Ibiza Uncovered… A lot has changed in 20 years, or has it? [July 1997]
In July 1997, Ibiza Uncovered was first broadcast on Sky One, introducing the world to…
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Sasha: The first DJ pin-up…? [December 1991]
Back in 1991, several years before the concept of a ‘superstar DJ’ (with the booking…
This video of the 1995 Love Parade is just the tonic on a cold winter’s night… [July 1995]
With the weather getting colder (2 degrees at the last count!), there’s nothing like a…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: T99 – Anasthasia (1991)
Is this the most devastating opening chord salvo in dance music history? Watch this video…
Frankie Bones on the UK rave scene… [February 1990]
For US-based DJs coming to Europe in the late 80s and early 90s, the rave…
Liam and Noel Gallagher invade clubland… [November 1996]
Back in the mid 90s, you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing a blast of Wonderwall…
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: Jeff Mills – Live At The Liquid Room – Tokyo [1996]
If you are looking for evidence that Jeff Mills has long been one of the…
Richie Hawtin on his origins… and overpaid DJs [September 1994]
Richie Hawtin has been at the forefront of techno for more than 25 years, and…
The great Haçienda sell off… [November 2000]
This is the way the world ends, Not with a bang but a whimper… So…
Why taping Radio 1’s Essential Mix back in the mid-90s was a whole lot easier than trying to stream it online…
Having started broadcasting in October 1993, BBC’s Essential Mix has been the benchmark-setter for dance…
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: Danny Tenaglia, Global Underground 017: London, CD2 [September 2000]
Music is like a time machine. Some chord progression or random melody can transport you…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Emmanuel Top – Acid Phase [November 1994]
Lille-born Emmanuel Top was one of the great techno producers of the 90s, and his…
Haven’t I seen you somewhere before? MUZIK’s dance music lookalikes… [January 1997]
In the early days of the World Wide Web, when life was simpler, hours could…
This documentary contains everything you need to know about electronic music in early 90s Berlin… [1993]
Music site Electronic Beats recently uncovered a gem lurking away in the far back reaches…
Goodbye Charly… The Prodigy release Music for the Jilted Generation… [1994]
“You can forget about that bloody cat for a start. It is possible there are…
Tony Humphries – champion of the ‘little guy’… [July 1992]
Tony Humphries has been one of the most committed house music pioneers for more than…
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: I-F rolls back the years with this Chicago house mixtape… [1989]
Dutch producer I-F, also known as Interr-Ference (and Ferenc van der Sluijs to his mother)…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Jeff Mills – The Dancer [1996]
Having developed his Axis label (as well as providing a boost to the emerging Tresor…
Dave Clarke’s Archive One… ‘a warped, out-of-kilter musical worldview’ [February 1996]
With the release of techno legend Dave Clarke’s new album [the excellent The Desecration of…
Add some Halloween Horror to your DJ set with Vincent Price’s isolated ‘Thriller’ rap…
Nothing screams Halloween like Michael Jackson’s Thriller, released in November 1982, and while Quincy Jones’…
Ready, steady, fashion! What to wear raving in 1993… [January 1993]
Music and fashion have gone hand in hand for more than half a century, and…
NME heads to Manchester to sample the ‘real’ Acid House scene… [October 1988]
“In magazines I read of the ‘London House Explosion’ and how they thought it up……
Set these dancing pixels to your favourite tune, sit back and enjoy…
Sometimes you come across a website that just makes listening to music a whole lot…
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: Sasha & Digweed, Ministry of Sound’s Sixth Birthday [September 1997]
It’s hard to believe that the Northern Exposure mix series – arguably the mixes that…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: OFF – Electrica Salsa [1986]
As Sven Väth celebrates his 53rd birthday, 909originals celebrates one of the diamonds in the…
He’s not the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy… [1989]
Heaven has been a part of London clubland for more than a generation – first…
Why Fischerspooner decided to re-‘Emerge’…with a little help from Michael Stipe
When the annals of electro-pop are written, Emerge by Fischerspooner deserves to be considered as…
Full on cartoon rave hysteria…
A few weeks back, The Guardian ran an enjoyable piece on how ‘cartoon rave’ changed…
Amnesia Ibiza: Opening Party, 25 years ago… [1992]
Ibiza was a well-known stop off point on the global hippy trail in the 1970s,…
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND – This 1994 mix by Colin Dale is a bit special…
Colin Dale has been one of the hardest working men in dance music since he…