futurism of 'Desultory' were highlights. Highly recommended for fans of slo-mo ritual techno in the vein of Black Merlin or Vactrol Park - tip!

Review: Cherrystones returns with the second of the "Aged" EPs for Emotional Response. Time propels and so does sound, thus orbiting nuances and motion leads us here, to present whatever maybe or interpreted as. Since the acclaimed Aged Of Bronze EP a symbiotic progress of craft arrives in the aptly titled Aged Of Silver. Again each track is like a coded syntax, unlocking the puzzle to aid a listeners journey and experience, building blocks to a utopian scape in form without form notes and pictures living and residing in the dimensions.

Never pandering to trends, his art based on immediacy and the moment, no disposable sub genres that fade as fast as they emerge, transposing and emitting heard and unheard a way to communicate with himself and those that identify.

A capsule of touched emotions bearing gifts for those in the present and wishing to be present, a key with keys analogue for Silver Tongues and Brass monkeys living in the shadow of a Scorpian's Tail.

Review: On his first album for the admirable Lontano Series label, Spanish ambient producer David Cordedo offers up alluring, immersive soundscapes inspired by his love of wandering through woods and forests. It's easy to imagine the sun peeping through a canopy of leaves and branches on sunrise-ready opener 'The Great Sadness', while the sustained chords, drowsy sound design and reverb-laden organ notes of 'Orma' evoke mental images of becalmed woodland clearings at nightfall. While the concept may be loose, the music - and especially the sublime, slowly unfurling 'All Your Silences' and the bubbling, Pete Namlook-esque 'Los Alcornocales' - is magical enough to both follow the brief and work as an enveloping, life-affirming ambient masterpiece. In a word: picturesque!

Review: When Marie Davidson announced last year that she would be, "retiring from club music", many wondered what she'd do next. Renegade Breakdown, her first album recorded with a full band (L'Oeuil Nu), answers that question. It sees the Canadian artist and her new collaborators deliver suitably arresting, personal and ear-catching songs built on mixing and matching a surprisingly wide variety of musical inspirations, from Blondie, classic disco and mutilated heavy metal guitars, to Kraftwerk, Billie Holliday, Fleetwood Mac and Daft Punk. It's a big shift for the previously highly experimental artist, but thanks to her skill as both a a producer and performer, one that works magnificently well.

Review: The LILA label is dropping a wealth of essential new ambient albums this month and Eternell is one of the artists behind them, an alias of Ludvig Cimbrelius who says he has been hearing new music in his mind all of his life. Here he gives it a form in the real world as he offers up real emotional depths and wondrous highs that will encourage deep introspection and firm connections with your inner most self. Mira is full of widescreen pieces, smeared pads and gently rising lines that subsume you in heavenly sonics.

Review: Given that Four Tet's recent 0181 LP was comprised of material from Kieran Hebden's archives, and last year's Pink was largely compiled of tracks from the previous 18 months of 12" releases, it seems fair to say that Beautiful Rewind is his first proper album since 2010's There Is Love In You, and as such, it arrives with some degree of expectation. The past few years have seen the producer engage increasingly with the dancefloor, and these rhythms are most definitely present across the LP, particularly in the jungle breaks of "Kool FM", pirate radio-influenced techno of "Buchla" and hesitant dubstep style rhythms of "Parallel Jalebi". For the most part however Beautiful Rewind is as varied as the likes of Rounds and There Is Love In You, with the minimalist kosmische of "Ba Teaches Yoga", analogue gurgles of "Crush" and dawn chorus sounds of closer "Your Body Feels" all as beautiful as his most enduring tracks.

Review: Given her length of service (her first appearance as a guest vocalist was way back in 1992), it seems extraordinary that The Love Invention is officially Alison Goldfrapp's debut solo album. It's a typically sparkling, colourful and entertaining affair, taking the synth-pop sound that marked out her long collaboration with Will Gregory as Goldfrapp, and injecting it with a big dose of dance-pop energy. It's hardly a radical recalibration of her sound, though the influence of some of her collaborators - most notably co-producer Richard X (who was involved in some of the album's strongest moments) - is certainly evident. Goldfrapp naturally stars throughout, channelling her inner Roisin Murphy, with highlights including the sub-heavy, house-influenced synth-pop strut of 'So Hard So Hot', the vibrant 'The Love Injection' and catchy opener 'Never Stop'.

Review: Burnski's Instinct alias has given rise to two full-length albums and a swathe of EPs in just the past two years alone, and now he's heralding spring with the launch of a new label, Abyla, and his most delicate, ambient record to date. Happening is a far cry from what you might know of Burnski or indeed the Instinct project overall, focusing as it does on orchestral ambience with a preference for plaintive piano lines at the front of the mix and ample drone matter backing it up. These short vignettes glide between moods, hovering in moments of tender minimalism or bursting with effervescence depending on the situation.

