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Opinions | Jan. 2023

Why I can’t bear to part with my CDs

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Music | Aug. 2021

Strictly Fresh ‘n’ Funky Business: tribute to the Empire Hotel Moon Bar

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Fiction | Feb. 2021

Sights and sounds from ‘The Drop’ launch parties

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It’s official: ‘The Drop’ lands in October

Fiction July 2, 2020 Tags: The Drop No Comments

The Kickstarter campaign was 109% funded, so it’s official – The Drop is going to print!

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Extract from ‘The Drop’: Chapter 1.2 – I Feel Love

Fiction June 25, 2020 Tags: The Drop No Comments

You’ve seen Juanita, you’ve heard the soundtrack of her life, now it’s time to meet her in person.

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Introduction to ‘The Drop’: A sci-fi thriller

Fiction June 1, 2020 Tags: The Drop 3 Comments

Like Ready Player One and The Matrix going clubbing in the Black Mirror universe.

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‘The Drop’ is almost finished

Fiction February 5, 2020 Tags: Kickstarter, The Drop No Comments

There’s a gap on my book shelf that needs filling, but I’ll need your help to make it a reality.

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Does music always enhance the ‘game-day experience’? (Medium)

Opinions July 18, 2019 Tags: Cricket, Cricket World Cup, Music, Rugby League, Sport No Comments

Music and sport are my two favourite things, but the Cricket World Cup proved two rights can make a wrong.

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20 years of PNAU’s ‘Sambanova’: Oral history (Junkee)

Features July 9, 2019 Tags: Dance Music, Junkee, PNAU, Sambanova 2 Comments

This was a first – documenting the history of a classic Australian album which, legally at least, no one is able to hear.

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Why are DJ mix series still so male-dominated? (Medium)

Features March 18, 2019 Tags: Back To Mine, Balance Series, DJ Mixes, DJ-Kicks, Fabric, Global Underground, Late Night Tales, Music, Renaissance No Comments

Running the numbers on the seven most-prolific compilations makes for a damning assessment of gender diversity in electronic music.

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How I learned to love watching Australia lose in India (The Roar)

Features February 24, 2019 Tags: #IncredibleIndia, Cricket, The Roar No Comments

The story of the time I consolidated my 0-7 record watching Australia on the subcontinent by proposing at Eden Gardens.

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The Drop

I’m writing a novel called ‘The Drop’

Fiction February 11, 2019 Tags: The Drop No Comments

I’m writing a sci-fi thriller about electronic dance music, which will make much more sense when you get to read it.

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Ricky Stuart

We need to talk about Ricky (The Roar)

Opinions August 6, 2018 Tags: Rugby League, The Roar No Comments

As a long-suffering Canberra Raiders fan, I ask the questions about Ricky Stuart’s tenure that no other NRL reporter would.

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About Me

Kris Swales

I’m an Australian writer, editor and lapsed musician, currently based in Sydney after three-and-a-bit years in my adopted second home of Delhi.

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