On his fourth album for Hausu Mountain, and his first on vinyl, the restless synthesist talks improvisation, the burden of the solo record, and the surprises that arrived in the mail.

Best known for his work in The Comet Is Coming and Soccer96, Danalogue steps out on his own with ‘Teleportations,’ a record built on vintage synthesizers that turns grief and upheaval into a voyage through deep space.

The Vermont musician behind ‘Forager’ talks foraged field recordings, a boyhood spent in Indiana megachurches, and why he wants no part of the wellness playlist.

Nearly three decades after ‘Deconstructing Beck’, Matthew S sheds the pseudonyms to release the ‘Tongues’ EP as Myth Math, discussing his return to sampling, a collaboration with a former student, and the ethical quandaries AI poses to a career built on borrowed sound.

Luiza Monteiro sings in Portuguese to find her way back to Brazil, slipping between the characters a theatre stage taught her to inhabit.

The Hit Parade host on what better data revealed about hit songs, why country radio guards its gate, and his refusal to believe in guilty pleasures.

Synthesist Danalogue (The Comet Is Coming, Soccer96) on his solo debut Teleportations, vintage synths, sci-fi world-building, and imagination as hope.

Suzanne Ciani on CIANI/ORKEST, her live album pairing the Buchla with the 50-piece Metropole Orkest, quadraphonic sound, and saying yes at eighty.

Trumpeter Steven Bernstein on his chordless trio ResoNation Trio, Scotty Hard’s dub reinvention Ultra Resonance, and why he still plays Levon Helm’s music.

Saxophonist Alden Hellmuth talks about her album Tether, writing for two bassists, studying with Herbie Hancock, and trusting her band to be free.