A Quietus Interview
Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
A Quietus Interview
A Particular Beauty: Irmin Schmidt Interviewed
From a childhood obsessed with art to the electroacoustic, treated piano work of new album Requiem via Can's "school of pain", the German composer reflects on a life well lived. And for top tier tQ subscribers, an exclusive playlist on all streaming platforms of his finest solo work
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Ghosts in the Machine: Vince Clarke, Neil Arthur and Benge Talk Doublespeak
A new album from the Erasure, Blancmange and Wrangler axis reimagines eleven disparate tracks as cohesive analogue electronica. Wesley Doyle hears how old friendships and other people’s songs begat new music and original possibilities
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Triple Threat: An Interview with Orcutt Shelley Miller
Ahead of their show at Bristol New Music, Bill Orcutt, Steve Shelley and Ethan Miller tell Jennifer Lucy Allan how a Grateful Dead tribute show led to their acclaimed new collaboration, the joy of bootlegs, and how they're avoiding the ego-driven pitfalls that have dogged supergroups past
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Sweet Belief: Cameron Picton on My New Band Believe
As his sprawling project My New Band Believe prepares a debut LP, Cameron Picton discusses life after Black Midi, the loss of former bandmate Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, ambition, and rethinking the possibilities of singer-songwriter records
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Mr Smith Goes to Dalston: John Smith on The Girl Chewing Gum at 50
As his experimental film marks its fiftieth birthday with a screening in the Dalston street where it was shot, John Smith speaks to David Moats about his life's work exploring the unreliable perspective of the camera's lens
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Getting off the Bus: Loula Yorke Interviewed
During the last two years, Loula Yorke has released six albums and a mixtape and she's only just getting started. Joe Muggs talks to the modular synthesist about a background in raving and activism, and why it's time to start thinking of herself as an artist
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Direct Action Gets the Goods: An Interview with Leather.head
Off the back of an incendiary debut record that was one of 2025’s best rock albums, Leather.head speak to Cal Cashin about the importance of keeping things political, uncompromising collaborations with poet Zia Ahmed, the reclamation of emo and more
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A less Oblique Strategy: reading PVA’s Tarot
When the band PVA asked if they could do something slightly different for their interview we were only too happy to assist, with the help of a witchcraft shop in Hackney and a deck of tarot cards. Words: Jim Osman. Portraits: Rachel Lipsitz. With thanks to Helgi's Bar and the state51Conspiracy
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Conversational Improvisational: Stewart Lee & EarthBall get Free
EarthBall's Outside Over There is one of this year's best albums. Because it opens with a sample of Stewart Lee talking about pear cider, it felt only right to introduce both parties for a feature. But then a breakdown in communication led to a gloriously unexpected meditation on the nature of improvisation...
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Kindred Spirits: FearDorian & osquinn Interviewed
Following the recent release of Before You Press Play, their first album together, the young Atlanta-based rapper-producers speak to Christian Eede about finding their feet as vocalists, preconceptions with Atlanta rap, and the pitfalls of irony and complacency within their current music scene
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Praying in Fire with Hildegard Von Bingen: Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko Interviewed
Ahead of their appearance at this year's Le Guess Who festival, Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko speak to Jennifer Lucy Allan about interpreting the music of Hildegard Von Bingen via Ukrainian folk song in the context of the Russian invasion of their homeland
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Plans That They Made: Hüsker Dü Interviewed
Stevie Chick talks to Bob Mould and Greg Norton about blazing a trail in hardcore, the uneasy switch from independent to major label and their complex relationship with Grant Hart, plus paving the way for Pixies and Nirvana. Cover portrait courtesy of Greg Norton
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What Can’t be Synthesised: An Interview with HAAi
On new record Humanise, HAAi confronts a world where our relationships are increasingly controlled by algorithms, and finds a counterforce in the joy of real-life connection. She speaks to Karly Quadros about the volatility of technology, the record's found family of collaborators and the power of the human voice
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Reconfigured Memory: An Interview With Mo’min Swaitat of the Palestinian Sound Archive
Following his involvement in Tai Shani's The Spell or The Dream at Somerset House, Mo'min Swaitat of the Palestinian Sound Archive tells Rob Corsini about how the project is preserving Palestine’s musical and cultural history
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Cut the Crop: Agriculture Interviewed
While black metal history is often the story of errant youth reaping chaos, Agriculture plough their own furrow. Dan Franklin meets a band who sow explosive seeds via songwriting and then reap joyous brinkmanship onstage. Main portrait by Olivia Crumm
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The Life Push: An Interview with Ursula Sereghy
Ahead of an AV performance at Lunchmeat Festival this month, Prague’s Ursula Sereghy tells Daryl Worthington about how post-humanism rewired her brain, the themes of safety (and lack of it) explored on her new album Cordial, and why playful music can still be deadly serious
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I Thrive on Auto-Destruction: An Interview with Prolapse
As they return from a 26 year studio hiatus sounding fresher than ever, Prolapse speak to Derek Walmsley about the benefits and pitfalls of defying the 90s mainstream, self-sabotage, empathy with the downtrodden and the growing spectre of mortality
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The Model is You: An Interview with John Glacier
As she releases a new deluxe edition of Like A Ribbon, one of the year's finest albums, boundary-pushing East London rapper, producer and poet John Glacier speaks to Claire Biddles about childhood poems on the failure of humanity, the enduring influence of Hackney, disability, self-advocacy, grime and more
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Shake Up the Space: An Interview with upsammy and Valentina Magaletti
Ahead of the North American premiere of their ongoing collaboration at this year’s MUTEK Festival, upsammy and Valentina Magaletti speak to Jennifer Lucy Allan about architecture as an instrument, and striking a balance between turbulence and clarity
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Witchcraft Liberation: An Interview with DJ K
DJ K, pioneer of a new brand of hectic, visceral and politically charged electronic music called bruxaria funk, speaks to André Forte about soundtracking Brazil’s favelas, and how his new album Rádio Libertadora has added polish to his sonic warfare
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