Dan is joined by music journalist and former editor Shawn Reynaldo, the mind behind music culture newsletter First Floor.

With headlines like ‘Not A Great Year For Dance Music’ and ‘Being A DJ is Embarrassing’, Shawn’s wry sense of humour and thoughtful musings have become an important part of the music writing ecosystem - in a time where the future of music journalism is more fraught than ever.

“I’ve been involved in electronic music for 25 year now, which is a scary thing for me to say because it means I’m getting old. I’ve personally seen so many trends, shifts and changes come and go and multiple generations of clubbers come in and then leave so I feel like I have a certain level of experience and perspective so I try to funnel that into my writing”.

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