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Part of the Barbican's Transcender series, in performances by Parissa and the Meshk Ensemble, Sam Mackay finds both a testament and challenge to the idea of musical universalism and a rebuttal to cultural and social authoritarianism. (Photograph: Bilâl Değirmenci)
At this year's Skaņu Mežs festival in Latvia, Tristan Bath finds not just a festival brimming with local talent and highlight-worthy performances from the always excellent King Midas Sound + Fennesz and Klara Lewis, but also — in Killing Sound — a reminder from our friends in Europe of the best part of our own culture
First there came the blimp, then the graffiti, then the deep web album announcement, then a tQ scribe bound for a secretive listening party to hear Richard D. James' most celebrated guise making a long-awaited return. But is it any good? Joe Clay reports back from the Warp offices
William Bennett's new project Cut Hands finds his music taking new, percussive and punishingly effective new routes post-Whitehouse. Ahead of this weekend's performance at Supersonic, Rory Gibb speaks to him about the development of Afro Noise