Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
As the BFI launches a major season Derek Jarman's live and work, longtime musical collaborator Simon Fisher Turner talks The Quietus through 'Blue's genesis, creation and release, and his subsequent part in keeping Jarman's memory alive.
Islam Chipsy is an explosive talent in Egypt at the moment; in a wider sense part of the new wave of chaabi artists electrifying the country's music scene, but also completely unlike any other musician working today. John Doran talks to him about his fearsome work ethic and his unique style
With the release of Nochexxx's anarchic debut album Thrusters, Harry Sword catches up with both the Cambridge dweller and visual artists Plastic Horse, to talk petrolhead musical tinkering and the mayhem of the album's accompanying film
With The Space Lady about to embark on her first ever tour of the UK, Nicola Meighan catches up with the mercurial US cosmic pop artist to discuss her early years busking in San Francisco, psychedelic experience and UFO sightings
Following last night’s news that Slowdive have reformed, founder members Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell talk exclusively to tQ about re-learning the old songs, advances in guitar pedal technology, the possibility of a new Slowdive album and why this time it's all about having fun
1980s NYC hip hop/no-wave/funk collective Death Comet Crew return this month with full-length album, Ghost Among The Crew, that takes their abrasive hybrid sound into cosmic new zones. JR Moores speaks to the band's Stuart Argabright about the art of genre-splicing, plus listen to an exclusive mix
Formerly known for his powerful drumming in black metal group Liturgy, in the last two years Greg Fox has blasted off into progressively freer, looser and more colourful territories with Guardian Alien. With new album Spiritual Emergency released this month, he speaks to Tristan Bath about the rhythms of life and overcoming physical limitations
Last year the Sayat Nova Project traveled through the South Caucasus to document previously unrecorded traditional musics. With their marvelous compilation Mountains Of Tongues just released, Rory Gibb met co-founder Stefan Williamson Fa to discuss the project and the lure of this unique region of the world