Making the audiobook for The MineralTail nearly finished Justin Robertson off — a month of psychic carnage involving a barking dog, a neighbour’s new bathroom, and the unforgiving permanence of... Read more
The music industry has reshaped itself at breakneck speed since the first edition of The Label Machine landed in 2021. In this guest blog, author and label strategist Nick Sadler... Read more
In this guest post, Dave Nicholson, founder of phatmedia and author of the book phatmedia presents UK Rave Flyers 1988-1989, explores the rarest and most sought-after flyers from the UK’s... Read more
Fiction can give us a distance from stories that we may think we know inside out, helping us experience the familiar in new ways, says Stef Macbeth, author of FOLK,... Read more
To Seb Wheeler, one of electronic music’s leading strategists, there is nothing more punk at the moment than a Substack newsletter… Having helmed the digital departments of Mixmag, Defected and... Read more
A regular writer at Pitchfork, The Wire and Resident Advisor, electronic music journalist Philip Sherburne isn’t short on platforms to share his writing. So why would one of the field’s... Read more
“That’s why everyone involved in the early part of the scene has gone on to do something they wanted to do. They went to the Shoom or Spectrum or they... Read more
Back in June, we did a book tour throughout the UK and Europe to promote Shawn Reynaldo’s book First Floor: Reflections on Electronic Music Culture Vol 1. “Going into it,... Read more
Independent Bookshop Week is, not surprisingly, all about bookshops! To celebrate the 2023 edition, we thought we’d introduce you to one of our favourite indie publishing spots we’ve discovered so... Read more
In November 2022, writer Ian McQuaid and cinematographers Tim and Barry published Woosh, the first UK drill book. Initially conceptualised as an exhibition at the Laz Emporium in Soho, Woosh... Read more
Earlier this year, we published Members Only, a book showcasing over 500 iconic membership cards of the acid house and rave generations. For seasoned ravers like the book’s editor Rob... Read more
With the Bundestag’s recent recognition of some of Berlin’s most established clubs as cultural sites, to many, the German capital has now become the heartland of institutionalised, (loosely) regulated, and... Read more
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