A summer to forget – the economic impact of COVID-19 on the 2020 festival season…
If 2020 were a music festival, it would be a forgettable, rain-soaked mudfest with no…
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How Patrick Hernandez’ Born To Be Alive soundtracked the last days of disco…
Having dominated the 70s, the summer of 1979 was largely seen as the last days…
Check out the latest episode of Trailblazers, featuring Xavier de Rosnay of Justice
After a fascinating chat with Norman Jay MBE last week, 909originals is proud to unveil…
Interview: “We looked at each other as if to say ‘are we wasting our money on this project?'” Tricky Disco’s Michael Wells on the creation of a Warp Records classic…
When it comes to making an immediate impact, few record labels were as effective as…
909originals is THREE! Here are some of our favourite articles from the past year…
Three… it’s the magic number! 909originals celebrates its THIRD BIRTHDAY today, and we would like…
In tribute to Ennio Morricone, here’s a playlist of tracks that sample The Good, The Bad and The Ugly…
Italian maestro Ennio Morricone, who died this week at the age of 91, was one…
Sheryl Garratt’s ‘Adventures In Wonderland’ has been updated and re-released
Originally published in 1999, Sheryl Garratt’s Adventures in Wonderland is a fascinating account of the…
House up your weekend with the Long Live House Radio Show
If you like house music, you’ll LOVE the latest edition of the Long Live House…
The story behind Music for the Jilted Generation’s iconic inner sleeve… [July 1994]
The Prodigy’s Music for the Jilted Generation was released 26 years ago today, on 4…
Check out the latest episode of Trailblazers, featuring Norman Jay MBE
909originals is proud to announce that we will be hosting the Trailblazers podcast series each…
Interview: Still kicking like a mule… 909originals catches up with Nick Halkes
As music industry execs go, Nick Halkes certainly has a story or two to tell….
Greg Wilson has called time on his blog… here are ten essential long reads from over the past ten years
If there was one music blog that could be truly said to be essential reading,…
From Freakshow to Disco Invaders… Cocoon Ibiza was the White Isle’s best party during the 2000s
If this were any other year, a Monday night in Ibiza would have been synonymous…
“Nobody from the dance world has come up with an album to reflect these times…” The Chemical Brothers’ Exit Planet Dust was released on this day 25 years ago
Having worked the underground circuit as The 237 Turbo Nutters and latterly The Dust Brothers…
909rewind Vol. 25… Richie Hawtin
Welcome to 909rewind, a series from 909originals that explores the early musical careers of some…
This album reviewer REALLY didn’t like Snap!’s World Power when it was released in 1990…
Of all the Eurodance projects of the early 90s, Germany’s Snap! are one of the…
Win a copy of ‘Junior Tomlin: Flyer & Cover Art’ – celebrating one of rave’s most influential artists
Few artists are as closely associated with the rave scene as Junior Tomlin, whose work…
Get your funk on with the Long Live House Radio Show…!
Summer’s here, so it’s time to get down and get funky with the Long Live…
Check out this epic six-hour playlist of tracks featured in the Street Sounds Electro compilations…
Looking for some sounds to ease your way into the weekend? First issued in 1983,…
Discover the futuristic vision of the ‘Salvador Dali of rave’ in a new book
Taking his influences from sci-fi, surrealism, fantasy, futurism and graphic novels, Junior Tomlin is one…
Interview: “Urban living sometimes provokes distortions…” 909originals chats to Ellen Allien about her new album, AurAA
Few artists go as hand in hand with Berlin techno as Ellen Allien – having…
Trevor Jackson’s four-hour Arthur Baker retrospective is all you should be listening to this week…
Legendary producer and remixer Arthur Baker is rightly considered one of the most influential figures…
Here are the answers to 909originals’ Great Big Irish Old School Pub Quiz
Thanks to everyone that tuned in for the Great Big Irish Old School Pub Quiz…
Get your dancing shoes on, it’s the Long Live House Radio Show..!
Put some funk into your Friday with the latest instalment of the Long Live House…
Interview: ORIGINALS… Quenum
Switzerland is well established as a bastion of electronic music (home to Sonja Moonear, Deetron,…
World Cup Italia 90 kicked off on this day 30 years ago. Here’s our winning XI of songs from that unforgettable summer…
The 1990 World Cup kicked off on this day 30 years ago (8 June) –…
Interview: 909originals catches up with Third Son following the release of his ’20 Days’ album
For those looking for creative inspiration during lockdown, London based recording artist Third Son, aka…
Get set for 909originals’ Great Big Irish Old School Pub Quiz…
If you know your Sides DC from your Shaft, and your Sound Crowd from your…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Plastikman – Peel Session [September 1994]
Today (4 June) is Richie Hawtin‘s 50th birthday, so we can think of no better…
Interview: ORIGINALS… Roland Clark
DJ, producer, vocalist, songwriter, label owner… Roland Clark may well be one of the hardest…