Matt Anniss
@sellbydave.bsky.social
Author, journalist, researcher, dance music historian, PhD candidate. Join The Future: Bleep Techno and the Birth of British Bass Music’ out now on Velocity Press. www.jointhefuture.net
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Matt Anniss
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· Sep 9
LISTEN: ‘THE HARDCORE CONUNDRUM’ – A CONVERSATION WITH HOLLY DICKER
In a specially extended bonus episode of Join The Future’s ongoing radio show/podcast series, author Holly Dicker talks in depth about her history of hardcore, ‘Dance or Die’, gabber, Rotterdam rav…
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Delighted to share this one, as it has been on the cards for ages: a conversation with Holly Dicker about hardcore dance music movements and her essential new book on the subject, Dance Or Die: A History of Hardcore. Listen to the conversation via the article below
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Made the mistake last night of watching two documentaries about Trump aligned silicon valley tech bros back to back. The resulting sense of dread was almost overwhelming.
Crooked Man’s cover of this sweary Jarvis gem fits the mood and moment
youtu.be/Q6buNGDoYUY?...
Crooked Man’s cover of this sweary Jarvis gem fits the mood and moment
youtu.be/Q6buNGDoYUY?...
Crooked Man - Cunts
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November 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Made the mistake last night of watching two documentaries about Trump aligned silicon valley tech bros back to back. The resulting sense of dread was almost overwhelming.
Crooked Man’s cover of this sweary Jarvis gem fits the mood and moment
youtu.be/Q6buNGDoYUY?...
Crooked Man’s cover of this sweary Jarvis gem fits the mood and moment
youtu.be/Q6buNGDoYUY?...
Happy Halloween to those who celebrate. Here’s a little something I did alongside my Bedmo Diaxo partner a couple of years back - our “spell of love” version of Zenana’s ‘Witches’. Well, this is the night for it!
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Witches 85' (Bedmo Disco's Spell of Love)
YouTube video by Release - Topic
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October 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Happy Halloween to those who celebrate. Here’s a little something I did alongside my Bedmo Diaxo partner a couple of years back - our “spell of love” version of Zenana’s ‘Witches’. Well, this is the night for it!
youtu.be/sQgIpAsXXMY?...
youtu.be/sQgIpAsXXMY?...
Back in Glasgow for the fourth time this year. Each time I return I get under the city’s skin a little more, and my love of it grows. Suspect I’ll be up a fair bit in 2026 too. No complaints about that!
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Back in Glasgow for the fourth time this year. Each time I return I get under the city’s skin a little more, and my love of it grows. Suspect I’ll be up a fair bit in 2026 too. No complaints about that!
Back on the virtual wireless (via noodsradio dot com) at 15:00 BST today with the latest episode of #JoinTheFuture. This one features excerpts from recent interviews with Glenn Underground and Freeform Five, plus lots of ace music
October 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Back on the virtual wireless (via noodsradio dot com) at 15:00 BST today with the latest episode of #JoinTheFuture. This one features excerpts from recent interviews with Glenn Underground and Freeform Five, plus lots of ace music
Looks like I picked a good day to have other plans and pay zero attention to #NCFC. Instead, I was in Neath on media manager duty for the Combined Southern Regions rugby league team. They beat Wales’ community/amateur national side, the Dragonhearts, 30-16 (a bit of a surprise)
October 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Looks like I picked a good day to have other plans and pay zero attention to #NCFC. Instead, I was in Neath on media manager duty for the Combined Southern Regions rugby league team. They beat Wales’ community/amateur national side, the Dragonhearts, 30-16 (a bit of a surprise)
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I’ve managed to squeeze in a fair bit of niche music into the pages of the Guardian over the years, but especially chuffed with getting to cover the waltzer sound system wars of Hull Fair. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Oggy oggy oggy! The donk-tacular dance music of Hull’s huge funfair
With 600,000 people attending, Hull Fair is the UK’s biggest – and has a thrilling but overlooked musical subculture. We follow the blaring soundsystems to meet the DJs and MCs facing off in waltzer b...
