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In A Birmingham Tongue: An Interview With Regis

Ahead of his Necklace Of Bites shows at Blackest Ever Black and Unsound this coming week, Filip Kalinowski speaks to the Downwards boss and UK techno figurehead about ritual, sound pressure, DIY as necessity and being half of "Britain's best-loved absurdist space rock duo"

Peer Reviewed: Kelly Moran Interviews Prurient… And Vice Versa

Contemporary composer and pianist Kelly Moran speaks to industrial techno maven, Dominick Fernow in an exclusive two-way interview that gets to grips with practice and inspiration, speaking from one artist directly to another

Feeding Frenzy: Mythology By RSS B0Y 1

The mysterious RSS B0Y, accompanied by Arash Bolouri, Waclaw Zimpel, Judicious Broski and Marianne Mun, takes us on a post-traditional and post-club journey across the globe

Orchestra Of Constant Distress

Concerns

Sweden's Orchestra Of Constant Distress return with their fourth album of pitch black noise rock

Sought After Midori Takada Record Set For Reissue

The record by the Japanese musician has become highly valuable on the resale market

Winners’ Music: Daniel Patrick Quinn’s Favourite Albums

Island-dwelling outsider musician and One More Grain brain Daniel Patrick Quinn tells us about his 13 favourite albums from Suede to Fela Kuti, Nico to Robert Wyatt and Gamelan to ELO, plus the sound of a snipe drumming, and wonders whether he'd have sexual feelings for Jeff Lynne were he a woman.

Circle Talk Breaking Free Of Conventions

Ahead of their performance at this weekend's Supersonic Festival, Kevin McCaighy speaks to Circle's Jussi Lehtisalo about the band's past and future

The Man Don’t Give A Funk: Venetian Snares Interviewed

Aaron Funk, the sonic terrorist best known for his work as Venetian Snares, has just released a new album under his Last Step alias, entitled Sleep. In a rare and insightful interview, he speaks to Angus Finlayson about delving into the void, sleep states and never compromising

What He Does With What He Has: Blawan Interviewed

In 2012, Jamie Roberts, AKA Blawan, was poised on the verge of breaking through to a mainstream that he wasn't sure he wanted any part of and then fate intervened in the form of a life-threatening illness. On the release of his debut album Wet Will Always Dry, he talks to John Doran about how this ended up being a blessing in disguise

TONIGHT: Martin Gore Listening Event

Tune in here from 9 pm for a live playback of the Depeche Mode man's upcoming solo album MG and a live chat

London’s O2 Academy Brixton To Reopen In April

The venue will reopen with a gig featuring two UK tribute bands

Things Learned At: Roskilde

On a small Danish island at a big Danish festival, Declan Tan realises the value of moshing and the horror of bants. Photo by Krists Luhaers.

Aestheticising The Everyday: An Interview With Ben Vida

Following the release of Slipping Control at the close of summer, Alexander Iadarola sat down with Ben Vida to discuss the interfacing between art and musicians, sonic recalibration and Transformers as "the most advanced sound design musique concrète"

‘I Like The Music Skrillex Makes’: An Interview With Skream

As dubstep originator Skream's most successful year yet comes to a close, Angus Finlayson speaks to him about touring the world, the changing face of dubstep and why Skrillex shouldn't be seen as a death knell for the genre

Teenage Kicks: I Was A King Interviewed

Squarepusher, The Bug & Factory Floor Live

Tom Jenkinson brings his Ufabulum Live show to the Roundhouse joined by ace support