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Akusmi – Terra Incognita (Tonal Union)

2026 is keeping Pascal Bideau busy. The French saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist re-pressed Fleeting Future (2022) and Lines (2023) – his fi…

Championing Sonic Phenomena as Music – A personal obituary for Alvin Lucier (1931-2021)

Alvin Lucier has died, aged 91. An integral part of the American experimental music scene, he was performing and fulfilling commissions for musi…

Trans-4M – Sublunar Oracles (Buzz/Safe Trip)

Originally released in tiny CD-only quantities in 1992, this Belgian album got a lot of play in Sydney at Punos’ chillout rooms and later at the…

Maarja Nuut & Ruum: “Giving meaning to every sound and every gesture.” Interview by Bob Baker Fish

Estonian duo Maarja Nuut & Ruum create these strange otherworldly suites of electronic music that merge sound design, classical and folkloric mu…

The 30th Love and Anarchy Film Festival, Helsinki, 14-24 September 2017

The Helsinki International Film Festival (HIFF) or Love and Anarchy, as it is better known, after the Lina Wertmuller film of 1973 starring Gian…

Flow Festival Helsinki August 11-13 2017

This year’s Flow Festival featured expanded terrain and sold out to 75,000 visitors over three days. Although decimated by a thunderstorm on Sat…

Steve Gunn: “A Bit More Of An Edge.” Interview by Ruth Bailey.

Standing on a street corner in Rome, Brooklyn-based musician, Steve Gunn is waking up. Forced to greet the morning sans wifi and consequently sa…

Murcof: “Silence is vital.” Interview by Paranoid

Our Barcelona based writer Paranoid did this interview with Fernando Corona, better known as Murcof, about a year ago for another magazine that…