Music From The Merch Desk — a true reflection of Aphex’s chaotic geniusMusic From The Merch Desk (2016–2023) is by no means the best Aphex Twin album. It’s not even close. But it might be his most…Dec 19, 2024Dec 19, 2024
4-Hero are jungle legendsNot many musicians can claim to have been at the heart of a new style of music, still fewer to be integral to two; and basically only…Aug 9, 2024Aug 9, 2024
Pet Shop Boys’ Relentless excursions into 90s dance(Just a word to say that I wrote this at the start of September 2023, when Relentless hadn’t yet been re-released. It’s not quite so lost…Jul 19, 2024Jul 19, 2024
Peggy Gou’s I Hear You: not under, not over…. just… ground?As one of the first electronic music genres to emerge, house music has wandered far from its Chicago roots. There are, of course, still…Jun 6, 2024Jun 6, 2024
Mystical solace: Broadcast’s Spell Blanket reviewedBroadcast were one of the last great musical mysteries, a band that came to light before social media hit, from unfashionable Birmingham…May 3, 2024May 3, 2024
Happy 20th birthday poptimism UK, love Girls AloudWhile American journalists tie themselves up in knots about the whys and wherefores of poptimism, in the UK the tipping point for the…May 1, 2024May 1, 2024
Todd Terry is the most underrated man in house musicIn the long list of underrated house music pioneers, New York’s Todd Terry might be the most underrated of all.Apr 5, 2024Apr 5, 2024
Broadcast’s demos, Broadcast’s demons: a fragile treasure trove(NB: I wrote this piece in October 2023 before the news of the two Broadcast demo albums, Spell Blanket and Distant Call, was announced…Mar 21, 2024Mar 21, 2024
Dimitri from Paris’ Sacrebleu — or French Touch versus French HouseWhat is French Touch? Is it French house music built around filters and samples? Or is it music made by a certain generation of French…Mar 21, 2024Mar 21, 2024
Record collection rave: Burial’s Dreamfear reviewedAmong the scraps of information to have emerged from the few Burial interviews to date is that Will Bevan is an electronic music fanboy. On…Feb 8, 2024Feb 8, 2024
