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Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 2d

thank you! Glad you like it!

A guide to Masters at Work - aka the most influential duo in dance music. Part one.

Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 3d

Emperor TK > Mars Audiac > Transient > Dots > Margerine > Peng! > Cobra > Sound-Dust > Chemical > Instant Holograms > Not Music and I can prove it with diagrams.

Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 3d

On the Substack (for everyone) A guide to Masters at Work - aka the most influential duo in dance music. Pt 1.
In which I start off my journey into Kenny + Louie. Are they the most influential duo in dance music? What do you think? What are your MAW classics? linenoise.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...

Plus track reviews featuring Montell Fish, DJ Babatr, Ship Sket and more

A guide to Masters at Work - aka the most influential duo in dance music

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Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 4d

On the Substack today, for paid subscribers only (for the moment), my 7,000 word guide to Masters At Work AKA he most influential duo in dance music. linenoise.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...

(A subscriber special)

On the latest Line Noise, I spoke to Guy Brewer aka Carrier (and formerly one third of Commix and all of Shifted) about insane drum & bass production skill, Cambridge Hardcore, Berlin and Antwerp, pri

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Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 5d

my guest on @linenoisepod.bsky.social @radioprimavera.bsky.social is Carrier! Expect loads of d&b chat (he was in Commix, you know), Berlin and Antwerp, primal feelings and a lot more. His debut album as Carrier, Rhythm Immortal, is released on October 24. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Line Noise 231 (Carrier)

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Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 8d

I am simultaneously annoyed and vaguely comforted that AI has just totally failed the job I set it to do. There's (boring) work for us all.

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Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 10d

Part two of my guide to High Contrast is now available, plus reviews of new music by okdw, Tia Talks, Hekt, femtanyl, Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, Emma-Jean Thackray, Peter Perrett and Nala Sinephro. linenoise.substack.com/p/high-contr...

High Contrast - bringing French House funk to D&B: Part two

Plus okdw, Hekt, femtanyl, Nala Sinephro and more

High Contrast - bringing French House funk to D&B: Part One

Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 14d

damn this Devo documentary is SO GOOD. I think I'm going into a major Devo phase.

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Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 17d

On the Substack this week I examine the work of D&B wizard High Contrast, a man who brought French House funk (and many other unexpected influences) to D&B. Let me know your High Contrast favourites!
linenoise.substack.com/p/high-contr...

Plus UFOs, YU QT, Bruce and more

Kieran Hebden / William Tyler: 41 Longfield Street Late ’80s

Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 18d

I reviewed the Kieran Hebden / William Tyler album for @pitchfork.com. “41 Longfield Street Late ’80s feels like a work of careful reduction ... the record has a time-weathered feel, suggesting music that has been chipped out of the mountain and smoothed off by sand.” pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Read Ben Cardew’s review of the album.

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Primavera Sound @primavera-sound.bsky.social · 19d

🤸 Calienta que sales 🤸

¡El 25 de septiembre revelaremos el lineup de Primavera Sound 2026!

🎟️ Consigue tu abono a precio actual antes de la salida del cartel en www.primaverasound.com
#primaverasoundbcn

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Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 19d

on the Line Noise podcast @radioprimavera.bsky.social this week: an interview with Nu-UKG duo YU QT, who recently blew my - and many others' - mind with their devastating take on 2-Unlimited, Y'all Ready For Dis. We spoke about being closet romantics + much more. soundcloud.com/line-noise-p...

Line Noise 229 - YU QT

Welcome back to Line Noise. After a bit of a summer break, we gently ease you back into things - well, not really - with an interview with Nu-UKG duo YU QT, aka Darryl Reid and James Cooper, who recen

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Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 20d

4k words and we have breached 1994! Progress!!!!!

Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 21d

this is me reviewing the new Big Thief album in 120 seconds or less. Do be nice. or not! www.youtube.com/shorts/6IVPl...

BIG THIEF's new album ONE MINUTE REVIEW: Double Infinity | #RPSMUSIC

YouTube video by RPS_MUSIC

Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 22d

hmmm 3,00 words in now and I am stuck on 1993 and song four.

Line Noise | Ben Cardew | Substack

Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 22d

I’m not saying that my Substack is indulgent, but my latest piece sits at 1,800 words and I am only three years and two and a half songs into the duo’s four-decade career. Sign up here! linenoise.substack.com

Dance music’s past, dance music’s future. Click to read Line Noise, by Ben Cardew, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 24d

thank you!

Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 24d

thank you so much!

Romanthony – Testify #1 (A1)

Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 24d

And Testify! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWSx...

YouTube video by Angelo Sarnelli

Romanthony Presents Lifestyles - Trust (Ghost Mix) [Downtown 161]

Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 24d

Also: Trust (Ghost Mix) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwvB...

YouTube video by arkaycasa

Romanthony - The Wanderer (CD Remix #9)

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Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 24d

I mean obviously The Wanderer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb8B...

YouTube video by eigenhector

Romanthony, or the strange isolation of house music

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Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 24d

Romanthony, or the strange isolation of house music. On the Substack today, I wrote about the man who sung on one of dance music's greatest hits and then sat back and went quiet. Would love to know your favourite Romanthony tunes. linenoise.substack.com/p/romanthony...

Plus Tortoise, Joy Orbison, Flabbergast and more

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Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · 28d

I bought a cheap Kindle version of Natsume Soseki's I Am A Cat in English, rather than reading the gorgeous Catalan translation on my desk, and I am now being punished by the fact the word "cat" is spelled "eat", each and every time.

Ben Cardew @bencardew.bsky.social · Sep 10

works for me!