A Quietus Interview
Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
A Quietus Interview
The Body Is Not Gender: Laura Jane Grace Of Against Me! Interviewed
Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace has penned an album of astonishingly intimate anthemic punk rock. Transgender Dysphoria Blues explores a perspective seldom seen in punk: that of a trans* woman. Here she talks to Petra Davis about creativity, femininity, and soul rebellion
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Spiritual Modernism: Rafał Iwański Of HATI & X-Navi:Et Interviewed
The mesmerising music of Rafał Iwański, both in his long-running duo HATI and solo as X-Navi:Et, channels his fascination with percussive and ritual instruments and trance states. Ahead of his performance at Unsound New York as half of Kapital, he speaks to Rory Gibb about resonance, improvisation and the sounds of the cosmos
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Test Dept On AV Festival & Remembering The Miners’ Strike
Next weekend, members of 80s clatterers Test Dept head to the AV Festival to carry out an installation commemorating the Miners' Strike. Here, Graham Cunnington and Paul Jamrozy discuss the project, and state why, in the current political climate, remembering those events is so important
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Beautiful Noise: Rhys Chatham Interviewed
In this lost interview from 2009, Rhys Chatham talks to David Moats about doom metal, gentrification and drum & bass as a collaboration between him and Charlemagne Palestine comes to St. John's Church in Hackney on Thursday as part of William Basinski and Art Assembly's Arcadia series
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The Avalanche Of Rose: An Interview With Keel Her
Mixing surf pop, punk and electronics, the songs on Keel Her's debut album are just a sample of Rose Keeler-Schäffeler's prolific home-recorded output. With bandmate Andrew Barnes, she talks to Stuart Huggett about getting out of the bedroom
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Nature Eclipses Culture: An Interview With Richard Skelton
Richard Skelton's timeless and elemental music, both solo and in duo *AR, draws its inspiration from the rhythms of the natural world and the remote landscapes of the UK and Ireland. Ahead of performances at Aldeburgh's Faster Than Sound and the North East's AV Festival, he speaks to Joseph Burnett about place, poetry and the glacial evolution of his musical practice
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Machine Gun: An Interview With Evian Christ
On the eve of the release of Evian Christ's punishing new EP for Tri Angle and ahead of shows at Field Day and Sonar, he meets up with Daniel Cohen to discuss physicality in sound, working with Kanye for Yeezus, and discovering the sweet spot between EDM and abrasive noise
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Magic Brutalism: Kuba Ziołek AKA Stara Rzeka Interviewed
Polish guitarist and composer Kuba Ziołek may have authored one of the Quietus' favourite albums of last year as Stara Rzeka, but with three new albums in the pipeline, he's clearly not resting on his laurels. Filip Kalinowski meets him to discuss the creative process from conception to outcome
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On The Grid: An Interview With Anthony Parasole
With the gritty techno of his label The Corner, New York DJ and producer Anthony Parasole has lately been attracting attention far beyond his home city. He tells Zara Wladawsky about the changing face of New York's dancefloor communities, and the passing down of club music knowledge
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‘The Gentle Revolutionary’: Peter Tatchell Remembers Derek Jarman
With the BFI's Derek Jarman season currently marking the twentieth anniversary of the artist and filmmaker's death, Joseph Burnett speaks to gay rights activist Peter Tatchell about Jarman's work towards LGBT equality and raising awareness of HIV
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Acts Of Faith: An Interview With Thalia Zedek
With her latest record Six just released through Thrill Jockey, Thalia Zedek speaks to Nick Hutchings about immersing herself totally in music in recent years, last year's acclaimed album Via, and reanimating her Come project with Chris Brokaw
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A Sense Of Clarity: Wild Beasts Interviewed
With Wild Beasts' excellent fourth album Present Tense released this week, they sit down with Luke Turner to discuss blurring the line between myth and reality, and how their music has evolved through growing older and (not necessarily) wiser
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A Matter Of Life & Deathcrush: Norway’s Noise Punks Interviewed
As they release their third single, and on the eve of their appearance at by:Larm in Oslo, Wyndham Wallace confronts Norway's most rowdily entertaining, fiercely rocking outfit, Deathcrush, to hear about Rod Stewart's former drum kit and why they're happy living in the future
