Annabel Ross
@annabel-ross.bsky.social
writer person
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I’m pressed for time this week (heading to Australia via South America next week, may or may not be returning to New York in a few months) and need to focus on packing up my apartment and doing other work that might be more lucrative and help with my credit card bill.
Ruminating, ruminating
Lily Allen, Zohran Mamdani, DJ Harvey and other bits and bobs
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November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m pressed for time this week (heading to Australia via South America next week, may or may not be returning to New York in a few months) and need to focus on packing up my apartment and doing other work that might be more lucrative and help with my credit card bill.
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Great interview by @annabel-ross.bsky.social with good-guy and great DJ, John (Juan) MacLean
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The Juan MacLean on Money, Medicine, and Meaning
From DFA to the jungle, the veteran DJ and producer reflects on the cost of integrity and the pull of healing
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October 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Great interview by @annabel-ross.bsky.social with good-guy and great DJ, John (Juan) MacLean
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Had one of my favourite-ever conversations for the newsletter with one of the nicest guys in music, The Juan MacLean politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/the-juan-m...
The Juan MacLean on Money, Medicine, and Meaning
From DFA to the jungle, the veteran DJ and producer reflects on the cost of integrity and the pull of healing
politicsdancingxyz.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Had one of my favourite-ever conversations for the newsletter with one of the nicest guys in music, The Juan MacLean politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/the-juan-m...
My main point in this Róisín Murphy piece, which many people (terfs) seem to have missed, is that whether or not you agree with them her comments are extremely hurtful to trans people, an already vulnerable community politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
The truth about Róisín's legacy
Save for some unlikely redemption arc, she's torched it
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October 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My main point in this Róisín Murphy piece, which many people (terfs) seem to have missed, is that whether or not you agree with them her comments are extremely hurtful to trans people, an already vulnerable community politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
Two weeks ago I interviewed @pempem.bsky.social about their brilliant new book Breaking Awake, in which their nervous breakdown and attempt to recover with the help of prescribed and illicit drugs sparked much bigger questions about what is making us depressed and anxious
From breakdown to breakthrough
In their new book, P.E. Moskowitz envisions a new world through drugs
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October 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Two weeks ago I interviewed @pempem.bsky.social about their brilliant new book Breaking Awake, in which their nervous breakdown and attempt to recover with the help of prescribed and illicit drugs sparked much bigger questions about what is making us depressed and anxious
This week's newsletter is about the avant-pop icon who blocked me (and many others) this week. No one's out to get you, Róisín. We just want you to stop acting like a c*nt politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
The truth about Róisín's legacy
Save for some unlikely redemption arc, she's torched it
politicsdancingxyz.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This week's newsletter is about the avant-pop icon who blocked me (and many others) this week. No one's out to get you, Róisín. We just want you to stop acting like a c*nt politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
A new chapter for the newsletter, plus a reader feedback survey. I’d be so grateful for your input ♥️
the politics of dancing is evolving ✨
A new chapter for the newsletter, plus a reader feedback survey
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October 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A new chapter for the newsletter, plus a reader feedback survey. I’d be so grateful for your input ♥️
Featuring Jimmy Kimmel, Karen Attiah, Ezra Klein, Netanyahu at the UN, the pathetic Australian Prime Minister, Kamala Harris’ new book, Resident Advisor and The Great Regression, Najla Said (daughter of Edward) and purity politics, Roi Perez, and the statement that “PLUR is inherently g3noc1d@l.”
Monday musings
Dissecting the discourse of the past week
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September 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Featuring Jimmy Kimmel, Karen Attiah, Ezra Klein, Netanyahu at the UN, the pathetic Australian Prime Minister, Kamala Harris’ new book, Resident Advisor and The Great Regression, Najla Said (daughter of Edward) and purity politics, Roi Perez, and the statement that “PLUR is inherently g3noc1d@l.”
Chatted with brilliant Philly-based DJ/producer estoc abt the problem with political raves, trying to make a living while staying true to your values, why longform content is an essential tool in beating fascism and the importance of engaging with the past to better understand the present & future.
I don't want my art to be up for interpretation
estoc on the importance of making your position loud and clear
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September 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Chatted with brilliant Philly-based DJ/producer estoc abt the problem with political raves, trying to make a living while staying true to your values, why longform content is an essential tool in beating fascism and the importance of engaging with the past to better understand the present & future.
Since her breakthrough EP Evaluate Me was released in 2019, Gyrofield aka Kiana Li has made a name for herself as one of the most exciting new talents in drum & bass. Over the past few years, however, the 22-year-old has demonstrated that her sound is far too broad, inventive and confounding
"The idea of belonging is a big chip on my shoulder"
Gyrofield on wanting to fit in when she can't help but stand out
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August 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Since her breakthrough EP Evaluate Me was released in 2019, Gyrofield aka Kiana Li has made a name for herself as one of the most exciting new talents in drum & bass. Over the past few years, however, the 22-year-old has demonstrated that her sound is far too broad, inventive and confounding
I’m not trying to encourage social media pile-ons, but in the face of a live-streamed ethnic cleansing, I think it’s reasonable to publicly challenge influential figures in dance music (and everywhere). politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/in-defence...
In defence of naming names
We should all be holding each other accountable in a time of genocide
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August 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I’m not trying to encourage social media pile-ons, but in the face of a live-streamed ethnic cleansing, I think it’s reasonable to publicly challenge influential figures in dance music (and everywhere). politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/in-defence...
