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Organic Intelligence XXVI: Dungeon Synth

In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, Joel McIver slaps on the corpsepaint and buys a 50p keyboard to give us a run-down of the non-more troglodytal world of dungeon synth

The Strange World Of… Room40

Jon Buckland talks with Room40 head honcho, Lawrence English, in order to better burrow deep into the label’s back catalogue and present ten landmark releases from across the past 25 years. Main portrait by S Simpson

The Happy Balance: An Interview With Jessica Winter

Jessica Winter takes Lior Phillips through her journey from a youth immersed in solo piano and the Portsmouth punk scene, through to the powerful pop of her new EP Limerence

An Ommadawn Chorus: Mike Oldfield’s Favourite Albums

As Mike Oldfield releases new album Return To Ommadawn he guides Gary Kaill through 13 albums that he listened to before he began making music - after which he never listened to much music at all

Shut Your Eyes And See: Félicia Atkinson Interviewed

Ahead of her appearance at this year’s Semibreve festival in Braga, Portugal, the French musician talks to David McKenna about nature, nurture and musicians as “machines that constantly need rebooting”

Bingo Bastards Break Out: Heads Down With Bad Guys

Ahead of supporting Ten Benson at the Lex on Saturday, Matt Ridout gets serious with East-London's premier metal pranksters

New War

New War

No Commercial Value: Nigel Ayers Interviewed

Amelia Phillips speaks to Nigel Ayers, aka industrial musician Nocturnal Emissions about a lifetime of resistance

Ken Livingstone Interviewed: Boris, The Other Boris, Music, Politics & London

As the polls close in the contest to become Labour's candidate for London Mayor, we publish an interview with Ken Livingstone on music, politics, the day Thatcher dies, and who would be better at running London: Boris or Boris?

The January Subscriber Playlist is Here!

Dispel the winter gloom! Our subscribers can catch up with all the music we wrote about last month

The Strange World Of… Chris Watson

Chris Watson is the Sibelius of the tape recorder. Ahead of his appearance with Felicia Atkinson at Kings Place next month, Luke Turner speaks to him about twelve key points in his career from early tape experiments to recording at Chernobyl, via a founding stint in Cabaret Voltaire

End Days Intensity: The Comet Is Coming Interviewed

Groovy cosmic trio and one of the Quietus' favourite new bands The Comet Is Coming talk to Tristan Bath about recording their debut Prophecy EP, dancing as a form of worship and their crystal of cosmic power

Thundercat

Distracted

The latest from the Californian bass wizard has features from luminaries like Tame Impala, Lil Yachty, A$AP Rocky and the late Mac Miller, but it's unmistakably a Thundercat record through and through, finds Mary Chiney

Peer Reviewed: Wacław Zimpel Interviews James Holden… And Vice Versa

Polish jazz musician Wacław Zimpel speaks to British electronic producer James Holden in an exclusive two-way interview that gets to grips with practice and inspiration, speaking from one artist directly to another

Brockhampton

Saturation III

The eccentric third album from hip hop 'boyband' Brockhampton deserves a member-by-member analysis...

The Strange World Of… Free Jazz & Improvised Music 

With a focus on the years between 1960 and 1980, Thurston Moore provides Stewart Smith with ten entry points into the wild world of free music