Ahead of their appearance at Tusk Festival we canvassed members of Voivod, Hawkwind, Gong, The Utopia Strong, SunnO))), 808 State and more to see what they would ask Magma if they had the chance... And here are the results. Magma appreciation by John Doran
Mary Epworth's Twitter profile is three words long. It reads 'I like hares'. Here, the singer-songwriter and self-confessed "wildlife-obsessive" talks to John Freeman about the "otherworldly, but hugely misunderstood" mammal.
Oren Ambarchi's work, both solo and in collaboration with names as wide-ranging as Fire! and Sunn O))), finds him twisting guitar tones to the point where they fold in upon themselves. He speaks to Russell Cuzner about collaboration, teaching a course on krautrock and covering Kiss
The hard-grafting London punk four-piece all work full-time, they tell Jamie Ryder, but they’ve found the time to record a thrilling new full-length and play Thurston Moore’s birthday, among other things. Sauna Youth portrait by Owen Richards