Massachusetts-based DJ Flack makes his Radio Spannered debut with a mix-up of global bass music stretching from Sweden to Sydney via Boston and Bristol.

Laurent Fintoni takes a deep breath and dives into the world of bass operator Paul Rose, aka Scuba, the man behind the ever-evolving Hotflush label.

For his article on ‘globalist DJs’ for Brazil’s most influential newspaper, Camilo Rocha interviews ethnomusicologist, blogger and DJ Wayne Marshall.

From Cuban nostalgia to avant rock weirdness, the peripheral jazz zones of Gent Jazz Festival give Martin Longley much to reflect on in his second round-up of 2008's event.

New York-based DJ N-RON, studio collaborator with the likes of DJ /rupture and Matt Shadetek, drops a super-deep showcase of his own productions.

Spannered's man in NYC, Martin Longley, takes in Satyagraha, Philip Glass's second opera, along with performances from the Christian Wolff Sextet and Frederic Rzewski.

Hip hop don't stop! Well, not for 600 tracks anyway. Master mixer Bobby Corridor returns to Radio Spannered with the mother of all megamixes.

Debashish Bhattacharya, slide guitar guru and preserver of the ancient Indian classical system, touches down in York with his arsenal of customised axes.

Kper maps out manoeuvres from the new wave of electronic producers warping the bones of hip hop.