Quirke

London-based artist Josh Quirke, known by his surname, produces emotionally charged permutations of techno, jungle, and ambient, mixing feelings of ecstasy and melancholy with broken rhythms. After receiving acclaim for his 2014 debut EP, Acid Beth, he maintained a low profile, issuing the occasional EP before releasing his first full-length, Steal a Golden Hail, in 2019. Quirke grew up about 50 miles north of London, in a village called Buckinghamshire. He first started making on his family's instruments, including a Clavinova digital piano. He studied art history at the Uni...