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Reissue of the Week

Compilation of the Week: The Sheer Action Of Fini Tribe – 1982-1987

Joe Muggs celebrates the maverick magpie magic of Fini Tribe in the 1980s; a band who occasionally augured the future in the chaos of their practice
Reissue of the Week

Reissue of the Week: Orbital 2 (The Brown Album Expanded)

'The Brown Album' pays testament to the thrilling, sometimes contradictory power of rave as a culture, just months before it splintered, says Joe Muggs

Organic Intelligence

Organic Intelligence XXXVIII: The Legacy of Broken Beat

In our latest antidote to the algorithm, Joe Muggs hymns the potent legacy of broken beat and picks five tunes where you can find it today, from D'Monk to Kokoroko and Jorja Smith (pictured below)
Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Electribe 101’s Electribal Memories

A timely reissue of a UK house classic LP helps challenge rockist (and IDMist) notions of lasting worth in dance music, says Joe Muggs
Black Sky Thinking

I Can’t Accept That: University Challenge, Jungle And How Glibness Creates Bad History

A viral question about jungle on University Challenge gave everyone the chance to be an expert and get a few laughs – but it also revealed some pernicious underlying assumptions, says Joe Muggs.

Strange World Of...

The Strange World Of… Moving Shadow

Moving Shadow's entire catalogue has finally made it to streaming services. Here Joe Muggs offers ten points of entry into this groundbreaking hardcore, breaks and drum & bass label
Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Happy Land

Joe Muggs listens to two new compilations of 'alternative' British electronic music from the mid-90s and gets transported to the Old Weird Britain of rural raves, chalk horses, burial mounds and tense stand offs with the police
Organic Intelligence

Organic Intelligence III: Wonky Techno

The Low Culture Organic Intelligence playlist is back, this time with dance controller Joe Muggs repping hard for the Brighton sound or wonky techno
Baker's Dozen

The Places I Make Sense: Carl Cox’s Baker’s Dozen

From Chaka Khan to Diana Ross via Prince, Herbie Hancock and more, Carl Cox picks 13 classic tracks that made him the renowned DJ he is today
A Quietus Interview

That’s Where I’m From: Idris Elba On Making The Yardie Mixtape

As Idris Elba releases a mixtape of music inspired by Yardie, he tells Joe Muggs about his life in music, style, and inspiration of UK hip hop
Black Sky Thinking

Why The Rehabilitation Of Plagiarist Johann Hari Is Irresponsible & Dangerous

Despite repeated incidents of journalistic plagiarism, Johann Hari is back. Joe Muggs argues that we should be wary of his celebrity-endorsed new book about mental health rammed with dubious 'facts'

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