In a 2024 conversation, the drummer and composer discusses 'Most Definitely,' his first solo album, along with a Maine childhood within earshot of a neighbor's drum kit, the funded arts scenes of Berlin, and the samples he feeds into his live set.

With four of five members writing lyrics, ‘Softy’ arrives in one combined voice, its first ideas kept and its rough edges left alone.

The composer and Mountains co-founder discusses ‘Nightlife,’ its kora-inspired synthesized strings, his sense of sound as something sculptural, and the hard work of letting a record go.

Irish bassist Dara Abdurahman discusses his solo debut as d_abdu, ‘we’re still down here, looking up,’ along with his years in Bricknasty, Mark Fisher’s hauntology, and the half hour before a gig he calls “painful.”

The bassist and composer discusses ‘Automatic,’ the mid-century language recordings at its core, her work with turntablist Andrew Broder, and the malleable harmony of folk music.

Author Steven E. Jones on Tom Wilson, the producer behind Dylan going electric, Zappa’s Freak Out!, Nico, and “The Sound of Silence” in 1966. (141 characters) Guest: Steven E. Jones

Koen Holtkamp of Mountains spent a year and a half coaxing plucked strings from his modular synth, then recorded each player separately on 'Nightlife.'

Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith on ‘Constellations and Hemispheres,’ Ankhrasmation scores, building records like dub, and choosing love.

Composer Midori Hirano on her new score for The Juniper Tree, the 1990 Björk film, and on piano, modular synths, field recordings, and ma.

Saxophonist and singer Charlotte Greve on Waterbodies, her first album under her own name, made with Shahzad Ismaily while pregnant with her daughter.