Monthly Archives: April 2012

Junior SP Jumps the Q

Jump the Q A mini-interview with 22 short questions (some personal, some tricky) looking for equally short answers, addressed to artists, producers, promoters, djs, friends and affiliates of the blog in general. Today Junior SP Jumps the Q Let’s get started: Set 1: The man behind the mask

Whatever happened to …?

It‘s been almost two decades since the birth and evolution of the jungle/drum and bass music (will be referred to as jdnb onwards). Many artists and labels have marked indelibly the development of this musical genre with their work, vision and ethos, establishing jdnb as a dynamic and pioneering movement in the electronic dance musicContinue reading “Whatever happened to …?”

Memoirs Of a Vinyl Junkie – part 4

 A Frenchman, a card, a broken arm and the epiphany Saturday afternoon, December 3rd 1994, somewhere in western Athens He entered the cafeteria, where all his schoolmates used to gather on a Saturday afternoon for  coffee and small talk.  His mates waved at him. They were sitting on a table beside the big boys. GoodContinue reading “Memoirs Of a Vinyl Junkie – part 4”

Memoirs Of a Vinyl Junkie – part 3

Wednesday morning, October 2003, somewhere in west-central London The BT technician had just left the flat. Finally, the internet connection had been restored and upgraded to 2Mb. After almost 48h without a connection, the return to civilization was a great relief. His flat-mate had fallen into an internet coma for the last 2 weeks andContinue reading “Memoirs Of a Vinyl Junkie – part 3”

Memoirs Of a Vinyl Junkie – part 2

Tuesday morning, October 1993 09:50 He is staring anxiously at the classroom clock counting the nanoseconds. It’s almost 10 and in about an hour or so the boxes with the new releases at the record store downtown are bound to open. There is no way he can make it before 2, unless he skips theContinue reading “Memoirs Of a Vinyl Junkie – part 2”