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As he prepares to take the stage at the Barbican for Convergence Festival, performing a special version of E2–E4 plus material from the Ash Ra Tempel albums Schwingungen and 7Up, Manuel Göttsching talks to Bobby Barry about free music, minimalism, and being the loudest band in West Berlin
As ever, Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley is busy at work on a host of concurrent projects. In advance of his group Gravetemple's shows at Cafe Oto this weekend, he speaks with Joseph Burnett about the marvelous debut Ensemble Pearl album, a collaboration with members of Ghost and Boris
Australian musician and audiovisual artist Robin Fox locks human nervous systems to the rhythms of the machine. Ahead of his laser show at Cafe Oto on September 16th, he speaks to Rory Gibb about scoring for dance and cracking technology
Oren Ambarchi's work, both solo and in collaboration with names as wide-ranging as Fire! and Sunn O))), finds him twisting guitar tones to the point where they fold in upon themselves. He speaks to Russell Cuzner about collaboration, teaching a course on krautrock and covering Kiss