Counterflows On Paper 2026 features new writing by Lola Olufemi, Nisha Ramayya, dundee radio club, Masa Nazzal, Lewis Cook (GLOSS) and Eoin Anderson, alongside a special Beijing-Scotland underground music ‘Shortwave Q&A’, Fielding interviewing Ryu Hankil, poetry from Music Space resident Gem Kinley, and a series of artworks by artists from Project Ability. Edited by Helen […]

Counterflows on Paper is a collection of specially commissioned pieces spanning text, poetry, illustration and comics, collated into a limited edition Zine. Spanning a wild range of topics across its 30 pages, the Zine was edited by Joel White, Helen Charman and Emmie McLuskey, designed by Oliver Pitt and printed and bound in Glasgow by […]

The third issue of Counterflows On Paper, the Counterflows zine which we started during those strange days of the pandemic. We originally devised the zine as a way to creatively engage with artistic practices and music outside of the realm of live music, but over time we’ve realised it’s now a key part of the […]

Counterflows On Paper is our second publication to accompany the festival. Last year in lockdown we decided to open up what the festival’s remit was and invited writers and illustrators to respond to the idea of Counterflows and the music that we commission and the artists who take part. Last year we posted these zines […]

Ghost Tunes is a collaborative arts project exploring language, landscape and culture across Scotland and Australia with contributions from Cass Ezeji, Madeleine Flynn & Tim Humphrey, Theresa Sainty, Quinie (Josie Vallely), Cass Lynch and Mei Swan Lim. Through a series of mutual exchanges and learnings, the artists created works that became a full length album […]

Counterflows on Paper is a collection of specially commissioned pieces spanning text, poetry, illustration and comics, collated into a limited edition Zine. Spanning a wild range of topics across its 30 pages, the Zine was edited by Joel White, designed by Oliver Pitt and printed and bound in Glasgow by Good Press. The Zine also […]