@thequietus.comThe mighty African Head Charge are on tour for their 45th anniversary this October and November, taking in Brighton (Chalk 2 Oct), Hastings (St Leonard's Church 24), Nottingham (Metronome 30) and Birkenhead (Future Yard 7 Nov)
The Strange World of African Head Charge #ThePortal
@thequietus.comBootsy Collins helped define the sound of funk. In this Bakers Dozen, he talks to Julian Marszalek about those times & why he couldn't leave home without dropping acid and listening to Hendrix
Bootsy Collins’ Favourite LPs #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive
@thequietus.comWilliam Doyle asks what significance the ambient genre still has in a world of Spotify playlists designed for wellness pursuits and making admin bearable
In Search Of Eno’s Ambient Vision In A Spotify Era #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive
@thequietus.comEdwyn Collins takes Jude Rogers through 13 records that have defined his life, from indie, soul and country classics to his encounters with Sparks and The Cribs
#EdwynCollins’ Favourite Music #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive
@thequietus.comMatthew Harle and James Machin examine one of Alan Clarke's most eccentric works, the psychogeographical fantasia, Penda's Fen
Penda’s Fen re-examined #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive
@thequietus.comIn an exclusive extract from Strange Attractor's Penda's Fen Sourcebook Of Mud And Flame, Yvonne Salmon explores the BBC TV play's links to a strange network of art and culture
Penda’s Fen & Contemporary Occulture #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive
@thequietus.comPenda’s Fen has only been broadcast by the BBC a few times since its first transmission in 1974 and we’ve seen a lot of excitement about its appearance on BBC iPlayer last week
This week’s edition of #ThePortal opens with two archive articles on the unsettling TV drama
@maggieshayne.bsky.social🧙♀️✨ Kick off autumn with The Portal. #paranormalromance #witches #soulmates 3 women discover they were sisters in a Babylonian harem, cursed & executed for practicing magic & falling in love. They must reunite to break the curse & save the world. 📖 #ThePortal #witchromance #booksky #romantasy 1/3
@thequietus.comPaddy Shine is one of the most relentless instigators in the underground, both as part of #Gnod and in myriad other projects. Here he guides Harry Sword through 13 vital slabs
Paddy Shine’s Baker’s Dozen #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive
@thequietus.com"This is the first album that I bought with my babysitting money. I took it home, and I remember holding it and looking at the cover, and staring at them the entire time I was listening"
#TanyaDonelly on The Go-Go’s - Beauty and the Beat #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive
@thequietus.com"One sees what people are looking for is their own psychopathology. They’re looking for madness as a way out. They’re bored, and they want to start breaking the furniture..."
J.G. Ballard Interviewed by Toby Litt #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive
@thequietus.com'The future members of #ThrobbingGristle interrogated the nature of art and performance, along with testing their own experiential limits, across almost a decade of unique 'actions'...'
The Strange World Of COUM Transmissions #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive
@thequietus.comTanya Donelly guides Emily Mackay through 13 favourite albums, from Leonard Cohen to The Cocteau Twins, Kate Bush to Iggy Pop, The Bunnymen, Mary Margaret O'Hara and more
#TanyaDonelly’s Favourite Albums #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive
@thequietus.com"I think fascism does need a leader. But the leader may take an unexpected form. And I suggest [in Kingdom Come] that our equivalent of the ranting führer is the cable channel chat show host."
J.G. Ballard Interviewed by Toby Litt #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive