COLDCUT This Noise Is Under Control
Interview with Matt Black
Pioneers of the house/rave scene of the late eighties, Coldcut’s Matt Black and Jonathan More have gone on to become one of the most forward-thinking and consistent artists of their generation. Having set up their own record label, Ninja Tune, in the early nineties, they have help shape the musical landscape of the last fifteen years by helping artists such as DJ Vadim, Mr Scruff or Amon Tobin to become household names. Ten years after their last album, Coldcut return with a brand new collection of tracks and collaborations. We caught up with Matt Black to talk about Sound Mirrors, remaining independent at all cost and the virtues of democracy.

ASCOLTARE Styling To The Bitter End
Interview with Dave Henson
Once a member of post-rock outfit Gwei-Lo, Cambridge-based Dave Henson is now behind electronic labels Tripel and Dubbel and has been gaining some recognition for his project, Ascoltare, first with his debut album, Visceral Vendor, released nearly two years ago, and then with a series of unforgettable EPs. Most recently, Henson teamed up with label-mate Peter Gregory (Um) to release a split album. We caught up with the man to talk about this latest project, what Ascoltare stands for musically, and also about the future and the difficulty of running a small independent label.

BENBECULA In Organics
Interview with Steve McConnell
In 1999, Edinburgh was well known in the electronic music world as being the last known address of Boards Of Canada and, well, not much else… Two artists - Phase 6 and Beluga - sought to change all this, setting up the CDR label Benbecula. Initially concentrating on compilations of work from local artists, the label moved on to produce a number of landmark solo releases from artists such as Reverbaphon, Frog Pocket and the modestly named Christ. As a result Benbecula has seen its stock rise with invites to play international festivals, plaudits from all the best music mags and admiration from the late great John Peel. Steven McConnell has managed the label since 2000. Stuart Aitken spoke to him about the label’s new CDR project, wind farms, obscure Scottish islands and the Scots’ love of a good old singsong. Just don’t mention Boards Of Canada…

PREFUSE 73 Security Screenings
Guillermo Scott Herren continues to alternate full releases and mini-albums with this companion to last year’s Surrounded By Silence.

MARVIN AYRES Scape / Cycle - 12 Sketches For Recycling Piano Harmonics
With these two very different projects released simultaneously, British musician Marvin Ayres explores a variety of ambient structure.

PIERRE BASTIEN Pop
With his second album for Rephlex, French sound artist Pierre Bastien continues to develop his weird and wonderful music-making machines.

BATTLES EP C / B EP
Prefuse 73’s favourite band, Battles, join Warp, collect their three previous EPs and kick post rock into next week!

BOVAFLUX Where There Was Nothing
Debut album for Bovaflux’s Eddie Symons, Where There Was Nothing collect a series of minimal electronic compositions.

COLDCUT Sound Mirrors
Coldcut returns nines years after Let Us Play with another vibrant collection of sounds, ambiences, genres and collaborators. Sound Mirrors is the band’s most complex and varied record to date.

ANDREW COLEMAN Tony Alva's Hair
Best known as drill act Animals On Wheels, Andrew Coleman has been focussing on more subtle and gentle soundscapes in recent years. For this third album released under his name showcases, Coleman takes his audience in yet another direction.

COPPÉ 9+10=10th Anniversary
Released to coincide with her label’s tenth anniversary, this bumper double album from Japanese future pop songstress Coppé collects previously unreleased material, remixes and brand new compositions.

TOD DOCKSTADER Aerial #2
For this second instalment in his series of odes to the short-wave radio, Tod Dockstader makes his presence noticeable as he articulates his collection of tracks into one long piece.

DOUBLE ADAPTOR Live At The Village Vanguard
If the title hints at jazz references, the product of Double Adaptor’s first effort finds roots in the most granular and harsh end of the electronic movement.

JOHN FOXX Cathedral Oceans III
With this latest offering in his long career, John Foxx affirms his sense for melody and takes his compositions beyond the realm of traditional ambient.

ANNE GARNER Re-making The Pearl
Re-making The Pearl collects a series of remixes of tracks from Anne Garner’s currently unreleased debut album. Here, the likes of Richard H. Kirk, Mixmaster Morris or Seán Quinn create a series of interesting versions.

GAUDI:TESTA Continuum
Perfectly in tune with the sound ethic of Em:t, Continuum relies greatly on space to flourish.

JOHANN JOHANNSSON Dis
The soundtrack of the film of the same name, Dis sees Icelandic modern classical composer Johann Johannsson sees him collaborate with a wide range of artists and collate an even wider section of genres.

NIGHTMARES ON WAX In A Space Outta Sound
Four years on from his last album, Nightmares On Wax’s George Evelyn revives his smoky grooves, dub, soul and funk for one more round in space.

OPSVIK&JENNINGS Fløyel Files
First collaboration between Norwegian bass player Eivind Opsvik and American guitarist Aaron Jennings, Fløyel Files combines acoustic and electronic into a stunning series of evocative vignettes.

PARALLAX BEAT BROTHERS Autek
Parallax Beat Brothers is a collaboration between multi-percussionist Pete Lockett and sound artist Scanner, and their first effort together is a truly uncompromising and fascinating piece of work.

SINEBAG Près De La Lisière
Sinebag’s second album exists somewhere between something and nothing through collages of music and sounds.

SPUNK En Aldeles Forferdelig Sykdom
En Aldeles Forferdelig Sykdom, the third album by all-female experimental formation Spunk, is at once their most accessible, experimental and accomplished. A true achievement from a formation like no other.

TOY Toy
The project of Britain’s Alisdair Stirling and Norway’s Jorgen Traeen, Toy sounds exactly as its names suggests, a combination of chirpy melodies and chaotic instrumentations.

RICHARD H KIRK Fear (No Evil)
VIZIER OF DAMASCUS Badshadi
CIRCADIAN Current