Check out Sasha rocking a castle party in County Louth back in 1993… [May 1993]
Bellingham Castle, in County Louth, Ireland, is, according to the official website, ‘an elegant and…
Month: February 2018
Thunderdome’s early TV commercials underline just how insane the whole gabber scene was…
It’s testament to the hard work of ID&T founders Irfan van Ewijk, Duncan Stutterheim and…
Daft Punk’s Discovery, 17 years later… [February 2001]
Daft Punk released their second album, Discovery, on 26 February 2001, and while 17 years…
This video for Carl Cox’s I Want You (Forever) is so 1991 it hurts…
Back in 1991, legendary DJ Carl Cox dipped his toe into the production game, with…
Check out this video from the opening party of The Kitchen nightclub in Dublin… [February 1994]
Despite operating for just over eight years (I had the pleasure of working there for…
Massive Attack’s ‘Unfinished Sympathy’ entered the charts on this day in 1991… [February 1991]
When the annals of dance music come to be written, Massive Attack’s Unfinished Sympathy will…
Like Moby’s ‘Go’? Here are all the original remixes, back to back, over the course of an hour…
The Twin Peaks-sampling Go by Moby deserves to be held up as one of the…
Dance music invades the (commercial) airwaves… [January 1995]
This year, as many of you know, marks the 25th anniversary of the first BBC…
Beat Dis! Bomb The Bass’ epic debut hit the charts 30 years ago today… [February 1988]
“The names have been changed to protect the innocent…” There are debut singles, and then…
Haçienda founder and Factory Records guru Tony Wilson would have been 68 today…
It’s not often that you see Happy Mondays’ frontman Shaun Ryder get all emotional, but…
Further evidence why the KLF’s Jimmy Cauty is an absolute legend… [December 1996]
You’ve heard the one about the KLF’s Jimmy Cauty buying up two old Saracen tanks and…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Armand Van Helden – Witch Doktor [1994]
Armand Van Helden turns 48 tomorrow, and so for this week’s Throwback Thursday, we recall…
Satoshi Tomiie – the musical prodigy behind the Def Mix sound… [November 1994]
It’s been 29 years since producer Satoshi Tomiie recorded one of THE standout house anthems,…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Beloved – The Sun Rising [October 1989]
Whisper it quietly, but the evenings are starting to get longer. Ok, as I write…
How classical music invaded the chill-out zone… [July 1994]
What goes up, must come down, as the old expression goes. Long before The Orb,…
Enjoying your Monday? Not as much as these punters enjoyed this Doncaster rave, 25 years ago today… [February 1993]
It’s been doing the rounds one YouTube for some time, but now it’s finally come…
So Sven Väth is moving Cocoon to Pacha. I’m not sure how I feel about that…
“At the end, you probably don’t hear anything, everything just goes black.” This famous (albeit…
THROWBACK THURSDAY – Laurent Garnier – Acid Eiffel [1993]
Today marks Laurent Garnier’s 52nd birthday, and I can think of no better track to…