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A temporal burp uploads a historical research dossier from the far future into The Quietus’ content management system. Portending the end of music, it gives a quick introduction to Rum Music, our newly returned column that tries to map new territories in the ever-shifting auditory dimension, along with a mix featuring the ‘best’ Rum Music of 2018
Do you like to soften your nihilism with hard-boogie geetar? Is queer tech-grind your go-to antidote for global socio-political meltdown? Do you rail against the mindless barbarism of austerity with help from mind-walloping noisepunk? Then this, dear friend, is the end-of-year list for you
It’s been a terrible year, in many ways, but either the absolute bullshit of our political discourse actually feeds the beautiful triffids that are flourishing across the musical landscape of New Weird Britain, or else they simply cannot be destroyed. Either way, time to enjoy the finest foulest releases of 2018, from Aman!!!’s Greek rebetiko to Night Thoughts’ coldwave goth to an unnerving Whigfield rethink/remix by Rian Treanor
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