Listening to the scraping feedback and blunt force trauma drums that kick open Bitch Falcon’s debut album, there’s an air of Nirvana’s ‘Scentless Apprentice’ — an act of distorted noise defiance on In Utero that […]
Category: Interviews
Interview: Vincent Cross shakes the family tree for his new album
Finding out you’re related to a 19th century New York gang leader and infamous Irish-American anti-hero, you won’t let it lie.
Interview: TAU &the Drones of Praise ‘tapping into that ancient sound of ours’
There’s been a lot of talk in lockdown about new normals, and getting back to nature, but Irish musician Seán Mulrooney is taking it back further than most. Mulrooney — who spearheads the loose psych […]
Jeff Mills interview: ‘I’m just throwing music into the spiral’
“Your brain needs to be wired a certain way to do it. I don’t even think it’s about confidence, you just have to have no fear in what you’re about to try next. I’m not afraid to make mistakes. I’m not a machine.”
R.S.A.G. Interview: ‘with art it’s all about connection’
“I was gonna bring it out last year, but it just wasn’t there,… the emotional download was at 70 so I just couldn’t do it.”
Inner City interview: ‘It’s an elevated thing’
Detroit techno has always been urban music, from Juan Atkins’ deadpan technological reportage to Robert Hood’s Motor City minimalism. And when the smog gets too thick, Jeff Mills’ sci-fi and space science concepts offer a […]
Daithi interview: A problem shared
Electronic music has always been about specifics, but often it’s focused on the intricacies of sound design or a utilitarian blueprint for dancing. Some of the greatest electronic albums and tracks are futurist concept pieces, […]
Let’s get Gross Net done: An interview with Philip Quinn
As the grotesque spectre of Brexit hangs over the Halloween countdown, many artists are joining in the collective retch and railing against the ghouls who got us here. But not everyone can pull a Slowthai […]
The Black Madonna interview: ‘I was radicalised pretty early
“I certainly have a little dragon lady in me,” the Black Madonna says over the phone, laughing. It’s a few days after the Game of Thrones finale with half the world losing the plot, but […]
Corin Tucker interview: ‘Become part of the protest’
There’s been no shortage of anti-Trump songs since the 2016 US Presidential election, ranging from tongue in cheek side-swipes like Fiona Apple’s Tiny Hands, to rapper YG’s very much on the nose FDT (Fuck Donald […]
Cause and effects: An interview with Åmnfx
It’s not often you stumble on an ambient performance in a bookshop, but Tallinn Music Week is known for its, ahem, novel bookings, and Åmnfx was one of the many highlights of the Estonian showcase […]
Work in Progress: An interview with Telesonic 9000
There was a time in humanity’s not-so ancient past when progress wasn’t so fraught with self-doubt – conjuring up the naive optimism of the Space Race, computer evolution and civil rights rather than global warming, […]
Phil Hartnoll interview: Orbital On + On after 30 years
“No worries, I am officially nocturnal,” is Phil Hartnoll’s text assuring me it’s OK to call him for an interview at 11pm midweek. Later on, he jokes, “I can’t tell the time anyway”, when I […]
Mathman interview: ‘We’re writing our history – right now’
“Our history books are being written day by day by the artists around us, and that’s a very powerful thing.” Get Adam ‘Mathman’ Fogarty talking about Irish hip-hop and he goes off on one, in […]
For the record: The sound and vision of Eamonn Doyle’s Dublin
Few artists in the early days of techno had a long-term projection, aside from an abstract idea they were making the music of the future. Legacies were for classic rock bands, and even a 10-year […]
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