Kala Festival 2025: Hits And Misses
Private audience with Ciel at the Splendor stage, Monday night, Kala I’ve been having a bit of a crisis of confidence with this newsletter, hence the radio...
Paraíso (Film Review)
This is a review of Paraíso, a documentary film produced by the team behind the long-running archival project, radio show and event series of the same name,...
Midweek Mixes (30/04/25)
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...
What Does A Tour Cost? (US Edition)
My most important gig on this tour I guess this could become a series, although… When I wrote my last newsletter counting the cost of my tour around North,...
Midweek Mixes (16/04/25)
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 (02/04/25)
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...
Festival Lineup Posters: A Typology
Sometimes I write something so stupid I have to charge for it. This is one of those times. If you pay for a subscription to my newsletter you also get access...
Record Reviews (18/03/25)
C Powers - ‘I Will Not Live In A Fascist State’ [Sorry Records] C Powers "Ms Mix"C Powers - Unlawful Assembly [SR61] This track (and the EP it belongs to)...
Warming Up For Cassy (08/03/25)
A week ago I warmed up for Cassy at Ministerium club in Lisbon, playing from 23h to 01h in the downstairs room, which, on a good night, is up there with the...
Midweek Mixes (11/03/25)
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...
What Does A Tour Cost?
Food influencing On the night before Bonanza Festival kicked off a couple of weeks ago (review here), I was in the bar at Rio Hostel drinking a beer when I...
Bonanza 2025: Hits And Misses
What started in 2018 with a party on a beach on Colombia’s Caribbean coast and in 2019 was shut down last minute by the authorities, necessitating a move to...
Research, Seattle (07/02/25)
I arrived in Seattle last Wednesday evening after a rather long journey from Lisbon that featured a layover in Ponta Delgada in the Azores and a night at my...
Azi Chuicho @ UMI (24/01/25)
Last Friday I played from 01h30 to 06h30 in the upstairs studio room at UMI in the centre of Brussels for the Azi Chuicho crew For some reason (no I’m not...
Midweek Mixes (16/01/25)
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 2024
Finally getting round to doing a bit of a 2024 round-up. In for 2025: more newsletter, less instagram. DJs Abena @ Welt Discos, Lisbon (May)It was a small...
Can You Feel It? (Guest Post by Bleimann)
The last time I drank, the night began with karaoke. Things were not going well for me, in general. I arrived to the bar having checked in advance the...
Kiosk Outsiders w/cay horiuchi (14/12/24)
cay horiuchi - Kiosk Outsiders mix The guest for the final episode of my Kiosk Outsiders residency this year was cay horiuchi, co-founder of UwU Collective...
Top 2024 (Part 5)
The top 5! Before I get into it, I want to record for posterity that in Lisbon last Saturday night I heard not one but two of these tracks played out — both...
Top 2024 (Part 4)
10-6. This group is for the gays! Bouffant Bouffant - ‘Colinda’ [Nervous] Nervous RecordsColinda, by Bouffant Bouffant The first of two tracks on this list...
