John Doran
A Quietus Interview
Stone To The Bone: Squid Interviewed
Ollie Judge and Anton Pearson of modern rock band Squid take a walk past the neolithic burial chambers and chalk horse carvings of Wiltshire with John Doran to explain the genesis of their singular new album, O Monolith. All portraits by Maria Jefferis
A Quietus Interview
Stone To The Bone: Squid Interviewed
Ollie Judge and Anton Pearson of modern rock band Squid take a walk past the neolithic burial chambers and chalk horse carvings of Wiltshire with John Doran to explain the genesis of their singular new album, O Monolith. All portraits by Maria Jefferis
Black Sky Thinking
Facing The Music: We Need You To Subscribe To The Quietus
We’ve recently had to strip back what the Quietus does, closing down our film and arts sections and have reluctantly put our books section on ice. In order to protect our music coverage we need at least another 350 people to subscribe to the site, says editor John Doran, but just look at what you get in return…
Black Sky Thinking
Facing The Music: We Need You To Subscribe To The Quietus
We’ve recently had to strip back what the Quietus does, closing down our film and arts sections and have reluctantly put our books section on ice. In order to protect our music coverage we need at least another 350 people to subscribe to the site, says editor John Doran, but just look at what you get in return…
A Quietus Interview
The “T” Word: James Holden Interviewed
James Holden’s excellent new album, Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities, is out next month on his own Border Community label. John Doran speaks to him about the etymology of the word trance, the evolutionary purpose of music and maintaining a sense of radical optimism
A Quietus Interview
The “T” Word: James Holden Interviewed
James Holden’s excellent new album, Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities, is out next month on his own Border Community label. John Doran speaks to him about the etymology of the word trance, the evolutionary purpose of music and maintaining a sense of radical optimism
Remember Them…
Remembering Betty Davis And Her Legacy
Betty Davis was a mover and a shaker in the Greenwich Village of the late-1960s, she was a great musician but was also politically, sexually and sonically progressive, an explosive mix that was too much for many people in her own day. Words by John Doran
Remember Them…
Remembering Betty Davis And Her Legacy
Betty Davis was a mover and a shaker in the Greenwich Village of the late-1960s, she was a great musician but was also politically, sexually and sonically progressive, an explosive mix that was too much for many people in her own day. Words by John Doran
A Quietus Interview
The Glorious Exclamation Mark: Carla Bley Interviewed
Carla Bley is arguably the greatest living jazz composer; John Doran talks to the woman fellow musicians have nicknamed 'Countess Bleysie' and 'Bleythoven' about foundational free jazz sessions, the magic of The Liberation Music Orchestra and her epic jazz opera, Escalator Over The Hill. Home page photograph courtesy of Tod Papageorge
A Quietus Interview
The Glorious Exclamation Mark: Carla Bley Interviewed
Carla Bley is arguably the greatest living jazz composer; John Doran talks to the woman fellow musicians have nicknamed 'Countess Bleysie' and 'Bleythoven' about foundational free jazz sessions, the magic of The Liberation Music Orchestra and her epic jazz opera, Escalator Over The Hill. Home page photograph courtesy of Tod Papageorge
Low Culture Podcast
Low Culture Podcast Seven: Mariam Rezaei On Turntablism
The seventh in our subscriber only series of podcasts features Mariam Rezaei talking about the often misunderstood art of turntablism and the pros and cons of having one foot in the hip hop camp and one foot in the world of experimental music
Low Culture Podcast
Low Culture Podcast Seven: Mariam Rezaei On Turntablism
The seventh in our subscriber only series of podcasts features Mariam Rezaei talking about the often misunderstood art of turntablism and the pros and cons of having one foot in the hip hop camp and one foot in the world of experimental music
