On the latest episode of JTF on Noods, researcher and author Ed Gillett talks about some of the key themes of his new social history of UK dance music, ‘Party Lines’.
Tag: Rave
HAPPY LAND: AN OPEN LETTER TO ‘SWIFTIES’
A few Taylor Swift fans accidentally got records with mid-90s UK electronica on it, rather than her new album. Matt Anniss, who wrote the liner notes for the ‘Happy Land’ comp, does his best to explain what they’ve heard – and why they should listen to more.
LISTEN: EARLY BREAKBEAT HARDCORE REVISITED
On the latest episode of our monthly radio show, Matt Anniss revisits early breakbeat hardcore, showcasing the often ignored influence of bleep on the sound’s evolution.
LISTEN: MARK ARCHER & NEIL RUSHTON IN CONVERSATION
Hear two legends of acid house and rave in the Midlands discuss their histories in a special edition of the radio show, recorded live at Cafe Artum in Birmingham.
IN PRAISE OF WATCHING TREES
Matt Anniss waxes lyrical about the first edition of Optimo and Ransom Note’s micro-festival in the Forest of Dean
SALUTING THE ‘SALVADOR DALI OF RAVE’
As a new retrospective of Junior Tomlin’s visual work lands in bookstores, we salute the illustrator who arguably did more than anyone else to define the visual aesthetic of the rave era
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