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The Spirit Is The Thing: Irmin Schmidt’s Favourite Records

As the former Can man releases his Electro Violet box set this week, he boils his all-time favourites down to a 'records of the day' selection, taking Sean Kitching from albums to individual songs and classical compositions

Critic’s Round-Up: Mark Kermode’s Favourite Albums

The film critic, television presenter and skiffle bassist sets aside his DVD stack to talk top records with Marc Burrows

Raphael Rogiński 

Talán

Polish guitarist seeks inspiration along the Black Sea’s coastlines for his latest set of haunted blues meditations

John Foxx & Friends On Identity Amidst The Machines

Foxxy, Benge, Gazelle Twin and Scanner discuss music and identity in a digital age

Festival 23 Debuts This Year

Inaugural edition of festival celebrating Discordian counter-culture to be held in July with Knifeworld and more

Off The Airwaves, On The Stereo: Mark Radcliffe’s Favourite LPs

Radio DJ hero and now musician Mark Radcliffe tells Jude Rogers tales of being seduced by David Bowie and the gift of a cheese pie from Kate Bush in this week's Baker's Dozen, also featuring the likes of Bob Marley, Joy Division and Stevie Wonder

Emptyset

Dissever

Commissioned for Tate Modern's Electric Dreams exhibition, Paul Purgas and James Ginzburg turn the building's giant Turbine Hall into a buzzing, pulsating, resonant instrument

Nature-Built Prisons: Director Jeppe Rønde On Bridgend

Danish director Jeppe Rønde has made his first feature film about the spate of teen suicides in the Welsh town of Bridgend. Yasmeen Khan talks to him about it

Star Striped Tragedy: Captain Phillips Reassesed

Raphael Hall tackles some of the tricky questions raised by Paul Greengrass's modern epic

Oneohtrix Point Never Reissues Eccojams Vol 1

Daniel Lopatin has remastered old material which is credited with birthing vaporwave

WATCH: Tricky – Is That Your Life

We talk to Tricky about his new video for the False Idols track

Giallo Can You Go? Talking Italian Horror With Spector

You might not guess it from his besuited and bespectacled exterior, but Spector singer Fred Macpherson is a devotee of Italian horror cinema. The BBC Sound Of 2012 nominee reveals more in conversation with Dario Argento biographer James Gracey. Photo by Joe Tovey Frost

The Multitudes in Us: Kae Tempest’s Favourite Records

Following the release of his excellent new album, the acclaimed poet, musician, novelist and playwright shares the music that shaped his life – from Nina Simone to Gravediggaz