“It was about ‘how do you make classicist impressionism, how do you make black opera’?” Goldie deconstructs legendary album ‘Timeless’
Goldie’s Timeless, which celebrated its 25th anniversary last summer, re-wrote the rulebook on drum ‘n’…
Month: January 2021
Check out this mini documentary examining the importance of clubbing to Ireland’s culture
No More Hotels, Thinkhouse and Algorithm have come together to put together a fantastic mini…
Your weekend warmup is here! It’s the Long Live House Radio Show
Legendary mixmaster Graeme Park is here with another instalment of the Long Live House Radio…
How the M25 rave scene in London helped make acid house history
The rave scene that developed around the M25 motorway in the 1980s was a vibrant…
“People crack on about it, yeah. But they’re just jealous.” Has clubland gone too commercial? [November 1996]
Claims that dance music has ‘gone too commercial’ have been around since the formative years…
This vinyl subscription service is just what we need during lockdown…
There’s nothing like spending an afternoon rummaging through the racks at your local record store,…
A new immersive online rave experience promises to be a mixture of Human Traffic and Black Mirror’s Bandersnatch
Sasha, Altern-8, Yousef Alan Fitzpatrick, Crazy P Soundsystem, Âme and Eats Everything are among those…
Someone has just uploaded a full Daft Punk gig in high quality, and now we miss gigs more than ever…
Let’s hear it for YouTube user Johnny Airbag, who has just uploaded 90 minutes of…
Crank up the bass! It’s the Long Live House Radio Show
The weekend is once again upon us, so here are some quality house beats, courtesy…
“If hip hop ever got to a position where it could hear other kinds of beats, one of the first people it would have to hear is Christy Moore…” Irish hip hop in the mid-90s [February 1994]
It’s a Renaissance moment for Irish rap and hip hop, with acts like Denise Chaila,…
“We spent a lot of time making everything perfect…” The story behind the cover artwork for Daft Punk’s ‘Homework’
On this day (20 January) in 1997, French duo Daft Punk released Homework, their devastating,…
Setting the template – a selection of some of Frankie Knuckles’ best early remixes and edits
While Frankie Knuckles, aka The Godfather of House Music, is no longer with us, he…
Funk up your Friday with the Long Live House Radio Show..!
It’s the weekend, so it’s time to get down and get funky with the Long…
“People went on holiday and were dancing to our songs in Cyprus…” Check out this short documentary on the Sheffield bleep scene from 1990
There was definitely something in the water in Sheffield in the early 1990s, as acts…
Erol Alkan’s ‘Trash’ playlist transports us back to the heady days of the early 2000s
There was a glorious period at the start of the 2000s, when dance coalesced with…
Andrew Weatherall’s radio shows for NTS are so well curated they belong in a museum
“What I love about music is how you embark on a journey that you’re never…
Heat up your weekend with the Long Live House Radio Show
The mercury may be close to freezing, but the Long Live House Radio Show is…
How Orbital created the blissful masterpiece, ‘Belfast’
On 7 January 1991, Orbital released the III EP, the group’s third single, which contained…
Trading the ‘mental’ for the ‘transcendental’ – welcome to the ambient age… [January 1990]
With the world going to hell in a handbasket, maybe it’s time that we trade…
“No matter what, the music will live on…” DJs and artists reflect on the dance industry after COVID-19
Since last March, when COVID-19 announced its unwelcome presence in our lives, large parts of…
Mixmaster Morris’ hour-long mix of FSOL’s ‘Papua New Guinea’ is exactly the sort of positive energy we need at the start of 2021…
Ambient maestro Mixmaster Morris‘ ’60 minute mixes’ of artists ranging from Kate Bush to Dub…
Ladies and gentlemen, the WINNER of the Irish Rave Championship is…
All good things must come to an end, and over the past few days, 909originals…
Stomp your way into the New Year with the Long Live House Radio Show
Keep that festive feeling flowing with another two hours of quality house music from the…