John Doran talks to bouzouki player, folk singer and Syrian emigrant Mohammad Syfkhan about his astounding album, I Am Kurdish, and considers what it means to be an Irish musician. With thanks to Willie Stewart and Cormac MacDiarmada. CW: contains biographical details that may cause distress
John Doran speaks to the renowned leftfield electronic music producer and sound installation creator about 64 Beautiful Phase Violations - an experiment in an anechoic chamber. With thanks to Rory Gibb and Kit Turner for essential moral and technical guidance. Features embedded short documentary. Mark Fell portrait by Connie Treanor
Chicago's Jamal Moss sinks the legacies of house music and Sun Ra into abrasive and acutely psychoactive takes on club music, noise and industrial. In advance of a UK/Europe tour, he speaks to Rory Gibb about expressing the ambiguities of real life
Two decades after Coil finally finished tinkering with tracks, Backwards has finally been release. Russell Cuzner talks to Danny Hyde, the band’s engineer, co-producer, co-writer and programmer about this 'lost' album and the Nine Inch Nails’ material, released last year as Recoiled. Contains NSFW video imagery
Under the alias JK Flesh, long-running industrial/metal pioneer Justin Broadrick returns to the electronic crucible, fortifying blazing walls of distortion with iron wrecking-ball beats. He speaks to Joseph Burnett about his remarkable history, "hateful and fucked" music, and future plans