David S Ware
Steve Holtje hails the future of black free jazz

Carl Craig
Gamall Awad meets a pioneer of Detroit Techno

New Auras
David Toop & Max Eastley, Disco Inferno, Otomo Yoshihide & Yamatsuka Eye hit the South Bank

Allen Ginsberg
Linton Chiswick talks music and politics with the Beat Generation survivor

Disobey NYC
Aphex Twin, Band Of Susans, Casper Brötzmann and FM Einheit storm into Gotham

A-Z Of Prog Rock
All you ever wanted to know about King Crimson, Steve Hillage et al (but were too cool to ask)

Joseph Lanza
Matt Ffytche hitches a lift with the author of elevator music

Tricky
Ian Penman cracks the code of black secret technology

Letter From... The Ukraine
In a forgotten corner of Eastern Europe, the music plays on...