Dance music invades the (commercial) airwaves… [January 1995]
This year, as many of you know, marks the 25th anniversary of the first BBC…
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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…
That time Carl Cox teamed up with James Brown… [November 1998]
Carl Cox has worked with many great artists over the years, however in late 1998,…
Give Us The Night – Isn’t it time we got some clarity on the future of Irish clubland..?
With Dublin venues District 8 and Hangar now earmarked for closure in the coming months,…
Pot, Kettle, Black…! Only joking, I think Judge Jules is making a good point here… [July 1997]
There are few things worse than a marauding gang of pissed-up idiots taking over the…
Annie Mac has a point about mobile phones, but cigarettes on the dancefloor were much worse…
Annie Mac got a lot of coverage last week for her comments on the use…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Daft Punk – ‘Drive’ [1994]
This week marks 21 years since the launch of Homework, the album that catapulted two…
Everybody Dance Now! The story behind C+C Music Factory’s biggest hit…
There was a period, sometime around late 1990/early 1991, when you couldn’t turn on the…
Pete Tong: “I know I’m an old git, but I still enjoy the scene…” [December 1998]
Amazingly, BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, marking yet another…
Check out this video of the acid house scene in Hamburg in 1988… [December 1988]
Think ‘acid house in the late 80s’ and you inevitably think of clubs like The…
Why one- or two-hour DJ sets just don’t cut it… [October 1993]
There are few things more frustrating than having to persevere with a seemingly-endless procession of…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Artemnesia – Bits and Pieces [January 1995]
Released on Hooj Choons (one of the all time great labels) in early 1995, Artemnesia’s…
Happy birthday to the ‘Godfather of House Music’…
Today, 18 January, would have been Frankie Knuckles’ 63rd birthday. Arguably the most important name…
Let’s settle this… Is it ‘Old School’ or ‘Old Skool’?
Let’s settle the debate once and for all. Is the correct term to use, when…
A breath of fresh Air… [January 1998]
Released 20 years ago today, 16 January 1998, Air’s Moon Safari was THE soundtrack to…
The must visit nightclubs… of 1996 [January 1997]
Were things really better in the 90s? A quick glance at Mixmag’s list of the…
Underground Resistance embrace the ‘Code War’… [July 1992]
“The Cold War is over, this is the Code War…” Back in July 1992, while…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Camisra – Let Me Show You (Tall Paul remix)
For the first Throwback Thursday tune of 2018, we go back 20 years, to February…
The Brothers’ gonna work it out… [June 1995]
Having forged an early career as master remix duo The Dust Brothers, schoolmates Ed Simons…
Club flyers? Nah, I’m gonna use my pager…
How did tech-savvy clubbers in the late 90s look to keep up to date with…
Home Taping Is Killing Music… Or Not
There’s a scene in the latest Simon Pegg-Nick Frost movie, The World’s End, in which…