Africa HiTech –‘Out In The Streets’ (Warp)
by Matt O’Neill There’s an interesting twist to the career of Mark Pritchard. One of the industry’s more celebrated underdogs, Pritchard has been forging a career in dance music for the better part of...
View ArticleExercise Music I: Fast Music, Slow Walky
by Matt O’Neill I recently took up daily exercise. As of last week, I have been walking 12 kilometres each day. This takes roughly two hours. In order to distract myself from the reality of walking...
View ArticleNAPT – Emotion EP (Red Sugar)
by Matt O’Neill I was a touch worried about this release. NAPT are quite an important act to me. I would, without any fear of exaggeration, describe them as the greatest dancefloor-oriented production...
View ArticleThe REAL Collapse Board Manifesto
by Matt O’Neill Firstly, an explanation and apology. Ultimately, what we like to do with Collapse Board is cultivate a specialist audience. To that end, we thought we’d circulate an illusory doctrine...
View Articlethoughts on the new Washington song, ‘Holy Moses’
by Matt O’Neill I’ll be honest: I love Megan Washington. Not as a musician, as a person. Well, love is probably an exaggeration. It’s more of a crush. Needless to say, I’ve known her for a couple of...
View ArticleEXERCISE MUSIC II: THE MIX TAPES
By Matt O’Neill I currently find myself exercising a great deal. I originally began in February with just 30 minutes of exercise each day to lose some weight. Since then, I’ve felt compelled to keep...
View ArticleTHE WTF REVIEW: Ball Park Music – Happiness And Surrounding Suburbs (Stop...
By Matt O’Neill I used to despise Ball Park Music. Well, I don’t know if despise is the appropriate term. I never really gave them a chance. I heard their ubiquitous ‘iFly’ single and then promptly...
View ArticleIs Collapse Board worth saving?
By Matt O’Neill As many will no doubt be aware, Everett True recently threatened (or promised, depending on your allegiance) to shut down Collapse Board if Maria And The Gay did not sell 25 copies of...
View ArticleRemembering The CD
By Matt O’Neill When I was 16, I had a teacher called Mr Reeves. While I always suspected he thought I was a bit of a loser, he was my favourite teacher – not least of all because he knew a lot about...
View ArticleAn Excessively Exhaustive Look at 10 Interesting Pieces of Music from 2011 |...
By Matt O’Neill I was originally going to avoid this particular cliché. Instead of writing yet another list of highlights from 2011, I was going to write a list of the records and songs I wish I’d...
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