Warren Hatter

“Sounds Can Have Their Own Meaning”: Remembering Éliane Radigue

Warren Hatter reflects on a life of an extraordinary and innovative artist, ignored for most of her life before being celebrated this century and creating a wave of thrilling collaborations in her eighties

Reissue of the Week

Reissue of the Week: Angherr Shisspa (Revisited) by Kōenjihyakkei

Tatsuya Yoshida of Ruins' lifelong love of Magma lead him to form the band Kōenjihyakkei. Warren Hatter reckons that their fourth album Angherr Shisspa is the point at which he created something that eclipsed the work of his inspiration

Reviews

Magma
Kãrtëhl

Magma’s vocalists take centre stage on their first collaborative album for forty-four years. It turns out that Christian Vander is a team player, finds Warren Hatter

Baker's Dozen

It’s Always Rock & Roll: Richard Pinhas’ Baker’s Dozen

The revolutionary guitarist-philosopher talks Warren Hatter through the records that have touched and inspired him, and which changed the era he has lived through

Black Sky Thinking

Concrete Science Fiction Riot: Why Do We Ignore The 70s French Underground?

Krautrock overshadows music made in France during the same period. Is the French music of the 70s simply not as good, or could it be that we haven't had a narrative to understand it?

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A Songwriter Who Works At Home Depot: An East River Pipe Interview

Cult singer songwriter Fred Cornog of East River Pipe talks to Wyndham Wallace about “scratching out a living, and trying to survive with a little dignity”…

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Ojay Morgan talks to Aimee Armstrong about being at "the top of the endangered list" and about his problems with the term queer rap

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Up The Pub! An Interview With Primitive Parts

The London trio tell Joe Clay about their no-frills post-punk, influenced by both Dr Feelgood and doomed video rental chains, and take in lyrical obscuring and plans for a new automotive playback format in the process

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Out Of Time: An Interview With Ken Sugai

The prolific Japanese electronic artist, who bridges the gap between traditional music from his home country with modern touches, talks with Patrick St. Michel about drawing from the past, nature and his nation’s government. Computer enhanced portraits by Yohsuke Matsuoka

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A Breath Of Fresh Air: Tough Tits Interviewed

In a year that feels endlessly suffocating and misogynistic, Newcastle punks Tough Tits provide some much needed catharsis. Tara Joshi speaks to the band about presumptions, pressures and plans. Photo Janina Sabaliauskaite

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Warren Hatter

“Sounds Can Have Their Own Meaning”: Remembering Éliane Radigue

“Sounds Can Have Their Own Meaning”: Remembering Éliane Radigue

Reissue of the Week: Angherr Shisspa (Revisited) by Kōenjihyakkei