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Author, journalist, researcher, dance music historian, PhD candidate. Join The Future: Bleep Techno and the Birth of British Bass Music’ out now on Velocity Press. www.jointhefuture.net
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My Bedmo Disco DJ partner is at Glastonbury doing his usual crew bar sets, so I’m covering for him at his usual weekend sets in Bristol. That’s 11 hours of DJing over the next three days, starting at 7pm tonight. I get the glamour gigs 😂

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Went to do some mountain bike trails with my cousin’s teenage son earlier. I managed to stack it, bang my head (thank heavens for bike helmets) and somehow get tangled up in the bike. I learned two things: 1. It was a good job he was there to help. 2. My bike handling skills are rubbish

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve long had concerns about the NTIA for a number of reasons, but this is off the scale shady. Michael Kill comes across as a classic 21st century grifter. Nightlife needs representation, but not from characters like this

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

This year’s edition of Optimo and The Ransom Note’s Watching Trees festival, held a couple of weeks ago, was brilliant - a genuine expression of collective joy. I’ve written about it, and shared the recording of my morning ambient set, via the link below jointhefuture.net/2025/06/12/r...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

The cat has celebrated my return home after eight days away by spending the last two hours following me round the house miaowing in a bid to get fed early. Can’t say I’ve missed that 🤣

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Heads up for Sheffield folks: I’m doing a two-hour guest show on Sheffield Live (93.2FM/DAB) from 17:00. DJ Kalinka hosting, yours truly with the musical selections in a #JoinTheFuture style

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