Quietus writers and staff have chosen their favourite tracks of the year so far for your delectation. Contains monstrously long Spotify playlist. Where's my damn croissants says John Doran after two days of compiling
With new project Melt Yourself Down, Pete Wareham of Acoustic Ladyland and his crew of merry travellers whip up a storm of frenzied rhythms and vibrant splashes of colour, inspired by the music of North Africa. Simon Jay Catling enters the hothouse
Sound House, a new album by Walls based around interpretations and reworkings of material from Daphne Oram's sound archive, is released this month. Joe Clay caught up with the duo's Sam Willis to discuss the magic within Oram's pioneering experiments in electronic sound