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AI Generated Music: What's The Point?
Who is it actually for?
Mar 31 • Phil

December 2025

Renate is NOT closing now? Something doesn't feel right
We should really be celebrating this, but I can't help but feel we're missing something
Dec 22, 2025 • Phil

September 2025

Stone Techno 2025: A Techno Masterclass
A lot to learn from the Ruhr Region festival
Sep 13, 2025 • Phil

May 2025

Record Store Day 2025 in Berlin
A whole day dedicated to music
May 24, 2025 • Phil

April 2025

Dekmantel, All Our Friends, and Phantasmagoria
It's not all doom and gloom in the nightlife industry
Apr 28, 2025 • Phil
Drumsheds: Is Bigger, Better?
Yes, I'm talking about Drumsheds again
Apr 6, 2025 • Phil

September 2024

The Small Club Excellence That Is Venue MOT
A masterclass in local eventing
Sep 22, 2024 • Phil
Overcrowding, "Cancellations", And Sound Bleed. The Chaos Of London's Boiler Room Festival 2024
A personal account of what happened that day
Sep 3, 2024 • Phil

August 2024

Utterly Obsessed With Dekmantel
The Dutch know how to throw a party
Aug 17, 2024 • Phil

July 2024

How Not To Do Glastonbury
All the mistakes I made, and probably will make again.
Jul 13, 2024 • Phil

June 2024

A "Cause" for a good time
A recent addition the London scene, The Cause is a new favourite venue of mine
Jun 1, 2024 • Phil

April 2024

Why is Drumsheds so goddamn sweaty?
I’m standing in the Y Room, Drumsheds’ second room, and the sweat is rolling off me.
Apr 19, 2024 • Phil
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