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).
Laurent Garnier has been a driving force within the French electronic music scene. A man who is universally revered for his constant evolution and forward-thinking approach to his career, he is currently in his 25th year as a DJ and will soon be bringing about an end to his well-received LBS Live project. With this in mind, I sat down for a chat with him recently…
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Thursday, 29 November 2012 at 3:53 pm
Cajmere, AKA Curtis Jones (or Green Velvet), is a Chicago-born recording artist and DJ who has been involved in music for over twenty years and remains a very popular entertainer, perhaps more so now than he was twenty years ago. He travels the globe every weekend, playing to huge audiences everywhere he goes and continues to produce new music on a regular basis as well as supporting the younger generation of house and techno artists. This year his label, Cajual Records, celebrates twenty years since its inception – and, with this in mind, I caught up with Cajmere to discuss his story so far…
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Thursday, 29 November 2012 at 6:00 am
Although I focus mainly on electronic music, my musical tastes vary and live performances are a favourite of mine, particularly from exciting new talent. A couple of years ago Kings Of The City caught my ear – I saw them perform a few lives shows and was impressed by their set up – they are a large group comprised rappers and live instrumentalists. Full of energy they left an impression on me and, just recently, I had the chance to interview them about their story so far…
By Marcus Barnes | Music, Notebook | Wednesday, 28 November 2012 at 12:24 pm
There aren’t many DJs who can lay claim to a legacy such as that of Frankie Knuckles. Having been there at the birth of house music, rising up with his friend Larry Levan to help build to legendary Paradise Garage, producing some of the genre’s all-time classic tracks and maintaining a fruitful career for almost decades, Frankie is, to many, a living legend. Despite his achievements, he remains a humble and modest man, continuing to travel the world and play to his loyal followers from New York to Japan. I met up with Frankie for a chat during his recent visit to London and this is the resulting interview…
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Tuesday, 27 November 2012 at 8:00 am
Here’s an excerpt from an interview I conducted with Footprintz, a Canadian duo comprised Adam Hunter and Clarian North who make alternative electronic music. Their productions take influence from eighties heroes like Depeche Mode and strike that difficult balance between the melancholy and the upbeat. I’ve been following their progress for some time now and with their album soon to be arriving, I spent a little while chatting with them…
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Monday, 26 November 2012 at 5:22 pm
Much of the world’s most popular music is homogenised in its sound with virtually no identifiable local influences, which is a shame but typical of our increasingly inter-connected cultures. Tuki is one such form of music, stemming from hard house and techno it primarily existed within the slums of Venezuela.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Thursday, 22 November 2012 at 2:19 pm
Just last week I sat down for a chat with dance music extraordinaire Mylo and up-and-coming singer/producer/DJ, Ronika. The twosome are currently working on a project spearheaded by Bacardi, called Bacardi Beginnings which puts a newcomer to the world of music together with a more established act – resulting in a remix of the newcomer’s song by the established artist. In this case, Mylo is remixing Ronika and I met them both during a studio session in east London recently to find out all about the project and how it’s all been working on so far…
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Thursday, 22 November 2012 at 4:00 am
One of this year’s most popular DJ duos has without a doubt been Bicep, AKA Belfast boys Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar. Though they were surrounded by music when they were growing up, one of the key factors in their musical education was record shopping. As London’s infamous Phonica Records prepares to celebrate its ninth birthday, the Bicep boys kindly penned an ode to vinyl and record shopping exclusively for my blog.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Tuesday, 20 November 2012 at 4:21 pm
Mark B is one of those nomadic, forward-thinking people who has gone through several different guises during his time within the music industry. He is the brains behind the much-lauded International Feel label, as International Feel enters a new phase, Mark has put together a compilation of the label’s releases. I caught up with him recently to speak about his work.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Thursday, 15 November 2012 at 5:48 pm
In Brazil the economy, as well as electronic music, is booming. As one may expect, the scene there is vibrant and full of energy with numerous musicians and DJs making their presence felt on a local (and global) scale. One of the most famous clubs in Brazil is D-Edge, owned by business man and DJ Renato Ratier.
By Marcus Barnes | Arts, Music | Thursday, 8 November 2012 at 4:00 am
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