Spoke with the wonderful producer/live performer/DJ/writer Russell E.L. Butler on their uncompromising sound and values, how DJing too frequently dilutes what should be a sacred experience, why they don't fuck with Berghain, online cancelling, and how marginality can create its own kind of freedom.
"I've come to accept that I don't need everybody to like me"
Russell E.L. Butler on staying true and knowing your worth
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August 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Spoke with the wonderful producer/live performer/DJ/writer Russell E.L. Butler on their uncompromising sound and values, how DJing too frequently dilutes what should be a sacred experience, why they don't fuck with Berghain, online cancelling, and how marginality can create its own kind of freedom.
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just published: Amir Ashkar is a Palestinian winemaker and PhD student of philosophy who has written a yet to be published book called Fragments of a Man During Genocide. He is about to commence writing his dissertation on festivals as a counter movement to nihilism.
I'm scared to speak, but even more scared of remaining silent
Palestinian winemaker, activist and philosopher Amir Ashkar on a lifetime of resistance
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July 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
just published: Amir Ashkar is a Palestinian winemaker and PhD student of philosophy who has written a yet to be published book called Fragments of a Man During Genocide. He is about to commence writing his dissertation on festivals as a counter movement to nihilism.
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Your love of wordle and recipes at the NY Times is paying Bret Stephens’ salary.
July 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Your love of wordle and recipes at the NY Times is paying Bret Stephens’ salary.
this is the worst thing the NYT has published since the discredited Oct 7 rape story and that's saying something. There is no excuse for this, and in this moment, are you fucking kidding me? Shame on AIPAC stooge Bret Stephens and shame on the New York Times, beyond disgraceful
July 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
this is the worst thing the NYT has published since the discredited Oct 7 rape story and that's saying something. There is no excuse for this, and in this moment, are you fucking kidding me? Shame on AIPAC stooge Bret Stephens and shame on the New York Times, beyond disgraceful
Went long about ten years of Love Injection and two of the humblest and hardest-working people in New York dance music, Barbie Bertisch and Paul Raffaele for @TheVinylFactory www.thevinylfactory.com/features/ten...
Ten years of Love Injection — The Vinyl Factory
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July 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Went long about ten years of Love Injection and two of the humblest and hardest-working people in New York dance music, Barbie Bertisch and Paul Raffaele for @TheVinylFactory www.thevinylfactory.com/features/ten...
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Despite her progressive image, she has failed to take a consistent and courageous stand on Palestine. Her compromises amount to enabling systemic violence through silence or half-measures. Being the best of a bad bunch isn't much good to the dead.
July 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Despite her progressive image, she has failed to take a consistent and courageous stand on Palestine. Her compromises amount to enabling systemic violence through silence or half-measures. Being the best of a bad bunch isn't much good to the dead.
Spoke to Zopelar about his new record, social inequality in Brazil, the electronic music scene in São Paulo, how Brazilian music is perceived globally, and how quitting weed changed his relationship to making music.
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On art, addiction and the Brazilian underground
Zopelar, a key figure of the São Paulo electronic scene, is learning that less is sometimes more
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July 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Spoke to Zopelar about his new record, social inequality in Brazil, the electronic music scene in São Paulo, how Brazilian music is perceived globally, and how quitting weed changed his relationship to making music.
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This week’s planned Juneteenth interview was postponed so instead I’m running the obituary of K-Hand that I wrote for Dazed in 2021. Kelli Hand remains one of my favourite producers of all time. politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/rememberin...
June 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This week’s planned Juneteenth interview was postponed so instead I’m running the obituary of K-Hand that I wrote for Dazed in 2021. Kelli Hand remains one of my favourite producers of all time. politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/rememberin...
I wrote about Julie Szego's hit piece on Clem Ford in The Australian's Weekend Magazine politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/the-eterna...
June 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I wrote about Julie Szego's hit piece on Clem Ford in The Australian's Weekend Magazine politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/the-eterna...
I wrote about the influx of people who have finally spoken up about the genocide in Gaza in the past couple of weeks, and how hard it is to take them seriously.
Better late than never?
What to make of those finally denouncing the genocide in Gaza
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May 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I wrote about the influx of people who have finally spoken up about the genocide in Gaza in the past couple of weeks, and how hard it is to take them seriously.
I loved speaking with C Powers last week, a DJ, producer and organizer currently based in Portland, on Chinook native territory. Her backstory is truly wild and fascinating and her music is 🔥 politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/i-will-not...
"I will not live in a fascist state"
C Powers makes resistance music for dance floors, informed by years of organizing
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May 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I loved speaking with C Powers last week, a DJ, producer and organizer currently based in Portland, on Chinook native territory. Her backstory is truly wild and fascinating and her music is 🔥 politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/i-will-not...
I had the honour of speaking with Dr. Seema Jilani, a pediatrician and medical aid worker who led the International Rescue Committee’s health response in Gaza in December 2023 politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/real-allys...
"Real allyship comes at a cost"
Dr. Seema Jilani on the "otherworldly dystopia" of working in a Gaza hospital and the need to protect those who are speaking up
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May 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I had the honour of speaking with Dr. Seema Jilani, a pediatrician and medical aid worker who led the International Rescue Committee’s health response in Gaza in December 2023 politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/real-allys...