Matt Anniss looks back on Watching Trees 2024, the second edition of Optimo and the Ransom Note’s micro-festival – and offers up a mix based on his Sunday morning DJ set
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POP, DANCE MUSIC AND THE PET SHOP BOYS
JTF’s Matt Anniss does some ‘black sky thinking’ for The Quietus on Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe’s “memorable songs to the latest dance beat”
THE SURPRISE RESURRECTION OF ZENANA
From ’80s obscurities to viral stars – the unlikely rebirth of a pioneering all-female synth trio
LISTEN: DEVIL’S WORK ON SWU.FM
Listen to JTF’s Matt Anniss deputising for Farrell on his SWU.FM show, Devil’s work – a full-throttle club selection
ON THE RURAL RAVES
Last year, JTF founder Matt Anniss presented a paper on rural rave culture in East Anglia, arguing that more research is needed on dance music outside of major towns and cities. Here he delivers a written version of that presentation
LISTEN: JTF ON NOODS – BEST BEFORE 22.11.23
Hear Matt Anniss’s tribute to 20 years of Bristol’s best before: parties, and what it taught him about moments, community and belonging in underground dance music culture
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