For the second entry in our ongoing Reappraised series, Matt Anniss revisits Mr Hermano’s joyous, sunrise-ready Carlos Santana cover, ‘Free As The Morning Sun’
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Author, journalist, researcher, dance music historian, DJ, record collector, speaker, podcaster and founder of Join The Future.
REAPPRAISED: 01 – HENRIK SCHWARZ: SUPRAVISION EP
In the first of a continuing series re-assessing records in his collection, Matt Anniss returns to Henrik Schwarz’s 2002 debut, the Supravision EP, hailing the majesty of slow-motion chugger ‘Marvin’
FROM THE ARCHIVE: NORWEGIAN GOOD (IDJ, 2007)
In 2007, Lindstrom, Prins Thomas and a young rising star called Todd Terje appeared on the cover of IDJ magazine. 18 years on, we share that cover feature – with a new contextualising introduction by its author, JTF founder Matt Anniss. Just don’t call it ‘Scando-learic’…
LISTEN: A NEW SEASON OF JTF ON NOODS BEGINS
Listen to the first episode of season five of Join The Future on Noods, with founder Matt Anniss in the mix.
THE BBC’S NOT-SO ESSENTIAL HISTORY OF DANCE
‘This is not a history, but catnip for old ravers and Now That’s What I Call Dance Classics’ for younger listeners’. Matt Anniss dives into Radio 1 Dance’s series on ‘dance history’, urging the BBC to document our culture more authoritatively
LISTEN: MARK ARCHER ON NEXUS 21’S ‘MIND MACHINES’
UK rave legend gives us the lowdown on the Staffordshire duo’s great ‘lost’ album, which is appearing in stores this month 33 years after it was recorded.
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