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A Raging Peace: The Strange World Of… Hans-Joachim Roedelius
About to turn 84 and still going strong, Hans-Joachim Roedelius has led a long and extraordinary life, which has taken in Nazi Germany, postwar turmoil, the birth of Krautrock and working with Michael Rother and Brian Eno among others. His mind, however, is fixed on the present and the future, he tells David Stubbs
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Düsseldorf 1970: The Crucible of Krautrock by Those who Were There
In an exclusive extract from the book that accompanies a new compilation of music from Dusseldorf, Michael Rother, Roedelius, Klaus Dinger and more discuss jazz and the spirit of collaboration from which Krautrock grew
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Black Sky Thinking
Quietus Writers’ Top 40 Noise Rock Tracks
It's noise rock week on the Quietus. Here is a primer for those that don't know and a reminder for those that do with contributions from John Calvert, Kate Hennessy, John Doran, Sharon O'Connell, Daniel Dylan Wray, Matt Ridout, Noel Gardner, Kevin McCaighy, Rory Gibb, Dustin Krcatovich, Jeremy Allen, Sean Kitching, Joe Banks, JR Moores, Matt Evans, Kiran Acharya, Nick Hutchings, Julian Marszalek, Tony F Wilson and Dale Sawa Berning
Books
Deformed! Regis On Some Bizzare
*Conform to Deform: the Weird and Wonderful World of Some Bizzare* is an in-depth oral history of the legendary record label and its founder, Stevo Pearce. Techno pioneer Karl ‘Regis’ O’Connor – a huge fan of the label – met the book’s author Wesley Doyle to discuss how Some Bizzare impacted popular culture in the 80s
The Quietus International
It Ain’t That Deep Either Way: Your February Pop Roundup
This month, Anna Cafolla reflects on the long and vital influence of Madonna’s Ray Of Light, and celebrates some of her spiritual descendants and pop sistren, including Asbjørn, Rae Morris, Chrystal and Janelle Monáe.
