Electronic music old and new
Inspired by Laurence's recent blog post showcasing some recent favourites, here are just a few of the records, plucked from the pile next to the turntable, that have been floating my boat over the past few months. I took a breather from doing mixes this summer, but picked up the baton again in November and… Continue reading Winter Warmers 2020
I've had a policy of saying 'yes' to everyone who's asked me for a mix so far this year, which means I've produced a steady stream of them while on lockdown, so here are the latest four. I'll be slowing down for the remainder of 2020 and focusing a bit more on production. (The next… Continue reading Yet more mixes
Whatever the downsides, lockdown has certainly been good for rediscovering the joy of recording mixes. I've managed eight since March, and there are another couple in the pipeline, which is more than I managed in total during the previous decade. Here are the most recent additions. Down The Stairs mix for 2Sox I was delighted… Continue reading Four more mixes
I've dug out another piece I wrote for Clash back in 2007 - an interview with Detroit techno's eternal underdog, Eddie 'Flashin' Fowlkes, who at that time was promoting his album, Welcome To My World, on his own CityBoy imprint, via Submerge. “One night I was dancing, my body shook and I heard a voice… Continue reading From the archive: Eddie ‘Flashin’ Fowlkes interview, 2007
Here's an extended Q&A I conducted with Detroit techno royalty Octave One, a shorter version of which was published in print in Clash Magazine in early 2007. The interview was to promote Off the Grid, an audiovisual album for Tresor showcasing footage of the duo's live shows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S0INtQiv60 You can’t talk about techno without talking… Continue reading From the archive: Octave One interview, 2007
Another interview from the vaults, written for Clash Magazine in April 2006, ahead of the release of Dabrye's album Two/Three on Ghostly International. I'd been a big fan of his stuff since Hyped-Up Plus Tax from One/Three became a bit of an early-night anthem at Club 69, and the new album saw him collaborating with… Continue reading From the archive: Dabrye interview, 2006
I'll be using this blog during the Covid-19 lockdown to share a few articles and interviews I've written through the years, starting with this interview with composer Steve Reich commissioned by Clash Magazine in October 2006, which marked the release of a new retrospective collection and remix collection at the time. A shorter version was… Continue reading From the archive: Steve Reich interview, 2006
The current lockdown has given me the opportunity not only to work on some new music and record some mixes, but also to sift through my archive of tunes. I quietly set up a Bandcamp page last year to make some of my old music available, and over the past few weeks I've added a… Continue reading Reissues & Bandcamp bits
I'm notoriously slow when it comes to recording DJ mixes, but over the past few months I've been unusually productive by my usual standards. Aside from the Drum & Space Redux mix that I posted at the weekend, here's what else is available now: Origin Podcast These guys from Slovenia reached out after hearing my… Continue reading Some recent mixes
In 1995 I recorded the first of a series of mixtapes featuring some of the drum & bass records I’d started buying obsessively. I was a 16-year-old with a set of cheap belt-drive decks in a suburban Cardiff bedroom, whose burgeoning interest in techno and house was rapidly expanding in all directions. UK bass music… Continue reading Drum & Space Redux
Nothin' But Magic 