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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It was a dream to speak with Montreal's Tiga, an all-time favourite producer and DJ, about his biggest musical influences politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/tigas-life...
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My Life In Dance Music
Tiga on the tracks that shaped him
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Balancing accountability and joy in dance music How do we talk about the bad stuff without sucking the joy out of the good stuff?
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Balancing accountability and joy in dance music
How do we talk about the bad stuff without sucking the joy out of the good stuff?
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Been consumed with this Ed Sheeran bs so I just wanted to get a few thoughts out.
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Forgot to post this too - spoke to one of my fave producers and DJs Galcher Lustwerk about the tracks that have made the most impression on him across his lifetime
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My Life In Dance Music
Galcher Lustwerk on the tracks that shaped him
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François K @francoisknyc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As I strive to support those who make a meaningful, tangible difference in our lives through their contributions, there is no doubt that @annabel-ross.bsky.social's thoughtful writings about the music scene have consistently managed to bring many important issues to the table. Essential follow!
Journalist and writer Annabel Ross
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What happens when commerce and community become intertwined? When a privately owned business relies on substantial unpaid labour, controls access to paid opportunities, and asks members to trust that its commercial decisions serve a collective mission? politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/girlbossin...
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Realising my 23-year-old dreams here with an interview with Dorian Dumont of The Teenagers. Back in 2007, the French indie trio blew up MySpace with scandalous, sardonic synth-pop that poked fun at American teen stereotypes politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/do-you-rem...
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Do you remember The Teenagers?
The naughty nu-rave darlings are back
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Extremely psyched to have Galcher Lustwerk step up to do a My Life In Dance Music, sharing stories about the 12 tracks that helped shape him (impeccable taste obvs) politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/galcher-lu...
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My Life In Dance Music
Galcher Lustwerk on the tracks that shaped him
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Palestinian journalist and poet Mohammed Alshaer on his commitment to “conveying the truth, supporting the oppressed and amplifying their voices” politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/i-have-no-...
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“I have no interest in a life with no purpose”
Through his journalism and poetry, Mohammed Alshaer bears witness to the genocide in Gaza
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I learned so much from doing this interview with Khaled and I know it's going to stay with me for a long time. politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/i-feel-lik...
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Had a fascinating conversation with NYC-based multidisciplinary artist Khaled Jarrar, who also served with the Palestinian Authority for 25 years and was shot and detained during an Israeli siege while working as Yasser Arafat's personal bodyguard. politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/i-feel-lik...
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“I feel like a bird with broken wings”
Khaled Jarrar on Palestine, PTSD and the commodification of resistance
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Had a great chat with Jim & Toddy from Crazy P about hope, creativity, longevity, carrying on in the face of tragedy & the importance of music in dark times. It was an honour to speak with them, both lovely, generous people & two of my favourite producers substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Getting through it together
Crazy P on loss, hope and the healing power of dance music
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Unlocking this one in the aftermath of Róisín's speech at the House of Lords this week. When free speech endangers the lives of many — far more than any perceived threat — perhaps it's better to STFU. politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
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The truth about Róisín's legacy
Save for some unlikely redemption arc, she's torched it
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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My Life In Dance Music
A personal history told through twelve tracks
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I reviewed the horny and fabulous new Robyn album www.theage.com.au/culture/musi...
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Pop’s most influential innovator returns, hornier than ever
Robyn dives into IVF, motherhood and middle-aged sex on her audacious new album.
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Was delighted to speak with author/dance music historian Tim Lawrence about his journey from Zionism to anti-Zionism and solidarity from the street to social media to the dancefloor politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/the-zionis...
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“The Zionist movement has become a death cult”
Tim Lawrence on Gaza, backlash, and the politics of the dancefloor
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Reactive cancellation is a bandaid. The most effective long-term intervention is structural reallocation. politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/abuse-is-s...
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
If our politics can’t survive scrutiny when it comes to women, they were never as radical as we thought.
