This one is a drum and bass mix for early Autumn*. In the UK, we have enjoyed a late blast of summer but now, as the sky is grey and the leaves are blowing around, let’s get some energy going. Track listing DJ Krome & Mr Time, Studio One Lik…

The demands of work and life has meant that mixing has taken a back seat in recent weeks. There was also a logistical holdup, in that I had run out of Mixcloud uploads on the free tier, and wasn’t sure where I was going to put my mixes in future…

This is the last summer weekend of the year. It has been sunny. In a nice but hot walk this afternoon, I heard people mowing their lawns. It led me to think about how we use the everyday, but less common, objects in our lives. By “less common” I’m talking…

I was somewhat relaxed about the Super Furry Animals becoming well-known in the UK, in 1996. …

The Internet regularly throws up paradoxes. My paradoxical experience in recent months has been trawling through the now-saturated market of AI-powered brand and logo generators. They are all much of a muchness, which creates a problem for them. While they all promise to deliver the customer a beautiful AI-powered identity…

Stereolab have been one of my favourite bands for years. I first encountered them on Mark and Lard’s much-missed GYS on Radio 1, where French Disko was played frequently. It led to one purchase after another in quick succession, from compilations such as Refried Ectoplasm and Aluminum Tunes to de…

This week’s mix is a special one. Following on from the Beatles mix which I made early last year, I have made one featuring another of my favourite bands from when I was younger — The Monkees. This is a band that was created for the well-known, eponymous TV series…

In 1987, the USSR was part-way through its programme of Perestroika (reconstruction) and Glasnost (openness). The country’s leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, was enjoying fruitful and productive relations with Western leaders, particularly Ronald Reagan, in a way that had not been seen since the second World War. …

When I was given the choice to choose a subject for university, I wanted to do what I was interested in, and liked. In my late teens, I desperately wanted to become a professional screenwriter, and it was that desire that opened up my path into studying film. …