Check out this amazing video of Mr Spring’s set from Homelands Ireland 2000 [April 2000]
While the first Homelands Ireland (click here for more) was a landmark moment for the…
Month: April 2018
Ruff in the jungle… did drum and bass kill acid house’s high? [April 1994]
Back in April 1994, as the nascent drum and bass scene was growing around the…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Liquid – Sweet Harmony [1991]
Featuring arguably the all time greatest piano loop in acid house history (borrowed from CeCe…
Hallelujah! 808 State are coming to save Christmas..!
Some three decades on from their stonking debut, Newbuild, 808 State have just announced a…
The man behind arguably the most important magazine in Germany’s techno history… [March 1996]
Jürgen Laarmann may not be a household name outside of Germany, but for a generation…
Check out these party goers raving the night away at Paris’ Castel Club in the 1990s…
Legendary Paris nightspot Chez Castel has been the centre of sophistication in the French capital…
Yes, Record Store Day is important, but let’s not kill the golden goose…
Founded in 2007 in the US, Record Store Day has undeniably played a part in…
Massive Attack’s Mezzanine is 20 years old this week, and the band are commemorating it in the best way possible… [April 1998]
In the annals of electronic music history, there are few better opening 15 minutes than…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: A Man Called Adam – Easter Song [1995]
With the mercury reaching 25-degrees plus in most of Europe today, for this week’s Throwback…
You’re twisting my melon, man – Bez from the Happy Mondays turns 54 today…
Legendary dancer, vibesman, part-time politician, maracas enthusiast, reality TV star and professional caner Bez, from…
Legendary Belgian techno club Fuse opened its doors 24 years ago this week. Here’s a documentary about how it all came together… [April 1994]
Paris has Le Grand Rex, Berlin has Tresor, and Brussels has Fuse. The legendary Belgian…
For those of you that thought good music died in the 90s, this is for you… part two [April 1998]
Looking back, 20 years later, on a list of the ‘best dance tracks of all…
For those of you that thought good music died in the 90s, this is for you… part one [April 1998]
There’s a school of thought out there that all dance music post 1998 is, frankly,…
Think you know David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’? You’ve never heard it like this before…
As today is ‘Aphex Twin Day’ (Avril 14th), I’ve dug up one from the archives…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Steve Poindexter – Computer Madness [1989]
By the end of the 80s, the initial acid house wave had given rise to…
Is anyone else excited about Larry Heard’s first album as ‘Mr. Fingers’ in a quarter of a century?
Under his ‘Mr Fingers’ moniker, Larry Heard released some of the most jacking, acid-infused tracks…
So we FINALLY now know what is going to become of the old Pod/Redbox complex in Dublin…
For a generation of clubbers, the Pod/Redbox/Chocolate Bar complex on Harcourt Street in Dublin brings…
20 years ago this week, legendary gay club Heaven entered a new era… [April 1998]
Before there were gay clubs, there was Heaven. The London club, which opened in 1979,…
Are we still having a debate about free water in nightclubs? Really?
At the start of the month, Mixmag posted an April Fools Day ’exclusive’ claiming that…
I can’t get no sleep… Faithless’ debut album ‘Reverence’ turns 22 … [April 1996]
Coming five months on from the single that established Faithless as a headline dance act…
Massive Attack’s Blue Lines was released on this day in 1991… [April 1991]
“The big wheel keeps on turning, On a simple line day by day, The earth…
On Andrew Weatherall’s birthday, check out the tracks that inspired Screamadelica…
Something magical was obviously in the air on 6 April 1963, as both Detroit legend…
Derrick May’s ‘Relics – A Transmat Compilation’ is well worth another listen… [May 1992]
Today, 6 April, marks Derrick May‘s 55th birthday, and it’s a sign of an unyielding…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot – Bonnie & Clyde (Herbert’s Fred & Ginger Mix) [2002]
Rarely pictured without a ‘Gitanes’ in his mouth (and buxom blonde under his arm), legendary…
What if Donald Trump had been elected on a platform of protecting American techno?
A funny thought came to me last night, what if Donald Trump’s election platform had…
This new book on Paris’ club culture in the 1990s looks like a coffee table essential…
Paris in the 1990s was a special time and place for electronic music, seeing the…
Why Underground Resistance don’t celebrate Independence Day… [August 1996]
Hell hath no fury like Mad Mike scorned, as this article from MUZIK magazine in…