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The Quietus International
Complete Communion: Jazz For May Reviewed By Peter Margasak
Jazz may just be returning to the live stage, says Peter Margasak, but the musicians never stopped producing great music, and this month we cover new work from Maria Grand, Milford Graves & Jason Moran, and the new quartet Hearth
A Quietus Interview
Organised Chaos: Swell Maps Interviewed
With a flurry of recent activity, including reissues and the promise of a book, Duncan Seaman talks to Jowe Head, Biggles Books and Phones Sportsman, as well as Geoff Travis of Rough Trade about the cult DIY band. Home page band portrait by Caroline Kraabel
A Quietus Interview
A Brutal Harmony: Gary Numan & Ade Fenton Interviewed
Gary Numan’s hard-won return to the peak of his creative powers and commercial success has been driven by an intense 15-year partnership with his musical foil Ade Fenton. They speak to Alastair Shuttleworth in their first ever joint interview
Low Culture Essay
A Kind Of Music: Kat Lister On The Olivetti Typewriter
In our monthly subscribers only essay, Kat Lister discusses how finishing her first book and a year of being locked down alone steered her towards buying a typewriter, only to discover these machines are going through something of a reversal of fortunes. Homepage photograph: the author's portrait of her own Olivetti Valentine
Art
Deep Forest: Ackroyd & Harvey On Planting Beuys’ Oaks
Back in 1982, Joseph Beuys proposed a radical plan to plant 7000 oak trees in the German city of Kassel. Nearly forty years later, British artist Ackroyd & Harvey (Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey) talk to Aida Amoako about planting new trees outside the Tate Modern with acorns gathered from Beuys' original project
A Quietus Interview
The Weight Of The Ritual: Frank Rynne On The Master Musicians Of Joujouka
Long-time producer and manager of The Master Musicians Of Joujouka, Frank Rynne, talks to Harry Sword about the challenges of recording their powerful new album, Live In Paris. Home page photograph by Herman Vanaershot
