Deep-Diving The Todd Edwards Bandcamp Dump
Todd the God at his first ever UK show, Romford, 2003 On Friday 26 January 2024, I received a Bandcamp notification innocuously titled “New releases from 4...
Midweek Mixes (14/03/24)
A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the tried-and-tested – all guaranteed to...
A Weekend In Lisbon: Hits And Misses
8 Marvila & Outra Cena FRIDAY Velvet Velour @ Mercado do Rato HIT: A bizarrely OTT light box projecting a giant visualizer on the back wall of the market,...
Record reviews (09/03/24)
Doc Sleep – Cloud Sight Fade [Dark Entries - vinyl and digital] This LP from Doc Sleep arrives on SF institution Dark Entries with full cover art on the...
Midweek Mixes (05/03/24)
A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the tried-and-tested – all guaranteed to...
Night Tales (24/02/24)
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Vabali (19/02/24)
Obligatory post-Vabali selfie! After my last couple of clubbing reports (here and here), you should know that I am a man of some dedication when it comes to...
JD Edits Vol. 1
Artwork: @giangc I’ve just released JD Edits Vol. 1 through the Welt Discos bandcamp, raising money for Gladt, a BIPOC & queer-led organisation providing...
Bella Boo @ Lux Frágil (09/02/24)
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Midweek Mixes (08/02/24)
A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the tried-and-tested – all guaranteed to...
Rinse FM w/AIDA (31/01/24)
AIDA recently invited me to do a guest mix for her Some Kind Of Therapy show on Rinse FM and the recording is now up on soundcloud — my set starts at the 92...
Midweek Mixes (24/01/24)
A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the tried-and-tested – all guaranteed to...
Dissident World Cup! (Part Three)
The final rounds of the Dissident World Cup! Here is the full bracket after the first round (Part 1 and Part 2): Click for full size version Expect the...
Outra Cena (12/01/24)
Outra Cena (before it was Outra Cena) The last time my alarm didn’t go off (or I slept through it — the mystery remains) the stakes were much higher. But it...
Midweek Mixes (10/01/24)
A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the tried-and-tested – all guaranteed to...
Top 2023 (Part 4)
And so we come to the last batch of this disjointed 2023 retrospective. These are ten tracks that represent the sound of my summer and autumn, getting played...
Top 2023 (Part 3)
Following on from the selections I made back in July (Part 1 / Part 2.1 / Part 2.2), here’s a bunch of tunes I’ve been enjoying over the back half of 2023....
My Year In Top 3s!
Top 8: Happiest Joes of 2023 (Post-Welt Discos, Cabo da Roca, April) Here’s a whole load of random Top 3s to sum up my year, interspersed with a photographic...
Eleven times CCL blew our tiny minds in the space of exactly one hour at Honcho Campout
CCL @ The Grove, Honcho Campout 2023 As we come to the end of 2023, I am going to look back at some pivotal moments in my year in the style of classic...
Dissident World Cup! (Part Two)
The Dissident World Cup continues! We are still in the first round of 62 and in this part we go through the second half of the bracket. In case you missed...
The Last Night and the Next Morning: Marlena, Marina, Ariana (Guest Post by Bleimann)
Marlena, Marina, Ariana I met R the first time I went to Horse Meat Disco in 2011. It was two weeks after I had walked out in a very literal way on my...
Dissident World Cup! (Part One)
Welcome to the Dissident World Cup! If memory (and whatsapp history) serves me well, I think it was at Lux Frágil’s anniversary back in October that my...
Midweek Mixes: Honcho Campout (07/12/23)
A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the tried-and-tested – all guaranteed to...
Kiosk Afterparty (26/11/23)
We all know that feeling: you’re at the afterparty, midday has rolled around and, tacitly or explicitly, you’ve made the commitment to continuing into the...
Midweek Mixes: Honcho Campout (22/11/23)
Hemlock Hole. Photo: Cay Horiuchi A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the...
Anatomy Of An EP: Mimesis (Part 2)
This is part 2 of a two-part guest post by Stephen Howe, the DJ/producer behind the newest release on Welt Discos, the Mimesis EP — you can read part 1 here....
DJ Sotofett @ Lisa (11/11/23)
Credit: A Sala Lisa We arrived at Lisa around 11.30pm, later than planned after a highly delayed dinner (O Raposo for the curious — good but slow and a...
Anatomy Of An EP: Mimesis (Part 1)
This is part 1 of a two-part guest post by Stephen Howe, the DJ/producer behind the newest release on Welt Discos, the Mimesis EP. In it, he breaks down in...
Midweek Mixes (08/11/23)
A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the tried-and-tested – all guaranteed to...
Record Reviews (03/11/23)
Ramu - Imagined Worlds EP [Infinite Pleasure] The cover art of Ramu’s new EP is a stunner and the music is pretty good too. ‘Native Acid’ is a slightly...
Midweek Mixes (26/10/23)
A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the tried-and-tested – all guaranteed to...
Track-By-Track: Ghostcast #20
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Welt Discos @ Arroz Estúdios (29/09/13)
G at doors open It’s about time I did the post mortem on the last Welt Discos party in Lisbon. ‘Post-mortem’ is maybe the wrong choice of words — it was a...
Midweek Mixes (11/10/23)
A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the tried-and-tested – all guaranteed to...
Welt Discos: Stephen Howe
Stephen Howe - Mimesis EP [WLTD008] The headline of this post is: Stephen Howe’s magical Mimesis EP is out now on Welt Discos. Get your copy here. Welt...
Track-By-Track: Ghostcast #19
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Record Reviews (26/09/23)
Ebeats - Twilight Expanse EP [Cartulis] The story behind this record is told in loving detail by both the label and the artist on the carefully designed...
Midweek Mixes (Dekmantel Hör Special!) (20/09/23)
A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the tried-and-tested – all guaranteed to...
Midweek Mixes (14/09/23)
A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the tried-and-tested – all guaranteed to...
Goodbye Berlin: Hits And Misses
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Midweek Mixes (06/09/23)
Colored Craig, Honcho Campout 2023 A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the...
Dimensions 2023
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Live @ Horst 2023
The recording of my set at Horst 2023 is now up for listening back. Joe Delon - Live @ Le Soleil Rouge, Horst Arts & Music 2023 Here is what I wrote in my...
Adonis (05/08/23)
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Hör Weekender
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Midweek Mixes (26/07/23)
A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the tried-and-tested – all guaranteed to...
Cocktail D'Amore: Hits And Misses
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Midweek Mixes (12/07/23)
A run-down of some of the mixes and radio shows that have been soundtracking my existence – from the box-fresh to the tried-and-tested – all guaranteed to...
Track-By-Track: Ghostcast #18
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Top 2023 (Part 2.2)
Here are the final five top tracks from the first half of 2023. Compared to the previous five, I have less to say about these ones here, but in a weird...