Tortoise
K Martin meets the Chicago mood manipulators

Coil
John Everall casts a spell with the industrial magicians

Arthur Russell
David Toop remembers a forgotten musical visionary

Cuba
Peter Culshaw chases down the Tropical sonic voodoo

Aphex Twin & The Music Of Dreams
Rob Young has nightmares in Electronica's twilight zone

Morton Feldman
Edward Fox enters the still world of a classical enigma

Independents Advice
The Wire guide to small (but perfectly formed) record labels

Global Ear: Paris
John Cale FM Einheit, hospital symphonies, virtual instruments

Invisible Jukebox: The Fall's Mark E Smith
Dave Haslam puts the Manchester grouch to the test