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Interview: Rob Booth from Electronic Exploration Mix Show

19/04/2011

Trebuchet’s Sofia Ilyas spoke to Rob Booth of Electronic Explorations, a Download / Podcast show for all electronic music about his method of finding good music...

Fighting Bias with Bias: The David Pakman Show.

15/04/2011

Reaching millions across the globe, David Pakman is the head of a non-corporate political talk show recorded from a small studio in Massachusetts. Predominantly syndicated across the US through...

Complex Methods: Icarus and Vaexth

15/04/2011

It is common for electronic artists, such as Icarus and Vaetxh to use their music to disguise themselves. Trebuchet’s Sofia Ilyas seemingly caught them at the right moment and opening up they...

Genres beyond boundaries: Ad Noiseam

14/04/2011

Trebuchet Breakgirl, Sofia Ilyas spoke to Nicolas, label owner of Ad Noiseam based in Berlin. Ad Noiseam is a label full of electronic goodness and also a successful worldwide mail order and a...

Establishing ‘Conflict’ in the Ivory Coast

07/04/2011

As the situation in the Ivory Coast draws to a predictably bloody conclusion, it seems worth asking– why did it take so long for the Western media to cotton on to the situation? After...

Doss Blockos: Oz Beer goes Underground

06/04/2011

Doss Blockos have created something special, a street culture inspired brewery hidden in amongst the urban snorescapes of Melbourne. Pretty much epitomising everything Trebuchet admires; righteous...

Fire Folkers: Van Susans

06/04/2011

Sofia Ilyas spoke to Van Susan, a popcore rock band fast on the rise and about to make some noise in your direction, about now and the shiny future. Trebuchet: Can you tell me about the band,...

Felix’s Machines

04/04/2011

Sofia Ilyas speaks to Felix Thorn of Felix’s Machines about his unique performance which sees him attaching his laptop to instruments in the newest way yet. Trebuchet: Tell me about your...

Politics in Imperial Nigeria

03/04/2011

Last night I was invited to a dinner hosted in Debare’s honour, to celebrate the opening of the university. The meal was arranged by his friends and associates, all of roughly the same...

Prostitutes in Nigeria

01/04/2011

After a few days here, despite all the doom-laden warnings, I was fairly confident that spotting Nigerian prostitutes wasn’t going to be much of a problem. The Grand Mirage – a kind...

Day Of Rage: Diary of a Female Protester

29/03/2011

On a day when thousands took to the street and hundreds took up arms against capitalism, one woman marched, chanted and ran alongside them. I recorded my journey through the streets of London, where...

The Mark Inside

28/03/2011

Joseph Beuys And Coyote meet "Humanitarian" Bombing Campaigns. In Berlin, Germany, in early 1939, at Friedrichstrasse railway station, shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War,...

To Hell with Centrism: We Must Reclaim the Inspired Edge

27/03/2011

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. – George Orwell I don’t want to be part of your revolution if I can’t dance. – Emma Goldman...

Amnesia As A Way Of Life: WikiLeaks Amid The “Careless People”

26/03/2011

As many wags have noted, the disclosures of Wikileaks have subjected the US Empire and its operatives to a full-body scan. Turnaround is fair play, because, until now, in the US, the powerless masses...

Syd Barrett – The Art is in the Letters

21/03/2011

Barrett's mythologised life finally comes down to earth in the first major exhibition of his art and letters. But is he a little too human? January 1968. Crammed into the back of a van, Pink...

Madame Butterfly – Royal Albert Hall

11/03/2011

Puccini's tragic opera, beautifully performed by the soprano lead. Madame Butterfly's focus is misplaced devotion; the drama of the opera is used to effectively convey the utter hopelessness...

The Centrifuge

04/03/2011

With all this Dubstep flying around Acid may seem like a vague memory well wake up as it’s very much alive and kicking! I ♥ Acid, The Centrifuge, and Complex Sound Sagacity presents to...

Small, Medium or LRG

20/02/2011

Ten roller girls, one oval track, a load of gum shields and a desire to do damage. Turning up at Earls Court I still had Rollerball in my head… I expected to see James Caan covered in blood,...

No smoke without Fire: Innocent Criminals

05/02/2011

Portia claims that there are over 3000 people falsely imprisoned in the UK and yet the general public remain largely unaware. Stretched organisations across the UK help the families of those...

Loving Noise: Different Class Radio

30/01/2011

Different Class Radio is an internet radio station that slips quality under the commercial radar, discovering new talent, and bringing a critical focus to past masters on the verge of obscurity. More...

Legal Aid in Danger: Cuts to Penalise the Poor.

18/01/2011

The consultation period for the proposed changes to legal aid is set to close on the 14th of February. The Miscarriages of Justice website MOJUK lists the importance of legal aid and how the proposed...

Davide Tiso: Millions of Melodies Erupting

15/01/2011

Davide Tiso is the inspired creative mind behind Ephel Duath as well as the truly progressive Manuscripts Don't Burn, why then isn’t he a household name in metal? During his...

Henry Rollins: Student Protests Are Great

05/01/2011

Henry Rollins talks to Trebuchet about politics and protest ...

Beyond Histrionics: Film Heroes with Epic Attitude

24/12/2010

Who crushed Leonardo's balls? Made Jackie Chan cry? Let Angelina watch her husband die? These questions and more will be answered. This week, due to thoughts of not providing an answer to last...

The Macho Synchronicity of Film Trends

15/12/2010

So you’re sitting down, your phone’s on, you never know who might send an interesting text/email/twitter or perish the thought, actually ring you up; you’ve put the DVD in and...

Cage: A New Stage

02/12/2010

Reality TV is finished. In reality, of course, the term 'Reality TV' was always a misnomer: it should have been dubbed 'Unreality TV' from its inception, because it was as rigged and...

Working Hard Outside the Box With Lingua

20/11/2010

"It's a think piece about a mid level band struggling with their own limitations in the harsh face of stardom" – Almost Famous. Lingua are an intriguing band from Sweden. Catching...

The Double Helix of Political Life

11/11/2010

In “What Mad Pursuit”, Francis Crick declares that he had no memory of walking into the Eagle pub in Cambridge and declaring that as a result of his discovery of the double helix of DNA along...