Bside Incoming: Tech Support

This week’s episode comes from one of Brighton’s brightest prospects, Ned Dickinson. Ned has been producing under multiple aliases since his late teens, but has since found lasting comfort in his leading moniker, Tech Support. 

@tech-supportuk

A DJ/producer who began self-releasing his earliest creations through Bandcamp, Ned’s earnest artistry wasn’t going unnoticed: his hip-shaking, deep disco groovers like ‘Sweetest Pain’, and pulsating house jams like ‘Endlessly’, soon enticed the likes of Black Loops, Laurence Guy and Late Night Tuff Guy. Since then Ned has aligned himself with such respected labels as Dansu Discs, HOMAGE, and Nerang Recordings who back in 2017 pit Tech Support against our most recent guest, J Wax for a producer showdown… the jury’s out on this one. 

Four years on and Ned has only expanded his palate. His keen interest in dub and reggae is mirrored not only by his latest release, but in the opening tracks of his Bside episode, too. Finding immense satisfaction in the “slinky drums” and expansive dreamscapes personified by his dub techno and downtempo selections. Ned’s a crate-digger at heart, and we need no persuasion as he moves naturally through chuggy balearic beats, Italo realms and soulful disco cuts. 

We’re looking forward to seeing what’s next for Tech Support, but in the meantime we’ll be plugging in to this charming crusade through his record bag.

Tech Support’s Bandcamp: https://techsupportuk.bandcamp.com/
Tech Support’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_tech__support_/

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Bside Incoming: Tech Support

Bookings: techsupportmusic@protonmail.com

AKA Asa Tate: @asatatemusic


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04.10.24 Spiritland, London
02.10.24 Cafe1001, London
28.09.24 Ulster Sports Club, Belfast 
21.09.24 Sisyphos, Berlin
23.08.24 Night Tales, London
09.08.24 All My Friends, London
13.07.24 Next Door Records, London
02.07.24 Spiritland, London
15.06.24 Cafe 1001, London
25.05.24 La Ratonde Stalingrad, Paris
17.05.24 Yamamori Tengu, Dublin
11.05.24 Next Door Records, London
20.04.24 All My Friends, London
12.04.24 Night Tales, London
06.03.24 Moko, London
29.03.24 Sisyphos, Berlin
28.03.24 Crack Bellmer, Berlin
23.03.24 The Jago, London
17.02.24 Volition, London


2023
28.11.23 Moko, London
24.11.23 Lion & Lamb, London
20.11.23 Spiritland, London
02.10.23 Spiritland, London
15.09.23 Bonnefoi, Brussels
26.08.23 Egg, London
15.08.23 Spiritland, London
13.08.23 Next Door Records, London
04.08.23 Missing People, Brighton
29.07.23 The Cause, London
22.07.23 Westival, Wales
15.07.23 The Social, London
10.06.23 Metropolis, London
29.04.23 Fabric, London
23.03.23 Lion & Lamb, London
16.03.23 Badaboum, Paris
25.02.23 The Waiting Room, London
17.02.23 Jumbi, London

2022
02.12.22 Storkenland, Stockholm 
25.11.22 The Bottle, Bristol
29.10.22 Midnight People, London
21.10.22 The Utopia Project, London
16.10.22 All My Friends, London
29.07.22 The Waiting Room, London
23.07.22 Metropolis, London
22.07.22 Westival, Wales
16.07.22 Jumbi, London
02.07.22 Morse Audio, London
04.06.22 Red Waxx x Bush Hall, London
21.04.22 Tola, London
19.03.22 Club Marissa, London
11.03.22 Volition, London
04.02.22 NT's Loft, London

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Bside podcasts

DJ's showcase and speak a little about their favourite tracks from the B-side of their records.

We endeavour to broadcast the best of the B-side:
a bi-weekly invitation into the impressive record collections of some of our favourite selectors.
An exploration into the the back-catalogues, the deepest depths, the darkest crevices of their collections. Returning with the spoils of this venture: their most cherished records and hidden gems, from the go-to club weapons to the rarely heard home-listening records, and everything in between.

Music is for sharing.

'By the early sixties, the song on the A-side was the 'hit' song that the record company wanted radio stations to play. The B-side would contain less radio friendly and less popular tracks. In our eyes the B-side is a true reflection of the producers taste in music, there is more personality on that side of the record'.