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Reissue of the Week
Dancing About Architecture: Frank Zappa Reissues 1972-1979
Continuing the mammoth task of introducing us to Frank Zappa's recently reissued back catalogue, Pete Redrup takes on the next 12 albums, moving from jazz-fusion to the end of the Mothers Of Invention via 'Dinah Moe-Humm' and some terrible artwork
A Quietus Interview
On The Wing: Trent Reznor On Creativity & How To Destroy Angels
With Nine Inch Nails currently on hiatus, Trent Reznor is currently hard at work on new project How To Destroy Angels, whose An Omen_ EP is out now. He speaks to Ned Raggett about exploring new avenues and the challenges of creativity
A Quietus Interview
Music For Mallet Musicians: Ex-Easter Island Head Interviewed
Using mallets and guitars, Liverpool's Ex-Easter Island Head whip up tropical storm clouds of rhythm and natural reverberation. Simon Jay Catling speaks to the band's Benjamin Duvall about minimalism and making hypnotic music for £5 worth of bamboo
Black Sky Thinking
Too Loud & It All Sounds The Same? Why Researchers Were Wrong On Pop
Kicking off The Quietus Wreath Lectures 2012: After scientists earlier this year claimed to have proved that music has been sliding a path of diminishing returns and actually does all sound the same, musicologist Stephen Graham points out why pop music is probably as exciting now as it was in 1955.
A Quietus Interview
Destination – Void: An Interview With Roly Porter
Since his steel-plated dubstep duo Vex'd disbanded, Roly Porter has been exploring post-human wastelands, folk forms and sensual electronics. In advance of a London show next week, he speaks to Russell Cuzner about last year's debut album Aftertime and working in solitude
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Escaping An Uncertain Fate: Mission Of Burma Interviewed
The reunited post-punk luminaries are currently touring Europe, fresh off the back of a set at Shellac's ATP and a new best of, Learn How. James Ubaghs spoke to singer/guitarist Roger Miller about their enduring power, the internet's capacity to stifle emergent music scenes and how to avoid the perils of tinnitus
A Quietus Interview
Xerox Techno: An Interview With Lee Gamble
With a pair of new releases on PAN, Lee Gamble has used his background in experimental computer music to create exquisite deconstructions of jungle & techno. In advance of his London show this weekend, he speaks to Angus Finlayson about eluding dancefloor fashions and youthful mystique
