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TQ​-​AMP

by Various Artists

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"Are guitar bands officially dead?" was the zippy tagline of an article by Adam Sherwin in the i in March 2018, following the axing of the NME and news that Gibson guitars were on the verge of bankruptcy. Well, if the offerings on TQ-AMP are anything to go by, the answer is a cry of "hell no!", or perhaps a more restrained "I think not, dear boy".

Ok, so we're not just talking about guitar bands on this compilation, we're talking about 'guitar' artists....or more accurately - artists who employ guitars....but let's not bore each other to death with semantics. We have bands, we have solo artists, we have electric and acoustic artists. What do they all have in common apart from the six and four-stringed things (or 5 or 7 or 12 if you're being flashy)? In my opinion, the answer is that they're all making music that is vital, innovative and just plain great. If you ever thought 'guitar music' was an outdated genre for men and women of a certain age and creed, listen to this and think on.

..,Some here are artists that have appeared on the TQN-aut label and / or featured in TQ Zine, some are not. They span the globe and all styles from raw anarchic feminist punk through lo-fi pastoral trash, delta blues, experimental and avant garde innovators, fuzzy garage and glam punk, stoner rock, epic ethereal indie rock, ambient, prog metal, blissed-out shoegaze and neoclassical. Together (and individually for that matter) I think they make for wonderful listening, and I hope you will agree.

I had bags of fun curating this project. Thank you to Andy, David & Ash at TQN-aut and TQ Zine for their bottomless support and enthusiasm. Thank you most of all though to all the artists for the wonderful music.

Enjoy!

Darren j Holloway

*Please note; TQ Zine subscribers and contributing artists will receive a free copy of this CD, along with the associated TQ Zine TQ36.*

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released December 4, 2020

Curated by Darren j Holloway
Cover photography by Jose Manuel Moreno Santiuste (J2MS)
Design by Darren j Holloway

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Since meeting in 2017, TQ Zine's Andy Wood and N-aut tapes' David Howcroft have been actively supporting each other's work and that of the 'No Audience Underground'.

The TQN-aut label promotes sounds we believe should have a wider audience, making available tapes, CDs, downloads and related merchandise at minimal cost to the recipient, with fair and considerate treatment of the artist.
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