Demdike Stare

Reviews 2

To Dance & Disappear: Lauren Martin On Moscow’s Outline Festival

Spool’s Out: 2013’s Best Tapes Reviewed

Articles 5

Mud, Glorious Mud: An Interview With Andy Stott

Across a pair of EPs last year and now a new album, Luxury Problems, Manchester's Andy Stott has gradually been sinking techno and house deep into a quagmire of mud and dust. He speaks to Ryan Diduck about the desire to create "something really beautiful"

Black Sky Thinking

Machina Ex Deus: iPhone 5 & Why The Machines Are In Control

Planning to buy the new iPhone 5? Think carefully about the kind of future you're ushering in, cautions Ryan Diduck, as he examines a resurgence of cyberpunk themes in contemporary culture

Black Sky Thinking

Multiple Nightmares: The Haunted Legacy Of Lynch’s Eraserhead Soundtrack

Following its Sacred Bones vinyl reissue, Charlie Fox re-evalutates the terror of the Eraserhead soundtrack, and its influence on a vast array of musicians over the years since the film's initial release

Albums of the Year so far

Quietus Reissues, Mixes & Compilations Of The Year So Far

We're halfway through the year, so here's a recap of the anthologies, mix tapes and repackaged gems that have been rinsed on the Quietus stereo

A Quietus Interview

Unholy Matrimony: An Interview With Demdike Stare

Of all the recent discoveries The Quietus have made, Demdike Stare are one of our favourites. Here, Rory Gibb talks to Miles Whittaker to find out exactly what makes the dark practitioners tick

News 23

Shinichi Atobe Releases New Album, ‘Love Of Plastic’

It's the Japanese producer's sixth album for Demdike Stare's DDS label

Shinichi Atobe Returns With New Album, ‘Yes’

It's the Japanese producer's first release in two years

Rare Vatican Shadow Releases Reissued

The collaborations with Demdike Stare and Silent Servant were originally available on a 25-run of cassettes

LIVE REPORT: Recombinant Festival

Our man in San Francisco Ned Raggett ponders Demdike Stare, GAS and more at this winter's Recombinant festival. All photographs courtesy of Sahra Jajarmi

Live Report: Lunchmeat Festival

In Prague, this electronic music festival looks as good as it sounds, with AV shows from Demdike Stare, Lee Gamble, Amnesia Scanner and Eomac

LISTEN: New Demdike Stare

Demdike Stare return with a new full-length release

Ikonika Joins tQ/Oval Space Live Show

Tickets are selling fast for our Oval Space show next month, with Ikonika now joining Andy Stott, Lee Gamble and more!

Andy Stott And More For tQ Oval Space Show

We of tQ are teaming up with Oval Space this June for a show featuring Andy Stott, Lee Gamble and Demdike Stare, plus some very special guests

Mica Levi Announces Release Of Anime Soundtrack

Mica Levi's first soundtrack for an animated film is out now

Golden Cabinet Reveal 2017 Plans

Shipley promoters return in March with Demdike Stare, Silver Waves and PKKT

DDS Label Party, Friday 7 October

Baba Jaga's Hut and Clock Strikes 13 present a night for Demdike Stare's DDS imprint at Village Underground, with Stepen O'Malley, Equiknoxx, Demdike Stare, Micachu and more

Liverpool Psych Fest Night Programme

Festival announces details of its after hours programme

More Announced For Le Guess Who?

Another large wave of acts added to the Dutch festival including a selection of acts taking part in the Sunn O))) Presents programme

LIVE REPORT: Demdike Stare

Tristan Bath reports from Cafe Oto in London. Photo with thanks to Scanner

LIVE REPORT: Unsound New York

Albert Freeman reports back from this year's New York edition of Unsound Festival, and performances from Demdike Stare, Porter Ricks, EVOL, Kapital, Paal Nilssen-Love and more. Photos by Bart Babinski

Semibreve Festival Announces First Acts

Demdike Stare, patten and Ryoichi Kurokawa for Portuguese festival

St John Sessions’ Final Line-Up Announced

Julia Holter, Wolfgang Voigt & more join Rhys Chatham, Charlemagne Palestine, William Basinski and Laurel Halo for the Hackney event

Gnod, Cut Hands, Demdike Live In Shipley

Golden Cabinet announce ace line-up of upcoming shows

LISTEN: Demdike Stare Mix

The dark practitioners release a mix for Secret Thirteen

Raime & Demdike Stare DJ In London

BleeD and Blackest Ever Black host the inaugural edition of Before My Eyes in Stoke Newington in April

