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 time’ you would expect there…
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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 Manchester music icon. One of…
Catching up with 808 State in 1996… [July 1996]
In 1996, seven years on from Pacific State going massive, 808 State released their fifth album, Don Solaris. Featuring a…
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 there’s Beat Dis, the first…
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 Hacienda or Shoom. But Hamburg,…
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 for a tune that helped…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Emmanuel Top – Acid Phase [November 1994]
Lille-born Emmanuel Top was one of the great techno producers of the 90s, and his most recent release, on the…
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… that’s ludicrous! It’s been played…
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 as you’d like to think….
What happens when a rave gets shut down… [1989]
While the late 80s and early 90s saw countless free parties held around the outskirts of London’s M25, some were…