United Kingdom

Patrick Ellis

British composer Patrick Ellis on The Hague, fragmentation, and the balance between abstract and process

Artist and composer Catherine Mole on graphic scores, Marina Abramovic, and the composer-performer interaction

Welsh writer Joshua Jones on cut-up poetry, Frank O’Hara, Joan of Arc, and the subjectivity of truth

Indie songwriter Kieran P.A. on vulnerability, cross-genre cohesion, and the frustration of “sad” music

Hong Kong composer and songwriter May Chi on channeling melancholia, dissociation, and ambient music processes

Artist and environmentalist George West on Fluxus, deconstructing orchestral hierarchy, libertarian score-making, and composing sustainability

British composer Luke Harrison on mechanical polyrhythms, meticulousness, and celebrating sensitivity

Composer and songwriter Millicent James on her debut EP ‘Moyo’, reflection, identity, and writing for kora

Bristolian pianist and bandleader Torsten Jensen on eclectic counterculture, Billy Cobham, and three-stage compositional process

Birmingham-based composer and songwriter Emily Abdy on riff-based orchestration, recognition, and over-exerting yourself

Composer and improviser Si Paton on John Zorn, acoustic grindcore, and building grassroots music communities

British-Canadian songwriter Rosie Cochrane on octopi, psychopaths, hedonism, and microtonal singing