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Innocence And Experience: Lisa Left Eye Lopes’ Supernova Turns 20
It was supposed to be the moment where the most misunderstood woman in pop got to explain herself and empower her audience: but the release was cancelled and within months she was dead. Angus Batey revisits Lisa Lopes's debut and rediscovers a forgotten treasure
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A Wide Open Place: UCSD & The Birth Of Pauline Oliveros’ Sonic Meditations
In an exclusive extract from his new book, *Alien Territory: Radical, Experimental, & Irrelevant Music in 1970s San Diego*, author Bill Perrine describes the heady atmosphere of early 1970s California that led to a new era in the work of one of America's most adventurous composers
Baker's Dozen
Learning Through Listening: Shabaka Hutchings Favourite LPs
In anticipation of the release of Sons of Kemet's latest LP, Your Queen Is A Reptile and their appearance at this year's Field Day Festival, saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings detailed the thirteen albums that shaped his experiences as both a man and a musician to Olamiju Fajemisin
