European
Paul Hanford’s study of Berlin as a club culture capital profiles DJs, music makers and subcultures via history, politics and psychogeography
A spread of sounds from the Second Language and Gare du Nord label families, Marisa Anderson and William Tyler, Blyth and Ghostwriter
Border hopping European exports from Augenwasser, Cyril Cyril and Rats on Rafts arrive with some bracing sonic cross-blending
Tindersticks veteran David Boulter takes us behind the conceptual childhood seaside scenes of his debut solo album on Clay Pipe Music
Andrew Wasylyk’s Fugitive Light and Themes of Consolation is another visionary record with plenty room to dream
Numero Group reissue Belgian cold wave trio Elisa Waut’s 1982 DIY debut, a thrilling under-half-an-hour blast of European post-punk dreams
Stewart Gardiner spoke with Alien Transistor’s Markus Acher about DIY community spirit, working with Tenniscoats and putting on an Alien Disko
The Home Current’s Martin Jensen serves up European electronic dreams with a beautifully crafted mix for Concrete Islands