These Hidden Hands

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These Hidden Hands
Vicarious Memories

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Creating A Hyper-Reality: An Interview With These Hidden Hands

Producers Tommy Four Seven and Alain Paul are moving away from their techno roots on their new album, Vicarious Memories. They tell Maria Perevedentseva why now is the time for ambiguity and "bizarre operatic shit"

Music of the Month

The Best New Music You Missed In August, Chosen By The Quietus

In baring our faults for the world to see, we give ourselves a chance to fix them. In that vein, we've collected together the best new music you might have missed in August - and the best of what somehow managed to pass us by

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Allegory & Metaphor: Ides Of Gemini Interviewed

J Bennett of Los Angeles crew Ides Of Gemini speaks to Jessica Crowe about his band's elegiac, subtle and glacial debut album Constantinople, and life in LA

News

INTERVIEW: The Raincoats

Catching up with The Raincoats' Gina Birch about Brexit, their legacy and more ahead of their upcoming tour

News

Posh Isolation Marks A Decade With Compilation

The 22-track collection takes in music from Puce Mary, Varg and Lust For Youth, among others

A Quietus Interview

The History Of Sugar Hill Records: Keith Leblanc Interviewed

Angus Finlayson talks to drummer Keith Leblanc about hip hop culture in New York, playing with Sugar Hill and pouring water on drum machines

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Intricate Shadows: An Interview With Raime

Across a string of 12"s and now an album, London duo Raime have stretched industrial, dub and doom across spiraling, jungle influenced rhythms. They meet with Joseph Burnett to discuss intricate working processes and darkness in creativity

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Camus, Coke & Hookers: Meursault Interviewed

Thomas A. Ward talks to Meursault's Neil Pennycook about recording in living rooms, major labels and the exaggerated demise of the local music scene

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Coca-colonisation: Mark Thomas On Coke

Politicised by punk rock, Mark Thomas is now taking on the world’s biggest brand in his latest book. Alex Burrows asked him about campaigning against Coke and travelling to where the soda streams run red

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In Search Of: NV Interviewed

On her first album as NV, Kate Shilonosova set avant-garde instrumentals beside hooky pop. She tells Nikita Velichko about now setting out to explore Russia's musical heritage and why living in Moscow is like a strategy game

News

HMV Rescue Plan

Jobs to be saved as some stores stay open

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WATCH: Stone Roses Reunion Documentary

The secrets of the reformation revealed!

Film

Nothing Fabulous Lasts: Fleshback, Studio 54 & Alt-Sex Clubbing On Film

With the release of new films Fleshback and Studio 54, Soma Ghosh looks through the cinematic history of alternative sexual identities and the clubs they let loose in

Album of the Week

Spellbound: Hexed! by Aya is our Album of the Week

On her thrilling second album, Aya's abrasive mix of techno, UK bass, noise and industrial becomes a surgical tool for explorations of trauma and identity

Books

Eerie Sound Waves: Editing the Music of The Shining

In an exclusive edited extract from their new book Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, J.W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich go deep on the process of finding the right music for the classic 1980 film of Stephen King’s bestselling book

Reissue of the Week

Reissue of the Week: The Cure’s Mixes Of A Lost World

Rock remix projects are typically inconsistent, says JR Moores. The Cure’s latest foray into the format is a mixed bag, with the most successful moments those which somewhat stifle Robert Smith’s sadness

Books

Glam Rock & Yorkshire Occult: The Making Of Ben Myers’ Turning Blue

From the anxiety of reservoirs to the landscape-driven black metal of Winterfylleth, Ben Myers walks us through the peculiar influences of his most recent novel — Turning Blue

Film

Against The Tides: 60 Years Of Kobayashi’s Brutal Harakiri

Turning 60 this year, Kobayashi's landmark film Harakiri brutally attacks the inspirational strength of Seven Samurai and the premise of authority, finds William Stottor

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These Hidden Hands

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