Floating Points

‘I imagine he’s in the cosmos, hearing music’: Floating Points on his landmark album with Pharoah Sanders

The UK producer has never spoken about one of the century’s most acclaimed records, Promises, until now. He recalls bonding with the late jazz legend over okra curry – then making a masterpiece

Randall Roberts

15, Sep, 2023 @7:00 AM

Pharoah Sanders obituary

US saxophonist who started his career with Sun Ra and John Coltrane and went on to find a more spiritual voice

Richard Williams

27, Sep, 2022 @4:35 PM

The Guide #30: It’s time for Hollywood to bring back the erotic thriller

In this week’s newsletter: the genre that brought us Basic Instinct and Fatal Attraction is all but dead – surely it’s due a progressive, modern day comeback?

Gwilym Mumford

15, Apr, 2022 @10:45 AM

The 50 best albums of 2021

And finally – a deserving winner, whose second solo album is a truly relatable, pin-sharp pop classic. We reveal our No 1 album of 2021

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

17, Dec, 2021 @6:52 AM

Mercury prize 2021: Arlo Parks wins for Collapsed in Sunbeams

21-year-old singer-songwriter adds to Brit award win earlier in the year

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

09, Sep, 2021 @9:13 PM

Mercury prize 2021: first-time nominees dominate shortlist

No 1 albums by Wolf Alice, Mogwai and Celeste are joined by leftfield artists such as Hannah Peel and Nubya Garcia in race for prestigious music award