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READ: Adrian Corker On Giacinto Scelsi

Read an essay by the composer in advance of next month's MusICA event in London, featuring work by and inspired by Scelsi

Rum Music For January Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Jennifer Lucy Allan draws together sounds from the Kiev underground; forgotten synth explorations of a jazz legend and a must-watch of woodblocks and bells by Sarah Hennies in the first Rum Music of 2020

Critic’s Round-Up: Mark Kermode’s Favourite Albums

The film critic, television presenter and skiffle bassist sets aside his DVD stack to talk top records with Marc Burrows

Vampire Weekend Mystery Woman

Charlotte Gainsbourg Announces First New Album Since 2010

Charlotte Gainsbourg's new album features collaborations with Daft Punk's Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, Sir Paul McCartney and more

It’s Always Rock & Roll: Richard Pinhas’ Baker’s Dozen

The revolutionary guitarist-philosopher talks Warren Hatter through the records that have touched and inspired him, and which changed the era he has lived through

Pieces Of Life: Gaspar Noé’s Favourite Films

On the release of his new film Vortex, Gaspar Noé takes Patrick Clarke through an intense and adventurous Baker's Dozen of favourite films, and the lessons they've taught him on the extent of human cruelty and the joy of shocking an audience

An Ocean of Atoms: Lord Spikeheart’s Baker’s Dozen

The experimental metal master guides Alex Rigotti through his thirteen favourite albums that explore heaviness, spirituality and love, and that shaped both him and his debut solo album The Adept

Air Force 13: Ginger Baker’s Favourite Albums

Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion are playing London's Jazz Cafe this week and are one of the first acts to be announced for next year's Field Day; in advance, the legendary drummer picks out his top 13 LPs

The Golden Section: John Foxx’s Favourite Albums

The electronics pioneer pens his own Baker's Dozen and gives us a slightly different twist on the 13 favourites formula

A Baker’s Dozen Special! Acid Arab’s Guide To MENA Bangers

Jeremy Allen sits down with Acid Arab for a whirlwind tour through their essential belters from the Middle East and North Africa

13 Reasons Why I Can’t Pick My 13 Favourite Records, By Drew Daniel

When we asked Drew Daniel of Matmos and The Soft Pink Truth for his Baker's Dozen, he refused - and with good reasons. Thirteen of them, to be precise. Here Daniel presents them in an essay titled A Rant Against The Quantification Of Aesthetics. All photographs courtesy of Drew Daniel

Let’s Not Rush: A Love Letter To Trains On Screen

Modern cinema portrays trains as spaces between spaces, a place of fascination for the moving image that culminates with Compartment No 6, finds Henry Jordan

WATCH: Darren Hayman Lido Video

"Essays on memory and lost, bold, civic dreams" explored on new LP

Blissful Resonance: Brian DeGraw Of Gang Gang Dance’s Favourite Albums

With Brian DeGraw's debut solo album as bEEdEEgEE released last month, the Gang Gang Dance founder member speaks to Tristan Bath about thirteen of his favourite albums, from Scott Walker and Pharaoh Sanders to Burial and Public Enemy

Black Sun Roof!

4 Black Suns & A Sinister Rainbow