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Daniel Dylan Wray

@DanielDylanWray

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Write about music & culture & various things for various places, mainly the Guardian / [email protected]

Sheffield, England
Joined April 2013
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Daniel Dylan Wray
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The exodus seems to be in full swing so I’m over at the other gaff now. https://t.co/I8S1VvJJFh
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David Wrench is one of the most in demand mixing engineers in the world atm, we spoke about how that came to be, from his teenage years making Welsh language acid house to blagging himself a job in the studio and getting a wake up call from Julian Cope.
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theguardian.com
Wrench has mixed music for Frank Ocean, FKA twigs, Blur and dozens more – all drawn to what have been called ‘the finest ears ever’. He explains how he went from the dole to the big time
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Daniel Dylan Wray
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Dug into the design history and legacy of Warp records 35 years on since it founded. From the purple years to tech busting 3D work and shaping the long-awaited return of Aphex Twin. For @sheffieldtrib.
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Daniel Dylan Wray
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Music heads! Please do me a favour and hit me with your all time favourite Peel Sessions. For a work thing and would welcome extra input in the hope to find some lesser known nuggets.
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White Rabbit Books
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'I tried to be honest... I looked at a couple of other people’s lists and I think some were just being deliberately obscure and I didn’t want to do that' Jim Reid of @TheMaryChain picks his Baker's Dozen for @theQuietus with @DanielDylanWray
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thequietus.com
“I tried to be honest,” says Jim Reid, when I ask him if this collection of records has any kind of unifying theme. “I looked at a couple of other people’s lists and I think some people were just...
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Had loads of fun digging into Liverpool’s rich clubbing history, looking into 90s clubs and parties beyond just Cream. And if you’re looking for a Monday boost, the video footage contained within of Quadrant Park going berserk will more than do that.
theguardian.com
From abandoned factories to snooker halls, pre-superclub promoters dodged police to put on some of the UK’s wildest nights. Former ravers recall how they supercharged the city
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Daniel Dylan Wray
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Caught up with @MermaidChunky, the outfit personally signed to DFA by James Murphy and we chatted about embracing the odd, making childish squelchy music, and the nurturing nature of Stroud. For @CrackMagazine.
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Delivering their layered sound with giddy theatricality and a gaudy aesthetic, more is more on Mermaid Chunky’s new debut album 'slif slaf slof'.
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@VisitSheffield
Welcome to Sheffield
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There are few cities in the world as synonymous with electronic music as #Sheffield!⚡️🎶🏙️ For half a century the city has been producing a steady stream of game-changing music that has gone on to impact and shape the way electronic music sounds all across the world. In the run
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Oren Ambarchi can make a guitar sound like anything but a guitar. We've got a guide to exploring his work.
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He can make a guitar sound like anything but a guitar.
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The Quietus
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.@DanielDylanWray hops on the Trans Pennine Express and travels to Macclesfield to interview newly reformed and reinvigorated Factory Floor ahead of a live show @MUTEK_Montreal this month Return of the Macc: @factoryfloor Interviewed https://t.co/x9qJWFM7nA
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Daniel Dylan Wray
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Wrote about Max’s Kansas City, the back room party den for Warhol superstars turned punk hotspot that ended in darkness, drugs and a prison sentence for its basement counterfeiting operation .
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theguardian.com
It was a seedy hotbed of sex, drugs, edgy music and A-list celebrities where Lou Reed and Andy Warhol partied alongside Blondie and Bowie. How did Max’s Kansas City fall apart?
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Daniel Dylan Wray
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From dream to new music genre in three days, I caught up with @DDDrewDaniel to chat about hit em, the increasingly rare fun and creative side of twitter, and whether there’s a meaningful future for this wonky new dance music.
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theguardian.com
While Daniel slept, a girl introduced him to ‘super crunched-out sounds’ at a wild tempo. After he shared the details on X, producers are making his fantasies into reality
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Daniel Dylan Wray
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For the @sheffieldtrib Saturday read I spoke with @desreereynolds about the excellent Dig Where You Stand exhibition, and a life spent uncovering untold histories, and how she - and several other artists - are re-narrating Sheffield’s history.
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Daniel Dylan Wray
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Wrote up Jason Pierce of Spiritualized's Baker's Dozen for @theQuietus. He eschewed predictable picks and thew in some killer deep cut LPs, spanning junkie soul, bargain bin gospel, leftfield country and improvised piano music made by a nun.
thequietus.com
Spiritualized leader Jason Pierce takes Daniel Dylan Wray through a thoughtful selection of soul, gospel, country, jazz and R&B deep cuts
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Daniel Dylan Wray
1 year
Vote done. Alf says don’t forget your ID. #dogsatpollingstations
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Daniel Dylan Wray
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Strike: An Uncivil war, an excellent doc on the battle of Orgreave (winner of the audience award at @sheffdocfest) is now out in cinemas. I spoke to the film’s director & an ex-miner about the impact of that day and 40 years of injustice for @sheffieldtrib
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Daniel Dylan Wray
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The award-winning podcast Buried is back for series 2 and finds banned forever chemicals in our food, soil and blood. With help from @michaelsheen and an eccentric whistleblower, they unearth a wild story. I spoke with @danielashby & @lucytaylor about it.
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The star met an eco-activist who was convinced we’re all being poisoned by a chemical that was banned in 1981. Then he went to a toxic site and got sick. Head inside staggering new podcast Buried:...
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