Spannered tracks down Hackney Centralist and trombone-wielding bass-maker, Ralph Cumbers.

Is techno legend Neil Landstrumm Bez's new drinking partner? And just what is this dubstep 'spraff' he's on? Spannered investigates.

Fancy a spot of organic market techno? Spannered dons its wellies and meets the lads behind a label truly in a field of its own.

Philosophy, technophilia, hard work and genre hopping — just where is Chris Sattinger's musical mindset at? Far from the sausage factory of old techno, Spannered discovers...

Singing in Swahili and blowing into car muffler parts on the Msimbati Peninsula? Has Bo Anderson left any musical stone unturned? Spannered travels to Rio de Janeiro to meet the bringer of transnational bass.

Hot on the heels of his blistering mix, Então Tome! Feira Livre Vol. 1, Spannered interviews Brazilian DJ and music researcher DJ Paulão.

From humble studio tea-boy beginnings, to nineties techno phenomena The Advent, Cisco Ferreira has been a driving force behind dance music production for well over a decade. He's experienced the whole freakshow, and enjoyed every minute of it — well, not quite... Following a logical spilt from long-term gigging partner Colin McBean, Cisco Ferreira turns down the mixing desk and lets off some steam for Overload Media.

Fresh from a trip to France, where, along with colleague John Aquaviva, he introduced Final Scratch digital DJ technology to the world, Richie Hawtin unplugs from the machine to interface with Overload Media.

Since its inception almost ten years ago, Lost - run by Steve Bicknell and partner Sheree Rashit - has become one of the longest running and globally influential events in the techno calendar, pioneering the deep percussive sound from which much of the music within today’s scene derives.

Surgeon describes his third album as being 'very heavy, direct and physical' — just what you'd expect from a record titled Body Request.

Mention 'tribal techno' and it won't be long before the name Oliver Ho crops up — a man whose benchmark nineties productions made him a leader in the field, a position he retains to this day. Yet his artistic agenda has always been much broader, as Overload discovered during this interview back in 2000.

Lone Swordsman and respected rotter Andrew Weatherall talks to Alex Ward about Zen, electro and the upside of guitars and dance music.

Lone Swordsman and respected rotter Andrew Weatherall talks to Overload about Zen, electro and the upside of guitars and dance music.

After years of touring and studio work with Cisco Ferreira as pioneering techno outfit The Advent, Colin McBean is striking out on his own with a raw house sound.

In 2003 Alex Ward talked to irrepressible performer and one half of Super_Collider, Jamie Lidell, about his forthcoming album for Warp and his ever-evolving live show.

Production duo the Drum Club were rave revolutionaries in the early nineties. But ten years down the line, is ex-Drum Clubber Charlie Hall turning into a 'bitter auld fucker'? Not so, thinks Overload's Alex Ward.