Review: Although arguably best known for her angular, industrial-influenced techno output, Siliva Jimenez Alvarez AKA Jasss has proved adept at delivering oddball electronica, modular-rich ambient and the kind of scuzzy industrial pop of which Trent Reznor would undoubtedly prove. A World of Service, her sophomore album and first for Ostgut Ton, builds on the latter side of her sound while expanding into new musical territory such as autotune-sporting future R&B ('Luis'), buzzing downtempo darkness (the immersive and intoxicating, percussion-rich 'Busto'), leftfield 21st century synth-pop (the curious but excellent 'A World Of Service') and even a dash of jangling, radio-friendly cheeriness ('In Your Mouth'). An impossible album to pigeonhole, but one that's consistently excellent and genuinely worthy of further inspection.

Review: Emotional Response bring you some truly healing sounds from Polish producer Bartosz Kruczynski, who first teamed up with the label as The Phantom for the first round of the Schleissen series back in 2015. He's since delivered a debut album to Growing Bin and released as Earth Trax on Rhythm Section and others. The mood across this collection of pieces produced for Polish studio TVP Culture opens up a rich seam of inspiration around the ambient end of Kruczynski's work through short pieces rich in sonorous delights. From fluttering fourth world-isms to hazy dub soundscapes, this is pure listening pleasure from start to finish.

Review: Norwegian disco titan Prins Thomas returns to his regular stomping ground of Smalltown Supersound with this, his sixth solo studio album. Thomas is sounding as vibrant as ever, his musical ideas spilling forth in glorious arrangements of organic instrumentation and gentling bubbling electronics that melt into a mellow, groovy sonic realm. There are hazy, cosmic moments to be savoured on the likes of "Feel The Love", and more adventurous rhythmic trysts like the nagging, snaking percussive melee of "Ambitions". Thomas' studio proficiency is more than matched by his imagination and creative ambition - would you expect any less from such a titan of Scandinavian electronic music?

Review: As much as we all love vinyl, it's refreshing to see an artist who still wants to put out their music on CD, which is what we get here from Romare. His latest album Fantasy finds the widely admired artist take something of a new approach to his work. The man born Archie Fairhurst gets nice and abstract with his samples as he also layers in his own vocals and instrumentation. He has said the album was inspired by log walks and watching films doing lockdowns, and it shows. Hints of 70s fantasy cinema also features and his trademark off-kilter electronic rhythms and kinetic grooves also play a big part in making this one another winner.

Review: Romare's latest album Fantasy finds the widely admired artist take something of a new approach to his work. The man born Archie Fairhurst gets nice and abstract with his samples as he also layers in his own vocals and instrumentation. He has said the album was inspired by log walks and watching films doing lockdowns, and it shows. Hints of 70s fantasy cinema also features and his trademark off-kilter electronic rhythms and kinetic grooves also play a big part in making this one another winner.

Review: Ambient explorer Tapes & Topographies (real name Todd Gauthreaux) tends not to talk too much about his work. Instead, he's content to simply serve up new albums and let the music do the talking. 'Microtones', his latest full-length, is another softly spun, exceedingly immersive affair in which enveloping, dream-like electronic textures, sustained drones and slowly unfurling chords wrap around effects-laden instrumentation (we can identify pedal steel, piano and strings). There are subtle nods to neo-classical, jazz and cinematic soundtracks, but this is grown up, headily emotional, entirely beat-free ambient music of the sort you'll want to get lost in time and again.

Notes: The most experimental and progressive group to emerge from the British New Romantic era, Depeche Mode has enjoyed a quite astonishing career while creating some of the most remarkable music of the past 40+ years. And this is why Depeche can still fill an 80,000-capacity stadium while their so many of their early contemporaries can barely fill a nightclub at an 80's revival night. This DVD documentary celebrates the astonishing achievements of this unique band, and features a stunning collection of interviews with all the band members past and present, plus with those who have known them best, rare group footage, seldom seen photographs, news reports, location shoots and a host of other features. 'Extras' include Interactive Depeche Mode Challenge, Digital Discography and Beyond DVD section.

