Music Interviews

This archive features in-depth interviews with artists across electronic, experimental, and other genres. Conversations focus on creative process, influences, and current projects.

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12 Rounds (1995)
16volt (2016)
777 / System 7 (1995)
8 Bit Weapon (2016)
808 State (1993)

A

ABC (2022)
Adrian Sherwood (2025)
Afterhere (2018)
Alex Bloom (2019)
Alison Moyet (2017)
Alphaville (2022)
Amanda Palmer (2010)
Amulet (2021)
Andrew Toy (2021)
Animotion (2017)
Ann Margaret Hogan (2021)
Ann Margaret Hogan (2021)
Ann Margaret Hogan (2020)
Annie Hogan (2026)
Aphex Twin (1993)
Aphex Twin (1997)
Army of the Universe (2014)
Army of the Universe (2018)
Astari Nite (2024)
Astralasia (2002)
Attrition (1999)
Attrition (2013)
Autour De Lucie (1998)
Ava King (2024)
Azam Ali (2019)
Azam Ali (2025)

B

Baby Fox (1996)
Bananarama (2019)
Barry Adamson (2016)
Barry Adamson (2026)
Batavia (2021)
Belouis Some (2024)
Ben Chapman (2000)
Benjamin Jayne (2021)
Benjamin Jayne (2023)
Big Catholic Guilt (2010)
Big Catholic Guilt (1993)
Bill Leeb (2024)
Billie Rogue (2021)
Billy Idol (1993)
Bit Shifter (2006)
Bjork (1993)
Black Needle Noise (2016)
Blancmange (2011)
Blitz Vega (Andy Rourke of The Smiths) (2022)
Bloom Twins (2014)
Blue Orchids (2016)
Blue Stahli (2014)
Book Of Love (2001)
Book of Love (2016)
Brian Reitzell (2007)
BT (2001)

C

C-Tec (1998)
Cabaret Voltaire (1993)
Carlos Alomar (2023)
Carmen Rosa (2006)
Carolyn Fok (2018)
Catbells (2023)
Catherine Duc (2009)
Chachi Jones (2004)
Chameleons (2025)
Charming Disaster (2022)
Charming Disaster (2023)
Charming Disaster (2025)
Chris Connelly (2011)
Chris Connelly (2015)
Chris Connelly (2018)
Chris Connelly (2022)
Christopher Lawrence (2004)
Chrysalide (2014)
CiiVE (2018)
Cinema Cinema (2017)
Cinema Cinema (2019)
Cinema Cinema (2021)
Cinema Cinema (2023)
Clan Of Xymox (1997)
Cliff and Ivy (2021)
Close to Monday (2024)
Cocksure (2014)
Colin Devlin (2018)
Comateens (2023)
Conjure One (2002)
Consolidated (2021)
Controlled Bleeding (2016)
Cop Shoot Cop (1992)
Cosey Fanni Tutti (2017)
Cranes (2002)
Cranes (2005)
CrowJane (2020)
Cubanate (2019)
Cyborg Amok (2021)
CYRNAI (2025)

D

Dallas Acid (2018)
Dandy Warhols (2024)
Danielle de Picciotto (2019)
Danielle de Picciotto (2021)
DARK MARK vs. SKELETON JOE (2021)
DarkDriveClinic (2012)
Datarock (2023)
Dave Rowntree (2023)
David Ball & Jon Savage (2016)
David J (1992)
David J (2025)
Dawn Of Ashes (2022)
Deadbots (2018)
Deathfix (2013)
DECOUPLR (2021)
Delerium (1997)
Delerium (2003)
Delerium (2016)
Derision Cult (2023)
Devo (2001)
Digitalism (2014)
Dissonance (2021)
Disturbed Furniture (2019)
DJ Harry (2004)
Dom La Nena (2015)
Dom La Nena (2013)
double-breasted (2002)
doubleVee (2022)
doubleVee (2025)
Douglas J McCarthy (2013)
Download (1995)
Download (1997)
Dr. Fiorella Terenzi (1995)
Dusty Trails (2000)

