Rave artist Pez interviewed for Mixmag
Pez made some of the greatest rave flyers of the early 90s. I enjoyed talking to him about it. https://mixmag.net/read/pez-blog
CULTURE
UK Afrobeats doc for Soundcloud / Fader
I helped produce this film for Fader USA and Soundcloud. I love the shots of Naira and No Mannaz crew in the Peckham pool hall – and strange to see […]
8Ball, Ghost World & Daniel Clowes for i-D
First appeared on i-D “I had this notion,” says comic book pioneer Dan Clowes, “of not editing myself, just putting whatever sick thoughts I had down on paper, and if […]
A Guide to UK Afrobeats for RBMA
First featured on RBMA. Afrobeats is in a state of constant evolution. The genre has grown to cover such a nebulous range of tempos, conventions and rhythmic patterns, that it […]
Just Jam for The Guardian
This October, grime veteran Skepta snatched a Mobo award with his That’s Not Me video, directed by the scene’s go-to creatives, Tim & Barry. Looking like it was shot on […]
2014: The Year Grime Won – for i-D
Originally appeared on i-D over here In February of this year, the City of London police decided to indulge in a spot of traditional bullyboy tactics. Deciding that the Just […]
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 […]
Shifting Dreams : Fracturing England
This piece first appeared on The Ransom Note In 1980 Alvin Toffler wrote ‘The Third Wave’, the second of his seminal works of futurology. The book analysed how societies change […]
England’s Dreaming : The Free Party Monster
This week saw the media, in the grip of a typically slow summer news cycle, offered a tragedy they were powerless to resist – the death of a teenager at […]