Ahead of his performance at Outernational Days next week, Lebanese electronic musician and Morphine label head Rabih Beaini talks to Rory Gibb about the challenges and emerging possibilities of collaboration across countries and cultures
Indonesian duo Senyawa are one of the most startlingly original acts of recent years, combining a bamboo instrument shaped like a ritual spear with throat singing, producing music that's reminiscent of heavy metal. WTF, asks John Doran. Vocalist Rully Shabara Herman gives him some answers
Once again, Luke Turner and David Moats cross the wind-whipped seas to the Branchage International Film Festival, where they starred in a post-apocalyptic film with Ian Svenonius, climbed two forts, and examined the dark heart of the Berlusconi regime