Interviews

How to… open an independent record store

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Inside tips from Kristina, London’s finest new vinyl emporium.

Earth on fairy encounters, cunning-folk and music as collective experience

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Belbury Poly on ploughman's lunches, prog rock and avoiding "Clarkson/Wakeman territory"

Belbury Poly returns on February 24 with a new album, The Belbury Tales. The solo project of Ghost Box co-founder Jim Jupp, the ‘Poly has been responsible for some of the finest releases in the label’s catalogue, most notably 2004′s The Willows (which was named among FACT’s 100 best albums of the 2000s). The Belbury [...]

Pete Swanson on dysfunctional techno, mental health and "chasing the next thing"

Meet the man behind one of last year’s finest albums.

Life according to… Scratcha DVA

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“I ate ostrich and danced to trance.” Scratcha spills the beans ahead of the release of his debut LP on Hyperdub

Alva Noto: univrsal sound

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Carsten Nicolai discusses his latest album, Univrs, collaborating with Byetone, and music speaking for itself

Life according to… Ben UFO

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The Hessle Audio selecter on obscure vinyl, toy drumkits and the perils of being a social chameleon

Keeping up with Wiley

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Grime’s Godfather talks major labels, regrets and cracking the States in one of his most candid interviews yet.

On Record: AraabMUZIK

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The Electronic Dream producer and MPC livewire talks inspiration, copy-cats and more.

Kate Jackson: blonde ambition

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“I’m never still for long.” We talk to the erstwhile Long Blondes frontwoman about the launch of her solo career.

Life according to… Danny Brown

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The divisive Detroit rapper talks drug-dealing, haircuts, abusive personalities and more.

20 records that put Manchester on the map

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A timely visual journey through some of the city’s landmark musical offerings.

Erykah Badu: splitting atoms

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Raising kids, occupying Wall Street and much more with the queen of neo-soul.

William Bennett: Cut Hands has the solution

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The Whitehouse and Cut Hands mastermind talks African percussion, vaudou, method acting and ice cream

On Record: Mosca

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Baile funk, techno and more under the microscope, as Mosca delves into his record collection.

Cabaret Voltaire: Johnny YesNo revisited

Sex, drugs and decay: Peter Care and Richard H. Kirk on the making – and re-making – of their Sheffield film noir.

On Record: 2562

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Dutch dubstep icon explains his love of ‘I’m Still Here’, by Joaquin Phoenix.

Sully: carry that weight

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Modern garage’s king of the melancholy talks beginnings, black metal and his new album Carrier.

Kuedo: a certain sentiment

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Moving into the future with ex-Vex’d man Jamie Teasdale, whose Severant is 2011′s most shocking musical curveball.

Global Communication: metamorphosis

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Pritchard and Middleton on the origins of their seminal ambient project, and its reactivation 20 years later

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