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K Martin meets the Chicago mood manipulators 18 Coil

John Everall casts a spell with the Industrial magicians 21 Arthur Russell

David Toop remembers a forgotten musical visionary 22 Cuba

Peter Culshaw chases down the Tropical sonic voodoo 28 Aphex Twin & The Music Of Dreams

Rob Young has nightmares in Electronica's twilight zone 32 A-Z of Prog Rock Part Two

The continuing saga of the music everyone loves to hate 36 Morton Feldman

Edward Fox enters the still world of a classical enigma 36 Independents Advice

The Wire guide to small (but perfectly formed) record labels regulars 4 Editorial/Letters

Prog rock reactions, tr icky nationalities, Krautrock knock.. 6 Sounding Off

April 's alternative live events, happenings, TV and radio 9 Global Ear: Paris

John Cale, FM Einheit, hospital symphonies, vi rtual instruments 12 Bites

MC 900Ft Jesus, Hector Zazou, Oval, Joe Henderson, Organum, Todd Levin 44 Invisible Jukebox: The Fall's Mark E Smith

Dave Haslam puts the Manchester grouch to the test 46 Charts

Playlists from the outer reaches of planet sound

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And blag a FREE CD featuring Hector Zazou, Bjbrk, John Cale, Jane Siberry, Harold Budd and more

74 Clive Bell

Irreverent trawls through music's hidden passages

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April 's CDs and albums- reviewed, revered, reviled 70 Print Run

In this month's books section: queer pop, rock evangelists, Bob Marley, lmprov musings 73 Multimedia

Getting on-line with the Internet's hippest home page

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