2025

I've set myself the challenge of writing and releasing a song inspired by each month of the year.

The first month of the year is always overshadowed and haunted by Christmas. It's a bit dark and unnerving but not without some hope and a sense of moving forward.

I resisted the temptation to make the song go on too long like the month itself.

January

The second installment of my 2025 monthly tunes project is unsurprisingly called February.

February provides a bit of hope as it's noticeably lighter in the evenings and the promise of spring is there. It's not light enough to go full Balearic, summer is still a long way away.

If my birthday wasn't in the middle, I'd probably not have made this quite as joyful but it is so there's some nice bits as well as some big fat bass.

February

March wasn't a brilliant month to be honest. I had some things to deal with at home and therefore didn't have much time to write music

I did find a four hour window at the end of the month just before I went on holiday. So this was written very quickly in the middle of all that was going on.

That's kind of the point of this project anyway, it's like a diary. I think I've captured how I was feeling pretty well.

Good end to the month as I'm now on holiday and hopefully I'll have a bit more time in the studio in April


March

Me and Loz left a fairly cold UK at the end of March to go to the alps. As you'd expect, the mountains were incredible and we got some amazing weather. When we got back down the mountain all of a sudden it was spring.

There's always a moment every year where the spring just turns up and it's always epic. I tried to write this track with that in mind. Life is never perfect so there's still some darkness and dissonance lurking in there 

The bass in this is very low, if it doesn't come through on your speakers then I think we all know that's your problem, not mine

April

May was a hectic month. After the elation of Spring coming on in April, life decided to remind us it's not always easy. I did manage to write a fair bit of music and also make some good connections with other producers and artists.

As ever I didn't give myself enough time to write this month's tune but then Dave got in contact with a beautiful palette of Jungle sounds.

So it's very fitting that this month's track is both extremely busy but also a collaboration with another artist.  

Reach for the lazers, safe as fuck 

June

This is my track for July and it's a bit of a bootleg! This time last year my middle aged DJ collective "Another Vanity Project" had our first gig. Rather than test the water by playing a few records, I went straight in and did a live set with synths and drum machines. This track came out of that live set. I thought it was time to properly arrange and mix it.

The original track by Ed Case was a massive tune for me when I was growing up. It's soulful and epic but with a filthy bass line. I wanted to do something a bit more stripped back and I've been itching to make some Dubstep type sounds for a while now. I kind of went after something like Skream's mix of In for the Kill by La Roux but I think I ended up going a bit more dubby than that. Anyway, enjoy!

July

August

It feels like social media hatred has been on turbo mode this month so I've made that the inspiration for this month's track. Doing stuff like this reminds me of how I used making music as an escape during the pandemic. So this is a bit daft and a bit tongue in cheek but I do wish everyone would chill the fuck out on social media a bit more!

This is my first proper go at making Techno as well. So I've learnt something new whilst having a pop at some stuff that winds me up!

September

This October I really felt the season change more than usual . The days get shorter and the weather gets worse like they do every year but we had a few pieces of good news this month so the change felt positive.

That kind of got me thinking about Halloween and how although its all very macabre and sinister, its also pretty silly and something people celebrate. I was trying to think of what style of tune would suit this feeling and I immediately thought of the sort of Breaks tunes that came out in the mid 00s. People like Plump DJs and Rogue element. Big fat serious basslines but with a bit of a tongue in cheek feel about them. Also with it being Halloween its a good excuse to throw in some samples from my all time favourite film - Ghostbusters.

Enjoy

October

I needed to get at least one 2 step Garage tune in before Christmas. So here it is. Dark and full of bass. Enjoy

November

My thoughts on the John Lewis Christmas advert

2025

Prang