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Ben Cardew

Dance music’s past, dance music’s future

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Latest Issues

Le Patron Est Devenu Fou! - Super Discount at 30

“Liquidation Totale” @annajanemcintyre

It seems oddly, ineffably French that one of the best albums of the French Touch era isn’t really an album at all. Or not in the way that we commonly think of them, anyway.

Super Discount, which cele...

7 days ago
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Not Daft, no Punk - Best of the French Touch underground, from 1995 to 2000

Sébastien Teller in concert in Barcelona 2026. He’s not in this list either.

It sometimes feels as if Daft Punk have swallowed the French Touch whole, as if the entire generation of electronic music made in France between 1995 and 2000, ha...

14 days ago
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The question is more enjoyable than the solution - Sasha & Digweed’s Northern Exposure reviewed

Progressive house, proto trance, US breakbeats and Deep Forest unite!

The descent from “holy hell! Northern Exposure is getting reissued!” to “actually I don’t think I’ve ever heard Northern Exposure” was swift and vicious.

19 days ago
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“It's never not funny” - an interview with Matmos

“Alarm calls at Work, Work, Work” @annajanemcintyre

Every time a new Matmos album is released, I think what unbelievable fun it must be to actually be in Matmos.

Consider it: the loving couple of M. C. (Martin) Schmidt and Drew Daniel hav...

21 days ago
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“Things are ever more mysterious” - an interview with Call Super

“My favorite thing to listen to is the world around me.” @annajanemcintyre

Who was the best DJ at Primavera Sound 2026? Most people I asked said Call Super. Which didn’t really surprise me because Call Super, aka Joseph Richmond Seaton, is...

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