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NEW EP OUT NOW - And the stories behind the tracks!

My brand new EP 'Kitchen Raver' is out this weekend on Keep On Techno Records and I'm really happy to share it with you. It's creation occurred during November ...

ID DEEEEETS PLZ??? TRACK ID???? no.

Ok, so this blog is going to divide the room, its an opinion and this is my blog, my writing place to explore ideas and to stretch the ol' grey matter and some ...

My EP 'Kitchen Raver' is now available for pre-order! (out 6th May)

'Kitchen Raver' EP! My 2022 EP 'Kitchen Raver' is now available for pre-ordering from Beatport via Keep On Techno Records - It features 2 original tracks and a ...

HOW to SURVIVE a 12 hour DJ set

So you! The budding DJ want to do an extended DJ set? You want to push your body and hearing to the brink to test your mettle and out of curiosity to see where ...

Just annouced - Keep On Techno & Dark Matter collaboration event!

I am very excited and pleased to share this news with you! It is my next live DJ set, outside of livestreaming, and it is the collaboration between Dark Matter ...

Birthdy DJ Mix / Showcase

Morning all! Just a blog to say that over my month off, I put together a really special DJ mix that showcases my preferred sound. As a DJ, whenever I am doing m...

Refreshed...

Hey All! Apologies for the absence, been getting my headspace sorted out and falling back in love with the creative world of music. Been doing LOADS though, but...

Burnout

Over the last couple of months, post-lockdown musical burnout has really hit me, and like with anything creative, you cannot force yourself to 'create'. Even no...

What makes a remix?

'REMIX' See definitions in: all broadcasting electronics popular music. verb: remix; 3rd person present: remixes; past tense: remixed; past participle: remixed;...

Feeling a little lost.

Once again, I am faced with guilt for not posting here more regularly and I do apologise for this. There are two main reasons, reason 1, often my girlfriend's c...

This weekend's gig in London...

A massive gig for me this weekend, perhaps my biggest of my career. Don't get me wrong, I have played at various iconic venues around London and by all means, y...

NEW RECORD LABEL - WE HAVE LAUNCHED 'CORRUPTED DATA RECORDINGS'

From the twisted minds behind Keep On Techno Records, comes a new sound, a new label. You step up to the CDJ and load your USB stick to see the deck fizzing, wh...

Trance Anthems LIVE - 22nd October 2021 @ Zahara, Brighton

Just wanted to post really to say THANKYOU to everyone who came down and supported me in what is essentially a home gig; a gig no more than 800 meters from my o...

My EXCLUSIVE mix for Music Unity For Mental Health 2021

My Exclusive Mix For Music Unity For Mental Health 2021 For the second year running, Ant Banks of Music Unity 4 Mental Health has invited me to take part in ‘ma...

Sonance 8th Oct 2021 - FIRST GIG SINCE JAN 2020..

On Friday 8th October, after 18 months, I made it back into a real DJ booth inside a London venue to orchestrate a techno frenzy. I have been DJing for Sonance ...

System F - Out Of The Blue remix!

System F - Out Of The Blue (James Black Remix) - TRANCE Trance music has always been a passion of mine. Its what I first got exposed to as 'the modern commercia...

Tales of a Livestreaming DJ

Hello Hello, a mad place called Virtual! As you know, the last 18 months have been a weird one for the DJ world, and many of us have turned to livestreaming fro...

First LIVE DJ gigs since lockdown - 18 months out of the booth - anticipation & thoughts

So here we are, autumn 2021 and the club scene is slowly returning to normal - or as normal as it can be right now - and I have first LIVE DJ gigs, 3 in the spa...

My Massive Attack Remix - Unfinished Sympathy

My most successful remix! https://soundcloud.com/james-black/massive-attack-unfinished-sympathy-james-black-remix-1 Came to life last summer during the first lo...

LIVESTREAMING vs LIVE-GIGGING!

First of all, apologies for the gaps between my posts - it's been a busy summer with livestreaming, production deadlines and the a spell of the ol' COVID also, ...