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How Language and Identity shape London’s Music Scene

It may seem harder than ever to maintain your roots, but these artists show you otherwise “Music would be stuck in national folk if it weren’t for outsiders,” says Elin Edwards, a London-based musician hailing from North Wales. “It would take me a whole essay to...

Threads Outreach Presents: Industrial Workers of the World

‘ZERO-HOURS CONTRACT STAFF EARN £1000 A YEAR LESS’, ‘ZHCS TRAPPING YOUNG PEOPLE IN HOMELESSNESS’, ‘NUMBER OF ZHCS RISES BY 100 000 IN SINGLE YEAR’, ‘ZHCS HARM YOUNG PEOPLE’S MENTAL HEALTH’, ‘MORE THAN 5 MILLION PEOPLE IN BRITAIN SUFFER LOW-PAID, INSECURE WORK’,...

The Smooth Jazz Conspiracy – A documentary by Jeremy Coubrough

Jeremy Coubrough occasionally breaks his egg-only diet to eat at Berlin institution Risa Chicken. https://www.mixcloud.com/ThreadsRadio/the-smooth-jazz-conspiracy-w-jeremy-coubrough-20-july-19-threadszku/ This is a short article about a very good friend of mine....

Pop Up Pirates

Live from Aubervilliers A pop up has become part of our vernacular since 2010, I had wondered (cynically) if it was due to dying retail spaces, high rents and generally things being unobtainable unless you offered to do them for free. My first experience of a pop-up...

ALBUM REVIEW: Floating Points – Crush (2019)

Floating Points is a man with a PhD from UCL. There are a few other beatmakers with serious academic roots in London’s universities. Dan Snaith, a.k.a. Caribou, a.k.a. Daphni, has a PhD from Imperial, as does Brian May. The Queen guitarist completed his doctorate 37...

ALBUM REVIEW: Alexander Bonder feat. K/O OMEGA – GOLD (2019)

‘Haunting, Compelling and Mesmerising’ We indulge in the dark pop single by Alexander Bondor (Release by Chill n Bass/OTRMG Artist Commentary: “Gold is my song of freedom, my release from the “warmth of a cage” that was my previous life. It was a life where everything...

Fusión Bastarda: The Electronic Music Scene in Latin America

(Chancha via Circuito. Courtesy of artist) After the fire that took 200 lives during a gig in República Cromañón, a club in Buenos Aires, the city’s nightlife experienced a vast decline. The government shut down several venues, leaving party-goers devastated and...

Headway East London (September Show Rewind)

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThreadsRadio/radio-heaway-east-london-19-sep-19/ It was never meant to be like this. This blog post was meant to tell you what's been happening at Headway East London in the past month, and what's likely to be in our next Threads show. ...

Objekt x Ezra Miller (Review)

(Image courtesy of Percolate) Thursday 12th September marked the fifth outing of Objekt and Ezra Miller's live audio-visual performance. Over the past decade, Objekt has made a name for himself as one of house and techno's most dynamic DJs and producers. His...