searching for the perfect groove
Susumu Yokota is probably my favourite artist (today). I can think of nobody who crafts such delicate and beautiful sounds from such a wide array of sources. Yokota first attracted attention outside his native Japan in 1992 with the album Frankfurt-Tokyo Connection on Harthouse. It is a fairly straightforward selection of banging 303 trance that […]
Read More Susumu Yokota – 10 classic albumsIs it too late to reflect on 2018? I hope not. Surely it’s never too late for reflecting. Much of 2018 raced by in a bit of a blur for me. Despite the longest, hottest summer on record, I never found time to sleep under the stars – as I did in 2017, when I […]
Read More Music and musings 2018“My ideal audience is halfway between the chin-stroker and the rave lunatic,” says Happa here. Mine too, Happa. “I’d ideally be able to drop an obscure ambient tune or have a whole half hour section of stuff in a set that isn’t necessarily that easy to dance to, but then be able to switch it […]
Read More My ideal audience is halfway between the chin-stroker and the rave lunaticTribal Earth is a wonderful thing. It might just be a unique thing too. A friend described it as half-village fete, half-hippy festival. And she might be right. That captures the vibe of a festival that has a capacity of just 500 people. Its size and its lack of bars mean kids can and do […]
Read More Match report: Tribal Earth, August 2017, East SussexDonato Dozzy’s influence looms large over Terraforma. Festival director Ruggero Pietromarchi acknowledges his meeting with the Roman musician and DJ as a key catalyst for the launch of the experimental and sustainable music festival. He closes the festival at 1.30am on Sunday with a “surprise” set on the Soundsystem stage in the woods, which he […]
Read More Match Report: Terraforma Festival, June 23-25, 2017