A Quietus Interview
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Coastal Reflections: An Interview With Chris Petit
Extraordinary, uncompromising filmmaker and novelist Chris Petit recently released his first LP. Kiran Sande sits down for an extended chat with Petit and album collaborator Baron Mordant to discuss the Museum of Loneliness, Petit's classic novel Robinson and the relationship between film and sound
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Sonic Communication: Stephen O’Malley Talks Ensemble Pearl & Gravetemple
As ever, Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley is busy at work on a host of concurrent projects. In advance of his group Gravetemple's shows at Cafe Oto this weekend, he speaks with Joseph Burnett about the marvelous debut Ensemble Pearl album, a collaboration with members of Ghost and Boris
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Fast-Forwarding From Slow-Motion: An Interview With Giant Drag
With the sudden release of a second album, Waking Up Is Hard To Do, Giant Drag’s Annie Hardy tells John Freeman why it will be the nü-grunger’s last record and how, after years of illness and addiction, she is now ready to launch three new projects
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Razor Blades In The Dark: An Interview With Merzbow
With his collaborative album with Balázs Pándi and Mats Gustafsson just released, Joseph Burnett catches up with the enigmatic Japanese noise legend to discuss the making of the album, the modern noise scene and his remarkably prolific output
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Smashing The Philip Glass Ceiling: Verity Susman Interviewed
Electrelane's Verity Susman is currently voyaging through a sonic world where human meets machine: organ drones, sung vocals and queer fantasies in computerised spoken word. She speaks with Bryony Beynon about audio collage and the disconnect between people and their computers
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‘Are You In A Cult Or Something?’ Transept Interviewed
Bowed bicycle wheels, a deer head turned into a Theremin, vuvuzela solos, a cover of Art Garfunkel's 'Bright Eyes'? Norfolk trio Transept speak to Joe Clay about the sheer love of sound that they channeled into their delightfully drone-ridden new album Buff As Fuck
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Crazy Yellow Sunglasses: An Interview With Black Pus
Lightning Bolt's inimitable drummer Brian Chippendale returns this month with a solo album under the name Black Pus. He speaks with Ian Maleney about the joys of unpredictability, mood-affecting music and "barely knowing what any of the lyrics are"
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React In Kind Or Get The F**k Out: Queer’d Science Interviewed
Manchester's Queer'd Science are fast establishing themselves as one of the UK's most thrilling and visceral bands, a whiplash whirl of barked vocals, alien-chirp guitars and strobing rhythms. The trio meet Simon Jay Catling to discuss how beneath their harsh exterior lies a message of inclusivity
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Radical Abstraction: Andy Votel On Andrzej Korzynski
In advance of a talk this Friday at the Kinoteka Polish Film Festival at London's Rich Mix, Andy Votel talks to John Doran about the story of Polish film composer and leftfield music pioneer Andrzej Korzynski and his "freer than space jazz" synthesiser music
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Against The Grain: Dawn Richard Discusses Her “Sci-Fi” R&B
With this year's huge and ambitious GoldenHeart album, Dawn Richard has already set the bar high for pop music in 2013. Laurie Tuffrey met up with her to discuss the album, how Genesis and ballet are equal influences on her work and why P. Diddy's "a big ass dragon"
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Many Lifetimes: An Interview With TVO
Broken20 label head TVO explores the zones between techno, drone and ambient to hypnotic and moving effect. He speaks to Rory Gibb about new album Red Night Variations in advance of Broken20's party in London this weekend, plus download a free album (see bottom)
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Burning Down The House: Juju & Jordash Interviewed
Israel-via-Amsterdam duo Juju & Jordash trade in an eccentric, jazz-infused and emotionally involving form of electronic psychedelia. In advance of a London show this weekend, they catch up with Rory Gibb to discuss free jazz, improvisation and the politics of personal experience
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Psychedelic Entropy: An Interview & Mix By Imaginary Forces
London's Anthoney J. Hart crafts dark and mind-altering electronic music, steeped in a love of UK rave culture and the psychedelic properties of looped sound. He speaks to Rory Gibb about old drum & bass 12"s and inner space, and has recorded us a mix - listen below
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New Transmissions: Brendan Canty Of Deathfix & Fugazi Interviewed
With new band Deathfix, former Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty blasts off into glam-pop territory. He speaks to Glen Mcleod about teaming up with Richard Morel for this new project, filmmaking in knackered buildings and the near-psychic bonds that fueled Fugazi's incendiary live shows
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