E

Eddy Grant (2023)
Edition Terranova (2002)
Edward Ka-Spel (2015)
Elk City (2018)
Emergency Broadcast Network (1995)
Emily Capell (2019)
Emotikon (2012)
Empirion (1996)
En Esch (2015)
En Esch (2024)
EON (1993)
Esthero (1999)
Eszter Balint (2015)
Eszter Balint (2022)

F

Fini Tribe (2025)
Fiona Horne (2003)
Flood Twin (2021)
Foetus (2001)
Forndom (2025)
Frazier Chorus (1996)
Fredrik Saroea (Datarock) (2022)
Freezepop (2007)
Freezepop (2016)
Front 242 (1993)
Front 242 (1998)
Front Line Assembly (2010)
Front Line Assembly (1994)
Front Line Assembly (2013)
Front Line Assembly (1993)
Front Line Assembly (2019)
Front Line Assembly (2021)

G

Gang of Four (2015)
Gangpol & Mit (2011)
Gary Numan (2000)
Gary Numan (2017)
Gary Numan (2021)
General Public (1995)
Gewalt (2023)
Gewalt (2024)
Ghostigital (2006)
Gizmodrome (2017)
Glen Matlock (2018)
Globelamp (2019)
Glorified Magnified (1994)
Go Fight (2015)
Good Bison (2021)
Good Bison (2023)
Goon Moon (2007)
Grandmaster Flash (2002)
GUJI (2023)
Guns N' Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction (2021)
Gypsum (2021)

H

hackedepicciotto (2020)
hackedepicciotto (2022)
hackedepicciotto (2023)
hackedepicciotto (2024)
Halou (2006)
Halou (2002)
Hana (2001)
Hanging Freud (2021)
Hasswut (2025)
Head Shoppe (2024)
Heather Trost (2017)
Heaven 17 (2017)
Henry Frayne (2021)
Holly Palmer (2025)
Holy Wars (2021)
Hooverphonic (2013)
Howard Jones (2017)
Howard Jones (1994)
Howard Jones (2019)
Howard Jones (2022)
Hugh Cornwell (1999)
Human Impact (2020)
Hyperbubble (2011)
Hyrbid (2021)

I

I Am Casting (2019)
I Ya Toyah (2021)
I Ya Toyah (2024)
Ilima Considine (2013)
Ilima Considine and The Sexbots (2012)
Imaad Wasif (2022)
Imani Coppola (2019)
Imperative Reaction (2021)
In The Nursery (2009)
In The Nursery (2010)
In The Nursery (2017)
In The Nursery (1993)
In The Nursery (2011)
Information Society (2014)
Information Society (2008)
Information Society (2021)
Information Society (2016)
Insect Ark (2015)
Insect Ark (2024)
Intermix (1995)
Ivan Nahem (2022)

J

Jah Wobble (2020)
James Mastro (2024)
James Ray (1998)
Jane Badler (2015)
Jane Jensen (2000)
Jane Jensen (2023)
Jane Jensen (1996)
Jarboe (2022)
Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel (2017)
Jenn Vix (2019)
Jet (VampireFreaks) (2023)
JHNN (2021)
Jim Coleman (2012)
Jimmy Somerville (2000)
Johanna’s House Of Glamour (2003)
Josephine Wiggs (2019)
Josh Caterer (2021)
Joy Askew (2018)
JoyCut (2014)
Julia Kent (2019)
Juno Reactor (2008)
Juno Reactor (2015)
Juno Reactor (2001)

K

Kanak (2024)
Karen Haglof (2024)
Kenneth James Gibson (2022)
Kenneth James Gibson (2024)
Kill Hannah (2003)
King Yosef (2021)
Kloq (2013)
Kloq (2016)
KMFDM (2003)
KMFDM (2009)
KMFDM (2014)
KMFDM (2024)
KMFDM (2026)
Knox Chandler (2014)
Knox Chandler (2025)

