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Chris Watson is the Sibelius of the tape recorder. Ahead of his appearance with Felicia Atkinson at Kings Place next month, Luke Turner speaks to him about twelve key points in his career from early tape experiments to recording at Chernobyl, via a founding stint in Cabaret Voltaire
Multi-disciplinary artist and renowned noise musician Russell Haswell has just released an excellent beat-driven record on Diagonal. So we dispatched the Quietus' own Russell to meet him to discuss his career to date, from the YBAs and ATP to sushi and Whitney Houston
In Cabaret Voltaire, Chris Watson used tape loops and field recordings as a pioneer of industrial music. Now, he is a sound recordist for BBC nature programmes who also works on installations, films and his own albums. He speaks to Luke Turner about trying to capture the sound of the world in a very noisy modern age
Last year, The Quietus met up with Simon Fisher Turner to discuss his work with Derek Jarman, and as much of his career in music and film as we could fit into a two-hour lunch date. In the week that he helps celebrate Sprawl's 15th birthday, The Quietus presents the second half of this extended interview
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