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I’ve managed to squeeze in a fair bit of niche music into the pages of the Guardian over the years, but especially chuffed with getting to cover the waltzer sound system wars of Hull Fair. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Excited for you all to hear the next #JoinTheFuture show next week. Lots of ace music, some thoughts on the great JD Twitch, and bits from recent interviews with Glenn Undeground and Anu Pillai AKA Freeform Five. Airs on Wednesday 22nd at 15:00 BST via Noodsradio dot com
October 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Excited for you all to hear the next #JoinTheFuture show next week. Lots of ace music, some thoughts on the great JD Twitch, and bits from recent interviews with Glenn Undeground and Anu Pillai AKA Freeform Five. Airs on Wednesday 22nd at 15:00 BST via Noodsradio dot com
Saw “OpenAI Ethics” trending and my first thought was “what ethics?” Altman and co appear to have none
October 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Saw “OpenAI Ethics” trending and my first thought was “what ethics?” Altman and co appear to have none
Cat versus Lego: a story in two parts
October 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Cat versus Lego: a story in two parts
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On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.
October 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.
Last week I spoke to Elle Clark for a special episode of her Curved Track show on Rinse FM devoted to JD Twitch. Nice to share some memories and select a couple of tunes
www.rinse.fm/episodes/ell...
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Welcome to Rinse FM | Rinse FM
Rinse has dominated London’s radio airwaves for 30 years as a hub of the capital's thriving urban music community
www.rinse.fm
October 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Last week I spoke to Elle Clark for a special episode of her Curved Track show on Rinse FM devoted to JD Twitch. Nice to share some memories and select a couple of tunes
www.rinse.fm/episodes/ell...
www.rinse.fm/episodes/ell...
That Kemi Badenoch Tory conference speech in full: nothing is our fault, even though we crashed the economy; rich people should pay less tax; hate is fine when it is aimed at the “woke”; here’s a load of unaffordable electoral bribes aimed at people that are already wealthy and need zero help.
October 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
That Kemi Badenoch Tory conference speech in full: nothing is our fault, even though we crashed the economy; rich people should pay less tax; hate is fine when it is aimed at the “woke”; here’s a load of unaffordable electoral bribes aimed at people that are already wealthy and need zero help.
On the latest instalment of the ‘Reapptaised’ series, I’ve revisited Paul McCartney and Youth’s second album as The Fireman, an overlooked 90s ambient gem that I picked up on wax way back in 1998
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REAPPRAISED: 04 – THE FIREMAN: RUSHES
Matt Anniss dusts down an overlooked 1998 collaboration between Youth and Paul McCartney, a fine example of the latter’s love of risk-taking and experimentation
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October 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
On the latest instalment of the ‘Reapptaised’ series, I’ve revisited Paul McCartney and Youth’s second album as The Fireman, an overlooked 90s ambient gem that I picked up on wax way back in 1998
jointhefuture.net/2025/10/07/r...
jointhefuture.net/2025/10/07/r...
In a huff about not being fed on demand, the cat has confiscated my office chair again. Good excuse to go and do some reading elsewhere in the house!
October 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In a huff about not being fed on demand, the cat has confiscated my office chair again. Good excuse to go and do some reading elsewhere in the house!
Paging @samcoatessky.bsky.social , Chris Mason, Beth Rigby etc. This is who you are cheerleading for - a bunch of corrupt Russian assets and Putin cheerleaders. Your viewers need to know this stuff!
🚨 BREAKING: The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to #bribery, admitting he received corrupt payments as a Brexit Party MEP in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits to eight charges while an elected member of the European parliament
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Paging @samcoatessky.bsky.social , Chris Mason, Beth Rigby etc. This is who you are cheerleading for - a bunch of corrupt Russian assets and Putin cheerleaders. Your viewers need to know this stuff!
Since @petshopboys.co.uk have announced a new volume of their Disco series, it gives me an excuse to re-up this 2024 @thequietus.com article of mine about their relationship with dance music
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Pet Shop Boys, Pop and the Irresistible Rise of Electronic Dance Music
Matt Anniss links the history of Pet Shop Boys with the history of dance music culture disco, house and hi-nrg
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September 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Since @petshopboys.co.uk have announced a new volume of their Disco series, it gives me an excuse to re-up this 2024 @thequietus.com article of mine about their relationship with dance music
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
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I wrote a little about Optimo's JD Twitch futurismrestated.substack.com/p/mixes-dige...
Mixes Digest 22: Remembering Optimo’s JD Twitch
8 enduring sets from the late Keith McIvor (plus links to 20 more)
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September 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I wrote a little about Optimo's JD Twitch futurismrestated.substack.com/p/mixes-dige...
Who knew that a man renowned for talking complete bollocks, a tactic he borrowed from the world’s leading goof cheat (and occasional US president), would talk complete bollocks. Note to UK media: call out his drivel and easily disprovable lies more
The Royal Parks has rejected Nigel Farage's claim that migrants are killing and eating swans from their grounds.
