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In an exclusive extract from her new book *Transfigured New York: Interviews with Experimental Artists and Musicians, 1980-1990*, writer and radio host Brooke Wentz shares an interview from the WKCR-FM archives with pioneering Downtown musicians Arthur Russell and Peter Gordon talking ballet, rap music and ‘democratic music’
Drawing together sculpture and sound, the ancient and modern, Athanasios Argianas's show Hollowed Water inhabited Camden Arts Centre before the lockdown and is now available to view online. Here the artist shares some of the images and sounds that inspired the exhibition
In spite of a gradually accelerating reappraisal, a full portrait of composer Julius Eastman will most likely never surface, says Aimee Armstrong. Instead we’re left to track him through anecdotes, odd photographs and his politically charged and aggressively honest personal composition. A preview for this year's Intonal Festival.
With William Basinski's Arcadia Series opening this week in London, Robert Barry speaks with Basinski, Michael Gira and Rhys Chatham to trace the rich history of New York's artist-run loft spaces and the pioneering music they fostered
One of Peter Zummo's much-celebrated collaborations with the late Arthur Russell, Zummo With An X, was reissued this year by Optimo Music. Robert Barry caught up with Zummo via email to discuss his own musical history and channeling the sounds of the city
From 90s grunge and hip hop to contemporary ambient electronica, DJ Tom Ravenscroft tells Ben Graham about the 13 albums that give him the most listening pleasure, and developing his own musical interest away from the influence of his dad, the late John Peel. Tom Ravenscroft image courtesy of the BBC.
Paddy Shine is one of the most relentless instigators in the underground, both as part of Gnod and in myriad other projects. Ahead of the release of the debut album by his weird folk group Moundabout alongside Phil Masterson on Rocket this summer, he guides Harry Sword through 13 vital slabs
Ahead of his appearance at the Southbank Centre as part of Erased Tapes' tenth birthday celebrations later this year, Peter Broderick speaks to Elizabeth Aubrey about 13 records that inspired him, from Dylan to Arvo Part and Philip Glass
We know you all love a bit of synth porn so here's Benge's Baker's Dozen - a sort of synth erotica reading, if you will, as he guides you through 13 electronic favourites from Morton Subotnick to Else Marie Pade and George Harrison's Moog explorations to Air and Autechre. Benge photo by Ed Fielding
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