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Watch "Prismatic Sway" taken from Metasplice's forthcoming album, Infratracts, out in May on the Morphine label. A feature on Metasplice appeared in The Wire 350, and Morphosis is interviewed in The Wire 351.

Metasplice are Philadelphia based duo kenneth_lay and V Hold, who have been in operation since 2010. Both have been active as individuals in the city's Noise and improvisational circles, kenneth_lay playing in the improvising duo Colour Is Luxury alongside Charles Cohen, and releasing music as _moonraker with Jason Carr.

"Prismatic Sway" is the second track from Metasplice's forthcoming double LP Infratracts, due out on Morphosis's (aka Rabih Beaini) Morphine label on 11 May. More details incoming here.

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Watch a short film that accompanies three tracks from sound artist and musician Adrián de Alfonso’s new album Viator.

goat (jp): Joy In Fear

Watch a 16 minute concept film of tracks from Joy In Fear, the 2023 album by Japanese rockers goat (jp)

Steph Richards “Power Vibe”

The US trumpeter shares a supernatural LA noir created with the help of generative AI for a track from her latest album Power Vibe

Xhosa Cole All Roads

The saxophonist shares a film in which he dances with his two brothers beneath Birmingham’s Spaghetti Junction

ECHOS: L'Ocelle Mare “Objets Chargés”

French label and platform Murailles Music shares the first episode in a new series of music documentaries highlighting the unique methodologies of artists on their roster

Galya Bisengalieva “Chagan”

Directed by artist Nicol Vizoli, the video for composer Galya Bisengalieva's “Chagan” reflects on the haunting nature of a radioactive lake in Kazakhstan