Had a really nice time interviewing one of my actual heroes a little while ago
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Have said this before in other forms, but will reiterate it here: if you're doing long-form writing of any sort, reading the words aloud into a microphone is a completely unparalleled cheat code. It's free, easy, and so effective it feels like it shouldn't be allowed. I do it in a few stages...
You can listen to Pepe Bradock's 'Deep Burnt' whenever you want you know
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Played for the final time at Corsica Studios.
The recording is now online.
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Incredible gig. Cried a bit!
Sound is great in Koko but jesus christ, place had the most chronic case of Men Yapping at the back I'd encountered in a long while. Not to mention the £8 pint!
The first gig was Moderat, lol
Seeing Caroline tonight in the same venue I went to on my first ever trip to London almost exactly 12 years ago to the day, and which I haven't been to since. With the same pal and all. As if I needed any more reasons to get emotional listening to this record.
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Been listening to the Friendship album these past few weeks and, holy moly, this two track combo really did me in on the commute this morning
In Spoons before the doom show listening to Christoph De Babalon. Happy Valentine’s Day
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Many of my followers will know this, but here’s a top tip in case you’re interested to know more about the weirder side of the Irish music scene then you should be following @eoin-murray.bsky.social ‘s Anois, Os Ard Substack
ahhh thanks so much!
It’s Valentine’s Day, which means it’s been two years since Caroline Polachek covered one of the best Irish pop songs of all time 🍓
I spoke to Polachek, Roger Doyle, Elena López all about its history and surprising second life. Still very proud of it.
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Very fond memories of chatting to Joseph for this interview in late 2020, having found his music to be a total lifesaver during the worst of the pandemic.
“I feel like the things around us have something to say”
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Recognise 098: Nono Gigsta 🐊
The Berlin-via-Marseilles DJ shares a genre-warping recording of her set from Dripping 2025, conjuring the storm she faced while crossing the Atlantic by boat to get there, and the life-affirming poem she recited while pacing its deck
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Holy shit
Getting torn to shreds by how lovely this is today
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Absolutley hook line and sinkered on the perfectly named "Dream Tool Roller" by Mana Dealer discovered via @eoin-murray.bsky.social's substack and if you're not already on that why not? Well?
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The Anois, Os Ard New Irish Music round-up is back 🌥️
Weighing up hyped releases by Dove Ellis and Madra Salach, along with drones and dream-pop remixes, a batshit noise comp, a double bill from Eamon Ivri, a few psych folk EPs.
Plus, a lost gem from 2016.
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My tiny gripe of the month is DJs/artists/whoever putting full stops at the end of their names.
“The tide is turning. People are mobilising, and many of them want to do more than just making symbolic gestures”
Exploring the evolution of Palestinian solidarity in electronic music — where it's made a difference, where it's fallen short, and where it goes from here
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“I combine these sounds to tell the story of Gaza: tense and dark, but always with a trace of hope."
Six Palestinian electronic artists and DJs on how their artistic practice has been reshaped by genocide and occupation, and how they are resisting narratives of victimhood
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Next, Oli Warwick (@interorange.bsky.social) explores the nature of solidarity with Palestine in the electronic music world, particularly but not exclusively over the past two years, asking where it's made a difference, where it's fallen short, and where it goes from here
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Two big features on DJ Mag today
First, Shams Hanieh speaks to electronic musicians and DJs in Gaza and the West Bank about maintaining their art in the face of genocide and occupation, and their desire to resist simple narratives of victimhood
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If you’d have told the dance music journalists of 2016 that ten years later Skrillex would be playing Dekmantel and Ben UFO would be playing Tomorrowland their heads would have fully burst and that’s quite fun I think
All sorted! Thanks gang