Jane Weaver Writes Fairytale Book

Singer-songwriter releases The Fallen By Watch Bird to accompany her album of the same name

Demdike Stare Supports Finders Keepers

Spooked duo compile a selection of tracks to raise money for label after the loss of its stock in PIAS fire

Made Do & Mend: Support Finders Keepers

Crate-digging label releases a series of compilations to raise money, after losing stock in PIAS warehouse fire

Previously Read

Film

Beyond The Magical Mystery Tour: Apple Films Explored

The Beatles' poorly received 1967 TV movie has been restored for Blu-ray and DVD release this week, prompting Anthony Nield to trawl through the wildly variable output of their production company Apple Films

Film

It’s Grim Up North: Michael Winterbottom’s Butterfly Kiss

Michael Winterbottom's first film, remastered and released on DVD this week, makes an exquisite corpse out of clichés and comparisons.

Film

FrightFest The 13th: The Cigarette Burns Report

Josh Saco of Cigarette Burns enjoys the recent Film4 Frightfest, which took place at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square. Still from American Mary

Film

Cockney Cold War: Guy Ritchie, RocknRolla and Russian Movie Villains

Does the resurgence of Russian movie baddies signal another cultural cold war? Dave Moats reviews Guy Ritchie's epic return to form.

Film

Are We Human? Steven Spielberg’s A.I. At 20

Steven Spielberg's strongest and strangest film set the tone and pace for the filmmaker's most prolific period in the 2000s – and has aged gloriously, finds Sam Moore

Film

The Ghost Of Pictures Past: Reveries And Revenants At Glasgow Film Festival

Colm McAuliffe enjoys a wonderfully calibrated programme at Glasgow's annual Film Festival

Film

What’s Done Is Done: Lady Macbeth Reviewed

Ellie Broughton reviews first time director William Oldroyd's racy period drama, Lady Macbeth

Film

Because The Night: The Timeliness Of Chantal Akerman’s ‘Toute Une Nuit’

One of Chantal Akerman's lesser known works feels singularly important during times of global isolation. Toute Une Nuit telegraphs the importance of human connection over one finite period of time and now plays like a foggy memory, finds Patrick Preziosi

Film

A New History: Mark Cousins On His 14-Hour Odyssey ‘Women Make Film’

With his gargantuan new film Women Make Film, Mark Cousins is shining a light on an entire history of women filmmakers, a vital archive to rewrite an unfair industry. Olivia Neilson meets Cousins to find out more

Film

Moviedrone: November’s Film Soundtrack Round Up

Charlie Brigden returns to cast his ears over another selection of unheard melodies, including soundtracks by Philip Glass, Goblin, and the Radiophonic Workshop

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Reviews 2

To Dance & Disappear: Lauren Martin On Moscow’s Outline Festival

Spool’s Out: 2013’s Best Tapes Reviewed

Articles 5

Mud, Glorious Mud: An Interview With Andy Stott

Machina Ex Deus: iPhone 5 & Why The Machines Are In Control

Multiple Nightmares: The Haunted Legacy Of Lynch’s Eraserhead Soundtrack

Quietus Reissues, Mixes & Compilations Of The Year So Far

Unholy Matrimony: An Interview With Demdike Stare

News 23

Shinichi Atobe Releases New Album, ‘Love Of Plastic’

Shinichi Atobe Returns With New Album, ‘Yes’

Rare Vatican Shadow Releases Reissued

LIVE REPORT: Recombinant Festival

Live Report: Lunchmeat Festival

LISTEN: New Demdike Stare

Ikonika Joins tQ/Oval Space Live Show

Andy Stott And More For tQ Oval Space Show

Mica Levi Announces Release Of Anime Soundtrack

Golden Cabinet Reveal 2017 Plans

DDS Label Party, Friday 7 October

Liverpool Psych Fest Night Programme

More Announced For Le Guess Who?

LIVE REPORT: Demdike Stare

LIVE REPORT: Unsound New York

Semibreve Festival Announces First Acts

St John Sessions’ Final Line-Up Announced

Gnod, Cut Hands, Demdike Live In Shipley

LISTEN: Demdike Stare Mix

Raime & Demdike Stare DJ In London

Jane Weaver Writes Fairytale Book

Demdike Stare Supports Finders Keepers

Made Do & Mend: Support Finders Keepers

Help Support The Quietus in 2025

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Beyond The Magical Mystery Tour: Apple Films Explored

It’s Grim Up North: Michael Winterbottom’s Butterfly Kiss

FrightFest The 13th: The Cigarette Burns Report

Cockney Cold War: Guy Ritchie, RocknRolla and Russian Movie Villains

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