This is a great new podcast/vidcast from DJ Controlled Weirdness aka Neil Keating. It covers 80s/90s London with a definite slant towards music and subcultures. The first three episodes feature Ian Blackmass Plastics on the early days of rave, record shops, DJing etc. This was a great listen for me because Ian also grew up …
Upping the ante from podcasts, a few people I like are doing regular short video mags: The Molehill Report is from the Praxis Records / Datacide magazine stable, with updates on their releases, footage of their artists and some great interviews about underground dance and experimental music culture. There are three episodes so far: On …
Peter cropped up in a few of my posts on here about the first 23 gigs I remember going to and even appeared in the comments boxes. He was a pivotal figure in my life – and in that of countless artists. I was honoured to be asked by The Quietus to write a tribute …
On the 23rd of November 2019 I ordered Sea of Love and Watching The Wheels by Simon Morris from Cargo Records. It was a pre-order. I had absolutely loved his previous book from Amphetamine Sulphate Press, but I couldn’t justify the huge postage cost from America. So I’d been obsessively checking their UK distributor most …
Apparently I went to 26 gigs in 2019, but have only managed nine this year, for obvious reasons. That’s not bad going. Like everyone, I’ve found 2020 quite tough and have struggled through as best as I have been able to. And like many of the people reading this (hello! I miss you!) I’ve gritted …
If you follow me on twitter you will have seen me hyping this show over the last few months- always a great unpredictable mix up of JA and outernational dubwise styles and genres. Bokeh Versions have also released a great 7″ of freak dub from Seekersinternational – one of the few new artists I truly …
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I am very very proud to have a track included on the “We Saw Human Guinea Pigs Explode” compilation which has been released today: WE SAW HUMAN GUINEA PIGS EXPLODE by Various The Cutwail label is a subsidiary of the unpredictable Libertatia Overseas Trading mob. Actually I’m slightly staggered to be in there alongside Ceramic …
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I neglected to give the new issue of Datacide enough praise on here because my own zine came out at the same time. It should go without saying that’s it’s great and you should support the magazine by buying a copy or even subscribing. (London people can pick up copies from Electric Knife or Housmans.) Much (but …
(now sold out) 60 page fanzine! In a bag! With: 8 page insert on anti-fascism and music! 2 full-colour Adolf Steg postcards! Degenerate Waves Badge! (Apologies for ridiculous overseas prices – these are because of the recently privatised UK Post Office). Also available from Electric Knife (London) and Praxis (Berlin) – both of which are …
I enjoyed completing the questionnaire that is a pre-requirement for obtaining the new Libbe Matz Gang / Degenerate Waves “Victory Through Voltage” release. But I never guessed that this would be the only enjoyment I would get out of it. Shortly after submitting my entry, I received a brief email directing me to a secret …