James Holden ‘Bania’
James Holden, DJ, producer and Border Community boss, describes the making of ‘Bania’, a modular synth mashup with traditional Moroccan singers that changed the course of his life
Aho Ssan ‘Rhizomes’ (Other People)
Root Manoeuvres
Richard Sen
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Richard Sen
Cathy Lucas
Vanishing Twin’s Cathy Lucas steps up for this month’s quick-fire questions
‘Trying To Escape’ Foreign World
Resident archivist Jack Dangers looks at an album by Foreign World that’s stuffed with strange art inserts – and the music is even more peculiar
Charlie Tate ‘Alta Plana’ (OM, 2005)
Without any announcement at all, Alta Plana appeared in 2005 as a digital-only release and promptly disappeared.
‘Something Strange Came Out Of The Skies’ Gavin Lloyd Wilson
In 1977, Gavin Lloyd Wilson was a Pembrokeshire schoolboy fascinated by a spate of strange local UFO incidents. His 2021 album, ‘Something Strange Came Out Of The Skies’, took its inspiration from this now-infamous “Welsh Triangle” of sightings
Lewis Fautzi
Portuguese musician and producer Lewis Fautzi on the first and last albums he bought, plus an all-time favourite
Colleen “Cosmo” Murphy
With the release of ‘Balearic Breakfast: Volume 2’, an album informed by her eclectic radio shows on Worldwide FM, Colleen “Cosmo” Murphy shares her key influences
Maloca
Location: Brussels, Belgium Est: 2020