Ilia Rogatchevski

Oct 10, 2024 | thequietus.com | Patrick Clarke |Ilia Rogatchevski

In the first few seconds of ‘God Of Bangalore’, the track that opens Saagara’s latest album 3, eccentric rhythms fuse with bulging basslines and sequenced percussion. Synth pads are stalked by a serpentine violin as the steady thud of the ghatam builds up anticipation. Before the first minute has elapsed, we’re thrown into a world that combines musical languages from across the globe.

Jul 29, 2024 | thequietus.com | John Doran |Ilia Rogatchevski

On a torrid June morning, I’m invited to speak with Simon Fisher Turner at the Mute offices in South East London. The interview takes place in a converted loft that was once Daniel Miller’s residence but is now home to his label. Framed commemorative discs of Moby’s Play lean against the corridor walls, their former glory partially obstructed by a row of hanging coats. Turner is already here, setting up his red Edirol recorder on the balcony to capture trains screeching on the railway bridge below.

Jun 3, 2024 | thewire.co.uk | Stewart Smith |Emily Bick |Misha Farrant |Ilia Rogatchevski

July 2024 Subscribers: read this issue online. Subscribe to the magazine. Buy issue 485. Inside our brand new issue: Tomeka Reid: The cellist, composer, improvisor and band leader goes from strength to strength across several creative projects. By Stewart Smith KMRU: The Kenyan sound artist finds a new mode of listening on his collaboration with Kevin Martin. By Ilia Rogatchevski Bodies In Motion: Dance and music collide in the creative worlds of Malik Nashad Sharpe, NWAKKE and Bianca Scout.

May 21, 2024 | thewire.co.uk | Ilia Rogatchevski

May 2024 Ahead of a full performance of her new album The Hollow at London ICA, actor and artist Keeley Forsyth talks to Ilia Rogatchevski about Pina Bausch, Béla Tarr, genderless vocals, and perceiving the world as light and shade Keeley Forsyth’s third album The Hollow explores the essence of solitude through a stark minimal framework.

Apr 29, 2024 | thewire.co.uk | Ilia Rogatchevski

Evil Does Not Exist, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s award winning meditation on nature and our role in its custodianship, originated from a collaborative music led project with the Japanese composer Eiko Ishibashi. Requiring visuals for a live performance, Ishibashi presented the director with a few demos of electronic compositions. The result was the short silent film Gift that later developed into a feature length production.