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Perc

Reviews 9

Perc

The Cut Off

Bob Cluness On Perc’s Bitter Music

Dream Baby Dream: Unsound Festival Reviewed

Unsound 2014: Various Artists On ‘Living The Dream’

Perc

The Power And The Glory

Perc

A New Brutality

Hyperspecific’s Electronic/Dance 12″s Of 2011 In Words & A Mix

The Month in Electronic Music: Cooly G & Cosmic Funk

Perc

Wicker & Steel

Articles 14

Organic Intelligence

Organic Intelligence XXX: The Baader Meinhof Bum Dungeon

In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, Luke Turner heads back a decade to a riotous and fruity moment where techno got the horn, and decided to have a massive laugh
Black Sky Thinking

What Does ‘Hard’ Mean, Anyway? Unpicking Dance Music’s Extremity Fetish

Ben Cardew looks at how dance music's obsession with hardness is an arms race that cannot be won. Image via Bangface.
Music of the Month

From Richard Dawson To Alice Coltrane: May’s Best New Music

As a year replete with glorious new LPs hurtles forth, here's the best music you may have missed in the last month
Baker's Dozen

Not-So-Bitter Music: Ali ‘Perc’ Wells On His Favourite 13 Albums

We've sent that young rascal Tonka to interview Ali Wells about the albums that made him Perc, from Huey Lewis & The News to Pete Swanson, Aphex, and how Iron Maiden made his kick drum mockery-proof
A Quietus Interview

Monumental Achievement: East India Youth Interviewed

Culture Of Volume hasn't been off the Quietus stereo since we first heard it months ago. William Doyle explains the genesis of this astounding album to John Doran
Reissues etc. of the Year

Quietus Reissues & Mixes Of The Year 2014 In Association With Norman Records

Here are the top 100 reissues, DJ mixes, anthologies, live albums and soundtracks, as voted for in the Quietus office this year. Feature introduced and built by John Doran

Reissues etc. of the Year

Cracking Stuff: The Quietus Reissues & Compilations Of 2014 So Far

Here is tQ's half year non-studio album list as voted for by Luke Turner, Laurie Tuffrey, Sophie Coletta and John Doran (who compiled and wrote the feature)
Albums of the Year so far

Bountiful Summer: Quietus Albums Of The Year So Far 2014

Here is tQ's half year studio album list voted for by Luke Turner, Rory Gibb, Laurie Tuffrey, Sophie Coletta and John Doran (who wrote and compiled the feature)
A Quietus Interview

They Do Like It Up ‘Em: Fisty Fun & Queer Bangers With Furfriend

On the surface, mysterious Electronic Bumming Music duo Furfriend appear to be a carnal celebration of the squelchier end of sexual practice. Yet, as Luke Turner discovers, their new EP for Perc Trax reveals that they're LGBT activists, as well as just 'active'...
A Quietus Interview

Shock Doctrine: An Interview With Perc

With his second album The Power & The Glory released this week, Rory Gibb meets up with London-based techno producer Ali Wells to talk dancefloor mayhem, rotting sound and political frustration

Black Sky Thinking

The Quietus Writers’ 50 Favourite Dance Remixes

The Quietus writers and staff select fifty of their favourite dance music remixes, from much-loved classics to personal selections
A Quietus Interview

Best Laid Plans: Forward Strategy Group Interviewed

Like their Perc Trax labelmates, Forward Strategy Group take a wide-reaching approach to techno that's both eclectic and grounded by a strong sense of place. With debut album Labour Division now out, Luke Turner caught up with the duo to discuss their history and the lure of old TV idents
Black Sky Thinking

2011: Celebrating The Continued Shattering Of Our Culture

Kicking off 2011's Wreath Lectures, Luke Turner argues that the continuing fragmentation of our culture and consumption is to be welcomed, and will bring forth new joys
A Quietus Interview

Drum’s Not Dead: Ali ‘Perc’ Wells Interviewed

Perc's Wicker & Steel is a Quietus LP of 2011. Luke Turner talks to Ali Wells about the album, the rise of his Perc Trax label, the Home Counties and an antidote to wishy washy electronica

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