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An Interview With Paul Duane
Director Paul Duane was sound enough to chat with me about his latest film All You Need Is Death, the role of music and folklore in his work, his recent influences, the state of contemporary Irish film and more. First of all, congrats on All You Need Is Death – it’s a really fabulous piece…
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24 Records For 2024
Fatboi Sharif / Duncecap – Psychedelics Wrote The Bible Duncecap produces a hip-hop sound-collage that fades into news broadcasts, the sounds of channel surfing, synth stabs evoking sirens, all united under Sharif’s thick delivery, making the distinctions between the samples, beats, intros and outros blur into one another. It’s so fucking simple but the piano…
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An Interview With David Firth
David Firth, animation and musical mind behind Locust Toybox, Salad Fingers, Cream, Stegosaurus Trap and more was kind enough to chat with me about his music, techniques and current inspirations. Pleased To Be Eaten immediately sounds much more informed by IDM and atmospheric, instrumental Hip Hop than the ambient soundscapes of When We Implode and…
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An Interview With Uboa
Many thanks to the immensely talented Xandra from Uboa for being kind enough to chat with me about her music. How much of your studio material is improvised VS being consciously composed? Do you sketch out a loose outline, is it very methodical, etc? Both/All of the above. Some things are structured, others are improvisations…
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An Interview With One Leg One Eye
Iain from One Leg One Eye and Lankum was kind enough to chat with me about urban folklore, Irish landscapes, black metal, pre-Lankum records and more. Was listening to the Don Seantalamh a Chuid Féin Sodb demo and thought it was class, a lot more bass-heavy than a lot of similar black metal demos of…
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An Interview With Knifedoutofexistence
Dean Lloyd Robinson, the face behind both the noise project Knifedoutofexistence and label Outsider Art was kind enough to chat with me about running a label post-Brexit and post-pandemic, his influences, and a decade in noise. Outsider Art is now over a decade old, I’m curious how has the label changed in that time? The…
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An Interview With Distraxi
Alina Church of the south-coast noise project Distraxi was kind enough to chat to me about her music, the English noise scene, pain-as-hope, and more. You can get Distraxi’s music here, and donate to her GoFundMe here. Your self titled Distraxi record from last year was one of the best records of the year and…
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An Interview With Patrick Shiroishi
The wonderful Patrick Shiroishi was kind enough to chat to me about improvisation, influences and more. Listening to I Was Too Young To Hear The Silence, it struck me just how that titular silence is such a pronounced part of your recordings. What do you think is the value of silence and open space in…
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Some Thoughts On Burial’s Dreamfear and Boy Sent From Above
In the weeks leading up to Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above, the initial spark of excitement that burns in anticipation of new material from Burial dimmed – an announcement of its release on XL as opposed to Hyperdub disappointed those to whom the aesthetic sensibilities of Hyperdub, or certainly their memories of Hyperdub fifteen…
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An Interview With Alex Walton
The following is an interview conducted over email – unending thanks to Lex for taking the time to answer all of these questions. First off, thanks for the interview. 2023 was a typically productive year for you – with so material and activity, I was curious how much of your songs come from improvisation vs…
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