Notes: Inside this issue:

Annea Lockwood: Having explored the outer reaches of sound across a multi-decade career taking in burning pianos, animals and pulsars, the New Zealand composer turns her attention to love and loss. By Louise Gray

Once Upon A Time In Maida Vale: In 1970s London, Spanish exile Miguel JM Garcia Garcia established a space where anarcho punk and industrial music would flourish. By Nick Soulsby

Svitlana Nianio: The Ukrainian vocalist and keyboard player approaches folk song with an experimental ear. By Olena Pohonchenkova

Invisible Jukebox: Gerald Cleaver: Will the US drummer and electronic composer Adjust to The Wire's mystery record selection - or end up In The Wilderness? Tested by Collin Smith

Kramer: From Bongwater and Butthole Surfers to Palace, Low and now Laraaji - the US producer, musician and Shimmy-Disc proprietor continues to produce prosthetic memories. By Emily Pothast

Unlimited Editions: Guruguru Brain

Unofficial Channels: Radio Amnion

Coffin Prick: Moog and monotone from the Los Angeles synthesist. By Abi Bliss

Ellen Zweig: The New York based composer speaks out. By Robert Barry

Goat: Japanese rock gets polyrhythmic. By James Hadfield

Ziur: Digital to physical for the Berlin based producer. By Milos Hroch

Global Ear: Bucharest: DIY electronics vs minimal techno in the Romanian capital. By Steve Rickinson

The Inner Sleeve: Abdullah Miniawy on Fela Kuti's Fear Not For Man

Epiphanies: Sunik Kim and the human nature of Conlon Nancarrow

The Wire Tapper 62: A track-by-track guide to this issue's free CD

Print Run: Twist: An American Girl by Adele Bertei, Living Metal: Scenes Around The World edited by Bryan Bardine & Jerome Stueart, Decolonial Metal Music In Latin America by Nelson Varas-Diaz, Composing While Black: Afrodiasporic New Music Today edited by Harald Kisiedu & George E Lewis, John Wetton: An Extraordinary Life edited by Nick Shilton, The Great Psychic Outdoors: Lo-Fi Music And Escaping Capitalism by Enrico Monacelli, Uncurating Sound: Knowledge With Voice And Hands by Salome Voegelin, Singularity Codex: Matthew Shipp On RogueArt by Clifford Allen, Cosmic Scholar: The Life And Times Of Harry Smith by John Szwed

On Screen: David Cronenberg Naked Lunch; Emil Spoelder The Dream Syndicate: How Did We Find Ourselves Here?

On Location: ZEZ, Zagreb, Croatia; The Silent Eye, London, UK; Why The Mountains Are Black, Konitsa, Greece; 24-Hour Drone, New York, US; Model/Actriz, London, UK; Hawkwind + Voivod, London, UK; Blue Now, London, UK; Impressions Of John Coltrane: Nat Birchall Quintet + David Angol Quartet + Ed Jones/Dominic Lash/Mark Wastell + Alan Skidmore, London, UK; Thing In The Spring 15, Keene, US; Suzanne Ciani + Li Yilei, London, UK; Sonar, Barcelona, Spain; Sophie Agnel, London, UK

On Site: XXL Dreams, The Hague, The Netherlands; Museum Of Portable Sound, Portsmouth, UK/Online

Souncheck: Eve Aboulkheir/Lasse Marhaug, Emil Amos, Steve Beresford & Angharad Davies, Lea Bertucci & Lawrence English, Adam Bohman/Martin Hackett/Sue Lynch, Dominic Coles, Mike Cooper, John Dikeman/Pat Thomas/ John Edwards/Steve Noble, Aaron Dilloway, Aaron Dilloway & AMURTARITI, Kevin Drumm, Baxter Dury, The End, Fabio Frizzi, JB Glazer, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Mats Gustafsson & Andreas Roysum, Hackedepicciotto, I Paesani featuring Gunter 'Baby' Sommer, Illegal Crowns, Kassel Jaeger, Killer Mike, Sunik Kim, Kœnig, Ana Kravanja & Elisabeth Harnik, Ana Kravanja & Vitja Balsalorsky, Laraaji & Kramer, Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek, The Nonidentical, Oxbow, Lucie Pachova, Sally Potter, Michael Allen Z Prime, Qow, Jer Reid & Tony Bevan, Dean Rodney Jr & The Cowboys, Renata Roman/Paola Ribiero/Laura.aLL, Kristen Roos, Rrose, Sexmob, Ben Scher, JG Thirlwell/Mivos Quartet, Pat Thomas, Pat Thomas & Caroline Kraabel, Pat Thomas/Chris Sharkey/Luke Reddin-Williams, David Toop & Lawrence English, Dafne Vicente-Sandoval/Lars Petter Hagen, Ute Wassermann, Weird Beard, Semay Wu, Ziur, ZULI, Various Disruptive Frequencies

