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Who Lights Up The Dance? An Interview With Flowdan

Commissioned by Kevin Martin as part of our Bug Week, Rory Gibb meets Flowdan, one of the most distinctive voices in grime and beyond, to discuss Jamaican sound system culture's influence on UK music and the origins of The Bug's mighty anthem 'Skeng'

Unidentified Flying Oscillator: Space Dimension Controller Interviewed

R&S' resident purveyor of super-smooth cosmic funk sits down with Rory Gibb for a rare in-person interview, and talks soundtracks, space operas and sci-fi

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Through The Looking Glass: An Interview With Grouper

Since 2005, Liz Harris' work as Grouper has explored the states between states. With her new collaborative album as Mirrorring recently released through Kranky, Rory Gibb spoke to her about in-between zones, sleep states and last year's remarkable double album A I A

Part One – An Introduction: Main Feed The Collapse

Neil Kulkarni wants to look beyond the usual suspects talked about in anniversary features in his new series: A New Nineties. He starts by interviewing Robert Hampson of Main

Over The Edge: An Interview With Dead Fader

Dead Fader construct savagely abrasive dance tracks from molten blocks of noise and distortion. Angus Finlayson speaks to the duo's John Cohen about making synthesizers bellow

Son Et Lumière: Joshua Light Show Interviewed

Joshua White's Joshua Light Show was an iconic visual presence in the sixties and seventies, accompanying performances by the likes of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa. Laura Snoad spoke to him ahead of his recent Light Show with Oneohtrix Point Never

Deeper Into The Void: An Interview With Asva

Asva released one of last year's most haunting and evocative records in Presences Of Absences. Kevin McCaighy speaks to bassist and founder member Stuart Dahlquist about the past, present and future of the group.

A Darkness In The West: Hacker Farm Interviewed

Hacker Farm repurpose old farming equipment, shortwave radios and busted electronics to transmit decrepit electronica for a country crumbling under ConDem rule. They speak to Ben Graham about self-sufficiency, the joys of circuit-bending and guerilla gigs outside cattle markets

Building From The Ground Up: Lorn Interviewed

Angus Finlayson talks to the man born Marcos Ortega about his relationship with Flying Lotus and being a natural performer

The Strange World Of… U.S. Maple

“There were so many great bad ideas to explore.” Joe Thompson of Wrong Speed records guides us through the imperfectly formed catalogue of the cult Chicagoan noise rock band, with the help of guitarist Todd Rittmann

LISTEN: Ja Ja Ja Third Birthday Mixtape

Monthly event set to celebrate three years of bringing London the best of Nordic music this Thursday

Floating Points Releases New Single, ‘Problems’

It's the third new cut to emerge from the UK producer this year

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“I Admit It, We Failed!”: The First Battles Interview On The Story Of Gloss Drop

In the face of adversity, Battles have produced their most killer album yet. Simon Jay Catling meets the band to discuss Gloss Drop, discarded records and departed members

Sonic Router 032: Shadow Worlds – Illum Sphere Interviewed

For his first Sonic Router column of 2014, Oli Marlow catches up with Manchester-based producer Illum Sphere to discuss the immersive spaces of his long-in-the-making Ninja Tune debut album