Tristan Bath

Spool’s Out: A Tape Review Column For June

Tristan Bath returns to tape reviewing duties with coverage of new cassettes from Tashi Dorji, Weightausend, Faux Fur, AyGeeTe, Solvognen, Siavash Amini and Laplante/Dunn/Smith. Internet friendly image of cat and synth from the Weightausend Tumblr

How To Find Magic: Motorpsycho Interviewed

Tristan Bath talks to Bent Sæther about a quarter of a century of exploratory psychedelic rock with Motorpsycho

LIVE REPORT: Merzbow/Gustafsson/Pándi and Tim Hecker

Tristan Bath reports from a noise ridden night at Oval Space that reduces crowd goers to punching their own chests. Photo by David Jones

Håkon Stene

Lush Laments For Lazy Mammal

Hyper Realisation: An Interview With Ben Frost

Iceland-based electronic musician Ben Frost returns next month with his brutal, noise-scorched new album A U R O R A. Ahead of his London show this week and Sonar Barcelona in June, he speaks with Tristan Bath about the making of the new album, traveling to the DR Congo as part of Richard Mosse's The Enclave project, and composing by ear in an age of visual music

Dirtmusic

Lion City

Douglas Dare

Whelm

Vital Music: Eno Williams Of Ibibio Sound Machine Interviewed

With Ibibio Sound Machine's formidable debut album released last month, Tristan Bath meets frontwoman Eno Williams to discuss storytelling through music, the Ibibio language, peacocks and talking fish

Various Artists

Haiti Direct

Spools Out 3: A Cassette Reviews Column For March

The Master Of The Tapes, Tristan Bath is back with a selection of the best releases from February and March

Ibibio Sound Machine

Ibibio Sound Machine

Matthew Barlow

Sun Showers

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

Piano Nights

Rune Grammofon

Sailing To Byzantium

Father Murphy

Pain Is On Our Side EP

Pangaea

Fabriclive 73

Sunn O))) & Ulver

Terrestrials

Guardian Alien

Spiritual Emergency

Spool’s Out: A Cassette Reviews Column For January

Tristan Bath casts his net far and wide to bring you the best new cassette releases, in this second edition of his monthly column

Helm

The Hollow Organ EP

Life Is Rhythm: An Interview With Greg Fox Of Guardian Alien

Formerly known for his powerful drumming in black metal group Liturgy, in the last two years Greg Fox has blasted off into progressively freer, looser and more colourful territories with Guardian Alien. With new album Spiritual Emergency released this month, he speaks to Tristan Bath about the rhythms of life and overcoming physical limitations

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

Wolves in the Throne Room

BBC Session 2011 Anno Domini

Spool’s Out: 2013’s Best Tapes Reviewed

Tristan Bath looks back over the best cassettes released this year, from Eccentronic Research Council, Demdike Stare, The Heads, Katie Gately, Cream Juice

LIVE REPORT: Wooden Shjips

Tristan Bath joins the nodding masses at Wooden Shjips' recent show at The Scala in London

Débruit & Alsarah

Aljawal

LIVE REPORT: Om

Tristan Bath achieves enlightenment through the San Francisco trio's doom metal incantations at the Village Underground in London last night

Nils Frahm

Spaces

LIVE REPORT: Omar Souleyman

Tristan Bath attends Souleyman's set at The Laundry in London last week

Omar Souleyman

Wenu Wenu

The Listener Is The Key: Nils Frahm Interviewed

Tristan Bath meets the acclaimed and well loved German composer and musician to talk about the importance of good production

The Space Between One & Two: Sons Of Kemet Interviewed

London's Shabaka Hutchings and Tom Skinner sit down with Tristan Bath to discuss the free-flowing and vibrant grooves of their new quartet Sons Of Kemet, and how they emerge from a desire to explore the hidden currents linking the world's musics together