L

Ladytron (2002)
Ladytron (2006)
Laibach (2008)
Laika (1998)
Lamb (2019)
LAU (2025)
Lauren Sarah Hayes (2021)
Less Bells (2023)
Letters to Cleo (2022)
Levinhurst (2004)
Leæther Strip (2013)
liar, flower (2020)
Limahl (2019)
LIMINA (2024)
Little Annie (2025)
Locrian (2025)
Lords Of Acid (1998)
Lords of Acid (2018)
Lords of Acid (2010)
Lovelorn Dolls (2013)
Luke Vibert (1999)
Luna Honey (2024)
Luscious Jackson (1997)
Lush (1994)
Lyrics Born (2022)

M

Machines Of Loving Grace (1992)
Magic Wands (2025)
Malice Machine (2024)
Marc Almond (1999)
Marc Heal (2016)
Mari Kattman (2025)
Mark Spybey (2010)
Mark Stewart (2022)
Martyn Ware (Heaven 17) (2014)
Maxim (2021)
Meat Beat Manifesto (2003)
Meat Beat Manifesto (2008)
Meat Beat Manifesto (2018)
Meat Beat Manifesto (2019)
Mediaeval Baebes (2002)
Mediaeval Baebes (1999)
Megan McDuffee (2021)
Messiah (1994)
Mettle Music (2003)
Midge Ure (2014)
Midge Ure (2016)
Midge Ure (2018)
Midge Ure (2020)
Midge Ure (2021)
Midge Ure (2024)
Mike Watt (2023)
MissFit Toys (2023)
Moby (1999)
Moby (1993)
Moev (2000)
Moev (2014)
Mona Mur (2022)
Mono (1998)
Morcheeba (1998)
More Machine Than Man (2013)
Morgan Kibby (2006)
Mortiis (2004)
Mortiis (2018)
mssv (2025)
Murder Inc (1991)

N

Neon Funeral (2023)
New Model Army (2003)
New Order (1993)
Night Crickets (2022)
Nightcaller (2018)
Nine Inch Nails (1992)
Nine Inch Nails (full Q&A) (1992)
NIYAZ (2020)
Null Device (2023)

O

Ogre (2008)
ohGr (2011)
OHMSLICE (2018)
Oingo Boingo (2019)
Olé Koretsky (2020)
Omar Doom (2022)
One Dove (1995)
Orbital (2002)
Orbital (2002)
Orbital (2004)
Orbital (1993)
Orgy (2021)
Otzi (Ötzi) (2020)
Ov Stars (2022)

P

Paul Roessler (2022)
Pere Ubu (2017)
Perry Blake (2003)
Pet Shop Boys (2001)
Peter Hook (2017)
Pig (2016)
Pig (2021)
Pines (2025)
Plastikman (1995)
Pop Will Eat Itself (1994)
Pop Will Eat Itself (2013)
Pop Will Eat Itself (2015)
Poptone (2017)
Portishead (1994)
Praga Khan (1999)
Primitive Race (2015)
Prototype 909 (1993)
Prude (2014)
Purity (2007)

R

Rammstein (2009)
Raquel Bell (2018)
Raquel Bell (2021)
Rare DM (2022)
Rasputina (2005)
Rasputina (2010)
Rasputina (2015)
Rasputina (2001)
Rasputina (2007)
Real Life (2009)
Real Life (1997)
Real Life (2009)
Real Life (2020)
Reg Bloor (2015)
Religion of Heartbreak (2025)
Renegade Soundwave (1994)
Resurrectionists (2023)
Rhys Fulber (2022)
Rob Garza (2021)
Rob Halford (1998)
Robert Poss (2018)
Ror-Shak (2007)
Ruby (1995)
Ruby (2013)
Ruby (2014)

