Regis

CSI Birmingham: British Murder Boys Interviewed

Regis and Surgeon talk to Bernie Brooks and Kristen Gallerneaux about techno, big tent gigs, and BMB's unexpected and excellent debut LP

Organic Intelligence XXX: The Baader Meinhof Bum Dungeon

In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, Luke Turner heads back a decade to a riotous and fruity moment where techno got the horn, and decided to have a massive laugh

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

Music Of The Month: Albums On Bandcamp We’ve Loved In June 2020

On Bandcamp's fourth fee-waive day, tQ staff select some of their favourite music from the last four weeks that is available on Bandcamp, including Nihiloxica, upsammy and Owen Pallett

Stir My Teenage Soul: Karl ‘Regis’ O’Connor’s Favourite LPs

Karl O'Connor guides Luke Turner through the 13 teenage hits that made him Regis, with tales of smelling like a badger on the mail train to Brum and what happens when you get a member of Einstürzende Neubauten the wrong gravel on the way

A Type Of Catharsis: Ora Iso Interviewed

Ahead of their performance at this year's Atonal Festival, Downwards-signed duo Ora Iso tell us how to save ourselves in a world of wronging - plus we've got a new video streaming

A Universe Behind What You Hear: The Strange World of Surgeon

A mainstay in electronic sound for over two decades, the music of Anthony Child AKA Surgeon joins the dots between the techno underground and an abrasive, absurdist lineage that stretches back to the days of COUM. Ahead of Child's set at the legacy of COUM event in Hull on 18th March, Harry Sword hears of his love of Burroughs, watching Mike Leigh with Mick Harris and the dangers of the artistic comfort zone.

tQ’s Reissues Etc Of 2015, In Association With Norman Records

And It’s Goodbye From Them: British Murder Boys Interviewed

British Murder Boys, the twosome of Regis and Surgeon, are sadly now defunct. Before they both play on the same bill at Bloc this weekend, they talk to Luke Turner about Gene Vincent, the influence of pantomime and channelling the errant daydreams of winos into pummelling techno

Allow No Distractions: Marshstepper Interviewed

Marshstepper live in Arizona's badlands and like making an unholy racket without wearing many clothes. With European dates and a new record on Downwards imminent, they tell Luke Turner about their mysterious practice

Knights Of Wrongness: The Strange World Of Regis & Downwards

As Downwards celebrates 20 years with an excellent compilation and new great releases from Oake and Samuel Kerridge, Luke Turner sits down with Karl O'Connor to discuss two decades of chaotic and righteous music making, from Sandra Electronics to Downwards releases, and solo work to the British Murder Boys

In A Birmingham Tongue: An Interview With Regis

Ahead of his Necklace Of Bites shows at Blackest Ever Black and Unsound this coming week, Filip Kalinowski speaks to the Downwards boss and UK techno figurehead about ritual, sound pressure, DIY as necessity and being half of "Britain's best-loved absurdist space rock duo"

An Actor Prepares: An Interview With Surgeon

For nearly 20 years Anthony Child, aka Surgeon, has sent dancers into collective states of hypnosis with his overwhelming, elliptical techno. Having just released a beatless album under his own name, he speaks with Rory Gibb about introspection, method acting, the importance of intention, and what continues to excite him about club music

Distorted & Contorted: An Interview With Samuel Kerridge

Berlin's Samuel Kerridge re-casts techno as a sensuous, murky throb, overwhelming the listener with waves of sub-bass and metallic ambience drawn from doom metal and post-punk. He speaks to Maya Kalev about his new EP for Regis' label and the importance of pushing against constraints

Earthly Delights: Konx-Om-Pax’s Favourite Music

Christian Eede speaks to Scottish producer Konx-Om-Pax about his love of 808s and his new album on Planet Mu, as well as his favourite music, from Autechre to Popol Vuh, Kode9 to Gas, Regis to happy hardcore mixes by Scott Brown