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Art Into Pop: Leeds Punk & Post-Punk, 1974-–81

No Machos Or Pop Stars: When The Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk by Gavin Butt examines how bands used their art school education to push the boundaries of pop music

Black Sky Thinking

Coming Twice: Why Do Artists Feel Compelled To Reenact Past Events?

Jeremy Allen investigates the current vogue for artistic reenactments of concerts and tours, from Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway to The Cramps and Einsturzende Neubauten making a racket at the ICA. Featuring interviews with Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Jo Mitchell, Vivienne Gaskin, Jeremy Deller Mike Rutherford impersonator Sébastien Lamothe

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Delia Derbyshire To Deadmau5 In 39 Steps? Why EMI Are Wrong

Want a vision of electronic music's future? Imagine crap trance riffs and recycled one note basslines stomping on a human face, for ever.

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Daniel Miller Interview: Mute Records & The Synth Britannia Revolution

The Quietus talks to Mute Records head honcho about synth pop, his record label, and Kraftwerk's synth that he bought on eBay

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Survival Songs: John Grant’s Baker’s Dozen

John Grant takes tQ through the 13 albums that have defined his life and guided him through tough times, from the beauty of Fad Gadget to the joy of Bernard Fevre, via Ennio Morricone, Kate Bush and more

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Fad Gadget Compilation Coming To Vinyl

A retrospective of Frank Tovey's best work will be released on vinyl for the first time as part of Mute's 4.0 celebrations

LISTEN: Kissing With Broken Mouths Mix

Kissing With Broken Mouths: A mix of the saucy tunes that are making the Quietus co-pilot frisky this autumn

John Peel’s Records: ‘F’ Now Online

The latest section of the late, loved DJ's record collection now available for your perusal

WATCH: Remembering Frank Tovey

Mute release tribute film on the anniversary of his death

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The Terror Of Stagnation: Gaahl Of Wardruna Interviewed

Dayal Patterson speaks to the enigmatic and iconoclastic Gaahl about the Runes, the difficulties of creativity and why he actually likes open-mindedness

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Writing Yourself Into Existence: Tunde Adebimpe And Doseone Discuss Nevermen

The TV On The Radio singer and Anticon rapper tell Kiran Acharya about recording Nevermen, their project with Faith No More's Mike Patton, the role of the frontman and Boards Of Canada's love of stuffed animals

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Articles 4

Art Into Pop: Leeds Punk & Post-Punk, 1974-–81

Coming Twice: Why Do Artists Feel Compelled To Reenact Past Events?

Delia Derbyshire To Deadmau5 In 39 Steps? Why EMI Are Wrong

Daniel Miller Interview: Mute Records & The Synth Britannia Revolution

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 1

Survival Songs: John Grant’s Baker’s Dozen