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
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
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