The Boomerang: Air Miami, Dorothy Ashby, Autechre & Hafler Trio, The Black Dog, Black Dog Productions, John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy, Gate, High Rise, Harold Land, The Plastic People Of The Universe, Sandwell District, Saphron, Vivian Stanshall, Frank Zappa, Various Bullshit Detector Vols 1-3

Notes: Inside this brand new issue:

Totally Wire-d: A 20 page special unpicking everything you wanted to know about Mark E Smith and The Fall by the totally Wire-d writers' squad: Claire Biddles, Graham Duff, Esi Eshun, Louise Gray, Michael Fenton, Jo Hutton, Leah Kardos, Stewart Lee, Craig Leon, Eugene S Robinson, Bruce Russell, Dave Segal, Richard Thomas, Spenser Tomson, Brian Turner and Kek-W

House Of All: Tessa Norton talks to the new band formed by ex-Fall members about life after Mark E Smith

Invisible Jukebox: No Home: Will The Wire's mystery record
selection raise Fucking Hell for the London DIY artist? Tested by Meg Woof

Nondi_: Pennsylvanian footworker reports from Flood City. By Neil Kulkarni

Kristen Roos: Vancouver synthesist embraces limitations. By Robert Barry

Natalia Beylis: Kyiv born sound artist makes water magic. By Brian Coney

Andy Akiho: Sculpted sounds from the US composer. By Kurt Gottschalk

Unlimited Editions: Edition Telemark. By Peter Margasak
Unofficial Channels: The Deep Ark. By Michaelangelo Matos

Global Ear: Oakland: Anti-gentrification in the East Bay. By Collin Smith

The Inner Sleeve: DJ Scotch Egg on Faust's You Know Faust

Epiphanies: Adele Bertei heeds the siren call of Patti Smith

Print Run: ESG's Come Away With ESG by Cheri Percy; Alien Territory: Radical, Experimental & Irrelevant Music In 1970s San Diego by Bill Perrine; Come My Fanatics: A Journey Into The World Of Electric Wizard by Dan Franklin; Season Of The Witch: The Book Of Goth by Cathi Unsworth; Neil Ardley: Kaleidoscopes And Rainbows by Vivian Ardley with John Coles & Dave Gelly; Empire Roller Disco: Photographs By Patrick D Pagnano by Sara Rosen & Patrick D Pagnano; The Future Of Rock And Roll: 97X WOXY And The Fight For True Independence by Robin James; Ain't But A Few Of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story by Willard Jenkins (Editor)

On Screen: Jordan Albertsen Boom: A Film About The Sonics; Christina Batte WNYU: The World's Best Radio Station In The World

On Location: Bergamo Jazz Festival, Bergamo, Italy; aya x MFO, London, UK; Borealis, Bergen, Norway; Big Ears, Knoxville, US; Birds Of Paradise, Utrecht, Netherlands; Counterflows, Glasgow, UK; Claire Rousay, London, UK; The Philadelphia Orchestra, New York, US; Moin, London, UK; Fred Moten/Brandon Lopes/Gerald Cleaver, London, UK; Sixth Edition: Festival For Other Music, Stockholm, Sweden; Tremor, Sao Miguel, Portugal; Object Collection: HOUSECONCERT + Neil Luck & Mimi Doulton, London, UK; Sonic Protest, Paris, France; Rewire, The Hague, Netherlands

On Site: Season

Soundcheck: Nancy Andrews & Linda Smith, Martyna Basta, Andrea Belfi, DJ Brittle, Gerald Cleaver, Cold Comfort, Paul B Cutler, Mark Dresser, Paul Dunmall Ensemble, Fire! Orchestra, Fourth World Magazine III, Godflesh, Goodiepal & Bananskolen, Gunnar Gunnsteinsson, Heleen Van Haegenborgh, Alexander Hawkins Trio, IzangoMa, Rickie Lee Jones, Zubin Kanga, Marie Kruttli, Lucy Liyou, Dave Lombardo, Mandy, Indiana, Donny McCaslin, Metallica, Me:You, Modern Cosmology, MV & EE, Old Saw, Joaquin Orellana, Aruan Ortiz Trio, Massimo Pupillo/Malcolm McDowell/Gabriele Tinti, Taiko Saito, Marta Salogni & Tom Relleen, Brandon Seabrook, Skull Practitioners, Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric, Sparks, Specime, Temps, Henry Threadgill Ensemble, Alan Wilkinson/Alex Ward/Jem Doulton, Venamoris, VHS Head, Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch, Wobbly, billy woods & Kenny Segal, MC Yallah, Yetsuby, Various Music Perspective Vol 1

