Marcus Barnes is a music journalist with ten years extensive experience in both print and online writing. He is Techno Editor at Mixmag, Social Media Marketing Manager at Point Blank music school and contributes features, reviews and interviews to various publications including Resident Advisor, Ibiza Voice, The Word (Belgium), i-D Online, Notion Magazine, Meoko and more. He also hosts a show on www.hoxtonfm.co.uk every Saturday 8pm-10pm (GMT).
Kate Simko is a lady who has constantly worked towards to pushing herself musically. Though she makes electronic music and has become well-known within the genre, she has refused to stick to simply making music and has progressed into audio visual compositions and more. Her latest endeavours involve a course at the Royal College of Music and a 40-minute composition, which will be performed at the National Gallery this week. With that in mind, I caught up with Kate to discuss the impending performance.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Monday, 20 May 2013 at 6:30 pm
I have very distinct memories of being an 11-year-old, watching The Shamen’s video for Ebeneezer Goode and being completely hooked by the vocals of the group’s rapper, Mr.C. I was a big fan of The Shamen, but what I didn’t know was that Mr.C had already been around as a DJ and MC for a good few years before the group hit the charts. Fast forward 21 years and he’s still involved in rave/underground culture – travelling the world as a DJ, hosting his Superfreq parties, running a label of the same name (which he recently relaunched) and maintaining a lifestyle based around meditation, creative visualisation and positive thinking. Here’s an excerpt from my interview with him.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Wednesday, 8 May 2013 at 9:00 am
One of London’s best loved, and least promotion-focused, parties is Lo*Kee. The event’s name has become synonymous with good parties, full of good people, good music and providing nothing but good times. I was fortunate enough to be granted the first ever interview with the Lo*Kee team, here’s a snippet of what they had to say.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Tuesday, 30 April 2013 at 5:39 pm
Every now and then I hear a piece of music that completely throws me. As a music writer I’m constantly listening to new stuff and, while I love most of it – being a complete glutton for house and techno – sometimes it can get a bit samey.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Monday, 29 April 2013 at 12:41 pm
A number of years ago, before digital media became the norm, I remember being handed a mixtape by one of my friends. It was a collection of techno delights from various artists, at the time I didn’t know the names of any of the tracks or their producers but, as time went on I discovered some of them.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Thursday, 25 April 2013 at 11:05 am
Timo Maas is a busy man with a hectic tour schedule and a new album to promote so, of course, he’s pretty pushed for time at the moment. However, I managed to grab a few minutes with him for a quickfire interview.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Tuesday, 23 April 2013 at 2:05 pm
At some point last year I was talking to my friend Matt Hardinge about music, as per usual, and he put me on to an up-and-coming artist called Silky.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Monday, 22 April 2013 at 12:26 pm
Last week Maceo Plex took to his Facebook page to voice his opinion on the already controversial short film made by Resident Advisor following Nina Kraviz ‘on the road’ for a few days. His post opened the flood gates for more people to join the discussion, which went viral and caused a furore with accusations of institutionalised sexism within the world of DJing.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Thursday, 18 April 2013 at 3:04 pm
Proxy hails from Russia and makes music that is often as tough and uncompromising as the Russians who are stereotypically portrayed in western films and TV shows. He was inspired by a now legendary show by The Prodigy in Red Square back in the mid-Nineties and has been fascinated with making his own music ever since.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Thursday, 11 April 2013 at 4:47 pm
At the end of last year I learnt Duncan Michael Wilson, a Leeds-based DJ who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer at a young age. Rather than let the diagnosis get him down, Duncan decided to create a hilarious character called Justin Case and made a few YouTube videos which were highly amusing. Sadly, Duncan passed away about a month after we’d spoken. As a tribute to Despo, here’s the interview we did just a few weeks ago.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Tuesday, 26 March 2013 at 5:39 pm
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