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John Carpenter

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John Carpenter

Lost Themes III: Alive After Death

John Carpenter

Lost Themes II

John Carpenter

Lost Themes

Articles 8

Anniversary

The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades: 30 Years Of They Live

Dismissed by many as a hypermasculine schlockfest in 1988, John Carpenter's They Live has aged well. Jeremy Allen assesses its wide-reaching influence on everyone from continental philosophers to French synthwave hipsters
Film

Injustice For All: Rob Zombie’s Halloween Remembered

Richard Hirst reappraises Rob Zombie's reviled remake of the John Carpenter horror classic
A Quietus Interview

No Longer Lost: John Carpenter Interviewed

Horror master John Carpenter on his second non-soundtrack album, Lost Themes II, and performing his first ever live shows this at Primavera, ATP Iceland and New York ahead of English dates later in the year. Interview by Brian Coney
Film

Remasters Of Horror: Composer And Sound Designer Alan Howarth Interviewed

Ahead of two special Halloween shows in London's Union Chapel this weekend in which he will play some of the best know of his soundtrack collaborations with John Carpenter, Alan Howarth talks to Mat Colegate about his long and distinguished career in soundtracks and sound design

Books

Leave The Capitol: The Weird Tales Of Arthur Machen

In a Hallowe'en special, we step sideways into the weird world of Arthur Machen, Mark E. Smith's favourite horror writer
Books

Dredder Than Dredd: Geoff Barrow And Ben Salisbury On Drokk

Mat Colegate talks to Portishead's Geoff Barrow and soundtrack composer Ben Salisbury about their Judge Dredd inspired album Drokk. Warning - contains the phrase, "the ribald adventures of shape-shifting warrior oaf Slaine".

Film

“The Horror In Music Comes From The Silence” – John Carpenter Interviewed

Horror movie auteur John Carpenter is a long time hero of the Quietus' so we were made up when he agreed to talk to Joseph Burnett about how he approaches his film music
A Quietus Interview

“A Long Tradition Of Pessimists”: Roll The Dice Play Ball

Wyndham Wallace talks to Stockholm's Roll The Dice about the influences at play on their second album, In Dust

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 5

Baker's Dozen

While His Synth Gently Beeps: Benge’s Favourite Electronic LPs

We know you all love a bit of synth porn so here's Benge's Baker's Dozen - a sort of synth erotica reading, if you will, as he guides you through 13 electronic favourites from Morton Subotnick to Else Marie Pade and George Harrison's Moog explorations to Air and Autechre. Benge photo by Ed Fielding

Baker's Dozen

Addicted To Serendipity: Hayden Thorpe Of Wild Beasts’ Baker’s Dozen

As the Cumbrian quartet prepare to release their "'fuck you' to adulthood", Boy King, their singer and guitarist takes us through 13 LPs that shaped it, including Nine Inch Nails, Max Richter and Oneohtrix Point Never
Baker's Dozen

Songs Of Life: Leftfield’s Favourite Albums

As he continues his UK dates in support of this year's Alternative Light Source, Leftfield's Neil Barnes takes us on a tour of some seminal albums that shaped his music, alongside a few current favourites
Baker's Dozen

Immersion Through Disturbance: Clint Mansell’s Favourite Film Soundtracks

The former Pop Will Eat Itself singer turned film score maestro tells Kiran Acharya about the 13 soundtracks that have inspired him most
Baker's Dozen

Elements Of Confusion: Nick McCabe Of Black Submarine’s Favourite LPs

With New Shores, the long-awaited debut by Black Submarine, out this week, the former Verve guitarist goes from teenage mainstays to recently-heard favourites in his top 13 albums

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