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When Radical Politics Leave Women Behind
On hero worship, sexual harm, and the ease with which we look away
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I was lucky enough to spend several hours with François K in New York late last year, talking about what happens when success stops feeling meaningful, and why he prefers forming relationships with dancers over “one-night-stand” gigs. politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/how-franco...
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How François K Got His Groove Back
When scaling up felt hollow, the legendary DJ found freedom in intimacy
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Wrote about why Keli Holiday’s Dancing2 has so many Hottest 100 voters in a flap for @sydmorningherald.bsky.social www.theage.com.au/culture/musi...
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Why this favourite to win the Hottest 100 has sparked hostility online
Campaigning for triple j’s Hottest 100 is widespread, but few artists have been scrutinised as intensely for it as Keli Holiday, whose song Dancing2 is favourite to win Saturday’s countdown.
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I want to see Trump go down as much as the next person but this Sascha Riley interview is not it, and it does a real disservice to Trump and Epstein's actual victims
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Industry s4 kicks off in 4th gear and with a bunch of new faces, with mixed results - Charlie Heaton's character picking up Kiernan Shipka looking very much like Natalia Dyer was on the nose
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Proof is one thing. Truth is another. New piece on law, headlines, and what’s getting lost in between. politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/mavi-de-ma...
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Mavi De Mars lost the defamation case brought by Guy Gerber
It doesn't mean she's lying
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
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This is not another end of year list
As 2025 comes to a close, the occasion somehow feels both quiet and momentous
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Just published a little update from Brazil — on burnout, clarity, Locomía, and the emotional weather of the past few weeks. politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/a-break-fr...
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I’m pressed for time this week (heading to Australia via South America next week, may or may not be returning to New York in a few months) and need to focus on packing up my apartment and doing other work that might be more lucrative and help with my credit card bill.
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Ruminating, ruminating
Lily Allen, Zohran Mamdani, DJ Harvey and other bits and bobs
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Peter Walker @pegerteg.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Great interview by @annabel-ross.bsky.social with good-guy and great DJ, John (Juan) MacLean open.substack.com/pub/politics...
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The Juan MacLean on Money, Medicine, and Meaning
From DFA to the jungle, the veteran DJ and producer reflects on the cost of integrity and the pull of healing
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Had one of my favourite-ever conversations for the newsletter with one of the nicest guys in music, The Juan MacLean politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/the-juan-m...
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The Juan MacLean on Money, Medicine, and Meaning
From DFA to the jungle, the veteran DJ and producer reflects on the cost of integrity and the pull of healing
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
My main point in this Róisín Murphy piece, which many people (terfs) seem to have missed, is that whether or not you agree with them her comments are extremely hurtful to trans people, an already vulnerable community politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
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The truth about Róisín's legacy
Save for some unlikely redemption arc, she's torched it
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Two weeks ago I interviewed @pempem.bsky.social about their brilliant new book Breaking Awake, in which their nervous breakdown and attempt to recover with the help of prescribed and illicit drugs sparked much bigger questions about what is making us depressed and anxious
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From breakdown to breakthrough
In their new book, P.E. Moskowitz envisions a new world through drugs
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
This week's newsletter is about the avant-pop icon who blocked me (and many others) this week. No one's out to get you, Róisín. We just want you to stop acting like a c*nt politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
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The truth about Róisín's legacy
Save for some unlikely redemption arc, she's torched it
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
A new chapter for the newsletter, plus a reader feedback survey. I’d be so grateful for your input ♥️
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the politics of dancing is evolving ✨
A new chapter for the newsletter, plus a reader feedback survey
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Featuring Jimmy Kimmel, Karen Attiah, Ezra Klein, Netanyahu at the UN, the pathetic Australian Prime Minister, Kamala Harris’ new book, Resident Advisor and The Great Regression, Najla Said (daughter of Edward) and purity politics, Roi Perez, and the statement that “PLUR is inherently g3noc1d@l.”
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Monday musings
Dissecting the discourse of the past week
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Chatted with brilliant Philly-based DJ/producer estoc abt the problem with political raves, trying to make a living while staying true to your values, why longform content is an essential tool in beating fascism and the importance of engaging with the past to better understand the present & future.
