In Strict Tempo Is Hard At Work
I’m away for the annual IMS Ibiza music conference this week, so this is just a short “greatest hits” newsletter - what with it being Easter last week, IMS this week (and I’m on holiday next week) I know that the usual In Strict Tempo schedule has been somewhat slack.
ALSO: Before this goes out - I went to Pikes last night, and I spent a bit of time in the club. Yeah, who’d have thought it? Me, in a nightclub… I digress… the three tunes I heard that got the biggest cheer from the crowd: Professional Widow, Au Seve and Inspector Norse. Wow that makes me feel old. Have Au Seve and Inspector Norse been elevated to that canon of ‘club classic’ like Professional Widow is? Are these tunes destined to appear on countless ‘Old Skool’ compilations? Didn’t they come out in like 2013/2014? Jeeeesus.
Anyway, in the meantime - here’s a selection of past newsletters you may have missed.
In Strict Tempo, vol. 71: Bad Mood Machine
I finally got my hands on a copy of Liz Pelly’s Mood Machine - the takedown of Spotify that’s had everyone talking since a section of it was published online late last year.
In Strict Tempo, vol. 69: Sandwell District Interview
With the release today of End Beginnings - their first album in over a decade, I spoke to Sandwell District’s Karl O’Connor and David Sumner about the tragic death of musical partner Silent Servant, why they didn’t enjoy making this new album, and why DJs now are like children’s TV presenters.
A Wink & A Nod To Blackest Ever Black
Readers might wonder where I got the name of this newsletter from, some will possibly know the album title it references (Dave Ball’s In Strict Tempo, released in 1984 on Some Bizarre), but that’s not where I picked it from originally. I saw the phrase in the sales notes for a
Sabres, Swordsmen & Solos: A Tribute to Andrew Weatherall
I’ve been writing In Strict Tempo for over a year now, and in that period I’ve paid tribute to a couple of favourite record labels but haven’t yet written much about the guv’nor: Andrew Weatherall.