Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
The effects of Hurricane Sandy are imprinted deeply on the New York hardcore band's debut album All Barren, comprising songs written both before and after the storm struck their native Long Island. Their singer Chris Tzompanakis gives Dean Brown the backstory
With a head-spinning new composition due out this month, following up on last year's startlingly brilliant Pipes, Katie Gately talks to Tristan Bath about moving into music from film sound design, utilising technology and how the voice can be a means of personal reinvention
Following the release of Slipping Control at the close of summer, Alexander Iadarola sat down with Ben Vida to discuss the interfacing between art and musicians, sonic recalibration and Transformers as "the most advanced sound design musique concrète"
Bassline and garage innovator DJ Q's debut album Ineffable hit 2014 with a thrilling and much-needed blast of UK rave-pop. Following the album's release earlier this year, Rory Gibb catches up with him to chat feelgood music, perfectionism and the demise of bassline
The formerly delicate electronica of London-based musician Airhead has just taken a thrillingly warped swerve towards the dancefloor. For our latest Sonic Router column, he meets Oli Marlow to discuss how club experiences have informed his explosive upcoming Hemlock 12"
The astral hip hop of Seattle's Shabazz Palaces conjures up a disorienting and thrilling patchwork of shifting moods and sensations. Laura Snoad speaks to vocalist Ishmael Butler about new album Lese Majesty, the science fiction of Octavia Butler, and the importance of ambiguity
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe's work ranges from hypnotic solo modular synth and voice explorations as Lichens, to acting, composition for film and playing in Om. As part of our week of features curated by Kevin 'The Bug' Martin, Tristan Bath meets Lowe to discuss the underlying impulses that unite these varied projects
Commissioned by Kevin Martin as part of our Bug Week, Rory Gibb meets Flowdan, one of the most distinctive voices in grime and beyond, to discuss Jamaican sound system culture's influence on UK music and the origins of The Bug's mighty anthem 'Skeng'