Orbital’s ‘Chime’ still hits the right notes [2001]…
Orbital’s Chime is rightly considered one of the electronic music masterpieces of all time – and still a show closer,…
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A ‘Divine’ intervention [1982]…
Maybe I’m watching too much Ru Paul’s Drag Race at the moment (!), but back when the glamorous star of…
A rave in Mickey Mouse’s back garden [September 1993]…
“Flights, check. Accommodation, check. DJs, check. Now, all we need is a venue. How about Euro Disney..?” While I doubt…
Eric Schlosser raves it up [October 1998]…
Author Eric Schlosser is probably better known for his damning critique of the fast food industry, in Fast Food Nation….
Something For The Weekend: Acid pioneer Armando on Chicago radio [1987/88]…
The late Armando Gallop was one of the first Chicago-based musicians to see the potential of the Roland TB-303 as…
Before The Hacienda, there was Tony Wilson [1984]…
Today marks ten years since the passing of Tony Wilson (10 August 2007), the impresario that gave us Manchester’s The…
Indigenous culture meets electronica…
Today (9 August) is the UN ‘International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples’, and while indigenous culture and electronic music…
Happy 808 day everyone..!
To a generation of techno/acid/hip hop aficionados, August 8 means only one thing – an opportunity to reminisce about the…
It’s (not so) grim up North…
YouTube is a goldmine for old rave footage and documentaries, such as this BBC North piece from 1992. While there’s…
Watch this German brass band perform a killer version of ‘Man With The Red Face’…
I found myself at a corporate gig in Berlin in June, and as well as featuring live performances by David…