A Quietus Interview
Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
A Quietus Interview
Dancefloor Escapism & Physical Abandon: Ronika Interviewed
Ronika's debut album Selectadisc is one of tQ's favourite albums of 2014 so far. Ahead of tonight's London gig, Al Needham speaks to her about coming up through the Nottingham music scene, channeling a fascination with electronic music, and the positives and pitfalls of running her own label
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Chasing Perfectionism: An Interview With Source Direct
Few have crafted electronic music as virtuosic, as moving and as futuristic as groundbreaking drum & bass duo Source Direct did in the late 1990s. In one of his first interviews since returning to action, including a set at Fabric tomorrow, Jim Baker speaks to Harry Sword about Source Direct past and present, searching for futurism in sound, and the tantalising prospect of new music on the horizon
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Precarious Music: Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides Interviewed
Ahead of their performance at Supernormal Festival next weekend, Russell Cuzner meets Manchester-based duo part wild horses mane on both sides to discuss their deeply meditative improvised music, and how immersion in the moment leads to new mindstates
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Sort Out Your Shoes, Then Liberate Your Mind: Taman Shud Interviewed
Ahead of their show at Supernormal Festival, Ben Graham meets the thirsty occult louts behind Taman Shud's mighty psychedelic racket, to learn about coping with office job boredom through transcendent volume, esoteric weirdness, crisps and booze
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Minimal Foundation: An Interview With Nisennenmondai
With the Japanese trio embarking on a UK tour this week, Tristan Bath speaks with Nisennenmondai in a rare interview to discuss their mesmerising voyages into the interzone between noise, rock and dance music. Along the way he discovers that their commitment to minimalism stretches beyond their intensely stripped-back tracks...
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Kenny’s Loggin’ The Past: King Creosote’s Scots’ History Soundtrack
As part of the cultural programme around the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, King Creosote has soundtracked archive footage of Scottish people at work and play. He discusses the project, resulting new album From Scotland With Love, life, death and identity with Nicola Meighan
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A Spiral Dance: Noura Mint Seymali Interviewed
Richie Troughton speaks to Mauritanian artist Noura Mint Seymali, the creator of one of the Quietus' favourite records of 2014, about new album Tzenni, navigating life in a globalised world and drawing traditional music into a modern context
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No Hidden Agenda: The Return Of Interpol
This September, Interpol release their new album El Pintor. It's both their first in four years and their first without founding bassist Carlos Dengler. In an exclusive interview, Matt Foster meets Paul Banks, Daniel Kessler and Sam Fogarino to find out how they dealt with losing a band member and to talk about a record that fully encases both sides of their personality
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A Nightmare In Bagley’s: An Interview With Mumdance
With the deep-freeze grime of 'Take Time' with Novelist still resounding in our ears, Mumdance meets Harry Sword to discuss his newly released mix CD with Pinch, the importance of musical context, and working with mahraganat artists in Cairo
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Faults In The Gridline: Bronze Teeth Interviewed
As Bronze Teeth, L/F/D/M's Richard Smith and Factory Floor's Dominic Butler craft scorchingly abrasive, gnarled beat tracks inspired by rave sound systems and the patterns of nature. With their debut 12" released this week on Diagonal, they speak to Joe Clay about crowbarring open dance music to uncover new things inside
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Actualise The Minimalism: An Interview With Thought Broadcast
Matthew Kent catches up with Ravi Binning to discuss the brilliantly stripped-back rhythmic machinations of his latest Thought Broadcast album Votive Zero, improvisation as a freeing tool, and the crucial distinctions between noise and techno
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‘Noise Is Japanese Blues’: An Interview With Boris
With the Japanese shapeshifters' nineteenth album Noise released this month, Tristan Bath meets the mighty Boris in London to discuss the background noise of life, their many collaborative projects and, of course, guitar feedback
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High NRG Dancefloor Mayhem: An Interview With Blacknecks
Harry Sword meets the not-so-shadowy duo behind the belting Italo-gabber-techno of Blacknecks, responsible for some of the Quietus' favourite club bangers of the year so far, to chat boogie nights, tape loops and cereal boxes
