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A Quietus Interview
A Flow Of Playfulness: An Interview With Laniakea
Laniakea’s debut album, a collaboration between Grumbling Fur’s Daniel O’Sullivan and Zu’s Massimo Pupillo, is devoted to the artist Ian Johnstone, whose untimely passing also saw the end of the London refuge where the LP was recorded. They tell Russell Cuzner how the life and location the record laments created an ascendant work at once both elegiac and joyous
Baker's Dozen
Dancing & Defiance – A Soundtrack to 30 Years of Gay Culture
To mark the anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK, Paul Flynn (author of Good as You: From Prejudice to Pride, 30 Years of Gay Britain) chooses 13 records that soundtracked his life, from ACR to Elton and Lil Kim to Sleaford Mods.
A Quietus Interview
The Last Of The True Believers: Ian Astbury Interviewed
The Cult will tour the UK next year and have released new material earlier this month. Our man John Robb spoke to singer Ian Astbury about the history of The Cult, working with Boris and how the Quietus got it so, so, so, so very wrong. (Tour dates at foot of article...)
A Quietus Interview
Music For Dark Rooms: An Interview With Daniel Avery
Daniel Avery's debut album Drone Logic finds the London-based DJ and producer tripping out into expansive, lysergic techno territory. He speaks with Rory Gibb about the enduring appeal of DJing and a love for tracks that blindside you on a dancefloor
A Quietus Interview
Exploration Through Thought: Emeralds’ Mark McGuire Interviewed
Both as Emeralds guitarist and solo, Mark McGuire's instrumentals recall the exploratory spirit of early kosmische synth music, while establishing a distinct identity of their own. He talks to Rory Gibb about the development of his technique, writing music and "the psychedelic nature of all existence"
