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Vatican Shadow

Reviews 9

Vatican Shadow
Persian Pillars Of The Gasoline Era

Peripheral Functions: Notes On Shipley’s Golden Cabinet

Vatican Shadow
Remember Your Black Day

Dance Dance Dance: Things Learned At Sonar Festival 2013

2012’s Noises In The Ether: A Rum Music Special

The Power & The Glory: Vatican Shadow Live

Hyperspecific Midterm Mix: Dance 12″s Of The Year So Far

Vatican Shadow
September Cell / Operation Neptune Spear

Vatican Shadow
Kneel Before Religious Icons

Articles 3

In Conversation

Peer Reviewed: Kelly Moran Interviews Prurient… And Vice Versa

Contemporary composer and pianist Kelly Moran speaks to industrial techno maven, Dominick Fernow in an exclusive two-way interview that gets to grips with practice and inspiration, speaking from one artist directly to another

Black Sky Thinking

GIFwave, Groundhog Day & Culture After The Apocalypse

The recent announcement that the OED had made "GIF" its word of the year prompts Ryan Diduck to consider the similarities of that tiny looping file format to culture in 2012, and why, like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, being doomed to repeat ourselves might not be entirely a bad thing

Black Sky Thinking

Machina Ex Deus: iPhone 5 & Why The Machines Are In Control

Planning to buy the new iPhone 5? Think carefully about the kind of future you're ushering in, cautions Ryan Diduck, as he examines a resurgence of cyberpunk themes in contemporary culture

News 25

Questions Raised Over Dominick Fernow’s Collaborations

Culture journalist Jean-Hugues Kabuiku has shared a blog post highlighting connections between the artist and a number of ideologically questionable musicians

Dominick Fernow Announces New Vatican Shadow LP

'Persian Pillars Of The Gasoline Era' is his first new release of 2020 under the alias

Fabric To Host Ulver & More For New Event Series, VØID

The run of gigs will also include Vatican Shadow, Godflesh and Venetian Snares

Rare Vatican Shadow Releases Reissued

The collaborations with Demdike Stare and Silent Servant were originally available on a 25-run of cassettes

Dominick Fernow Releases Halloween-Inspired Albums

Steve Moore has also released a new album as part of Amazon's Original albums concept

Vatican Shadow To Mix Berghain 09

Dominick Fernow has been tapped to mix the ninth instalment in Berghain's mix series

Vatican Shadow Announces Ostgut Ton Debut

Dominick Fernow makes his debut on the Berlin label with a new Vatican Shadow record. Homepage photo courtesy of Becka Diamond

Oval Space’s Ovation Series Tonight

Laurel Halo, Lee Gamble and Vatican Shadow all play at Oval Space tonight

Things Learned At: Forte Festival

Spurred by curiosity, Mat Colegate travels 1276 miles to find out whether or not he likes techno. Photo by Damien Quinchard

Golden Cabinet: Andy Stott & More

Anthroprophh, Kemper Norton and Rainer Veil all set for shows in Shipley

Vatican Shadow For Golden Cabinet Show

Militant techno heading to Shipley in August

Preview: Donaufestival

Austrian festival donau is to celebrate its tenth anniversary with an excellent line up of music and art at the end of April. Photo by Christian Wind.

PREVIEW: Incubate Festival 2013

The Quietus are heading to the Netherlands for this week's Incubate Festival in Tilburg - here, we pick out 13 acts and events not to be missed

Vatican Shadow: New LP Details

Dominick Fernow's Vatican Shadow announces 'debut album proper' through his own Hospital Productions label

Things Learned At: Kuudes Aisti, Helsinki

Luke Turner heads to the hot hot venues of Finland to get balls like dim sum and see all sorts of stern and wonderful music from Mika Vainio, Cold Cave, Savages, Vatican Shadow and more. Photograph courtesy of Ilkka Vuorinen

Sonar Festival 2013: A Quietus Preview

With the Quietus preparing to jet across to Barcelona later this week for this year's edition of Sonar Festival, Rory Gibb and Luke Turner take you through some of our most anticipated acts

Front 242 & ACIIIIED For Incubate 2013

A Guy Called Gerald, Tim Hecker and East India Youth all on bill for Incubate 2013

LISTEN: New Prurient

Listen to a track from Dominick Fernow's new LP for Blackest Ever Black

LISTEN: Prurient On Blackest Ever Black

Dominick Fernow to release Through The Window via London label in February 2013

Quietus Mix 74: Leaves Of Iron & Rust Halloween

Luke puts together a collection of dark tracks ancient & modern for your October listening indulgence

Vatican Shadow: New LP Details

Modern Love to release album of new and live material by Dominick Fernow

Quietus Albums Of The Year So Far 2012

It's only half way through the year and already it's shaping up to be a classic for albums. Here's our halfway mark chart

Unsound 2012: More Acts Announced

Krakow's festival of out-there music and art, running from 14th-21st October, warms up with Hieroglyphic Being, Traxman, Vatican Shadow, Voices From The Lake and Shackleton, among others

Vatican Shadow & Cut Hands In London

Stern double header of William Bennett and Dominick Fernow to bring none-darker atmospheres to the capital; plus general Blackest Ever Black news update

Vatican Shadow For Blackest Ever Black

Dominick Fernow, the man behind one of our favourite albums of last year, Prurient's blistering Bermuda Drain, to release a Vatican Shadow record through London label

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Reviews 9

Vatican Shadow Persian Pillars Of The Gasoline Era

Peripheral Functions: Notes On Shipley’s Golden Cabinet

Vatican Shadow Remember Your Black Day

Dance Dance Dance: Things Learned At Sonar Festival 2013

2012’s Noises In The Ether: A Rum Music Special

The Power & The Glory: Vatican Shadow Live

Hyperspecific Midterm Mix: Dance 12″s Of The Year So Far

Vatican Shadow September Cell / Operation Neptune Spear

Vatican Shadow Kneel Before Religious Icons

Articles 3

Peer Reviewed: Kelly Moran Interviews Prurient… And Vice Versa

GIFwave, Groundhog Day & Culture After The Apocalypse

Machina Ex Deus: iPhone 5 & Why The Machines Are In Control

News 25

Questions Raised Over Dominick Fernow’s Collaborations

Dominick Fernow Announces New Vatican Shadow LP

Fabric To Host Ulver & More For New Event Series, VØID

Rare Vatican Shadow Releases Reissued

Dominick Fernow Releases Halloween-Inspired Albums

Vatican Shadow To Mix Berghain 09

Vatican Shadow Announces Ostgut Ton Debut

Oval Space’s Ovation Series Tonight

Things Learned At: Forte Festival

Golden Cabinet: Andy Stott & More

Vatican Shadow For Golden Cabinet Show

Preview: Donaufestival

PREVIEW: Incubate Festival 2013

Vatican Shadow: New LP Details

Things Learned At: Kuudes Aisti, Helsinki

Sonar Festival 2013: A Quietus Preview

Front 242 & ACIIIIED For Incubate 2013

LISTEN: New Prurient

LISTEN: Prurient On Blackest Ever Black

Quietus Mix 74: Leaves Of Iron & Rust Halloween

Vatican Shadow: New LP Details

Quietus Albums Of The Year So Far 2012

Unsound 2012: More Acts Announced

Vatican Shadow & Cut Hands In London

Vatican Shadow For Blackest Ever Black

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Vatican Shadow
Persian Pillars Of The Gasoline Era

Vatican Shadow
Remember Your Black Day

Vatican Shadow
September Cell / Operation Neptune Spear

Vatican Shadow
Kneel Before Religious Icons

The Body
The Crying Out of Things