The Boomerang: Enhet For Fri Musik, Milford Graves with Arthur Doyle & Hugh Glover, Anna Homler & Richard Sanderson, Juju, Roland Kayn, Angus MacLise, Toshimaru Nakamura, Julien Ottavi, Joel Stern, Suicide, Lewis Taylor, Uboa, Alan Vega, Various Suburban Annihilation: The California Hardcore Explosion From The City To The Beach 1978-1983

Notes: Inside this brand new issue:

The Haxan Cloak: From his bedroom in Wakefield to the City of Angels, the UK born producer, composer and musician talks darkness, light and scoring the unspeakable. By Joseph Stannard

DJ Znobia: The Angolan kuduro innovator relates the invention and evolution of the influential dance style. By April Clare Welsh

Linda Smith: The return of the Baltimore songwriter who amassed a wealth of lo-fi pop in the 1980s and 90s. By Claire Biddles

Ariel Kalma: The electronic music veteran maintains his cosmic trajectory well into his seventies. By Daniel Spicer

Invisible Jukebox Kahil El'Zabar: Will the US bandleader know What It Is! when faced with The Wire's mystery record selection? Tested by Howard Mandel

Unlimited Editions: Thanatosis Produktion

Unofficial Channels: The Blindboy Podcast

The Inner Sleeve: Teresa Winter on Saint Etienne's Foxbase Alpha

Global Ear: Santiago Underground resistance in the Chilean capital. By Juan San Cristobal Lizama

Billy Bultheel: Queer cyberaesthetics from the Belgian composer. By Edward Henderson

Lumpeks: Franco-Polish folk jazz fun. By Gabriel Bristow

Yasuhiro Morinaga: Concrete traditionalism from the Japanese sound recordist. By Clive Bell

John Pope: Geordie improv bassist gets communal. By Abi Bliss

Epiphanies: Edward Ka-Spel makes hay with Faust

Print Run: Eric Dolphy by Guillaume Belhomme; Where We Come From: Rap, Home And Hope In Modern Britain by Aniefiok Ekpoudom; Transfigured New York: Interviews With Experimental Artists And Musicians, 1980-1990 by Brooke Wentz; Tokyo Jazz Joints by Philip Arneill with James Catchpole; Hans Reichel: Daxophonie edited by Klaus Untiet & Peter Klassen; Love, Sex & War: Terry Day Lyrics by Terry Day & Blanca Regina (Editor); Split Friction by Birgit Ulher; Trad, Gras Och Stenar: A Collective History by Hakan Agnsater, Mats Eriksson Duner, Jakob Sjoholm & Jonas Stal

On Screen: Daniel Weintraub Deep Listening: The Story Of Pauline Oliveros

On Location: Jazz Rumours, London, UK; Construction Festival, Dnipro, Ukraine; En Masse, Bristol, UK; Mariam Rezaei + Angharad Davies + Atzi Muramatsu + Semay Wu, London, UK; MAVI + Armand Hammer + Fly Anakin, Manchester, UK; Tashi Dorji & Alex Zhang Hungtai, New York, US; Le Guess Who?, Utrecht, Netherlands; Jazzfest Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Other Minds, San Francisco, US; Haunted Dancehall, Dublin, Ireland; Ska?u Mess, Riga, Latvia

On Site: Lutz Bacher AYE!, London, UK; Reynols 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Don Van Vliet, Standing On One Hand, London, UK

Soundcheck: Al Karpenter, Al Karpenter & CIA Debutante, Among The Rocks And Roots, Marc Baron & Mark Vernon, The Body & Dis Fig, Joseph Branciforte & Theo Bleckmann, Allison Burik, N Chambers, George Crumb, Dez Dare, Darkspace, Divine Horsemen, Samuel Goff/Camila Nebbia/Patrick Shiroishi, Kim Gordon, Madison Greenstone, Keiji Haino/Jim O'Rourke/ Oren Ambarchi, Mary Halvorson, Hieroglyphic Being, Mark Van Hoen, The Dave Howard Singularity, Anja Huwe, Mayssa Jallad, Jlin, Locust, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Kali Malone, Moor Mother, Dorothy Moskowitz, Naum Gabo, Ov Pain, Gruff Rhys, Laetitia Sadier, Sombat Simla, The Smile, John Surman, Valerio Tricoli, Univers Zero, Mark Vernon, Xmal Deutschland, Various Our Trip Is Short Vol 7

The Boomerang: Fred Anderson Quartet, Electric Sun, Emeralds, Bill Fay Group, Dredd Foole & The Din, FUSE, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Mark McGuire, Microstoria, Sam Morrison, Plastikman, Speedy J, Nisse Sandstr?m Group, Pauline Anna Strom, Techno Animal, Various Fantastic Voyage: New Sounds For The European Canon 1977-1981

