How Bruno Brookes And Pete Waterman helped make ‘Stakker Humanoid’ a hit
The first wave of acid house took so many by surprise that even the mainstream…
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It’s ‘303 day’, so we’re going to spend all day playing with this virtual Roland TB-303 emulator…
Today (3 March) is otherwise known as ‘303 day’, a yearly event in which we…
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…
This acid playlist is all we need to warm ourselves up on a chilly Spring afternoon…
Last December, Posthuman’s I Love Acid was the deserved winner of the Best Club Event…
The comments on this rave video are the reason we love dance music…
Look up ‘acid house’ on YouTube, and it won’t be long until you come across…
‘Biting, severe and even unpleasant’… NME introduces indie kids to acid house [February 1988]
Rock and dance have always made for uneasy bedfellows, yet back in 1988, even the…
That time Top of the Pops went ‘acieed’…. [October 1988]
This week saw the passing of Gary Haisman, the singer/rapper best known for providing the…
Welcome to Acid House… This classic cartoon was published 30 years ago today
While the UK tabloid press initially embraced the acid house movement – The S*n’s £5.50 t-shirt…
‘It’s groovy and cool…’ How The Sun celebrated acid house
October 1988 saw the publication of one of the most talked about headlines of the…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Armando – Land of Confusion [1987]
The late Armando Gallop was arguably the brightest star in the acid house firmament, with…
BBC 6 Music is holding an all-day rave this Thursday…
… Ok, not quite. But it’s still worth getting out of bed (early) for. 🙂…
It may be five months till Christmas, but this meticulously-detailed acid house blueprint is top of the wish list…
Could there be anything more beautiful than a chartered history of dance music mapped out…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Marcus Mixx – The Spell (Ron Hardy mix) [1988]
Every now and again, an unreleased track from the dawn of house music is unearthed,…
Today is World Emoji Day. But why is the Smiley associated with acid house?
Today, 17 July, marks World Emoji Day, and with that in mind, 909originals examines the…
Remember when Boy George recorded an acid house-themed LGBT protest anthem..? [May 1988]
Back in May 1988, the Thatcher government in the UK, published the controversial Section 28…
INTERVIEW: Altern-8’s Mark Archer: “I pretty much loved everything from 1986 to 1992…”
***Exclusively published by Future Past Clothing. The full interview can be found here. *** The word…
A night out at the Haçienda, Manchester… [1995]
Following on from the announcement of our tie-up with Haçienda resident Graeme Park, here are…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Public Energy – Three ‘O Three [1992]
If Change The Beat, released on R&S Records in 1991 established Dutchman Jochem Paap (aka…
Hallelujah! 808 State are coming to save Christmas..!
Some three decades on from their stonking debut, Newbuild, 808 State have just announced a…
For those of you that thought good music died in the 90s, this is for you… part two [April 1998]
Looking back, 20 years later, on a list of the ‘best dance tracks of all…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Steve Poindexter – Computer Madness [1989]
By the end of the 80s, the initial acid house wave had given rise to…
I will never get tired of watching Shaun Ryder trying to describe ‘Voodoo Ray’…
Not content with featuring one Happy Mondays-related post today, here’s another, which also features another…
Catching up with 808 State in 1996… [July 1996]
In 1996, seven years on from Pacific State going massive, 808 State released their fifth…
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…
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…
12 TUNES OF CHRISTMAS: Incredible Intros. #10: Maurice – This Is Acid (K & T Mix) [1988]
For the third instalment of our festive countdown, we turn the clock back 30 years…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Emmanuel Top – Acid Phase [November 1994]
Lille-born Emmanuel Top was one of the great techno producers of the 90s, and his…
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……
Paul Oakenfold tells NME about the emerging acid house scene… [October 1988]
“The official line is this. Yes, there are some drugs involved, but not as much…
What happens when a rave gets shut down… [1989]
While the late 80s and early 90s saw countless free parties held around the outskirts…