Please remove your earmuffs, spring is almost here! Quinton Barnes leaves his bedroom producer setup to summon an improvisational orchestra and create the experimental R&B of Black Noise. Corie Rose Soumah addresses ecology, race, and apocalyptic fears in electroacoustic music. DeForrest Brown, Jr. channels the radical frequencies of Detroit techno into philosophy, politics, and his project Speaker Music. Tempête Solaire makes music for interstellar rocking out. Tara Kannangara heats up a fresh batch of tunes. Gong Gong Gong’s Joshua Frank makes space for solo tinkering. Michael Scott Dawson is a multi-instrumentalist outstanding in his field. We the review X Avant and send + receive festivals and the doc I Am the Art: Nobuo Kubota.

On the CD: 12 new or unreleased tracks from artists in Musicworks 153.