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Two Quietus writers, JR Moores and Alex Maiolo, pay tribute to Steve Albini who died this week, remembering him not only for his innumerable contributions to music, but his humour, his generosity, his self-awareness, and his impact on keeping communities alive. Main photograph by Maria Jefferis
With night clubs still locked down, Studio Berlin fills the notorious venue with syphilis-bearing slave ships, bondage harness sculptures and statues deep in k-holes. But what will remain of this new normal, asks Dorian Batycka, and what will become of the German capital’s many other club spaces?