Nathan Evans
@nayfunevans.bsky.social
Music journalist + UK garage enjoyer, words in the guardian, p4k, resi advisor, mixmag, bandcamp, crack, the wire, dazed, etc.
https://linktr.ee/nayfunevans
https://linktr.ee/nayfunevans
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here's @nayfunevans.bsky.social's Rinse FM program from Thursday where he mixed a set of Baltimore club and UK Garage and talked with me about the 130bpm rhythmic common ground between the two genres:
www.rinse.fm/episodes/nat...
www.rinse.fm/episodes/nat...
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 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
here's @nayfunevans.bsky.social's Rinse FM program from Thursday where he mixed a set of Baltimore club and UK Garage and talked with me about the 130bpm rhythmic common ground between the two genres:
www.rinse.fm/episodes/nat...
www.rinse.fm/episodes/nat...
In case you've missed - I'm now a Rinse FM Resident! Spent the last few months creating the best UK garage show itw, and had some amazing guests and conversations. Next one is this Thursday!
www.rinse.fm/shows/nathan...
www.rinse.fm/shows/nathan...
September 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In case you've missed - I'm now a Rinse FM Resident! Spent the last few months creating the best UK garage show itw, and had some amazing guests and conversations. Next one is this Thursday!
www.rinse.fm/shows/nathan...
www.rinse.fm/shows/nathan...
what's up blusky
September 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
what's up blusky
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And a great read on the Liverpool scene by @nayfunevans.bsky.social
www.dazeddigital.com/music/articl...
www.dazeddigital.com/music/articl...
Scouse Rap: Inside Liverpool’s raw, rowdy underground scene
Rappers like Mazza L20, Young LS and EsDeeKid may paint a gritty picture of Liverpool, but they are united in their commitment to accurately portray working class Scouse life
www.dazeddigital.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
And a great read on the Liverpool scene by @nayfunevans.bsky.social
www.dazeddigital.com/music/articl...
www.dazeddigital.com/music/articl...
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I've been a huge fan of nathan's writing for a long time. We've been chatting for years about hard house and if you're curious, there's some words from me throughout the article.
big ups @nayfunevans.bsky.social !!!!
big ups @nayfunevans.bsky.social !!!!
Hard house is back, and it’s thanks to UK garage 💪🏠
For NUKG Monthly, I speak with a new generation of garage producers that are rediscovering a style that peaked in popularity 25 years ago.
www.keymag.co.uk/nukg-monthly...
For NUKG Monthly, I speak with a new generation of garage producers that are rediscovering a style that peaked in popularity 25 years ago.
www.keymag.co.uk/nukg-monthly...
Inside the Hard House Garage Crossover | KEYMAG
There’s a new generation of garage producers rediscovering hard house, a hardbodied style that hit its peak in popularity around 25 years ago.
www.keymag.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I've been a huge fan of nathan's writing for a long time. We've been chatting for years about hard house and if you're curious, there's some words from me throughout the article.
big ups @nayfunevans.bsky.social !!!!
big ups @nayfunevans.bsky.social !!!!
Hard house is back, and it’s thanks to UK garage 💪🏠
For NUKG Monthly, I speak with a new generation of garage producers that are rediscovering a style that peaked in popularity 25 years ago.
www.keymag.co.uk/nukg-monthly...
For NUKG Monthly, I speak with a new generation of garage producers that are rediscovering a style that peaked in popularity 25 years ago.
www.keymag.co.uk/nukg-monthly...
Inside the Hard House Garage Crossover | KEYMAG
There’s a new generation of garage producers rediscovering hard house, a hardbodied style that hit its peak in popularity around 25 years ago.
www.keymag.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hard house is back, and it’s thanks to UK garage 💪🏠
For NUKG Monthly, I speak with a new generation of garage producers that are rediscovering a style that peaked in popularity 25 years ago.
www.keymag.co.uk/nukg-monthly...
For NUKG Monthly, I speak with a new generation of garage producers that are rediscovering a style that peaked in popularity 25 years ago.
www.keymag.co.uk/nukg-monthly...
A couple months ago, I found out that Jeremy Sylvester, Dillinja and more remixed the original Tekken soundtrack 🥷
For RA, I investigated the first spark of a decades-long love triangle between jungle, Japanese club culture and video game OSTs 🇬🇧🇯🇵🎮
ra.co/features/4419
For RA, I investigated the first spark of a decades-long love triangle between jungle, Japanese club culture and video game OSTs 🇬🇧🇯🇵🎮
ra.co/features/4419
Rewind: Various – Tekken (Jungle Remixes) · Feature ⟋ RA
In 1996, four UK jungle heavyweights remixed the Tekken soundtrack—and accelerated a longstanding alliance between video games, Japanese rave culture and the hardcore continuum.
ra.co
January 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A couple months ago, I found out that Jeremy Sylvester, Dillinja and more remixed the original Tekken soundtrack 🥷
For RA, I investigated the first spark of a decades-long love triangle between jungle, Japanese club culture and video game OSTs 🇬🇧🇯🇵🎮
ra.co/features/4419
For RA, I investigated the first spark of a decades-long love triangle between jungle, Japanese club culture and video game OSTs 🇬🇧🇯🇵🎮
ra.co/features/4419
I spoke to the half-human, half-horse club sensation herself: horsegiirL, for the cover of Mixmag 🐴💕✨🥕
mixmag.net/feature/hors...
mixmag.net/feature/hors...