S

Saint Etienne (1995)
Saint Etienne (2000)
Salty The Pocketknife (2004)
Sandman Sleeps (2022)
Scanner (1999)
Scanner (2021)
Scanni (2016)
Sci-Fi Romance (2016)
Scott Crow / Lesson Seven (2023)
Secret Affair (2018)
Sect (1995)
September Mourning (2015)
Serena Jost (2018)
Severed Heads (1996)
Shonen Knife (2019)
Simple Minds (2014)
Sine (2022)
Single Gun Theory (2016)
Single Gun Theory (1993)
Single Gun Theory (1994)
Siouxsie and The Banshees (1995)
Sister Machine Gun (1994)
Skin Chamber (1993)
Skinny Puppy (2013)
Skold (2011)
Skye & Ross (2016)
Skye Edwards (2006)
Sleep Chamber (1994)
Slinky Vagabond (2021)
Slinky Vagabond (2025)
Society 1 (2003)
Sophe Lux (2016)
Soul II Soul (1999)
Spacer (1999)
Spice Lab (1993)
Stephen Emmer (2014)
Stereo MC’s (2015)
Stereo MC’s (1993)
Stereo MC’s (2025)
Stereo Total (2007)
Stereo Total (2013)
Steven Severin (2000)
Subthunk (2003)
Sunscreem (1993)
SUPER DRAGON PUNCH!! (2021)
Surachai (2019)
Sven Vath (1994)
Swans (2014)
Swans (2023)
Swans "Where Does a Body End?" (2020)

T

Technophobia (2021)
Terrance Zdunich of Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
The Alarm (2023)
The Art Of Noise (1999)
The Birthday Massacre (2022)
The Breeders (1992)
The Burnside Project (2003)
The Cardigans (1999)
The Children… (2024)
The Church (2019)
The Church (2018)
The Creatures (1999)
The Cult (2023)
The Cyber-Tec Project (1996)
The Devil’s Carnival (2012)
The English Beat (2018)
The Fremonts (2025)
The Happy Hollows (2010)
The Hot Place (2023)
The KVB (2016)
The Melvins (2000)
The Moon Seven Times (1997)
The Near Jazz Experience (2025)
The Orb (1993)
The Orb (1994)
The Other Two (1994)
The Overlords (1994)
The Rain Within (2018)
The Real Ok Boomer (2020)
The Red Step (2021)
The Ritualists (2019)
The Ritualists (2025)
The Rousers (2025)
The Royal Arctic Insitute (2023)
The Royal Arctic Institute (2022)
The Royal Ritual (2022)
The Shamen (1993)
The Silver Snails (2025)
The The (2006)
The Use (2014)
The Vapors (2025)
The Whimbrels (2025)
The Wolfgang Press (1995)
Thievery Corporation (2017)
This Spartan Life (2009)
This Wilderness (2018)
Thomas Dolby (2013)
Thomas Dolby (1995)
Thor & Friends (2016)
Thor and Friends (2017)
Tom Bailey (2018)
Tombstones In Their Eyes (2021)
Tombstones In Their Eyes (2023)
Tweaker (2004)
Tweaker (2012)
Type O Negative (1992)

U

U96 (2020)
Ultramarine (2015)
Ultramarine (1993)
Ultraviolence (1999)
Underworld (1994)
Underworld (2007)
Utah Saints (2002)
Utah Saints (1993)

V

Vapourspace (2001)
Veruca Salt (1995)
Vexillary (2021)
Visions Of Excess (2002)
VNV Nation (2009)
Vonavi (2019)

W

W.A.S.P. (1999)
Warfield (2026)
Wolfgang Flür (2021)
Women Of Sodom (1995)

X

Xorcist (1993)

Y

YAZ (2022)
Young Gods (2007)

Z

ZANTi (2018)
Zardonic (2014)
ZIA (1993)

Briefs