rave
Gabe Gurnsey talks to Stewart Gardiner about early nineties DJ mixtapes, the continuation of Factory Floor and his new synth pop acid house LP
Sara Dziri’s Close to Home for Optimo Music defies easy techno categorisation by occupying different spaces that are yet the same space
Shadowy techno meets electronic body music on Namesis’s Rave Is Dead EP, the Russian producer’s debut for Glasgow’s Soma label
Lithuanian duo Five Rituals discuss their debut LP of experimental low-end music, giving in to the present moment and eco friendly vinyl
Junior Tomlin discusses his Velocity Press monograph and how science fiction, surrealism and dub shaped his rave flyers and record covers
Martin James takes us on a breakbeat era tour as he discusses the updated edition of his drum & bass origin story
Joe Muggs talks to Stewart Gardiner about his essential collection of extended interviews on soundsystem culture
Burial makes a vital sonic pilgrimage with Tunes 2011 to 2019, a carefully curated collection that inhabits past, present and future
The Home Current rounds off an almost embarrassingly productive year by leaning into his house and techno influences on the Palermo Traxx Vol 2 EP
JD Twitch’s Beats soundtrack brings the rave era to life with a mix of formative Detroit cuts, massive hands-in-the-air trax and choice modern numbers
Richard King’s The Lark Ascending is cultural history at its most invigorating, a work of connections made through music and across the landscape