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
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
Here’s the first in an unapologetically nostalgic sub-series of my Sunday Selections mixes devoted to ‘golden era’ deep UK techno. I have to admit I was feeling pretty miserable about the state of the nation last week; digging out the records that blew my mind in the early/mid-90s transported me to happier times and I… Continue reading Golden Era Techno, Part 1
Just in the nick of time for 2018 comes this virtually flawless collection of electro tracks by one of the most consistent cats in the game, Gerard ‘Convextion’ Hanson in his E.R.P. guise. It’s not reinventing the wheel by any means - it sounds like it could have been released at almost any point in… Continue reading 18 for 2018, #18: E.R.P. – Afterimage
This Japanese-inspired EP was released under a new variation of the Vakula alias, and it’s beautiful stuff from start to finish. While the opening title track is a superb slice of late-night deepness for the discening DJ, I’ve found myself coming back again and again to the psychedelic, beatless closing cut, The Eve of Metaphors,… Continue reading 18 for 2018, #16: Vakulism – Edelweiss Reflection
Nothin' But Magic 