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I don't want my art to be up for interpretation
estoc on the importance of making your position loud and clear
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Since her breakthrough EP Evaluate Me was released in 2019, Gyrofield aka Kiana Li has made a name for herself as one of the most exciting new talents in drum & bass. Over the past few years, however, the 22-year-old has demonstrated that her sound is far too broad, inventive and confounding
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"The idea of belonging is a big chip on my shoulder"
Gyrofield on wanting to fit in when she can't help but stand out
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I’m not trying to encourage social media pile-ons, but in the face of a live-streamed ethnic cleansing, I think it’s reasonable to publicly challenge influential figures in dance music (and everywhere). politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/in-defence...
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In defence of naming names
We should all be holding each other accountable in a time of genocide
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Spoke with the wonderful producer/live performer/DJ/writer Russell E.L. Butler on their uncompromising sound and values, how DJing too frequently dilutes what should be a sacred experience, why they don't fuck with Berghain, online cancelling, and how marginality can create its own kind of freedom.
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"I've come to accept that I don't need everybody to like me"
Russell E.L. Butler on staying true and knowing your worth
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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Lindsay Ballant @lballant.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
just published: Amir Ashkar is a Palestinian winemaker and PhD student of philosophy who has written a yet to be published book called Fragments of a Man During Genocide. He is about to commence writing his dissertation on festivals as a counter movement to nihilism.
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I'm scared to speak, but even more scared of remaining silent
Palestinian winemaker, activist and philosopher Amir Ashkar on a lifetime of resistance
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Your love of wordle and recipes at the NY Times is paying Bret Stephens’ salary.
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
this is the worst thing the NYT has published since the discredited Oct 7 rape story and that's saying something. There is no excuse for this, and in this moment, are you fucking kidding me? Shame on AIPAC stooge Bret Stephens and shame on the New York Times, beyond disgraceful
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Went long about ten years of Love Injection and two of the humblest and hardest-working people in New York dance music, Barbie Bertisch and Paul Raffaele for @TheVinylFactory www.thevinylfactory.com/features/ten...
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Ten years of Love Injection — The Vinyl Factory
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Tom @tomh80.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Despite her progressive image, she has failed to take a consistent and courageous stand on Palestine. Her compromises amount to enabling systemic violence through silence or half-measures. Being the best of a bad bunch isn't much good to the dead.
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Spoke to Zopelar about his new record, social inequality in Brazil, the electronic music scene in São Paulo, how Brazilian music is perceived globally, and how quitting weed changed his relationship to making music. politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/on-art-add...
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On art, addiction and the Brazilian underground
Zopelar, a key figure of the São Paulo electronic scene, is learning that less is sometimes more
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This week’s planned Juneteenth interview was postponed so instead I’m running the obituary of K-Hand that I wrote for Dazed in 2021. Kelli Hand remains one of my favourite producers of all time. politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/rememberin...
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I wrote about Julie Szego's hit piece on Clem Ford in The Australian's Weekend Magazine politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/the-eterna...
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
I wrote about the influx of people who have finally spoken up about the genocide in Gaza in the past couple of weeks, and how hard it is to take them seriously.
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Better late than never?
What to make of those finally denouncing the genocide in Gaza
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I loved speaking with C Powers last week, a DJ, producer and organizer currently based in Portland, on Chinook native territory. Her backstory is truly wild and fascinating and her music is 🔥 politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/i-will-not...
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"I will not live in a fascist state"
C Powers makes resistance music for dance floors, informed by years of organizing
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Annabel Ross @annabel-ross.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I had the honour of speaking with Dr. Seema Jilani, a pediatrician and medical aid worker who led the International Rescue Committee’s health response in Gaza in December 2023 politicsdancingxyz.substack.com/p/real-allys...
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"Real allyship comes at a cost"
Dr. Seema Jilani on the "otherworldly dystopia" of working in a Gaza hospital and the need to protect those who are speaking up
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