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Next weekend, members of 80s clatterers Test Dept head to the AV Festival to carry out an installation commemorating the Miners' Strike. Here, Graham Cunnington and Paul Jamrozy discuss the project, and state why, in the current political climate, remembering those events is so important
In this lost interview from 2009, Rhys Chatham talks to David Moats about doom metal, gentrification and drum & bass as a collaboration between him and Charlemagne Palestine comes to St. John's Church in Hackney on Thursday as part of William Basinski and Art Assembly's Arcadia series
Mixing surf pop, punk and electronics, the songs on Keel Her's debut album are just a sample of Rose Keeler-Schäffeler's prolific home-recorded output. With bandmate Andrew Barnes, she talks to Stuart Huggett about getting out of the bedroom
One of our favourite politicians is about to publish another book. One of our favourite rock stars is about to release another album. We thought we'd get them together. Overseen by (one of our favourite writers) Simon Price. This article was originally published in 2011. We're republishing it now on March 14th 2014 to pay tribute to the memory of a great man. Tony Benn RIP
Richard Skelton's timeless and elemental music, both solo and in duo *AR, draws its inspiration from the rhythms of the natural world and the remote landscapes of the UK and Ireland. Ahead of performances at Aldeburgh's Faster Than Sound and the North East's AV Festival, he speaks to Joseph Burnett about place, poetry and the glacial evolution of his musical practice
With William Basinski's Arcadia Series opening this week in London, Robert Barry speaks with Basinski, Michael Gira and Rhys Chatham to trace the rich history of New York's artist-run loft spaces and the pioneering music they fostered