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It's back nearly a quarter century in this month's antidote to the algorithm as Luke Turner revisits the heady Monday nights at Trash, where the arch and exotic rhythms and deadpan chat of electroclash soundtracked cheap booze and rent of early 21st century London
In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, Mat Colegate goes deep into the bloody realm of Italian schlock scores – Goblin! Libra! Daniele Pattuchi! The soundtrack to that film about PCP maddened animals attacking Frankfurt!
In this month's injection of our antidote to the algorithm into our subscriber's inboxes, Jennifer Lucy Allan guides us through the Medieval-inspired French folk revival, featuring Los Deu Lavarth (pictured) and the Gallic answer to Tangerine Dream
In this month's antidote to the algorithm, Justyna Banaszczyk (whom regular tQ readers will know as the musician FOQL) guides us through summer woodlands and murky memory with a terrific selection of Polish contemporary experimental music, including Krolowczana Smuga, pictured below.
In this month's antidote to the algorithm, Stewart Smith introduces us to the wildly diverse world of Scottish free jazz and improv, from a 70s Peel Session to the present day via Bill Wells (pictured above) and the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra
What happens when France's burgeoning rap scene ingests the energy of UK garage and 2-step? Bangers, that's what. Our French music specialist David McKenna guides you through five of the best in our latest Organic Intelligence subscriber exclusive
Get your sauna logs and loosely fitting tiny towels at the ready as we head to Scandinavia for this month’s Organic Intelligence subscriber exclusive, in which Bill Brewster guides you through the Balearic sounds of Scandinavia
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