With his armoury of bagpipes, Burberry, Michael Jackson samples and plenty of noise, anarchic Brightonion Shitmat gives us an insight into his...

Mr Trick and Wax Factor, the DJs behind Resonance FM's mighty Rhythm Incursions shows, have been name checking Musicalbear's download section for a while now... So Musicalbear returned the favour.

Collaborating with artists such as Beth Orton, Urban Species and Koop over a year spanning 30 years, Musicalbear catches up with 'the forgotten prince of Chicago soul', Terry Callier.

Martin Longley takes in skewed country, intensoid rock'n'roll, showbiz surf, all-nite Senegal and pumping New Orleans street bands in his final report of 2007 from New York's live music circuit.

Making waves with rattling rimshots and gargantuan bass, Cologne resident Burnt Friedman (aka Bernd Friedmann) has been shaking up dub-wise sensi-bilities with an album recorded at a secret hideaway off the New Zealand coast.

Tom Magic Feet talks to Roman techno lynchpin Marco Passarani about his 6 Katun album and the coming of age for his Nature Records imprint.

A key member of Underground Resistance, James Pennington aka Suburban Knight was responsible for seminal techno releases such as The Groove and The Art of Stalking. Overload’s Belgian correspondent caught up with him in Liege in 2000, where the Detroit knight talked about the early days, UR and keeping it real.

Trickling minimalism from China's Tan Dun and the strange tones of Harry Partch's quadrangularis reversum fill Martin Longley's ears during his latest foray into NYC's experimental music scene.

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

Jungle, Astor Piazzolla and rethinking legal categories regarding music and copyright. Spannered meets DJ Ripley.

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

From the Casio keyboard to sonic warfare via Les Dawson and the streets of Croydon, smug git Gary Weasel spends an evening in the company of fellow Scot Kode9.

Meet the São Paulo family girls on a mission to subvert, inform and drop their pyjamas.

His name's Hanuman, he's in a band called Monkey Steak, and he's just killed a fucking great pheasant.

As part of his research on ‘globalist’ DJs, Camilo Rocha interviews maverick DJ, producer, blogger and radio presenter, Jace Clayton.

Brazilian journalist Camilo Rocha interviews much-in-demand DJ/producer Diplo about his musical ties with global subcultures.