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*Conform to Deform: the Weird and Wonderful World of Some Bizzare* is an in-depth oral history of the legendary record label and its founder, Stevo Pearce. Techno pioneer Karl ‘Regis’ O’Connor – a huge fan of the label – met the book’s author Wesley Doyle to discuss how Some Bizzare impacted popular culture in the 80s
Karl O'Connor guides Luke Turner through the 13 teenage hits that made him Regis, with tales of smelling like a badger on the mail train to Brum and what happens when you get a member of Einstürzende Neubauten the wrong gravel on the way
A mainstay in electronic sound for over two decades, the music of Anthony Child AKA Surgeon joins the dots between the techno underground and an abrasive, absurdist lineage that stretches back to the days of COUM. Ahead of Child's set at the legacy of COUM event in Hull on 18th March, Harry Sword hears of his love of Burroughs, watching Mike Leigh with Mick Harris and the dangers of the artistic comfort zone.
British Murder Boys, the twosome of Regis and Surgeon, are sadly now defunct. Before they both play on the same bill at Bloc this weekend, they talk to Luke Turner about Gene Vincent, the influence of pantomime and channelling the errant daydreams of winos into pummelling techno
As Downwards celebrates 20 years with an excellent compilation and new great releases from Oake and Samuel Kerridge, Luke Turner sits down with Karl O'Connor to discuss two decades of chaotic and righteous music making, from Sandra Electronics to Downwards releases, and solo work to the British Murder Boys
Ahead of his Necklace Of Bites shows at Blackest Ever Black and Unsound this coming week, Filip Kalinowski speaks to the Downwards boss and UK techno figurehead about ritual, sound pressure, DIY as necessity and being half of "Britain's best-loved absurdist space rock duo"
For nearly 20 years Anthony Child, aka Surgeon, has sent dancers into collective states of hypnosis with his overwhelming, elliptical techno. Having just released a beatless album under his own name, he speaks with Rory Gibb about introspection, method acting, the importance of intention, and what continues to excite him about club music
Berlin's Samuel Kerridge re-casts techno as a sensuous, murky throb, overwhelming the listener with waves of sub-bass and metallic ambience drawn from doom metal and post-punk. He speaks to Maya Kalev about his new EP for Regis' label and the importance of pushing against constraints
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