A Quietus Interview
Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
A Quietus Interview
The Cost Of Living: Pyrrhon, Skepticism And The Abscess Of Capitalism
New York extreme metallers Pyrrhon have released a new album that eviscerates our current way of living. When the alternatives are insanity and death, perhaps the ancient philosopher the band is named after offers a way forward. Dan Franklin investigates, with a little help from Professor Richard Bett and Travis Bickle
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After The Crash: An Interview With Sly & The Family Drone’s Matt Cargill
With new album Walk It Dry premiering exclusively below, Sly & The Family Drone leader Matt Cargill tells Patrick Clarke about the traumatic road accident and subsequent recovery that preceded their formidable new record, and the challenges of experimental musicianship during a pandemic
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The Space Is Inside Us: Angel Bat Dawid Interviewed
In a beautiful Trans-Atlantic collaboration, Chicago-based jazz musician Angel Bat Dawid has created a new record in response to Emma Warren's work on London's Total Refreshment Centre. Here, they discuss the importance of physical space in developing community and resistance
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DEAFBRICK: Deafkids And Petbrick Interviewed
Brazil's searingly good noise trio Deafkids have teamed up with Wayne Adams and Iggor Cavalera's pummelling Petbrick for an extraordinary new album 'Deafbrick'. Along with a premiere of the track 'Força Bruta', they speak to Patrick Clarke about the links between New Weird Britain and Brazil
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Rave In The Cave: Jarvis Cocker Interviewed By Jeanie Finlay
With the debut album by JARV IS... out next month, Jarvis Cocker speaks to Jeanie Finlay about his new project, why prehistoric cave dwellers were the world's first ravers, and why he's uncomfortable being called a 'National Treasure'
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Meeting Of Memories: An Interview With Land Trance
Andrew PM Hunt and Benjamin D. Duvall, two of Merseyside's finest and most forward-thinking musicians, have collaborated for the first time after fifteen years' of friendship in dizzying and heavenly duo Land Trance. They speak to Patrick Clarke about their their spectacular debut album
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God-Killer’s Alive: Owen Pallett Interviewed
With a surprise new album, Owen Pallett returns to the story of the “young, ultra-violent farmer” Lewis, and has drafted in the London Contemporary Orchestra to help out. Rob Hakimian is on hand to ask about the sonic and narrative details that went into the creation of this long-awaited record
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India Dreaming: Paul Purgas On The Birth Of Indian Electronic Music
This Sunday, musician Paul Purgas presents a documentary on the extraordinary and overlooked electronic music produced by the students of India's National Institute Of Design in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He speaks to Patrick Clarke about his discoveries
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Green Shoots: Richard Dawson And Sally Pilkington On Lockdown Project Bulbils
From lockdown in Newcastle, Richard Dawson and Sally Pilkington have released over thirty new albums and counting under the new moniker Bulbils in an effort to cope with the coronavirus crisis. They tell Patrick Clarke the story of their beautiful new band.
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From Neu! To Kraftwerk: Football, Motorik And The Pulse Of Modernity
When we started The Quietus we made the fairly arbitrary decision that modern popular music started with Kraftwerk's 'Autobahn' in 1974. John Doran talks to Michael Rother, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Karl Bartos about the build up to this flash point in musical history
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Laugh In The Face Of Dystopia: An Interview With tētēma’s Anthony Pateras
Australian avant garde mainstay Anthony Pateras and Faith No More's Mike Patton release extraordinary music together as tētēma. The former speaks to Patrick Clarke about their zealous, raging, multifaceted new album.
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Unsettling Horizon Lines: An Interview With Drew Daniel Of The Soft Pink Truth
Ahead of the release of his new record as The Soft Pink Truth, Drew Daniel talks to Kristen Gallerneaux about the influences behind Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? and rethinking ambient music
