A July Chart

There’s no interesting way to title a chart post is there? Even puns on “heart” are as exhausted as Welsh coalfields. So I’ve gone back to basics.
1. Mike Grant-The Struggle Of My People-Mr G There’s Hope Mix (Moods and Grooves)

Mr G releases are always a bit different, and just a bit erratic too. But […]

“Phone”-Saturday 5th of July-Jam Bar-Shoreditch High Street

So I’ll be playing from 3-5 at this night, which is FREE. It’s been organised by Stephen Egri from Bodytonic in Dublin, now living over here in London, and he’ll be playing on the night too. Eno, another DJ some of the Dubliners amongst you might know, will be playing hiphop and practically everything else […]

Pull Up A Chair Part Two

So as I prepare a chart myself, what are you listening to? Any good albums? Or what singles? I’ve been keeping track of releases as normal despite the break from the blog, so it’d be interesting to hear what you’ve been enjoying. Books or films are worth a mention too.
(pictured above: the new M_nus/Native Instruments […]

Links and stories

Tuning Yorke

Jay Haze, the man to whom grand gestures come as naturally as exhaling, is giving away his Love and Beyond album for free. Go here to check out Haze doing a Radiohead. I can’t think of any dance artists that have done this, though many prefer the traditional route of giving away albums for […]

My excuses for the large gap in posts

Work: The biggest thing I’ve realised lately that being at clubs regularly is vital in ensuring you blog about dance music and keep things interesting, at least for me. When I’ve sat down to post lately I’ve found myself ready to spin off a long vaguely negative “state of things” post and then realised the […]

First things first

Last week Jeremy Armitage and Tami Fenwick resigned as editors of Resident Advisor, on what was a sad day for the site.
You may read RA regularly without ever having heard of J and T. Equally you may have only barely noticed the slow but very steady improvement in the quality of the writing at RA. […]