The RSPCA has also poured cold water on the claim, saying a video that has been circulating on social media was from 15 years ago
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The RSPCA has also poured cold water on the claim, saying a video that has been circulating on social media was from 15 years ago
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Royal Parks responds to Farage's claim that swans are being eaten by eastern Europeans in the UK
The Reform leader had accused migrants living in the UK of taking both carp and swans - a protected species - from ponds in Britain's Royal Parks and killing them.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Who knew that a man renowned for talking complete bollocks, a tactic he borrowed from the world’s leading goof cheat (and occasional US president), would talk complete bollocks. Note to UK media: call out his drivel and easily disprovable lies more
I’ve spent quite a bit of time in recent months thinking about Keith McIvor AKA JD Twitch, who passed sway on Friday. There is much more to come, but here’s a first, raw tribute. Rest in power Keith - we’ll miss you x
www.juno.co.uk/junodaily/20...
www.juno.co.uk/junodaily/20...
www.juno.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I’ve spent quite a bit of time in recent months thinking about Keith McIvor AKA JD Twitch, who passed sway on Friday. There is much more to come, but here’s a first, raw tribute. Rest in power Keith - we’ll miss you x
www.juno.co.uk/junodaily/20...
www.juno.co.uk/junodaily/20...
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JD Twitch, esteemed Scottish DJ in duo Optimo, dies aged 57
JD Twitch, esteemed Scottish DJ in duo Optimo, dies aged 57
The producer and DJ, real name Keith McIvor, had been diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumour earlier this year
JD Twitch, the Scottish DJ and producer celebrated as one half of the duo Optimo, has died aged 57.
The artist, whose real name was Keith McIvor, had been diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumour, which he announced in July. He died on Friday in Glasgow’s Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice, his DJ partner Jonnie Wilkes (AKA JG Wilkes) announced. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
JD Twitch, esteemed Scottish DJ in duo Optimo, dies aged 57
Heartbreaking, but not unexpected news. Words can’t express how much inspiration and support Keith (JD Twitch) provided me and countless others over the years. I was lucky to visit him last month and made him a promise I intend to keep. Godspeed Keith - I’ll miss you x
Optimo (Espacio)’s JD Twitch has died.
RIP to an all-time great of UK dance music 🖤
RIP to an all-time great of UK dance music 🖤
Optimo (Espacio)’s JD Twitch has died
The DJ, producer, promoter and label head was a celebrated icon of UK dance music
mixmag.net
September 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Heartbreaking, but not unexpected news. Words can’t express how much inspiration and support Keith (JD Twitch) provided me and countless others over the years. I was lucky to visit him last month and made him a promise I intend to keep. Godspeed Keith - I’ll miss you x
Not amongst his greatest faults, but Trump really is terrible at reading out pre-prepared speeches. It’s like listening to a seven year-old reading aloud in class. Actually, it’s worse than that - my seven year old nephew can do better
September 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Not amongst his greatest faults, but Trump really is terrible at reading out pre-prepared speeches. It’s like listening to a seven year-old reading aloud in class. Actually, it’s worse than that - my seven year old nephew can do better
Have just been done like a kipper by the cat in a classic “move your feet, lose your seat” move over possession of the office chair. She delivered a great distraction to get me up, before sneakily moving into position while my back was turned.
September 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Have just been done like a kipper by the cat in a classic “move your feet, lose your seat” move over possession of the office chair. She delivered a great distraction to get me up, before sneakily moving into position while my back was turned.
Perhaps to celebrate this they could commission some proper histories of dance rather than that appalling Pete Tong fronted one that isn’t really history at all: jointhefuture.net/2025/01/17/t...
Launching today, BBC Radio 1 Dance's launch week will feature "new and archive sets" from the "biggest and best DJs"
BBC launches 24/7 Radio 1 Dance station on DAB+ for the first time
It joins new stations BBC Radio 1 Anthems and BBC Radio 3 Unwind, which officially launch today across DAB+ and BBC Sounds
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September 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Perhaps to celebrate this they could commission some proper histories of dance rather than that appalling Pete Tong fronted one that isn’t really history at all: jointhefuture.net/2025/01/17/t...
Excellent day so far in Glasgow discussing a forthcoming book project (more details soon) but I am now feeling the 4am start to get up and head to the airport for the flight here. I may be asleep before the flight to Bristol later 😂
September 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Excellent day so far in Glasgow discussing a forthcoming book project (more details soon) but I am now feeling the 4am start to get up and head to the airport for the flight here. I may be asleep before the flight to Bristol later 😂