Notes: Inside our brand new issue:

Dave Lombardo: The former Slayer drummer and frequent collaborator unveils his solo drumming debut. By Phil Freeman

Invisible Jukebox: Laura Ortman:The White Mountain Apache violinist passes The Wire's mystery record test. Tested by Laina Dawes

Once Upon A Time In San Diego: At the dawn of the 1990s, an underdog punk scene stirred in southern California. By Tony Rettman

Paul Dunmall: Former hippy and ardent woodworker Paul Dunmall is the wildcard of UK free music. By Clive Bell

Luciano Maggiore: Everyday life provides inspiration for the Italian performance artist. By Edward Henderson

Unlimited Editions: WV Sorcerer Productions

Unofficial Channels: Doom & Gloom From The Tomb

Dwight Trible: US jazz vocalist aims low. By Brian Morton

Alison Cotton: Folk for freedom. By Abi Bliss

PoiL Ueda: Chants are a fine thing for the French-Japanese prog ensemble. By JR Moores

Global Ear: Ho Chi Minh City: Wild weekends in Vietnam's largest city. By Mike Steyels

The Inner Sleeve: Karl O'Connor aka Regis on The Wolfgang Press's Bird Wood Cage

Epiphanies: Verity Susman finds childhood solidarity with Woodcraft Folk's anti- apartheid protest songs

Print Run: Spectral Sounds: Unquiet Tales Of Acoustic Weird edited by Manon Burz-Labrande; Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through The Dancefloor by Emma Warren; I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women At Factory Records by Audrey Golden; Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life In Music by Henry Threadgill & Brent Hayes Edwards; Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside The Sitting Room by Bruce Lindsay; The Listening Biennial Reader edited by Brandon LaBelle; The Art Of The Straight Line: My Tai Chi by Lou Reed; Linger On: The Velvet Underground by Ignacio Julia; Sonic Meditations by Pauline Oliveros; Sonorous Desert: What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks - And What It Can Teach Us by Kim Haines-Eitzen; Listen: Jeph Jerman In Conversation With Aram Yardumian by Aram Yardumian, Steve Jansen & Jeph Jerman

On Screen: Takashi Makino The New Cosmos: Short Film Works

On Location: Eva-Maria Houben, London, UK; No Home + R.AGGS, London, UK; A Tribute To Derek Bailey, New York, US; Women From Space, Toronto, Canada Cyber Palace 3: New Order, Taipei, Taiwan; Dither Plays Laurie Spiegel's The Expanding Universe, New York, US; URLAND, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Wet Ink Ensemble Presents: Winter Chamber Concert, New York, US; Frequency Festival, Chicago, US; MaerzMusik, Berlin, Germany; John Bence + Tara Clerkin + Don Mandarin/Rastu And Om Shanti, Bristol, UK; Swordman Kitala + Soft-Bodied Humans, Brighton, UK

On Site: Eccentric 80s: Tabea Blumenschein, Hilka Nordhausen, Rabe perplexum And Contemporary Accomplices, Berlin, Germany; Massimo Bartolini, Prato, Italy; Not Necessarily In The Right Order, London, UK

Soundcheck: Adjunct Ensemble, Aksak Maboul, Ale Hop & Laura Robles, CEL, Buck Curran, Dez Dare, amby downs & Steve Gunn, Fire-Toolz, Josephine Foster, Steve Gunn & David Moore, Mats Gustafsson & Joachim Nordwall, JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown, Kaze & Ikue Mori, Brandon Lopez Trio, Annelies Monsere, Jason Moran, Drew Mulholland, Mat Muntz, Pascal Niggenkemper, Nondi_, Nosaj from New Kingdom & Steel Tipped Dove, Alva Noto, The Orb, Oval, Ozmotic | Fennesz, Alex Paxton, Proc Fiskal, The Purge Of Tomorrow, Fatima Al Qadiri, Lana Del Rabies, Nein Rodere, Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary, Santa Muerte, Scotch Rolex & Shackleton, Colin Andrew Sheffield, Spirit Of Hamlet, The Storm Bugs, Sunburned Hand Of The Man, galen tipton, Penelope Trappes, Xylouris White, Various Solstice: A Tribute To Steffen Basho-Junghans

The Boomerang: Black Eyes, Adam Bohman, Joanna Brouk, Tony Conrad/Arnold Dreyblatt/Jim O'Rourke, Roxy Gordon, The Holy Modal Rounders, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Greg 'Stackhouse' Prevost, Pharoah Sanders Quartet, Robert Schroeder, Louis Stewart, The Stan Tracey Quartet, Various Quartz/Mirliton Cassettes: 1971-1979 Vols 1 & 2

Notes: Inside this brand new issue:

Irreversible Entanglements: With a new album in the can, the US quintet discuss freedom, community and dismantling the mechanisms of oppression. By Phil Freeman

The Primer: Jazz & Poetry: A user's guide to the ongoing conversation between mighty music and vibrant verse. By David Grundy

Vanishing Twin: The London based art pop trio take a playful approach to retrofuturist psychedelia. By Claire Biddles

Invisible Jukebox: Matana Roberts: The Chicago born musician and multidisciplinary artist faces The Wire's mystery record selection. Tested by Teju Adeleye.

