Featuring

STEVE REICH What if Kraftwerk and legendary minimalist composer Steve Reich were trapped inside a velodrome? We speak to Steve Reich about the icons sharing the same bill at the Manchester International Festival.

MASATAKA OHTA For Masataka Ohta, fashion is not just a job. It is a total experience and way of life, charged with spirit and intention like a religion with no idols. We speak to the Japanese designer, and show his new collection on a Japanese beach.

INDIAN BAND EXPLOSION What do you get when you combine one of Britain’s most respected record producers with four of the best emerging musical artists that India has to offer? The answer - India Soundpad.

IDEAS THAT COULD CHANGE THE WORLD Our Ideas. Your ideas. The thought provoking, the romantic, the revolutionary, the frightening and the plain nonsensical. But which is which?

CALIFORNIA DREAMING With K-Swiss you find a tale of two brothers, Art and Earnest Brunner. Founded in 1966 K-Swiss is a brand that feels like a reaction to its founders’ own personal competition.

LISA MITCHELL Sometimes you need explore the eddies and pools to come across the more intriguing and thoughtful gems. Lisa Mitchell is one such gem and we talk with her as she’s about to launch her first album.

TORTOISE Some fifteen years into their creative journey, Tortoise – the Mid-West’s multi-tentacle musical poly-math - show no signs of abating.

RANK What do we think we are? We know the world is changing. But what are we changing into? We’ve we had religion and laws, but what really keeps us locked together for better or for worse is Rank.

 

ALSO INCLUDING  R&S, Fila, Softpack, Chris & Tibor, Hederus & Patrick DeWitt

REGULARS  Sanyika's Sneakers goes casual, fiction by Lee Rourke ‘Energy equals mass times the velocity of light squared’  & Our Man in Manhattan

WITH AT THE FRONT Jantaminiau, Kirk Originals, Patricia Nicolas, Y-3, Dr Martens Recession Proof, Cruyff, Emma Cook at Topshop, Swatch & Manish Aurora, Andrea Crews & Lacoste, Acne Paper, Goliath, Susumu Yokota, Das Wanderlust, The XX, Regina Spektor, Ear Pwr, Unconvention Festival, Field Day Festival, Patrick Kelleher, State of the Art – New York, Jeremy Deller’s Procession, Peter Blake, Legends of Circumstance