The centaur of attention: horsegiirL is captivating clubland
First emerging in 2022, horsegiirL has become a dance music phenomenon, building a vivid fantasy world for her obsessive fans to indulge in and feeding their limitless appetite for breakneck sounds. A...
mixmag.net
January 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I spoke to the half-human, half-horse club sensation herself: horsegiirL, for the cover of Mixmag 🐴💕✨🥕
mixmag.net/feature/hors...
mixmag.net/feature/hors...
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must read material if you're curious to what UKG has been up to this year. plenty of wonderful words about wonderful tunes
After writing 8000 words worth of blurbs, here it is: the Top 100 UK Garage Tunes of 2024‼️
www.keymag.co.uk/nukg-monthly...
www.keymag.co.uk/nukg-monthly...
Top 100 UK Garage Tunes of 2024 | KEYMAG
Featuring Introspekt, MPH, Diffrent, Silva Bumpa, Muskatt and more, these are the best UK garage tracks 2024 had to offer.
www.keymag.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
must read material if you're curious to what UKG has been up to this year. plenty of wonderful words about wonderful tunes
After writing 8000 words worth of blurbs, here it is: the Top 100 UK Garage Tunes of 2024‼️
www.keymag.co.uk/nukg-monthly...
www.keymag.co.uk/nukg-monthly...
Top 100 UK Garage Tunes of 2024 | KEYMAG
Featuring Introspekt, MPH, Diffrent, Silva Bumpa, Muskatt and more, these are the best UK garage tracks 2024 had to offer.
www.keymag.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
After writing 8000 words worth of blurbs, here it is: the Top 100 UK Garage Tunes of 2024‼️
www.keymag.co.uk/nukg-monthly...
www.keymag.co.uk/nukg-monthly...
I wrote all this in 2024 💙
December 31, 2024 at 9:52 AM
I wrote all this in 2024 💙
It's about that time
December 20, 2024 at 10:11 AM
It's about that time
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I decided to write up a little list of my favorite releases from this year.
my taste this year has done a 180 from forward thinking club music, taking me back to the mid 00's. this list is mostly garage/hard house with a couple other things sprinkled in.
links to every release will be below
my taste this year has done a 180 from forward thinking club music, taking me back to the mid 00's. this list is mostly garage/hard house with a couple other things sprinkled in.
links to every release will be below
December 18, 2024 at 4:24 PM
I decided to write up a little list of my favorite releases from this year.
my taste this year has done a 180 from forward thinking club music, taking me back to the mid 00's. this list is mostly garage/hard house with a couple other things sprinkled in.
links to every release will be below
my taste this year has done a 180 from forward thinking club music, taking me back to the mid 00's. this list is mostly garage/hard house with a couple other things sprinkled in.
links to every release will be below
Got a scam caller today, searched the phone number on google and the only thing that popped up was this wonderful tune, happy days
December 16, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Got a scam caller today, searched the phone number on google and the only thing that popped up was this wonderful tune, happy days
Just been asked to be a talking head expert in a documentary because of NUKG Monthly 💙
December 16, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Just been asked to be a talking head expert in a documentary because of NUKG Monthly 💙
One of the best uk garage tunes of the year, what a sparker
December 12, 2024 at 1:18 PM
One of the best uk garage tunes of the year, what a sparker
Very cool to be included in this list 💙 gonna share some of my proudest bits of music writing soon to get you new ppl up to speed!
Made a starter pack of some of my fav voices in music writing 🙂
go.bsky.app/F5YFs8C
go.bsky.app/F5YFs8C
December 12, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Very cool to be included in this list 💙 gonna share some of my proudest bits of music writing soon to get you new ppl up to speed!
It’s about that time
December 11, 2024 at 1:55 PM
It’s about that time
Hydrabad 001 was an absolute ball 🪩💙
November 24, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Hydrabad 001 was an absolute ball 🪩💙
Just found this one and am completely in love
November 14, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Just found this one and am completely in love
There’s such a pure innocence in the best of Niche that even tracks inspired by it today struggle to achieve. Tracks like these sound so happy to exist
November 14, 2024 at 12:29 PM
There’s such a pure innocence in the best of Niche that even tracks inspired by it today struggle to achieve. Tracks like these sound so happy to exist
Save me less evil social network
November 14, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Save me less evil social network
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