‘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
Category: Features
BLEEPOGRAPHY: 20 – UNDERGROUND SOLUTION – DEEP INSIDE MY MIND/AFTERTHOUGHT
Our regular Bleepography series returns from hiatus, with Matt Anniss outlining NYC house hero Roger Sanchez’s early explorations in “deep bleep”
LISTEN: A LIFE IN DJ MIXES
JTF founder Matt Anniss looks back on his DJ history through 15 years of mixes, highlighting a mix of live club recordings, conceptual workouts, dystopian journeys, breathless rave mix-ups, heady ambient soundscapes. and musical eclecticism
READ AND LISTEN: WATCHING YOU, WATCHING TREES
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
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
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