UK House, Techno and Everything Inbetween
UK House, Techno and Everything Inbetween Some of my favourite UK based producers right now. People’s playlists by: TNAM.UK Contributor Instagram Club-House,House,tech-house,Techno {{ reviewsTotal }}{{ options.labels.singularReviewCountLabel }} {{ reviewsTotal }}{{ options.labels.pluralReviewCountLabel }} {{ options.labels.newReviewButton }} {{ userData.canReview.message }} You Might Also Like Recent Posts
GALA 2025 Review – Friends, Flags, & Farts in the Club:
GALA 2025 Review – Friends, Flags, & Farts in the Club: GALA is still a guaranteed fun weekend, even after 10 years 6 June 2025 By Caitlin Taylor GALA is a strangely comforting festival to me, as I’m sure it is to others who’ve spent a decent chunk of their lives walking distance from Peckham Rye Park. It attracts a loyal crowd – you’re going to encounter the same faces year after year, especially on a Saturday when most are off work. This was my first year not in a large group, which felt slightly alien, and I stand by that likely being the best way to enjoy yourself. Most people here are in eclectic, eccentric and impeccably dressed friend groups, but there’s also a growing movement of people finding new friends to go with. Sometimes people are hesitant about DJ-heavy, dance music festivals due to a fear of being the oldest there but users like Slaypril on TikTok are doing their best to dispel this anxiety. She started a group for those over 25 who aren’t yet ready to give up partying and recounts in one of her videos how she found a beautiful community of people feeling the same at GALA. The crowd we experienced was much more akin to one at The Cause than Ministry of Sound if that means anything to you. We walked in and were immediately met with Amaliah, a tiny figure on the enormous Main Stage. She captivated the growing crowd though, starting with a few early attendants sitting closely swaying along and finishing with a large audience almost spanning the entire length of the stage. Before we arrived, we’d been keen to spend time at the Pleasure Dome, a large geometric tent situated right at the centre of the site. The lineup here was very fun and very queer but unfortunately, after the first few hours there always seemed to be a large queue when we walked by – rightly so, but no less annoying. If we weren’t so keen to catch as much as we could we may have waited it out, and from what we heard inside it would’ve been worth it. DJ Fart in the Club was a highlight, as usual. It will never not be entertaining to see the confusion on people’s faces when one of their friends loudly announces that she’s playing. Her backdrop featured a Palestinian flag – like most festivals so far this year, GALA’s Pro-Palestine message was clear from flags on stage to scrawled messages on tents. dreamlike feminine quality. One key highlight was the Sunflower tent, offering a starkly different vibe to most of the rest of the festival with its sparkly balloons and vinyl DJs. Their lineup was announced partway through the day on a scrawled piece of A4, including two surprise sets by Floating Points and Giles Peterson – a regular name at UK festivals this year. We camped out here a few times, catching Mafalda’s B2B. It was a refreshing break in between heavier sets especially as the night went on. Avalon Emerson closed out, keeping her foot on the ball by featuring remixes of up-and-coming French darling Oklou. The crowd were captivated, a sea of grinning faces and bodies in motion. GALA 2025 was a lovely celebration of the 10-year anniversary of one of the best London festivals still going. It manages to feel fun and fresh, intimate and casual – a crowd-pleaser, and rightly so. We look forward to year eleven! You might also like ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ Recent Posts ⋆⭒˚.⋆
New Single Release: BODUR “DON’T BEAT THE SWEET OUT OF MY BOY (Florentino Remix)
New Single Release: BODUR “DON’T BEAT THE SWEET OUT OF MY BOY (Florentino Remix) All DJs should take note because this is the only song we need to be hearing in the club, and preferably on repeat. 06.02.24 Words by Layla Wheatley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFO4afzk2AA Don’t beat the sweet out of my boy’ brings the listener into a trancelike state with an effortlessly cool atmosphere to it. The pulsing electronic baseline with pleasingly frequent bass drops adds to this hypnotic and energising vibe. The song almost takes on a dark quality with Bodur’s expert manipulation of voice and tone, accompanied by her meaningful lyrics. This track is a cohesive collaboration with gothic rapper Denzel himself, but it has also been remixed by Florentino. Don’t beat the sweet out of my boy’ brings the listener into a trancelike state with an effortlessly cool atmosphere to it. The pulsing electronic baseline with pleasingly frequent bass drops adds to this hypnotic and energising vibe. The song almost takes on a dark quality with Bodur’s expert manipulation of voice and tone, accompanied by her meaningful lyrics. This track is a cohesive collaboration with gothic rapper Denzel himself, but it has also been remixed by Florentino. She originally turned to music and creative writing as an emotional outlet from internal struggles and to express her opinion of societal issues, which she has since continued to do, establishing an authentic image. This is epitomised in her album title, ‘oz’ meaning ‘self’ in Turkish, where this song features along with two others entitled ‘Gorgeous’ and ‘Mummy’ For example, ‘Don’t beat the sweet out of my boy’ is a comment on toxic masculinity and how, in the effort to pursue manhood, some men leave behind or restrict their softer qualities. Specifically, this song was first a poem penned by Bodur pleading that her younger brother would not lose his innocence and sweetness in his transition to manhood. If you love listening to this artist, make sure to see her play live at the Great Escape Festival in Brighton on May 16th, where she is part of a brilliant line-up. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BODUR (@bodurbodurbodurbodur) You Might Also Like
NEW SINGLE RELEASE – Working Men’s Club ‘Widow’ Gabe Gurnsey Remix
NEW SINGLE RELEASE -Working Men’s Club ‘Widow’ Gabe Gurnsey Remix 16.11.23 Words by Becca Child The latest cracker from West Yorkshire’s band Working Men’s Club is an energetic, virtually pulsating remix of Widow. https://www.google.com/search?q=Working+Men%E2%80%99s+Club+%27Widow%27+Gabe+Gurnsey+Remix&oq=Working+Men%E2%80%99s+Club+%27Widow%27++Gabe+Gurnsey+Remix&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigAdIBBzM3MGowajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#vhid=Xm8-wA46TSgivM&vssid=videos-fdbf4bc9 The lead single is currently the most streamed track off their 2022 album, Fear Fear, described by Heavenly Recordings “made for agitating and dancing, for heart and soul, for here, now and tomorrow”, making the remix of Widow a perfect accompaniment to the record. The remix has been crafted by producer Gabe Gurnsey, “a close friend/collaborator and inspiration since the start of Working Men’s Club” according to the group’s Instagram. Moreover, the remix has been a fan favourite for a while with it featuring on the frontman Syd Minsky-Sargeant’s DJ sets for the past year. Finally, we’ve been treated to receive the remix as an official release. Gabe Gurnsey’s remix presents Widow in a fresh light, giving it a groovy new pulse and leaning into the original track’s dance elements whilst retaining its sentimental and vibrant spirit. Exemplary of the atmosphere created on the record, one that feels both nostalgic and futuristic, restless but still self-assured, Widow explores the existence of contraries within one another as well as experiencing the space left when someone leaves you. These ideas are demonstrated through Widow’s lyrics like “Misery is bliss to me” and “I love you now you’re dead, you see”. The remix’s expertly engineered transitions between tension and release as well as the dreamy and sometimes distorted use of Widow’s lyrics mean this remix is anything but repetitive and make it an exciting new dimension to a much-loved track. Encapsulating the beloved spirit of the UK’s new wave scene blended with techno, the collaboration between Working Men’s Club and Gabe Gurnsey feels effortless and inevitable on this remix. If there was ever a soundtrack to being in a dark room faced with too bright lights and feeling everything a little bit too much it would most certainly be this track. You Might Also Like