A Quietus Interview
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Blurred Lines: An Interview With Lou Doillon
Lou Doillon's debut album of enigmatic folk pop Places has been a surprise hit in her native France. In advance of a London show at Queen Elizabeth Hall this week, she speaks with Jeremy Allen about the pressures of growing up in a family of famous musicians
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Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Fran Healy Of Travis Interviewed
With Where You Stand, their seventh album – and first for five years – due out this summer, frontman Fran Healy joins Wyndham Wallace to buy dinner, quote Seamus Heaney and discuss why, despite so many people loving them, they provoke such fiercely negative reactions…
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The Sound Of Rain: Mark Fell And The Quietest Room In Europe
John Doran speaks to the renowned leftfield electronic music producer and sound installation creator about 64 Beautiful Phase Violations - an experiment in an anechoic chamber. With thanks to Rory Gibb and Kit Turner for essential moral and technical guidance. Features embedded short documentary. Mark Fell portrait by Connie Treanor
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For Love Of Charanjit Singh: Disco Ragas On The Road
Ahead of Charanjit Singh's performance on the BleeD stage at Field Day this Sunday, his manager and booking agent Rana Ghose explains why the recently rediscovered Indian producer's proto-acid music has taken over his life and work
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Test Match Music: The Phoenix Foundation Talk Cricket
New Zealand's Phoenix Foundation are cricket fanatics and have described their latest album Fandango as 'test match music'. Duncan Greive accompanied them to a test match between New Zealand and England and found them waxing lyrical about cricket and music
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‘Everything Is Choreography’: The Knife Interviewed
The Knife's new live show has baffled, irritated and delighted audiences in equal measure. After their show at London's Roundhouse last week, Alex Macpherson sat down with the group to discuss communication, the politics of movement and reconfiguring peoples' expectations
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New Wave Of Dutch Heavy Jazz: Dead Neanderthals Interviewed
Dutch free-jazz/metal/grindcore duo Dead Neanderthals bring their incendiary noise to the UK's shores this week. In advance of their shows, they speak with Stewart Smith about disjointed drums and a 'tongue-in-cheek' connection to jazz
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Sonic Router 027: Clouds Balance Nothing & Everything
Finnish duo Clouds have emerged from the dubstep diaspora with a unique sound hinged around balances: between organic and synthetic, between space and density. They speak to Sonic Router's Oli Marlow about their working process, plus listen to an exclusive mix below
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Anarchy Of Experience: An Interview With Dalhous
Edinburgh duo Dalhous have just released their debut full-length via the Blackest Ever Black label, which draws haunted folk forms, electronics and industrial music into its orbit. They speak with Ryan Diduck about the influence of grim weather and the hermetic nature of their work
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Elegance & Savagery: The Jim Jones Revue Interviewed
London rock & roll firebrands The Jim Jones Revue play a four-night residency at the Sebright Arms this week. Ahead of the gigs, they sit down with Julian Marszalek to discuss the rigors of touring and the importance of drawing inspiration from relevant current issues
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Divine Machinery: An Interview With Paul Jebanasam
Subtext label boss Paul Jebanasam is one of several Bristol-based musicians blurring boundaries between contemporary composition, process-based recording and the colossal physicality of sound system culture. With his debut album just released, he explains to Pavel Godfrey how "melody has a way of surviving everything"
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We Want To Cause Confusion: Vision Fortune Interviewed
The churning drones and hammered percussion of London's Vision Fortune thrillingly blur the lines between electronics and guitars. With their debut album imminent, they sit down with Joe Clay to discuss musical freedom, plus listen to an exclusive advance stream of the full album
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Tricks Of Perception: An Interview & Mix From Helm
As Helm, Luke Younger twists acoustic sounds out of all recognition, his music's gritty ambience playing tricks with the mind. With a London show this coming Monday, he speaks with Josh Hall about construction sites and sonic collage - plus listen to an exclusive mix below
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A Distant Radiating Orb: Barn Owl Interviewed
With new album V, Bay Area duo Barn Owl soar into more overtly electronic territories than ever before, infusing the gorgeous, glacial drones of their earlier work with a dub-inspired sense of shifting space. Ned Raggett catches up with them to discuss this gradual evolution
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Hypnotic Infinity: An Interview With Elgato
Shadowy producer Elgato trades in extreme, provocative minimalism, sketching out his rolling house and dubstep-influenced tracks with tiny brushstrokes of percussion and glimmering synth. In a rare interview, he sits down with Angus Finlayson to discuss a love of repetition
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