A week on Friday (20th January), The Cube in Bristol will host a screening of Northern Disco Lights, Ben Davis and Pete Jenkinson’s documentary charting the “rise and rise of Norwegian dance music”. Afterwards, just down the road at The Crofters Rights, one of the founders of the Norwegian scene, Mental Overdrive, will play his […]
Happy New Year! As 2017 begins in earnest, I naturally found myself looking back over 2016. From a work perspective, it was a busy 12 months.I was fortunate enough to work on some very interesting projects, resulting in some articles I’m particularly proud of. In a bid to keep track of this – and […]
I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for Paper Recordings. I first became aware of the Manchester label a little later than most, sometime around the turn of the millennium. By the time I started investigating the catalogue properly, I was working at IDJ magazine. I ended up writing about the label a […]
Earlier today, Red Bull Music Academy Daily posted an in-depth article I wrote last autumn, accompanied by a mix I put together in celebration. Both were labours of love, and saw me re-visit a style of music that genuinely changed my life back in the early 1990s: Ambient House. Recently, I’ve mentioned the article – […]
I’ve always been a little obsessed with the short-lived musical revolution that was “bleep and bass”. It’s for this reason that I was delighted to be given the chance to write about it for Resident Advisor, a project that took over my life for several months.
Today I’ve been giving some of my social media and professional profiles a spring clean. Take a look at the following sites: Matt Anniss profile on Bristol Media Matt Anniss on LinkedIn Remember, I’m also on Twitter, should you want to receive regular updates about what I’m up to (professionally, and personally).
The first instalment of a new fitness “bookazine” series I’m writing for Future Publishing, Get Fighting Fit – MMA Workouts, has gone on sale, priced £6.99.
After a relatively quiet summer – at least by recent standards – I’m back into the swing of things, with a bulging list of commissions. Top of the list is a new series of books for reluctant teenager readers on the history of music called Pop Histories.
Last month, I started a PR campaign on behalf of a charity called ‘Kits 2 Kids’. Set up by Papua New Guinea Rugby League international Menzie Yere, the charity aims to collect donations of used rugby kit, boots and equipment and send them out to needy players in Papua New Guinea. It’s a great idea, […]
Just a quick note to say that the long-promised design gallery, featuring examples of my design work from the last six years, has been added to the site. More stuff will be added over time, once I fire up the scanner and grab the bits that were lost when my old Mac died last year. […]
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