Beautiful Rewind

As much as dance music strives to move forward, it also pines for the past. Lately, it's been doing quite a bit of both—often at the same time. Records like Zomby's With Love and the debut LP from Paul Woolford's Special Request project, the excellent Soul Music, both canonize the memory of jungle and pirate radio's salad days without getting overly nostalgic or sounding derivative. It's an important balance to achieve when writing music largely informed by the essence...

Read full article Share article