On the Cover: “The Expansive Practice of Anju Singh" by Melissa Vincent. Photos by Dani Osborne.
Features: “The Ministry of Phonic Services Will Hear you Now” words and photos by Joe Strutt.
“Welcome to the [RHEAVERSE]: Kenyan electronic artist [MONRHEA] is leading communities into the techno-future of music” by Juro Kim Feliz.
“The Adventitious Musical Adventures of Arthur Bull” by Eric Hill.
More stories: “John Hollenbeck Wants to Play Everything” by Kurt Gottschalk.
“Mili Hong's Drumskin Diaries” by Graham Latham.
"Panayiotis Kokoras’ Viper Snake" by Jennie Punter.
“The Strings of Convivial Practice” by Jennie Punter (editor's note).
Reviews of new music from: Allison Cameron and Scott Thomson, Wendy Eisenberg, Le GGRIL + DDK, Alex Zhang Hungtai, Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and Frédéric D. Oberland, Ryan Scott, Jacques Kuba Séguin, Tanya Tagaq, Toninato and Thiessen, and Witch Prophet.
Events: Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville, May 11–17, 2026.
Words: Soundtrack to the Revolution: Free Jazz and Leftist Nationalism in Quebec, 1967- 1975.
Screen: Nash the Slash Rises Again!
Musicworks 154 CD
1 Viper Snake (2020) 8:02
Composed by Panayiotis Kokoras. Performed by Ensemble Holophony Project, a collaborative ensemble of creative sound practitioners credited collectively. Recorded in Panayiotis Kokoras’s home studio, Denton, Texas, 2020.
2 Morning (2018) 8:19
Composed by Eli Davidovici. Performed by Mili Hong (drums), Mike Bjella (tenor sax), Ted Crosby (clarinet, bass clarinet), Dan Reynolds (piano), Roman Munoz (guitar), and Eli Davidovici (bass). From the album Shapes, self-released in 2023.
3 Porter (10,000 men named George) (2024) 2:39
Composed by John Hollenbeck. Performed by GEORGE: Anna Webber (tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute), Sarah Rossy (voice, synthesizer), Chiquita Magic (synthesizers, voice), and John Hollenbeck (drums, glockenspiel). From the GEORGE album Looking for Consonance (Out of Your Head Records, OOYH 044, 2026).
4 Sighs (2022) 5:59
Composed by John Hollenbeck. Performed by John Hollenbeck with Orquestra de Jazz do Hot Clube de Portugal. From the album Peace and Justice released on Flexatonic Records in July 2026.
5 selfINversion (2025) 3:28
Composed by [MONRHEA] and AGF. Performed by [MONRHEA] (Kinect body tracking, Ableton). From the album INvolution, released in September 2025 on Crónica (240).
6 Blooming Bells (2025) 5:33
Composed and performed by [MONRHEA] (Sonic Pi, live coding synth). From [MONRHEA]’s solo album Uncanny Valley, self-released, Aug. 1, 2025.
7 Guitar Improvisation No. 3 (2020) 7:49
Composed and performed by Arthur Bull (guitar). From the album Arthur Bull Guitar Improvisations, self-released in August 2020.
8 Ascension (2024) 6:41
Composed and performed by Anju Singh (violin + cello, electronics, noise). From Anju Singh’s The Nausea album Requiem, released on Absurd Exposition (Montreal) and Buried in Slag and Debris (Halifax) in 2024.
9 Grit (2026) 6:16
Composed and performed by Anju Singh (violin) and Ted Byrnes (percussion). From the album ECLIPSE (scatterArchive, 2026).
10 Stadium (2024) 20:00
Performed by Owen Kurtz, Em Wright, Louis Pino, Brian Ruryk, and %%30%30. From the album Reassemblage: Back to School Field Trip 2024, released September 5, 2025 by Ministry of Phonic Services (MPS-7). Album produced by Connor Kurt.
Musicworks 154 CD released June 2026
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