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A Quietus Interview
In Transit: An Interview With Danielle de Picciotto
The prolific musician, artist, film-maker, author and co-founder of the Berlin Love Parade has recently released her debut solo album, Tacoma. She tells Sand Avidar how the nomadic lifestyle she shares with husband Alexander Hacke and a return to her hometown shaped the record
Black Sky Thinking
A Fine Blend: The Quietus Writers’ Favourite DJ Mix Albums
Following yesterday's celebration of Coldcut's illustrious mix album 70 Minutes Of Madness, tQ writers have contributed a selection of their favourite DJ mixes, taking in sets from Surgeon, Carl Craig, Shackleton, Grouper, Perc and many more
Black Sky Thinking
Punch In The Corinthians: Why Simon Pegg Is Wrong About Geek Culture
Simon Pegg says that he wants to become a 'serious' actor and leave sci-fi behind. Mat Colegate takes him to task for parroting the tired old argument that geeks are infantile creature who refuse to leave their childhoods behind
A Quietus Interview
Highly Radiogenic: Langham Research Centre Interviewed
A quartet of BBC radio producers and broadcasters have taken up the mantle of the Radiophonic Workshop and set about performing classic works of musique concrète. They tell Robert Barry how vintage equipment, Daphne Oram and an encounter with John Cage all played their role
Punk
It’s Noel’s Straight Hedge! The Latest Punk & Hardcore Reviewed
Noel Gardner's punk and hardcore reviews column returns with some thoughts on music's eternal obsession with youth and write-ups of new releases from Poison Idea, Terveet Kädet, YDI, Violent Reaction, Hard Left, Sheer Mag, Christi, The Coneheads and Foot Hair
A Quietus Interview
Hyper-Personal: Holly Herndon Interviewed
As Holly Herndon releases her second album proper, Platform, Christian Eede speaks to her about drawing on personal experiences and why collaboration is important to offering an optimistic alternative to cynicism. All photographs by Al Overdrive
The Quietus International
Ceremony Of Gathering: Félicia Atkinson & Chicaloyoh Interviewed
David McKenna talks to two artists from the French label and publishing house, founder Félicia Atkinson and Alice Dourlen, aka Chicaloyoh, about their new releases, taking influence from Edgar Allan Poe and Georges Bataille and why they are "too weird for most people"
Black Sky Thinking
Sing For Silenced Voices: Eurovision 2015 & The Armenian Genocide
On the centenary of the genocide that scattered them across the globe, members of the Armenian diaspora have united for the country's Eurovision Song Contest entry. With perpetrators Turkey refusing to accept responsibility (with the support of the UK and US), Alex Robert Ross argues that this political moment is timely
The Quietus International
Ruffled Feather Music: PC Music & More In This Month’s Panpopticon
Amy Pettifer returns with her new pop column that this month takes a dizzying sprint from Years & Years to Will Young and Britney Spears and Ciara to Elle Exxe. And lock up your grumpy uncles! What's she got to say about the new PC Music compilation?
Black Sky Thinking
Is Labour The Albatross Around The Neck Of Progressive Politics?
With the Labour party reeling from last week's General Election defeat, Joe Kennedy asks if the party rested on its post war laurels just as it kowtowed to neoliberalism, that force he argues is responsible for the 'shittification' of everything
