The winter solstice is here and we're marking it with a world exclusive: an EP of new music by Roger Robinson and Richard Skelton, available immediately to Sound & Vision subscribers. Darran Anderson talks to the artists about their unique collaboration
John Doran meets Christian Fennesz, Kiki Hitomi, Roger Robinson and Kevin Martin in Tilburg, NL, after their first ever live performance together at Incubate festival. They discuss their excellent new album Edition 1, the difficulty of romance, the nature of melancholy and their memories of rain
Since 2005, Liz Harris' work as Grouper has explored the states between states. With her new collaborative album as Mirrorring recently released through Kranky, Rory Gibb spoke to her about in-between zones, sleep states and last year's remarkable double album A I A
Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills celebrates 20 years of his Axis label this autumn with a book of artwork, photos and essays about its history. While in London, he sat down with David Stubbs to envisage possible futures
Fist City's joyous punk rock mêlée delivers a double knockout blow, blending wild immediacy with subtle lyrical depth. Tom Hannan catches up with singer Kier Griffiths to discuss how both personal and political issues are intertwined in their new album
Rose Kallal straddles the art and music world, says Russell Cuzner. With a performance praxis that revolves around arcane video loops, and an album of dystopic synth soundtracks recently put out on Paul Purgas of Emptyset’s We Can Elude Control label, we sat down with her to discuss how technology, astrology and the elements are the hidden forces behind her mesmeric multimedia work