Crucial Listening

Monolithian matter, melting Arvo Pärt in a pan, finding the hidden trumpets. The Tehran-based composer discusses three important albums.

Finding the source, German vocoder waltzes, memorising every sprinkle. The musician, author and podcaster discusses three important albums.

Reaching for trance states, peer-to-peer discoveries, the myth of technological neutrality. The Berlin-based artist discusses three important albums.

Vocal frequency doppelgängers, selling souls to the devil, kick roll anthems. The Berlin-based producer discusses three important albums.

Mischievous imps, spirit animals of the ethos, uncomfortable trance states. The New York noise musician talks about three important albums.

Quadrophonic 8-track playback in a 1982 pimped-out trailer. The musician and podcast creator discusses three important albums.

Pigs in shit, breezy French vibes, humorous absurdity. The Australian composer and multi-instrumentalist discusses three important albums.

Instant messenger trades, high fives with Björk, keeping the windows up. The Poland-born, New England-based composer and producer discusses three important albums.

Putting on shows for weird bands, saxophone machines, mad distorted riffs. Tireless noisemaker Matt Cargill discusses three important albums.

Fish stock concrète, groovebox epiphanies, Kerrang cover-mounts. The London-based experimental musician discusses three important records.

Brilliant tabernacles, drugs without drugs, teenaged gurus. The artist, composer and graphic designer discusses three important albums.

Vinyl destruction, phony voices, dancing in the attic. The musician, artist and mechanical techno assembler discusses three important albums.

Breathless openings, reassembled DNA, talking through the guitar. The Seattle-based duo talk about three important albums.

Fez spoilers, triphop Americana, musings on completionism. The composer and multi-instrumentalist talks about three important albums.

Discovering secret treasure, making 183 of something, songs of gender transition. The percussionist and composer discusses three important albums.

Coltrane 'n' whisky, Magma in real time, pure multiphonics. The LA-based composer/saxophonist discusses three important albums.

Fluffernutters, theremins on the chase, absent plus-ones. The Providence-based artist and podcaster discusses three important albums.

Unprecedented Oud, the phenomenal character of the Čahārgāh, blending tradition and technology. The Iraqi multi-instrumentalist discusses three important albums.

Dried up drones, wounded song, psycho experimentation. The Seattle-based musician discusses three important albums.

Damaged format, barcode translations, exploring the Fens. The London-based sound artist talks about three important albums.