Studio notes, behind-the-scenes stories, and reflections on the memories, places, and people that shape the music.
Founding
Day One
MXR World is live, unfinished, and small. All three of those are on purpose.
Philosophy
I Would Rather You Did Not Scroll
Most discovery is designed to keep you looking. I would like you to find something and stop.
Feel Test
Genre Tells You Nothing About How a Song Feels
Deep house is a tempo and a drum pattern. It is not a feeling. Twenty-five seconds of your time and the community decides the rest.
Songs Are Time Machines
There is a song I cannot play in the car. Here is why the platform is organised around that fact.
Mix Series
A Soulful Journey From Soweto
Eight episodes, one place. Why I make mixes in series instead of one at a time.
Why I Built My Own Corner of the Internet
I have been putting music online for seven years and owning almost none of it. This is what I decided to do about that.