Welcome to Spannered’s music feature and review archive. What’s in here then? Well, since the site was launched in 2006, Spannered has run in-depth interviews with globetrotting tastemakers Kode9, DJ Ripley and Maga Bo, tripped over to Barcelona's Sónar festival, fallen over at the first ever Bloc Weekend, toured New York's global music circuit and gotten tinnitus in Bristol and São Paulo.
 
Spannered's archive stretches all the way back to 2000, however. Have a dig about and you'll unearth interviews and features with Jeff Mills and Photek, write-ups of Cat Power and Caribou gigs, and album reviews spanning Aphex Twin to NoMeansNo.
 
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Jazz Sounds:
live   
13 May 2008
Jazz Sounds:
New York (Part 541)
Martin Longley, Spannered's intrepid NYC correspondent, encounters tasteful bossa, post-bop and performance art jazz scores when he sets out for some sax in the city.
by Martin Longley
Jazz Sounds
live   
20 February 2008
Jazz Sounds
New York (Part 515)
Spannered's man in New York, Martin Longley, takes in a dizzying array of jazz acts and clubs during the first month of 2008.
by Martin Longley
Global Sounds
live   
2 July 2008
Global Sounds
New York (Part 51)
Martin Longley catches Paul Simon and David Byrne on stage in NYC, and soaks up sounds from Niger, Morocco, India and China on the city's global music circuit.
by Martin Longley
Global Sounds:
live   
14 November 2007
Global Sounds:
New York (Part 46)
NYC's global music circuit may lack the hyperactivity of its jazz scene, but there are plenty of treats to be had, says Martin Longley.
by Martin Longley
Oddroc Sounds:
live   
20 September 2008
Oddroc Sounds:
New York (Part 4279)
Mystical sounds outta '70s California and a hefty homage to Captain Beefheart are just two of the delights encountered by Martin Longley during a two-night stint at NYC's Knitting Factory.
by Martin Longley
Moderne Sounds:
live   
18 August 2008
Moderne Sounds:
New York (Part 37)
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.
by Martin Longley
Jazz Sounds
live   
19 December 2007
Jazz Sounds
New York (Part 158)
Martin Longley reports from NYC on the acts who have been shaking up the city's jazz clubs in recent months.
by Martin Longley
Moderne Sounds:
live   
31 January 2008
Moderne Sounds:
New York (Part 1)
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.
by Martin Longley
The Return of the Boom Bap
feature   
20 September 2008
The Return of the Boom Bap
New Manoeuvres in Hip Hop
Since the start of the noughties, productions from both sides of the Atlantic have signalled a return to the boom bap beats of hip hop's golden era, says Laurent Fintoni.
by Laurent Fintoni
Goth Trad
artist interview   
5 September 2007
Goth Trad
Mutation Man
Ready for some Mad Rave? Laurent Fintoni talks in depth to one of Japan's hottest electronic music producers, Takeaki Maruyama.
by Laurent Fintoni
Blockhead
artist feature | Ninja Tune   
12 April 2004
Blockhead
Music By Cavelight
Last Monday saw Ninja Tune's timely release of Tony 'Blockhead' Simon's LP, Music By Cavelight, a downtempo soundscape of diverse samples...
by Demented Toddler
DJ Paulão
artist interview   
30 October 2007
DJ Paulão
Music According to...
Hot on the heels of his blistering mix, Então Tome! Feira Livre Vol. 1, Spannered interviews Brazilian DJ and music researcher DJ Paulão.
by Al Fresco
Globalistas Pt. 4
artist interview   
20 February 2008
Globalistas Pt. 4
Maga Bo
Camilo Rocha interviews Rio-based DJ/producer and music researcher Maga Bo for the fourth in a series of interviews exploring ‘globalist DJs’.
by Camilo Rocha
Surgeon
artist feature   
1 March 2000
Surgeon
Intensive Care
Surgeon describes his third album as being 'very heavy, direct and physical' — just what you'd expect from a record titled Body Request.
by Alex Ward
DJ Ripley
artist interview   
7 December 2006
DJ Ripley
In-between Spaces
Jungle, Astor Piazzolla and rethinking legal categories regarding music and copyright. Spannered meets DJ Ripley.
by Bruna Rocha
From Oddball Country to Underbelly Cabaret:
live   
6 January 2008
From Oddball Country to Underbelly Cabaret:
In New York (Part 8142)
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.
by Martin Longley
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