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Social Cleansing & The Community Fights Back – Is David becoming Goliath?

(Illustration by Javie Huxley) Earlier this year we had the privilege of being part of the ‘Save Latin Village’ campaign raising funds for their legal fees and promoting awareness of the plight facing not only the Latinx but ethnic minority communities in the UK....

Profile: DJ Early

Depending on who you ask, one of Britain’s greatest exports could be considered its rave scene, and in particular the illegal rave scene. From the well documented Second Summer of Love, to the UKG hysteria of the 90s and more recently Croydon’s dubstep renaissance,...

[PREMIERE] Clinical Poetics: An interview with DeForrest Brown, Jr.

Photo by Ting Ding DeForrest Brown, Jr. is a New York based rhythmanalyst, media theorist, and curator. He produces digital audio and extended media under the name Speaker Music. Threads Radio is proud to present this exclusive premiere of ‘On Bloodthirst and Jungle...

Interview: A Guy Called Gerald / THINGS DISAPPEAR

THINGS DISAPPEAR host Lee Kirk Fagan with Gerald Simpson https://soundcloud.com/threadsradio/things-disappear-w-a-guy-called-gerald-22-aug-19 Written by Alejandra Cabrera Abasolo. House music can’t be understood in the UK without the mentioning the legendary Gerald...

Queering Capitalism: HECHA / 做 on their ‘empathetic’ business model

Alex Honey sits down with Luz Angélica Fernández and Ting Ding—co-founders of HECHA / 做—for an exclusive interview at their 4-day pop-up in association with Make Techno Black Again, which showcased their gender-fluid, hand-painted garment brand alongside friends and...

Factor 50 (Charity Single) by Nicholas Rage

https://youtu.be/GFMXUPw1pn0 Nicholas Rage, a local Tottenham resident and born and bred Londoner has an obsession for rather odd music. His recent passion lies in ethnic edits from across the globe, with lyrics being the least of his criteria of musical...

The Guerrilla Mystic’s Identity Crisis

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThreadsRadio/the-guerrilla-mystic-w-al-ballentyne-the-prisoner-of-your-identities-03-sep-19/ Something that has become the norm in our society is the idea that we tie our identities to things/objects/places/people/ideas/belief...

The Amazon Jam w/ Meaney

Living in Canada, I have seen the first-hand effects of our changing climate - with water levels at record heights and wildfires burning throughout the Arctic. This week I was speaking with my friend João in São Paolo (shout-out Jo-Jo), and a photo he shared of...

Parasang (A Profile)

Improvisation, creativity and imagination are the holy trinity of truth in the musical experience. The industry has become obsessed with product over process, especially as the next generation of musicians are on their way up to a gate-kept industry taken over by...