Unlimited Editions: Gin&Platonic

Unofficial Channels: Chocolate Monk Top Tens

Carol Robinson: Clarinet results from the Paris based musician. By Louise Gray

Tom Mudd: Getting algorithmic with the Edinburgh experimentalist. By Stewart Smith

Hearsay: Chicago improvising trio turn the tables. By Bill Meyer

Marina Herlop: Exploring otherworlds with the Catalan composer. By Milos Hroch

Global Ear: Oaxaca A mountain town's brass ensembles celebrate Mexico's Indigenous Mixe culture. By Juan San Cristobal Lizama

The Inner Sleeve: Val Wilmer on Henry Grimes's The Call

Epiphanies: Raphael Rogi?ski on Neopolitan soul

Print Run: A Book Of Noises: Notes On The Auraculous by Caspar Henderson, Key Changes: The Ten Times Technology Transformed The Music Industry by Howie Singer & Billy Rosenblatt, Neumusik: The Complete Edition by David Elliott, Happy Trails by Andrew Lauder, This Must Be The Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better by Shain Shapiro, Voices Of Nature: How And Why Animals Communicate by Nicolas Mathevon, Dissonant Waves: Ernst Schoen And Experimental Sound In The Twentieth Century by Sam Dolbear & Esther Leslie

On Screen: CB Stockfleth The Elephant 6 Recording Co

On Site: Free To Improvise: The Derek Bailey Story

On Location: Time Trout + Shark Calmer, Brighton, UK; Intersection Festival, Toronto, Canada; LightSounds, London, UK; Supersonic Festival, Birmingham, UK; Mutek, Montreal, Canada; Mamoru Fujieda, Melbourne, Australia; Odysseus Festival, Helsinki, Finland; Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, Norway; Blacktronika: Brooklyn, New York, US; Tomorrow Comes The Harvest, London, UK; Ostrava Music Days, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Soundcheck: Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, Actress, Anagram String Trio, Animal Collective, The Astronauts, Pierre Bastien & Michel Banabila, BlankFor.ms/Jason Moran/Marcus Gilmore, Blut Aus Nord, Bolt Ruin, Vilhelm Bromander, Call Super, Datashock, Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band, Dead Neanderthals, AC Diamond, Aaron Diehl & The Knights, Gong, Forbes Graham, The Hatch Expansion, KMRU, KMRU & Abul Mogard, Kofi Flexxx, Piotr Kurek, Lao Dan, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Mahti, Matmos, Joe McPhee/Mette Rasmussen/Dennis Tyfus, Nicole Mitchell & Alexander Hawkins, MXLX, Mary Ocher, The Pitch & Jules Reidy, Raining Spiderlings, Jules Reidy, Mariam Rezaei, Paul Rooney, Rozenhall, Saint Abdullah & Eomac, Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary, Sextile, Shela, Starving Weirdos, Marnie Stern, String Noise Sounds, Taipan Tiger Girls, Umlaut Chamber Orchestra, Virta, WaqWaq Kingdom, Larry Wish, Richard Youngs

The Boomerang: Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, The Chills, Bruce Haack, Keith Jarrett, My Cat Is An Alien, Optiki Mousiki, The Runaways, The Shadow Ring, Tricky, Seymour Wright

Notes: Inside the brand new issue:

Don & Moki Cherry: An 18 page special surveying the globe-trotting creative achievements of Don Cherry's organic music family by The Wire's crack writing team: Frances Morgan, David Grundy, Howard Mandel, Neil Kulkarni, Francis Gooding, Magnus Nygren, Gabriel Bristow, Bill Meyer, Marcus J Moore, Pierre Crepon, Matt Krefting, Phil Freeman, Emily Pothast, Clifford Allen, Clive Bell and Jo Hutton.

