Yuka Honda's Impossible Dreams — On Celebrating Yoko Ono
For Honda, an artistic format is a language rather than an identity — a conviction she shares with Ono, and one that made curating a tribute feel less like a departure than a translation.
Experimental
Reaching out into uncomfortable zones beyond what we normally hear.
Josh Mason, Better Punk Through Circuitry
The Florida sound artist walks through his greyfade debut 'Kicking A Dark Horse,' the punk shows that taught him to build things himself, and the modular practice that, 15 years in, no longer surprises him.
The Tape Remembers — Concepción Huerta's Very Small Gestures
The Guanajuato-born photographer and sound artist on the Buchla 200's own memory, the imagined celestial space she built for her signals to travel through, and a composition that took an afternoon to patch and several months to finish.
The Company of Others — M. Geddes Gengras and 'Guest List'
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.
Listening to the Land — The Mystical Turn of St. Silva
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.
Manifesting Mixol
Beijing-based artist Mixol discusses manifestation and tarot, the self-doubt that once made her quit songwriting, and the eight-bit narrative game she built to play alongside her debut EP, 'The Fool.'
The Euphoric and Exuberant Noise of Nolan Hildebrand
After the release of 'Noise Trip Explosion,' the Toronto composer and Black Galaxie noise artist talks doctoral research, acoustic startle experiments, and why it's worth keeping his wildest studio accidents.
Nocturnal Animals — Inside Bill Nace and David Watson's 'On Bats'
Bill Nace and David Watson discuss improvising 'On Bats' on taishōgoto and Highland bagpipes, their shared fascination with Lou Reed's 'Metal Machine Music,' and why neither of them enjoys naming a finished piece.
Félicia Atkinson — A Voice in the Shadows
The French artist and Shelter Press founder discusses her live score for Les yeux sans visage, the trial of Gisèle Pelicot, improvisation as a form of survival, and the politics of touring the US in 2025.
Golden Mandible — The Feral Minimalism of Chik White
Rooted in a fundamentalist household on the South Side of Nova Scotia and sharpened by crust punk and free jazz, Chik White arrives at 'face across the door' after years of tightening the distance between art and noise.
An Honest Voice — Eliana Glass on Spontaneity, Technique, and Nina Simone
Around the release of 'E at Home,' Eliana Glass reflects on the limits of technique, setting aside her jazz training, and Nina Simone's case for making someone else's song completely your own.
Joseph Branciforte and the Memory in the Machine
With 'ITERAE,' a collaboration with Belgian pianist Jozef Dumoulin, electroacoustic composer Joseph Branciforte turns his live-editing system into an instrument for slowing time.