Matt Anniss looks back on the NY and NJ proto-house movement’s 1986 “anti-crack” record – a response to an epidemic of addiction and death that was then sweeping through New York City.
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Author, journalist, researcher, dance music historian, DJ, record collector, speaker, podcaster and founder of Join The Future.
EVENT: TALKING RURAL RAVE CULTURE & COMMUNITIES AT WELL DRESSED SOCIAL, DERBY
JTF founder Matt Anniss will be discussing his research and ‘hidden histories’ of rural rave across England and Wales ahead of a screening of Aaron Trinder’s fine documentary, ‘Free Party: A Folk History’
READ & LISTEN: RECALLING THE COLLECTIVE JOY OF WATCHING TREES 2025
Matt Anniss looks back at the 2025 edition of Optimo and Ransom Note’s Watching Trees micro-festival – and shares the recording of his ‘watching morning’ ambient DJ set
LISTEN: JOIN THE FUTURE MIX 03
The Join The Future mix series returns, with Matt Anniss delivering a nu-disco, dub disco and deep house throwdown – with a few surprises thrown in!
HELP US CREATE A NEW HISTORY OF RAVE CULTURE IN EAST ANGLIA
Find out more about Matt Anniss’s PhD research project – and how you can contribute right now by sharing your experiences and memories of pay-raves and free parties in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
LISTEN: MATT ANNISS, DJ RICHIE & JONATHAN P WATTS IN CONVERSATION
A special bonus episode of Join The Future on Noods, showcasing a recording of a conversation between Jonathan P Watts, Matt Anniss and DJ Richie in front of a live audience at PrimeYarc, Great Yarmouth, in March 2023
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