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Blood Red Dues: King Crimson’s Red Turns 50

Recorded at King Crimson’s nadir, Red looked destined to be just another forgotten final album, its release playing second fiddle to Robert Fripp’s idiosyncratic “retirement”. 50 years later, its influence is immeasurable, the perfect distillation of what’s possible from a rock trio, says Jeremy Allen   
Anniversary

Majestic: The Orb’s U.F.Orb Turns 30

Darran Anderson celebrates The Orb's "chance encounter between Steve Reich and Ming the Merciless in the Black Ark" – one of the most unlikely number one albums of the early 90s
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Robert Fripp’s Drive To 1981: King Crimson’s Discipline at 40

He had become art rock’s ultimate sideman, but Robert Fripp still had more to prove. Joe Banks charts the maverick guitarist’s progress from spiritual crisis in the 70s to musical reawakening in the 80s
A Quietus Interview

A Long Way From Accrington: Jon Anderson Of Yes Interviewed

Jon Anderson tells Duncan Seaman about his memorable first meeting with Vangelis, about his hopes for the future of Yes and his 1000 Hands album which was 30 years in the making
A Quietus Interview

“A Beauty I Cannot Deny” – David Sylvian Looks Back

Since attaining pop star status in the early 1980s with Japan, David Sylvian has followed a circuitous, challenging path, constantly refining his world of arty pop and ambience. Wyndham Wallace talks to him about finding and following his muse…
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David Sylvian’s Guide To The Work Of David Sylvian

A new compilation, A Victim Of Stars 1982-2012, celebrates thirty years of solo work by David Sylvian, who guides Wyndham Wallace through some of its highlights.
Black Sky Thinking

No Flak Jacket Required: In Defence Of Phil Collins

In his first piece for the Quietus, Gary Mills hits the ground running with a one-man Dunkirk-style rescue mission for the sake of the reputation for drumming Tory homunculus Phil Collins
Books

On Some Faraway Beach: The Life and Times Of Brian Eno Reviewed

Author Wilson Neate casts an eye over the new edition of the biography of the aerodynamic sound doctor

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