Gone To A Rave #13: Acid Techno
Easily, and bizarrely, the most popular piece I have ever written. Read it over on Ransom Note to enjoy the comment thread packed with misty eyed ravers (and a few […]
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A Short History of the Weekender for Bloc
The weekender occupies a special, hedonistic place in British culture. A festival for the working man, weekenders are there to dance away the grit and graft of the week, to […]
Eats Everything Cover Story for DJ Mag
Dan ‘Eats Everything’ Pearce is massive. Not just in stature (much as he likes to take the piss out of his occasionally generous girth), but in the plain old biggest-thing-in-house-music-right-now […]
Night Slugs Cover Story for DJ Mag
Raised on soundsystem culture, deep bass and inventive, cross genre music, Night Slugs co-owners and DJ/producers L-Vis 1990 and Bok Bok have created a label, musical family and aesthetic steeped […]
Jersey Club & Vine Sampling for The Guardian
Take any musical revolution of the past 100 years, and you can bet it’s been driven by technology. From Dylan’s electrical blasphemy to kids in Chicago squeezing a bass synth […]
Ashley Beedle for DJ Mag
We catch up with Ashley to learn about his DJ roots, new ‘Yardism’ solo project and more… Ashley Beedle is a don. In a time when the dance world is […]
DJ Q for Thump
Read the original on Thump here DJ Q has been releasing bangers for 10 years solid. At the height of the bassline scene he was flinging out a new 12” […]
Amine Edge & DANCE for The Guardian
Published in The Guardian, Feb 2014. If 2013 saw Daft Punk usher French dance music down a cosy dad-disco cul-de-sac, 2014 looks set to be the year when a […]
Beat @ Silk // April 11th
I played my first one of these a month or so back, soundsystem was legit and the club got vibing. Feels like the kind of crowd where you can go […]
Bless @ Birthdays // April 5th
Back in Birthdays with the Pinchard brothers. Every time I’ve played this night it’s been stupidly packed, so here’s hoping this is no exception. I’m really happy to have got […]