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EVENT: GROOVE CONNECTION AT COSIES

EVENT: GROOVE CONNECTION AT COSIES


This Saturday, JTF founder Matt Anniss will be dusting down his bleep and bass cuts at a special fundraising party in Bristol

Posted on April 16, 2026Categories Events, UncategorizedTags Acid House, Bleep, Bristol, Club culture, Club Night, Cosies, Electro, Party, TEchnoLeave a comment
LISTEN: JOHN BELTRAN IN CONVERSATION

LISTEN: JOHN BELTRAN IN CONVERSATION


Hear the long-serving Michigan producer discussing his long career, creative process, varied influences, different projects and fine new album as Placid Angles, ‘Canada’.

Posted on February 23, 2026Categories Features, RadioTags ambient, Detroit, electronic, IDM, John Beltran, music, Placid Angles, Sol Set, TEchnoLeave a comment
LISTEN: JTF MIX 04 – JD TWITCH’S STEPPERS MIX (2021)

LISTEN: JTF MIX 04 – JD TWITCH’S STEPPERS MIX (2021)


A chance to listen to a killer selection of high-grade steppers reggae gems from the JTF archive, mixed to perfection by the late Optimo co-founder

Posted on December 30, 2025December 30, 2025Categories Mixes, RadioTags art, Books, Glasgow, JD Twitch, Mixes, music, Noods Radio, Reggae, scotland, Steppers ReggaeLeave a comment
EAST ANGLIA RAVE RESEARCH UPDATE

EAST ANGLIA RAVE RESEARCH UPDATE


Matt Anniss shares on update on his ongoing PhD research into rural rave culture in East Anglia, outlining the next stage of the ongoing project.

Posted on December 8, 2025Categories NewsTags Cambridgeshire, dance music history, East Anglia, free party culture, illegal raves, interviews, Norfolk, Online survey, PhD research, Rave, SuffolkLeave a comment
REAPPRAISED: 04 – THE FIREMAN: RUSHES

REAPPRAISED: 04 – THE FIREMAN: RUSHES


Matt Anniss dusts down an overlooked 1998 collaboration between Youth and Paul McCartney, a fine example of the latter’s love of risk-taking and experimentation

Posted on October 7, 2025October 7, 2025Categories ReappraisedTags 90s ambient, ambient, beatles, Chill Out, john-lennon, music, Paul McCartney, rare vinyl, The Beatles, The Orb, YouthLeave a comment
DEAR KEITH: A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO JD TWITCH

DEAR KEITH: A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO JD TWITCH


Matt Anniss pays tribute to the late, great JD Twitch, who passed away recently, sharing an expanded and re-edited version of a message he sent following the Optimo co-founder’s terminal diagnosis earlier in the year

Posted on September 29, 2025Categories Features, Long Reads, NewsTags DJ culture, Edinburgh, Glasgow, JD Twitch, music, Optimo, Optimo (Espacio), scotland, Watching TreesLeave a comment

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