Hi there. My name is Colin Shields, and I hope we can be friends through online publishing.

With that out of the way, let me tell you a little about myself. I am American, but for the past five years have lived in England, and am more or less settled here now. Like Nate DeYoung before me, I have come to Little White Earbuds from Resident Advisor, where I am still a contributor. Professionally, there’s not too much more for me to say. I’m not an old hand at this. All those things that LCD Soundsystem was there for, I wasn’t.

What I can say, though, is that after I discovered dance music the honeymoon phase really never ended. My view is that house, techno, and a few other things beside are carving out new and important territory musically, as well as soundtracking a fair few fearsome parties.

It’s not my goal to delve too deeply into scenesterism on these pages. I tend to be pretty oblivious as to what’s in and what’s out, and whether standing is the new dancing this week in any given city. Rather, I hope just to share a few of the things I’m loving, and a few I’m not, and why.

On this front, please let me know if you’re enjoying my posts, or how they could be better, or whether you hate them so much you’re going to burn your Technics and put on a Mike Oldfield CD. For my part I promise that my ever-carnivorous appetite for dance music is unlikely to be sated any time soon, and I will do my best to point out the really tasty bits to you.