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Tomeka Reid: The cellist, composer, improvisor and band leader goes from strength to strength across several creative projects. By Stewart Smith

KMRU: The Kenyan sound artist finds a new mode of listening on his collaboration with Kevin Martin. By Ilia Rogatchevski

Bodies In Motion: Dance and music collide in the creative worlds of Malik Nashad Sharpe, NWAKKE and Bianca Scout. By Emily Bick and Misha Farrant

Gordan: Folk songs of the Balkans plug into noise and industrial currents in this cross-continental trio. By Abi Bliss

Tongue In The Mind: DJ and conceptualist Juliana Huxtable joins forces with Jealous Orgasm and Via App to rock the club. By Claire Biddles

Invisible Jukebox: Karl Bartos: Will the ex-Kraftwerk man have have more fun computing The Wire’s mystery record collection? Tested by Leah Kardos

Global Ear: Serbia’s capital Belgrade is a key hub of East–West musical exchange. By Robert Rigney

Unlimited Editions: Notice Recordings

Unofficial Channels: A Moon Age Daydream

The Inner Sleeve: Alison Cotton on John Cale & Terry Riley’s Church Of Anthrax

Nick Dunston: Afro-surrealist anti-opera from the heart of Berlin’s new music community. By Peter Margasak

Nika Son: From concrete sounds to intermediate states with the Hamburg sound artist. By Louise Gray

Henry Birdsey: Myths and mysteries in New England nurture another style of country music. By Miloš Hroch

Sisso & Maiko: Making a singeli and dance in East Africa’s cutting edge club music scene. By Joshua Minsoo Kim

Epiphanies: Roulette artistic director Jim Staley’s Berlin army adventures prime him for the Downtown NYC scene

Soundcheck: Actress, Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werliin, Karl Bartos, Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das, John Cale, Coffin Prick, Coffin Pricks, Loren Connors & Chris Cochrane, Chris Corsano, Darkthrone, d’Eon, Taylor Deupree, Dirty Three, JPA Falzone, Final, Mabe Fratti, Limpe Fuchs, FUJI|||||||||||TA, Alastair Galbraith, Miha Gantar, Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes, Ghostface Killah, Göden, Liam Hockley, HYPER GAL, Iceboy Violet & Nueen, Arushi Jain, Janel & Anthony, Kælan Mikla & Bardi Johannsson, Kronos Quartet & Friends, Lanark Artefax, The Lemon Twigs, Low Leaf, Raymond MacDonald, Rob Mazurek, Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra/Small Unit, The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis, Annelies Monseré, Michael Morley, Michael Morley & Joachim Nordwall, Multiples, David Murray Quartet, Meshell Ndegeocello, NikNak, QOA, Redd Kross, The Righteous Yeah, Sarke, Shackleton & Six Organs Of Admittance, Shellac, Squid Pisser, Star Splitter, Sumac, Sun Ra, Kavus Torabi, The Utopia Strong, Ulcerate, Upright Forms, Sam Wilkes/Craig Weinrib/ Dylan Day, Winter

The Boomerang: Bad Brains, Ernest Berk, Broadcast, Elton Dean’s Unlimited Saxophone Company, Laibach, Photek, Royal Trux, Akio Suzuki, Various In The Beginning There Was Rhythm

Print Run: Rhythm In Nature: An Ecology Of Rhythm by Susie Ibarra; Streaming Music, Streaming Capital by Eric Drott; The Musician As Philosopher: New York’s Vernacular Avant-Garde 1958–1978 by Michael Gallope; Terrible Freedom: The Life And Work Of Lucia Dlugoszewski by Amy C Beal; In The Brewing Luminous: The Life And Music Of Cecil Taylor by Philip Freeman; Zerox Machine: Punk, Post-Punk And Fanzines In Britain, 1976–88 by Matthew Worley; A Worm’s Eye View From A Bird’s Beak by Raven Chacon

On Screen: Gary Hustwit Eno

On Location: Rewire, The Hague, Netherlands; Jehst + Confucius MC + Sleazy F Baby + SINDYSMAN, Manchester, UK; Variations Festival, Nantes, France; eavesdropping, London, UK; Jeff Mills, Tokyo, Japan; Charles Curtis, London, UK; Kim Gordon, New York, US; Sonic Protest, Paris, France; Jlin, London, UK; Syphen, London, UK; Sonica Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia

On Site: John Wynne, The Organ Recital, London, UK; Massimo Bartolini with Caterina Barbieri/Gavin Bryars/Kali Malone, Due Qui/To Hear, Venice, Italy; Caterina Barbieri/Gigi Masin/Courtesy Gamble/ Opium Child, The Imaginary Place, Venice, Italy