909originals is TWO! Thanks to all our followers and supporters

“I love the site. My kinda nostalgia!” – Fatboy Slim

It’s party time here at 909originals HQ, as this week we celebrate our second birthday!

Since July 2017, we’ve strived to bring you a heady mixture of in-depth interviews, nostalgia-tinged features and cutting edge mixes, and the feedback thus far – both from the industry and from our loyal supporters – has been beyond our expectations.

Along the way, we’ve been acknowledged with a ‘Best Music Blog’ award at the 2018 Bloggies, chatted (and occasionally hobnobbed) with dance music’s great and good, and brought you exclusive competitions, playlists, banter, and hopefully a few laughs along the way.

Here are some of our personal highlights from over the past 12 months…

• “I saw Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, and I burst into tears halfway through…” Orbital’s Paul and Phil Hartnoll on life before Chime…
  
• The miracle of Creation… the story behind Ireland’s legendary free party collective…
  
• Author and musical historian David Stubbs on the past, present and future of electronic beats…
  
• “I’m a firm believer in doing my own thing…” Josh Wink delves into his early career…
  
• Alon Shulman, author of The Second Summer of Love: How Dance Music Took Over The World discusses the formative years of acid house… and the time Paul McCartney invited Carl Cox in for pizza…
  
• The story of Dublin’s The Pod nightclub, by venue designer Ron McCulloch…
  
• Fatboy Slim discusses the recording of, and inspiration behind, You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby…
  
• “It was like a huge wave of euphoria…” Justin Robertson talks about the arrival of acid house in Manchester, c. 1988…
  
• Legendary flyer artist Dave Little discusses how art and acid house made for a heady mix…
  
• Matthew Herbert on life as a musical alchemist…
  
• “I describe it as a cross between Cirque du Soleil and Burning Man…” Former Pink Floyd saxophonist Scott Page on the future of live concerts…
  
• “We walked out of there literally pinching ourselves, saying ‘what on earth just happened’?” Altern 8’s Mark Archer on his unexpected entry into dance music…
  
• Greg Wilson explores what ‘1988 and all that’ meant to him…
  
• Johnny Proctor, the author of Ninety and Ninety Six, talks acid house, Dundee United and why Instagram has tainted clubland…
  
• Traversing the psychedelic soundscapes of Black Mirror’s Bandersnatch…
  
• Techno baron Dave Clarke discusses why John Peel was such an important influence on his career…
  
• … plus we even found time for a cheeky pint, exploring the classic Anticipation ad by Guinness, 25 years on. And a lot more besides!

Thanks to everyone that has supported us over the past couple of years… the good news is, we’re only getting started! 🙂