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Reviews 12

Dustbowl Delights: Houghton 2022 Reviewed

The Month’s Electronic Music: Selective Reflection

Fighting Homogenisation: Dekmantel Reviewed

To Dance & Disappear: Lauren Martin On Moscow’s Outline Festival

Hazy Euphoria: Things The Quietus Learned At Sónar 2015

Towards An Unknown Resolution: Bloc Weekend 2015 Reviewed

The Shock Of The End: Krakow’s Unsound Festival Deconstructed

So High, Solo: Barcelona’s Sonar Festival Reviewed

Cross-Genre Delights: Incubate Festival 2011

FWD>>, Backward, Outward: Dubstep Night’s 10th Birthday

Articles 7

A Quietus Interview

Systems Align: Joy Orbison & Ben Vince Interviewed

Following the release of their first collaborative record on Hessle Audio earlier this month, Joy Orbison and Ben Vince discuss the process behind pairing live saxophone and club music and the changing dynamics of London's clubs

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

Burn Up The Floor: Pop & Politics In 2013 Dance Music

At the end of an exhausting year in club music, Rory Gibb reflects back upon 2013 on and off the dancefloor, and considers some of the political, social and technological issues facing the dance music community in the near future

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Aides-Memoires: Ben UFO Selects 13 Favourite Records

Ahead of Hessle Audio's three-room takeover of Fabric this Friday, the DJ and Hessle Audio co-founder rifles through his record collection and discusses thirteen particular favourites with Rory Gibb

Black Sky Thinking

Wreath Lectures 2011: Club Beats From The Digital Ether

This year, as artists have turned up the heat on the murky, semi-structured stew of post-noise pop, argues Rory Gibb, dancefloor shapes have started to emerge from beneath the clearing vapours

Black Sky Thinking

Lesbian Propaganda & Other Myths: Misogyny In Dance Music

Angus Finlayson examines a disturbing trend towards misogyny in dance music circles, and contrasts that current shift with the promises of equality ushered in by the genesis of house music and the early days of rave

A Quietus Interview

Flying High With Hessle Audio: An Interview With Ben UFO

Angus Finlayson talks to Ben Thomson about the history of Hessle Audio and the dubstep scene

News 26

Manchester International Festival Unveils 2023 Lineup

Ryuichi Sakamoto and Janelle Monáe are among the musicians involved in this year's event

Houghton Unveils Full 2022 Lineup

The long-delayed third edition of the festival will host the likes of Helena Hauff, Ricardo Villalobos and DJ Stingray

London’s Waterworks Festival Reveals 2022 Lineup

The West London event's second edition will welcome Ben UFO, Optimo and more

Apple Music Launches Initiative To Monetise DJ Mixes

The streaming platform has partnered with Boiler Room, DJ-Kicks and more for the new venture

Ben UFO Curates EP In ‘Melodies Record Club’ Series

The UK DJ has selected tracks by Laurie Spiegel and Olof Dreijer to appear on the second instalment of the run of EPs on Floating Points and Mafalda's label

Floating Points’ Melodies International Reveals New EP Series

Ben UFO, Four Tet, Daphni and more are curating releases for the reissue label's new Melodies Record Club arm

London Gets New Day Festival, Waterworks

The event's debut edition was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Palestine’s Radio Al Hara Begins Marathon Protest Broadcast

Ben UFO, Mykki Blanco and Nicolás Jaar are amongst the artists contributing mixes to the 80-hour broadcast which is raising awareness of Israel's proposed annexation of the West Bank

Houghton Reveals 2020 Line-Up

Helena Hauff, Floating Points, Four Tet and more will play the Norfolk festival

RE-TEXTURED Confirms First Names For 2020 Edition

British Murder Boys, D.A.F., SOPHIE and more will play the second edition of the London festival

DJs For Palestine Campaign Launched

DJs such as Caribou, Four Tet and The Black Madonna voice their support for a campaign backing the cultural boycott of Israel

LIVE REPORT: Houghton 2018

Following a standout first edition in 2017, Christian Eede returns to Houghton festival to report back on its second year

PREVIEW: Houghton 2018

A selection of tQ's finest writing on Houghton's finest acts, as selected from the festival's upcoming line-up this weekend

Things Learned At: Houghton 2017

With the team behind Wales' Gottwood Festival debuting a new weekender on the grounds of Houghton Hall earlier this month with the aide of fabric resident Craig Richards, Christian Eede headed along to Houghton's first edition and tapped into an unshakable sense of hedonism in the process. All photos courtesy of Jake Davis at Hungry Visuals

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Reviews 12

Dustbowl Delights: Houghton 2022 Reviewed

The Month’s Electronic Music: Selective Reflection

Fighting Homogenisation: Dekmantel Reviewed

To Dance & Disappear: Lauren Martin On Moscow’s Outline Festival

Hazy Euphoria: Things The Quietus Learned At Sónar 2015

Towards An Unknown Resolution: Bloc Weekend 2015 Reviewed

Ben UFO Fabriclive 67

The Shock Of The End: Krakow’s Unsound Festival Deconstructed

So High, Solo: Barcelona’s Sonar Festival Reviewed

Ben UFO Rinse: 016

Cross-Genre Delights: Incubate Festival 2011

FWD>>, Backward, Outward: Dubstep Night’s 10th Birthday

Articles 7

Systems Align: Joy Orbison & Ben Vince Interviewed

A Fine Blend: The Quietus Writers’ Favourite DJ Mix Albums

Burn Up The Floor: Pop & Politics In 2013 Dance Music

Aides-Memoires: Ben UFO Selects 13 Favourite Records

Wreath Lectures 2011: Club Beats From The Digital Ether

Lesbian Propaganda & Other Myths: Misogyny In Dance Music

Flying High With Hessle Audio: An Interview With Ben UFO

News 26

Manchester International Festival Unveils 2023 Lineup

Houghton Unveils Full 2022 Lineup

London’s Waterworks Festival Reveals 2022 Lineup

Apple Music Launches Initiative To Monetise DJ Mixes

Ben UFO Curates EP In ‘Melodies Record Club’ Series

Floating Points’ Melodies International Reveals New EP Series

London Gets New Day Festival, Waterworks

Palestine’s Radio Al Hara Begins Marathon Protest Broadcast

Houghton Reveals 2020 Line-Up

RE-TEXTURED Confirms First Names For 2020 Edition

DJs For Palestine Campaign Launched

LIVE REPORT: Houghton 2018

PREVIEW: Houghton 2018

Things Learned At: Houghton 2017

Things Learned At: Dekmantel 2017

LISTEN: Ben UFO b2b Helena Hauff At Sonár

Preview: Sonár Barcelona 2016

First Names For Simple Things 2016

Things Learned At: Sónar Reykjavík 2016

First Names For Rewire 2016

Red Bull Music Academy Publish Book

LISTEN: Ben UFO At Dommune

Beacons Festival Announce 2013 Line-Up

Unsound: Final Announcements

Stare Upon My Works – The Quietus Reissues & Compilations Of 2011

Warm Announce Autumn Nights Ft Ben UFO, Dixon & Ame

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