Sonar 95
Rob Young reports from Barcelona's electronic music symposium

Frances-Marie Uitti
Ben Watson sounds out the technique of the radical cellist

4 Hero
Jake Barnes meets the future sound of drum 'n' bass

Musica Transonic
Edwin Pouncey faxes Tokyo and get a lesson in new psychedelia

DJ Spooky
Simon Reynolds trawls the invisible city with the world's first post-rational muso

Master Musicians of Joujouka
chris Campion follows Brian Jones and William Burroughs into the heart of sonic darkness

Pere Ubu On Record
Mark Sinker looks back on the career of one of the strangest rock groups of all time

Ry Cooder
Jonathon Romney talks music and film with everyone's favourite soundtrack composer

Letters
Zappa vs Penman - readers take sides, plus Xenakis, the primal sound of rock and jazz...

Sounding Off
Live events, happenings, music on TV and radio in August

Global Ear: Dakar
Mark Hudson feels the musical heat on the streets of Senegal

Bites
Spring Heel Jack, Philip Jeck, Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Invisible Jukebox: Peter Hammill
Mike Barnes plays PiL, Scott Walker, Coltrane and others to an art rock survivor

Charts
Playllists from the outer reaches of planet sound

Subscribe
And blag a FREE copy of Virgin's brilliant Macro Dub Infection compilation

David Toop
Goes into virtual battle over the use of the A-word

Soundcheck
August's CDs and albums - reviewed, revered, reviled

Print Run
New music books: Pop and the academy (again); American classics; talking about black music...

Multimedia
Radio on the Net, plus Zion Train's Homegrown fantasy CD-ROM