‘With a new EP due (on a limited run of cassettes), he shares with us his interest in ‘appropriate technology’. A phrase attributed to economist E.F. Scumacher, and although it has a wide scope for it’s meaning, is generally described as ‘the simplest level of technology that can achieve the intended purpose’.’ READ / LISTEN HERE
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THE POP GROUP ON BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC / MARY ANNE HOBBS INTERVIEW
‘It’s up to us to try and fight for something to make the future a little bit better’ Mark was asked about How To Make Music That Matters for Mary Anne Hobbs’ 6 Music show. LISTEN HERE
AQUARIUM DRUNKARD INTERVIEW MARK STEWART
‘There’s a line on the record that says, “Somebody once told me that hope is a power.” My hope really lies in people on the electronic frontier.’ READ ALL HERE (Photo by Bruna Amaral)
JOCUND DIN: CAUGHT BY THE RIVER ON FORTY YEARS OF THE POP GROUP
‘Buying Honeymoon on Mars has sent me back to those three albums. The first, Y, is especially good for sounds, the second and third for words and world woe. All of them feel sculptural to me, both mineral and metal, hacked from the planet and beaten out of it, whilst the accompanying shouting – a
AUTUMNS IN RANSOM NOTE NOVEMBER TAPE ROUND UP
‘A Product Of 30 Years Of Violence is fresh out of the stocks steeped in metallic guitar squall, distorting monosynths and Christopher Lee-In-Dub vocals, occasionally punky, elsewhere ambient, and consistently excellent.’ READ ALL HERE
THE POP GROUP & PROTOMARTYR AT THE BARBICAN FOR ROUGH TRADE’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Nick Helderman photographs a day of collaboration between The Pop Group & Protomartyr at rehearsals for Rough Trade’s 40th at the Barbican View the photos HERE