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Why Grim 2011 Is The Right Time For The Return Of Chic
One of the interesting things about disco (which never 'sucked' nearly as much as the var...
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Lesbian Propaganda & Other Myths: Misogyny In Dance Music
A lot happens on Twitter, most of it utterly inconsequential. My compulsive need to trawl...
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Top Boy: Why The Kids Are Not Alright by Austin Collings
Top Boy could easily have been another inaccurate take on the fiercely modern world of ki...
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#Occupying My Thoughts: A Personal Response To The Global Protest Movement
It’s Saturday evening, October 15th, 2011, and around the world tens of thousands of peop...
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Basildon Bond: Depeche Mode & The Essex New Town
In the years since the release of their debut album, released 30 years ago next month, Depech...
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Taylor Parkes On The Continuing Brilliance Of Half Man Half Biscuit
What exactly do you have to do to be taken seriously these days? Take yourself so seriously t...
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A Musician Vs. The Music Industry: A Conversation
In late May, The Quietus published a story entitled ‘How The Music Industry Is Killing Music ...
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Inside The Boiler Room: TOTP For The Ustream Generation
What to do if you're a young person on a Tuesday night? In days of yore you might have switch...
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Everything Louder Than Everything Else - Dynamic Range Mastering In 2011
In 2006 I wrote an article for Stylus Magazine about dynamic range compression, a technique a...
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Bum Rush The Show: Why Reality TV Has More To Do With Violence Than Rap
With weary predictability, the violence that has taken place across Britain this week has led...
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