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Andy Thomas

London, United Kingdom

Creative Writer at Freelance

Freelance Journalist at Wax Poetics

Words for Wax Poetics, Straight No Chaser, Bandcamp Daily, RBMA, Jocks & Nerds, Highsnobiety, Hole & Corner Co-Editor Faith Fanzine

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  • 1 week ago | daily.bandcamp.com | Andy Thomas

    LISTS From Teenage Fad to Global Sensation: The World of Jazz Dance By Andy Thomas · Illustration by Maria Medem · May 28, 2025 “What’s really exciting about the scene today is that it’s growing itself again, there’s a massive young audience out there,” says Paul Murphy, London’s original jazz dance DJ and founder of the Jazz Room Records label.

  • 1 week ago | daily.bandcamp.com | Andy Thomas

    ALBUM OF THE DAY Iration Steppas, “Dubs From the Foundation” By Andy Thomas · May 28, 2025 ​ ​ VP Records Queens, New York follow ✓ following unfollow ... Dubs From The Foundation VP Records . / pre-order buy pre-order buy you own this wishlist in wishlist go to album go to track go to album go to track .

  • 2 weeks ago | daily.bandcamp.com | Andy Thomas

    LISTS After-Hours Disco: A Guide to Morning Music and Sleaze By Andy Thomas · Illustration by Jo Minor · May 21, 2025 Born in the gay clubs of America in the late 1970s and early 1980s, sleaze/morning music remains something of a forgotten strand of disco. Most associated with The Saint in New York and Trocadero Transfer in San Francisco, this genre-hopping form of DJing was played around dawn after a night of uptempo disco.

  • 3 weeks ago | daily.bandcamp.com | Andy Thomas

    LISTS A Goldmine for Beat Diggers in the ’90s, Folk Funk Makes A Comeback By Andy Thomas · Illustration by Maria Contreras · May 12, 2025 The term folk funk came into modern usage in the early to mid-‘90s when DJs and producers began to search in unexpected corners for cosmic breaks that would work on the dancefloor. With rare groove records already deeply mined, beat diggers sought funky breaks hidden wherever they could find them.

  • 2 months ago | daily.bandcamp.com | Andy Thomas

    LISTS When Folk Meets Dub and Reggae By Andy Thomas · March 20, 2025 Despite its seeming on paper like an incongruous union, the collision of folk, dub, and reggae, in a way, makes perfect sense. “The use of the term ‘roots’ in both reggae and folk both point to a similar thing: the idea of an understanding where your people and culture come from,” says South London DJ/producer Elijah Minnelli.

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andy thomas @andythomasx
16 Mar 22

RT @FaithFanzine: Understanding the future is as important as digging the past. When someone comes along that deserves our cover they get o…

andy thomas
andy thomas @andythomasx
7 Feb 22

Another legend gone. RIP Syl Johnson. I was lucky to chat to Syl a few years ago for Jocks & Nerds. One of those interviews I never thought we’d pull off and one I’ll never forget. https://t.co/wrvAv4XJsH

andy thomas
andy thomas @andythomasx
26 Jan 22

Out of the archive - the craft of John Moore and HOBAC who I wrote about many years ago for @Dazed https://t.co/4wqqEjbXKa