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The Vanishing Twin: Tricky’s Nearly God turns 30
In the mid-90s Tricky was the future of music. Toby Manning looks back to his second album and asks, What Happened?
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In a digitally-mediated age, the London-based artist and improviser embraces the physicality of stuff – in all their wobbliness and instability
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The Cornish filmmaker guides Luke Turner through the music that inspires his own soundtrack and scoring work, from the revelation of first encounters with Derek Jarman to the technicality of dub
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A Different Beast: Abigail Snail Interviewed
Abigail Snail capture lightning in a bottle and Rad Berms is one of the best debut albums you will hear this year. Cal Cashin speaks to Stef Kett and Will Glaser. Photographs by Alex Bonney
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Naná Rizinni
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Combining her Brazilian roots with the sound of London’s progressive electronic jazz scene, the São Paulo drummer and bandleader finds a bracingly original sound of her own
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Portraits of the Artist: Künstlerromane in an Age of Uncertainty
From Goethe to Novalis, nineteenth-century novels about artists offered stories about self-invention and self-discovery, but what happens to the artist-protagonist in an age where no-one any longer feels in control of their own destiny? Gabrielle Sicam looks to recent books by Anika Jade Levy, Brandon Taylor and Stephanie Wambugu
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Radical Traditional: Folk Music for Spring, by Patrick Clarke
From lap steels gaining sentience to a rethinking of the folk compilation, via wax cylinder kantele ghosts, the return of a dub-folk favourite and a confluence of ancient ceremonial song and left-field techno, Patrick Clarke's guide to the artists pushing the boundaries of traditional music returns
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Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
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A Particular Beauty: Irmin Schmidt Interviewed
From a childhood obsessed with art to the electroacoustic, treated piano work of new album Requiem via Can's "school of pain", the German composer reflects on a life well lived. And for top tier tQ subscribers, an exclusive playlist on all streaming platforms of his finest solo work
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The Vanishing Twin: Tricky’s Nearly God turns 30
In the mid-90s Tricky was the future of music. Toby Manning looks back to his second album and asks, What Happened?
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Portraits of the Artist: Künstlerromane in an Age of Uncertainty
From Goethe to Novalis, nineteenth-century novels about artists offered stories about self-invention and self-discovery, but what happens to the artist-protagonist in an age where no-one any longer feels in control of their own destiny? Gabrielle Sicam looks to recent books by Anika Jade Levy, Brandon Taylor and Stephanie Wambugu
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Ben Cardew on The Pivotal Role of Stereolab’s ‘Super-Electric’
Ben Cardew's new book, Space Age Batchelor Pad Music: The Story Of Stereolab In 20 Songs, recounts the tale of Stereolab in 20 songs that represent certain vital aspects of the band’s make up (from romance, to collage and repetition). In this extract, he looks at the idea of 'propulsion', as it relates to ‘Super-Electric’, the title track of the band’s second EP
