A Quietus Interview
Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
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Cherchez La Femme: New French New Wavers Hop The Channel
Enigmatic French indie-pop crew La Femme are set to play at London's Jazz Cafe tonight. Last time they touched down in the UK, Eleanor Griggs met up with them to discuss their mother tongue, touring and crepes. Pics thanks to Jenna Foxton
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A Double-Headed Secret: An Interview With Cyclobe
Cyclobe, the ex-Coil duo of Stephen Thrower and Ossian Brown, have spent over a decade honing a beguiling blend of electro-acoustics and folk instrumentation. Ahead of their show at this year's Meltdown festival, they speak about current projects, the occult and their friendship with Coil
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Hidden Life Force: An Interview With LHF
Over the course of several EPs and now a debut album through Keysound, LHF have plotted a course through dubstep's rhythmic framework that draws from London's dance music history, sci-fi and cosmic sounds from further afield. Rory Gibb opens up channels of communication
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“I Can Fend For Myself”: The Inimitable Mr Tony Allen Interviewed
To many people who make music, including Brian Eno and Blur’s Damon Albarn, Tony Allen, Afrobeat innovator, is simply the greatest drummer alive. After talking to the Nigerian living legend, John Doran finds it hard to disagree
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“We Broke MySpace”: Geoff Barrow’s Quakers Interviewed
Working on a wide range of projects, as well as the new Portishead album, Geoff Barrow has just released a hip-hop record with Quakers. Robin Turner caught up with him to speak about how a social networking site helped piece the album together
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Shifting Perspectives: An Interview With Laura
Melbourne's Laura released their latest album Twelve Hundred Times late last year, which found their sound moving further into its own distinctive space. Nix Lowrey caught up with bassist Andrew Yardley to talk artwork, Mad Max and survival in the outback
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Spontaneity Is The Key: Addison Groove Interviewed
Bristol's Addison Groove has been instrumental in drawing Chicago juke and footwork within reach of UK dancefloors. With his debut album Transistor Rhythm just released, Harry Sword spoke to him about the lure of juke, and the importance of remaining spontaneous
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Love Songs To Lost Clothing: Seamus Fogarty Interviewed
Seamus Fogarty, who releases his debut album through Fence Records later this month, crafts beguiling songs out of a whole arsenal of traditional and not-so traditional instruments. He speaks to Nicola Meighan about finding inspiration in a lost t-shirt
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Streetwise & Elegant: An Interview With Levon Vincent
With a signature sound that's by turns stern and subtly beautiful, Levon Vincent's name is hugely revered in house music circles. Angus Finlayson spoke to him about DJing philosophy and how his work fits into a centuries old musical lineage
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Through The Looking Glass: An Interview With Grouper
Since 2005, Liz Harris' work as Grouper has explored the states between states. With her new collaborative album as Mirrorring recently released through Kranky, Rory Gibb spoke to her about in-between zones, sleep states and last year's remarkable double album A I A
