Daryl Worthington speaks to a tape label expanding the possibilities of footwork, and reviews some of the most intriguing tapes of the Autumn, from world-building electronics to light triggered synthesis and a trumpet/cello/drums power trio
Oren Ambarchi is set to open Unsound New York this week with a performance of his composition Knots, and another show scheduled for Sonar in June. He speaks to Albert Freeman about a renewed interest in rhythm, his forthcoming Knots record on PAN, and composing music for dance and theatre
Compass Point Studios, and its house band the Compass Point All Stars, were going to be Chris Blackwell and Island Records’ defining statement to the world. Instead, they provided Grace Jones’s. And that, says David Bennun, looking back at the three extraordinary records she made there between 1980 and 1982, is more than enough