The Pitch: The Berlin improvising collective connect the sonic with the social. By Peter Margasak

Invisible Jukebox: GAIKA: Will The Wire's mystery record selection reduce the London polymath to "Eternal Tears"? Tested by Ciaran Thapar;

Feng Jiangzhou: Experimental rock gets down and dirty in the hands of the Beijing noise veteran. By Anla Li.
Unlimited Editions: Pakapi Records
Unofficial Channels: Ethio-Pain
Aho Ssan: Networking with the Paris based producer. By Antonio Poscic

Powerplant: UK-Ukraine synth punks touch grass. By Spenser Tomson

Janneke van der Putten: Strange overtones from the Dutch vocalist. By Abi Bliss

Global Ear: Sao Paulo: Tape against tradition in the Brazilian metropolis. By Romulo Moraes
The Inner Sleeve:Suzanne Ciani on Glenn Gould/Johann Sebastian Bach's The Goldberg Variations
Epiphanies: John Butcher goes deeper underground

Print Run: Queer Blues: The Hidden Figures Of Early Blues Music by Darryl W Bullock; Stampfel On Weber And The Complete Boston Broadsides 1964-1967 by Peter Stampfel; Conrad Schnitzler: Manchmal Art Es In Musik Aus (Sometimes It Turns Into Music) edited by Gregor Jansen; Music Farther Outside: Experimental Music During Brexit And The Pandemic by Bill Shoemaker; Acid Detroit: A Psychedelic Story Of Motor City Music by Joe Molloy; Party Lines: Dance Music And The Making Of Modern Britain by Ed Gillett; Radio Art Zone edited by Sarah Washington

On Screen: Amanda Kim Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV; Stewart Morgan Hajdukiewicz A Bright Nowhere: Journeying Into Improvisation

On Location: Doon Kanda, London, UK; Heroines Of Sound Festival, Berlin, Germany; Nkisi, London, UK; Disruptive Frequencies, London, UK; Edith Steyer, Berlin, Germany; DJ Sprinkles + Bezier, New York, US; Tomorrow Festival, Shenzhen, China; Ground Music Festival, Brusati, Italy; King Ayisoba + Ayuuna Sale + ZEA, Berlin, Germany; Experiments In Opera: Anthony Braxton Theater Improvisations, New York, US; Causa Efeito: O Novo Jazz Na Nova, Lisbon, Portugal

On Site: Brian Eno & Jir?i? Pr?i?hoda: Nave; Nwando Ebizie: Extreme Unction Vol 2
Soundcheck: DJ 0.000001, Abyss X, Jason Adasiewicz, Aphex Twin, Titi Bakorta, Baldruin, Natasha Barrett, Han Bennink & Terrie Ex, Big Freedia, Blevin Blectum, John Butcher, John Butcher/Dominic Lash/Emil Karlsen, John Butcher/Pat Thomas/ Dominic Lash/Steve Noble, Broken Chip, Kate Carr, The Chap, Ben Chasny & Rick Tomlinson, Coffin Prick, Coral Sea, Alan Courtis & David Grubbs, Darsombra, Angel Bat Dawid, Arnold Dreyblatt, Nick Dunston, DJ Finale, GAIKA, Gerard Grisey/Anders Tveit/NyNorsk Messingkvintett, Laurel Halo, Joshua Hill & Micaela Tobin, Iceboy Violet, Irreversible Entanglements, Mick Jenkins, DJ K, King Kashmere & Alecs DeLarge, Kong, Mary Jane Leach, Ruth Mascelli, Merzbow/Smegma, Million Square, Minaru, MonoLogue & Matt Atkins, MSSV, Normal Nada The Krakmaxter, Nakibembe Embaire Group, Pauline Oliveros, Pauline Oliveros/IONE/Christopher Willes/Public Recordings, Kassa Overall. Pelicanman, Ava Rasti, Seven)Suns, Six Organs Of Admittance, SLW cc Watt, Smegma/Merzbow, DJ Smiley Bobby, Soft-Bodied Humans, Stinking Lizaveta, Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake, Winkhaus with Steve Beresford, DJ Znobia, Various ?, Various Gespensterland, Various The NID Tapes: Electronic Music From India 1969-1972, Various Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War, Various Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War Remixes, Various Smalltown Supersound Remix Anthology 2002-2022 Vol 1-4

The Boomerang: Da Slyme, Dawson, The Dream Syndicate, Mark Fell & Will Guthrie, Lee/Hampel/Waisvisz/Gosseye/Johansson, Max Roach, David Shea, Various Magnetizdat DDR: Magnetbanduntergrund Ost 1979-1990/East German Tape Underground 1979-1990, Various Playing For The Man At The Door: Field Recordings From The Collection Of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971, Various Richard Sen Presents Dream The Dream: UK Techno, House & Breakbeat 1990-1994, Various SSR Records: In Retrospect