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
Now turning 25, Studio Ghibli's Whisper of the Heart still stands as one of the most impressive and emotional things the Japanese animation titans have ever done. Ian Wang looks back on the earnest, wide-eyed optimism of a masterpiece