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.

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.

You don't need to be a clued-up-to-the-eyeballs junglist to realise the extent of Certificate 18's influence in the evolution of drum 'n' bass – the label that introduced the world to Photek, Digital and Source Direct.

Clear was one of the most respected imprints for electro-funk and emotive electronica during the nineties, releasing material by Plaid, Jedi Knights, Dr Rockit, Metamatics and Morgan Geist, among others. Then silence.

Dave Stelfox meets Ollie Jacob to find out more about his small but perfectly formed Memphis Industries imprint.

From breakneck-speed beats and bass to emotive ambience within the space of one release, this imprint boasts a level of artistic freedom that most...

Since the release of his debut album, Awkward, Ty has made a lightning transition from underground MC to become the mouthpiece of the...

Musicalbear's Vernon Crane finds out if NYC's Team Shadetek have grown out of making beats out of brillo pads.

Vernon Crane meets enigmatic Argentinian renaissance woman, Rosario Blefari.

An overview of the Mego label in its tenth birthday year.

Natural Self started out making hip hop but on his new long-player, he's broadened his horizons.

Can't take any more faceless techno? Looking for something a little more grown up? Detroit's Adult. duo are breathing new life into electronic music, says Tom Magic Feet.

Grand Central mainstay Andy 'Aim' Turner is preparing to release his second full-length album, Hinterland. Largely inspired, musically and...

John Osselaer was inspired by his trip to the Detroit Electronic Music Festival in 2000 and knew that Alan Oldham - one of the few Detroit DJs who spins in the US more than Europe - would have a word or two to say on the city of techno legend.