A Quietus Interview
Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
A Quietus Interview
Push And Pull: An Interview With Hercules And Love Affair
Hercules And Love Affair are set to release a highly unusual and persuasive album, In Amber, which sees them depart from their disco roots and head into more abrasive gothic and industrial waters. Patrick Clarke speaks to Andy Butler and guests, Budgie and Justin Broadrick
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Encoding The Ineffable: The Ephemeron Loop Interviewed
Vymethoxy Redspiders, aka Urocerus Gigas of Guttersnipe, has recorded what will probably become the year's most striking album, Psychonautic Escapism. Mariam Rezaei talks to her about a "synaesthetic acid bath" of grind, trance, hyperpop, shoegaze and breakcore
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Hidden Histories, Alternate Timelines: An Interview With Safa
Ahead of the release of his debut album Ibtihalat, Adam Quarshie caught up with music producer, researcher and architect Mhamad Safa to discuss polyrhythms, machine learning and the forgotten histories of the Middle East and North Africa
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Electric Light Orchestra: Viridian Ensemble Interviewed
Jennifer Lucy Allan talks to four members of the Bristol group who experiment with music and film, prompted by 12th century texts about women's medicine, shrimp in the West Country, and finding the edges of their instruments
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Inner Visions For A Whole New World: Soccer96 Interviewed
Ahead of their appearance at Sea Change festival and the release of their new album Danijela Bočev talks to Danalogue and Betamax in an attempt to bridge the inner and outer worlds of Soccer96. Photographs by Fabrice Bourgelle
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Immortal Party Poodles: An Interview With Warmduscher
As they prepare their first album for Bella Union, Warmduscher speak to Patrick Clarke about the inspiration of the “ancient caners” found at public WiFi hotspots, the pros and cons of proper studio time, and the greasy essence at the band’s core
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After The Crash: Oneida’s John Colpitts Interviewed
When Oneida, Boredoms and Spiritualized drummer John Colpitts was involved in a serious road collision in 2018, he initially thought his ability to make music had been taken from him. He tells Stevie Chick about the long road to recovery and his new album, Music From The Accident
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Armed To The Teeth: An Interview With Kill Alters
Kill Alters’ Bonnie Baxter and Nicos Kennedy discuss the their new album Armed To The Teeth, a record long in the making and plagued with setbacks, that processes deep personal trauma into blisteringly powerful music. CW: Contains mention of child sexual abuse
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Screen Wash: Are Music Docs Becoming Little More Than A PR Tool?
On the release of soft soap film Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin, Daniel Dylan Wray asks if music documentaries made in conjunction with their subjects can ever be anything other than a PR exercise, or "doc washing"
Cassettes
Spool’s Out: Tape Reviews For April With Tristan Bath
The space between sound worlds dominates the month’s best cassette releases as reviewed by Tristan Bath. Includes musical tributes to Dundee’s architecture, Burrougshian jungle mixtape collage, sound art from Calcutta and just intonation explorations from Hungary. Live photograph of Iku by Jiří Šeda
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INTERVIEW: Oren Ambarchi
Oren Ambarchi is set to open Unsound New York this week with a performance of his composition Knots, and another show scheduled for Sonar in June. He speaks to Albert Freeman about a renewed interest in rhythm, his forthcoming Knots record on PAN, and composing music for dance and theatre
