"It’s not just about making statements or doing historical research—it’s about a certain exercise in imagination." —Wojciech Rusin Joshua Minsoo Kim talks with the Polish composer about his new album, 'Honey For the Ants' (out now on AD 93)

"We had a governor that used to carry machine guns. This kind of absurdity happens in Rio de Janeiro, and you gotta laugh at it somehow. If you don’t laugh... you’re going to go crazy." —Caxtrinho Joshua Minsoo Kim talks with the Brazilian artist about his debut LP 'Queda Livre'

"When I watch something I love, I don't pay attention to anything... I never used to come out of films that I love thinking, 'Oh, that's a great performance, or that's a great score.'" —Daniel Blumberg elise 🖇 goes long with Blumberg about his score for 'The Brutalist'

"I do think you can sell out. I don’t think we ever get better systems if we just accept the systems that we’re living within." —Jenny Toomey Joshua Minsoo Kim goes long with Tsunami's Jenny Toomey & Kristin Thomson. Their box set 'Loud Is As' is out now via numerogroup.

"In the methodology of filmmaking, one does not feel like an artist all the time. What I wanted to do was wake up and make things, and make images, every day for months and months." —Julian Castronovo Joshua Minsoo Kim talks w/ julian Castronovo about DEBUT, which premiered at IFFR

“I don’t think I’m a very good guitarist, and I don’t consider myself one. That’s what I like—a guitarist that’s not really a guitarist.” —Hirokazu Yamazaki Joshua Minsoo Kim talks with Toe’s guitarist about the band’s beginnings and their new LP ‘Now I See the Light’

“Things only really get good when you have an obstacle that you have to problem solve. It’s almost like you need to keep finding better problems so you can come up with better solutions.” —Geoff Rickly claire biddles talks with thursdayband’s Geoff Rickly

I’m in london to see thursdayband and my Tone Glow interview w geoff rickly has dropped on the same day ✨ was so fun talking about the band’s reunion, scoring his audiobook, fandom, hardcore, perfume, luca guadagnino films and more! ty to Joshua Minsoo Kim for being open to it!

"Sometimes I hear in rappers that the only 20 times they’ve been on the mic is their 20 songs. They are not rapping on the street. It’s a 10,000 hours thing. I can hear it in everybody." —Doseone Samuel Diamond (The Muckraker) goes long with rapper Doseone

"It’s a wonderful thing to try and see what film you can make right away in your current situation, with your bare hands, with nobody to help you." —Claire Simon Joshua Minsoo Kim talks with the French filmmaker about her new film ELEMENTARY, which plays at Museum of the Moving Image on Sunday

“I always felt that language should be discarded. Language is not something that should be praised; it should be abused all the time.” —Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese Joshua Minsoo Kim talks with the Mosotho filmmaker about his new film ANCESTRAL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE

"That’s what’s cool about electronic music... at a certain point, your imagination can try to ground it, but what’s really happening is the sound is triggering these primordial, ancestral memories." —Steve Roach Joshua Minsoo Kim goes long with the legendary ambient musician

"It’s really meaningful to be like, 'I want this' and to confront some of those things in myself, to surprise myself in ways that I didn’t think were possible or could even imagine." —Macie Stewart Joshua Minsoo Kim talks with Stewart about her new LP 'When the Distance is Blue'

"I love the sound of the waves. That’s the nice thing about being outside; you can find music everywhere." —Maria Somerville Joshua Minsoo Kim talks with the Irish singer-songwriter about her new album 'Luster' (out April 25th on 4AD).

"The voice is this amazing, invisible thing without any form. I wanted to capture it in a way where it could feel like this object you could touch." —Eliana Glass Joshua Minsoo Kim talks with the New York-based singer and pianist about her new album 'E' (out 4/25 on Shelter Press)

"As a piper, you spend your life obsessing over drones, making sure they’re in tune and sounding good. For me, it’s just enhancing the best part of the instrument, really." —Brìghde Chaimbeul Alex F 🇵🇸 interviews the Scottish piper about her upcoming album 'Sunwise'

"I like having to justify decisions... I find that I can too easily see all the different possibilities. I’m too diplomatic to choose a preference." —Barker Michael McKinney talks with the Berlin-based producer about his new LP 'Stochastic Drift', which is out this Friday via Smalltown Supersound

"Young people experience a lot of emotional uncertainty, turmoil, and self-doubt. I was at this stage where I was approaching 60 and feeling some of those same things again." —Tracey Thorn Joshua Minsoo Kim goes long with Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt of Everything But the Girl (EverythingButTheGirl)