Trestle records is a London based record label dedicated to putting out new instrumental music started by four friends in east london during 2011. Ranging from electronic to modern classical, postrock to musique concrete the focus is broad. They also host the ONE DAY BAND sessions, a regular improv session where musicians meet in a fully equipped and engineered studio to make a record in a day.

Founded in the UK in 2008, The Quietus is one of the world’s leading independent websites for quality longform writing on visionary and modernist music and culture, covering all genres with an equal weighting.

The Quietus treats the emerging artists of the genre-melting present with the same reverence the mainstream reserves for the stale canon of yesteryear. We look to reappraise and revitalise those artistic pioneers abandoned in the hinterland.

We champion trailblazing and illuminating cultural journalism from around the world – numerous successful writers and broadcasters are first published on our pages.

After years held back by a creaking old website, The Quietus (tQ to our friends) has been regenerated, providing an indispensable portal to a realm of cultural discovery, devilment and debate.

“The Quietus believes in the power of cultural criticism to cut through the noise of social media and the ultimately disappointing guidance of tech platform algorithms. To write down a series of words that have never been combined before, expressing a complex series of emotions, thoughts and experiences that unites writer and reader at a level that feels telepathic and changes the joint experience of reality: That is the definition of magic.” – tQ Co-founder John Doran.

saxophonist and composer based in Berlin.

Adam Coney is a composer/guitarist with a keen sense of production aesthetic and progressive sensibility who draws on improvisation, post rock and jazz vernacular. Stylistically his work has been noted for its idiosyncratic take on pastoral and angular reflections. In addition to headlining performances at acclaimed venues such as Cafe OTO (London U.K) and international touring, Coney has supported artists such as Bill Orcutt & Daniel Lanois in live performance. Coney is co-director of Trestle Records, a London based label specialising in instrumental music and home of the 'One Day Band' sessions. Coney has collaborated with a number of Trestle affiliated artists including Bex Burch, Milo Fitzpatrick, Ruth Goller, Charles Hayward, Anders Holst, Duncan Marquiss and Jon Thorne. Coney also performs and releases free improvised music as a trio with Beanie Bhebhe and Nick Siddall, operating as 'Noon'. 

Coney has released a number of albums under his own name including 'The Fall Of The Flamingo Gardens' (2014) receiving wide critical acclaim across international press and premiering on BBC Radio 3. 'Pavilion' (2019) built on similar form featuring notable collaboration with producer/guitarist Leo Abrahams.  'Ashwin & Above' (2023) is his latest release on the Trestle label.

'Just the most extraordinary journey through beautiful and also unsettling and unfamiliar soundscapes, you are completely engaged the whole way through' - ELIZABETH ALKER / BBC RADIO 3

'Idiosyncrasy suits the artist well for this listener, lending that same impulsive homemade feel as found on Dave Pajo’s album as Aerial M' - THE QUIETUS

'The product of singular fascinations that cohere into something remarkably persuasive' - THE WIRE

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