Almost two years after its predecessor, the second Join The Future mix is here – and this time there’s both vintage tracks and contemporary cuts
Author: mattanniss
Author, journalist, researcher, dance music historian, DJ, record collector, speaker, podcaster and founder of Join The Future.
STRUCTURAL RACISM IN UK DANCE MUSIC: TIME FOR ACTION
In a personal response to the killing of George Floyd and the continuing protests that followed, Matt Anniss discusses ways he has inadvertently maintained structural racism in UK dance music – and why he’ll be donating book sales royalties to anti-racism charities on both sides of the Atlantic.
MEET BASS AGENDA’S CHARITY CAREBOT$
Get the lowdown on an epic compilation that aims to raise significant funds for the NHS and Medicines Sans Frontieres
LOCKDOWN LISTENING: BLEEP & BASS EDITION
There’s been a glut of great Bleep & Bass mixes and themed radio shows of late. Here we run down some of our favourites…
BLEEPOGRAPHY: 18 – FORGEMASTERS ‘TRACK WITH NO NAME’
The Bleepography returns after a short Easter break, with Matt Anniss focusing on the record that brought the world Warp Records, Forgemasters’ superb ‘Track With No Name’
BLEEPOGRAPHY: 17 – ORBITAL ‘OMEN’
In today’s edition of the ongoing Bleepography series, Matt Anniss looks at the wider influence of Bleep & Bass on British dance music and in particular Orbital’s often-overlooked take on the style, ‘Omen’
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