The Black Madonna, Mashrou' Leila, Brian Eno and others recently took part in a creative retreat in the shadow of the separation barrier in Bethlehem. In the first of a two-part feature, Tom Faber explains how the artists made music inspired by one of the modern world's most intractable conflicts.

The Russian-born, Berlin-based artist made her biggest track in five minutes, and says she could finish 1,000 in six months. Aurora Mitchell talks to Anastasia Vtorova about her playfully irreverent take on dance music.

Live Balearic funk from LA.

Max Pearl reports from the Mexican capital on a timeless DJ tradition that stretches back to the 1950s.