Membership cards from the infamous acid house era collected in a new book called Members Only

Via It's Nice That.

"Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in June 2022"

More labels should do what Sematica have been doing with their Tarot Card series; it proves to be a great way to celebrate a label's back catalogue while giving listeners, new and old, a chance to discover overlooked artists. Check out their recent collection, El Sol. SEMANTICA TT15 which is a well-selected compilation by itself

Jim Coles has announced a second installment of Acid Dub Studies II for his Om Unit outfit

New book, Hey America! by Stuart Cosgrove focusses on "The Epic Story of Black Music and the White House"

"Posthumous Lee "Scratch" Perry Record To Be Released" on 26th August. Tracklist here

"Tim Westwood sex crime claims going back 40 years being investigated by police"

A Brief History of Recorded Music Formats

Outsideleft - a new magazine on music and culture

The Secret DJ: ‘If the one percent are not suffering, then everything is fine’ - for clarity, The Secret DJ spells out the dire situation the music industry is in, what with COVID, Brexit and the cost of living

In The Harsh Reality of Touring as a Female POC DJ we can read an extract from one of the contributors to the recent Secret DJ book Tales From The Booth.

Here's a no-nonsense, thumping Techno EP from BUUK called Vector. It's out on new label Echtrai, which is run by Blamhaus (who also runs B-Haus).

Harold Heath looks into the science of dance music duos

Six Tracks #24 with Pontiac Streator, dBridge, Christoph de Babalon, Yan Cook, Umwelt and iNFO.

"Britain’s best music is being silenced by ministerial failure"

Banging selection from Martyn in the new fabric podcast

Ask A Music Critic: Is Music Criticism Getting Worse?

How Artists Get Paid From Streaming

Hindutva pop: The rise of India’s hate music scene

In celebration of DJ Bone's back catalogue recently being made available for streaming, I've put together a DJ Bone Selection

Six Tracks #23, featuring µ-Ziq, Saint Abdullah & Eomac, Ben Shemie, bergsonist, Nite Fleit and Anton Kubikov.