Jace Clayton interviews Arthur Jafa about the politics of filmmaking, ‘black sites’ and learning how to surprise himself

Jace Clayton discovers hyper-intelligent dogs and violent humans in the artist’s computer-simulated worlds

Simon Preston Gallery, New York, USA

Abraham Cruzvillegas talks to Jace Clayton about his approach to art-making and his philosophy of autoconstrucción

The Aztec imagery and digital soundworld of Mexican producer Javier Estrada

A screwed song urges the listener to internalize its dampened tempo, to stretch the existential qualities of the moment to match the music

Richard Skelton (Type, 2010)

Wisin y Yandel, Machete Music/WY Records, 2009

The highs and lows of ‘Auto-Tune’, the software used in almost every pop song released today

Paavoharju (Fonal, 2008)

The hunt for rare African funk records raises questions about how the digitized music of the 21st century will be archived

Various artists (Out There, 2008)

Toumani Diabaté (World Circuit, 2008)

Moroccan pop to Latin American rap