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Matt Anniss
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Journalist / author / dance music historian / DJ / research student. #JoinTheFuture out now on @PressVelocity. More info: jointhefuture.net
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    Matt Anniss
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    Apr 7, 2025
    Today, I launch the next stage of my PhD research into rave culture in #EastAnglia (that’s #Cambridgeshire, #Norfolk and #Suffolk) between 1989 and 2019. I’m looking for former and current ravers who partied in the region to fill in a quick online survey about their experiences
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    Matt Anniss
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    May 23, 2024
    I’m old enough to have seen Labour in power before, so I can tell you (and Mark) that for all their faults, mistakes and missteps (Iraq being the biggest by far), it was still miles better than the chaos and misery of the last 14 years.
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    Matt Anniss
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    Oct 12, 2020
    “This is Fatima. Unless she has rich parents or is sat on a massive trust fund, she should just do something else. The arts is not for poor people or plebs. Leave it to the rich and privileged. Yours, HM Government.”
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    Matt Anniss
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    Aug 7, 2024
    Replying to @soupyferns @sophiefernley and @iloafcallumkay
    I’m a Brit and I’ve definitely eaten fish and chips with my hands, usually by the seaside or similar (ie out and about). I wouldn’t pick up the whole fish though, like I was handling fried chicken - I’d pull bits off. The tiny wooden forks are useless aside from picking up chips
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    Matt Anniss
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    Mar 23, 2023
    Daft Punk are massively overrated and you should just spend your time listening to music made by the people they list in the lyrics to 'Teachers' instead.
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    Matt Anniss
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    Oct 24, 2019
    Replying to @geoffwilton2 @Peston and @BorisJohnson
    Sadly a significant portion of the population appears to respond to Johnson and co’s lies and game-playing. They could get Brexit over the line with some compromise without a GE, or by calling another referendum and trusting that people will vote for their deal, but they won’t
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    Matt Anniss
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    May 23, 2020
    Hey .@MattHancock, I’ve seen no sign of that “protective ring” around care homes you talked about, just a protective ring around #DominicCummings
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    Matt Anniss
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    Nov 19, 2019
    The laughter greeting Johnson’s attempt to claim that the truth matters and that he’s trustworthy in the #LeadersDebate is good to see. He has no integrity at all
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    Matt Anniss
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    May 11, 2020
    Starmer asks detailed questions, Johnson waffles in reply without answering any of them, and then a swivel eyed Tory MP gets up to brown nose the dribbling morality vacuum/ part time prime minister and prattle on about free trade. Pathetic. #borisjohnsonspeech
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    Matt Anniss
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    Nov 1, 2021
    “Acid is all about bassline in the music and nothing to do with drugs” (Simon Bates in the Daily Mirror, 1988)
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    Matt Anniss
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    Jun 8, 2020
    Replying to @mat8iou
    If this whole episode helps strip back the influence of the Merchant Venturers on civic life in Bristol then it will have achieved a lot- marginalising them from the decision making process is long overdue
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    Matt Anniss
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    Feb 10, 2020
    Coming soon on Cease & Desist, a new label from @JDTwitch... the first @BleepAndBass compilation, with tracks selected by yours truly including a couple of previously unreleased gems - all re-mastered for the compilation by bleep legend Rob Gordon. 2xLP and digital, due 27 March.
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    Matt Anniss
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    Jun 10, 2019
    Coming to stores this December… Join The Future: Bleep Techno and the Birth of British Bass Music. It's been almost a decade in the making, as I explain in this blog post on my publisher's website (where you can also pre-order the book): velocitypress.uk/story-of-join-… #JoinTheFuture
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    Matt Anniss
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    Apr 12, 2022
    Replying to @ShelaghFogarty and @SamCoatesSky
    Operation Save Big Dog (part 5,473)