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Before *Blade Runner* was a film by Ridley Scott, it was the title of a movie treatment by William Burroughs. Before that, it was a novel by Alan E. Nourse. As the Burroughs book gets re-issued by Tangerine Press, Richie Troughton unfurls the whole tale
Before *Blade Runner* was a film by Ridley Scott, it was the title of a movie treatment by William Burroughs. Before that, it was a novel by Alan E. Nourse. As the Burroughs book gets re-issued by Tangerine Press, Richie Troughton unfurls the whole tale
Deena Abdelwahed, Jamie xx, and Lena Willikens bring the party to the Marrakech desert, yet as revellers gather at Atlas Electronic in blazing Moroccan summer heat a thunderstorm is the last thing on anyone’s mind. Richie Troughton reports from the festival and talks to the artist responsible for the deluge. Live photographs by Tim Buiting
Deena Abdelwahed, Jamie xx, and Lena Willikens bring the party to the Marrakech desert, yet as revellers gather at Atlas Electronic in blazing Moroccan summer heat a thunderstorm is the last thing on anyone’s mind. Richie Troughton reports from the festival and talks to the artist responsible for the deluge. Live photographs by Tim Buiting
Label founder Brian Shimkovitz talks to Richie Troughton about how his blog of obscure and rarely heard cassettes from Africa became a record label determined to locate artists and see them finally get the acclaim they deserve for their work
Label founder Brian Shimkovitz talks to Richie Troughton about how his blog of obscure and rarely heard cassettes from Africa became a record label determined to locate artists and see them finally get the acclaim they deserve for their work
In the Mauritanian artist's latest offering, Richie Troughton finds a record set to question our perceptions from the outset, moulding psychedelia into a tradition of folk music, and takes the opportunity to put some of those questions to the artist herself
In the Mauritanian artist's latest offering, Richie Troughton finds a record set to question our perceptions from the outset, moulding psychedelia into a tradition of folk music, and takes the opportunity to put some of those questions to the artist herself