“No matter what, the music will live on…” DJs and artists reflect on the dance industry after COVID-19
Since last March, when COVID-19 announced its unwelcome presence in our lives, large parts of…
Clubs
These old photos of empty German nightclubs are eerily familiar given these strange times
Let’s face it, clubbing as we know and love it won’t be back for some…
First Floor’s Shawn Reynaldo on the perils of clubbing returning too soon
One of the best weekly newsletters on the electronic music scene is First Floor, helmed…
“It’s necessary for any period to build its cathedrals…” Manchester’s The Haçienda opened on this day in 1982
Legendary Manchester club The Haçienda opened on this day (21 May) in 1982, creating a…
If you can’t stand the heat… U2’s legendary The Kitchen nightclub opened on this day in 1994
Up until recently, if you sauntered along Dublin’s East Essex Street, you might have found…
Laurent Garnier on how The Haçienda ‘blew his mind’ in 1987… [October 1994]
Paris native Laurent Garnier, who celebrated his 53rd birthday last Friday, was an early convert…
Do not go gentle into that good night… What Ireland’s nightclub industry does next
Last weekend saw the closing of another ‘institution’ of Irish clubland – the Tivoli Theatre…
On the road again… what DJs played the most gigs in 2018?
Life, it has often been said, is one big journey, and that’s even more the…
Bodytonic set to open Jam Park… you’ve come a long way, baby
Bad news is often contagious, and when the announcement was made on Friday 5th January…
The New Years Eve lineup for HYTE Berlin is 24 hours of insane techno…
For those of us that want our ‘Auld Lang Syne’ to run well into the…
20 bliain ag fás… Galway’s 110th Street hits a milestone
In November 1998, a young Kerry-born DJ, Cian Ó Cíobháin, threw a party for his…
Here’s how the critics viewed Fatboy Slim’s You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby at the time of its release in October 1998…
“Like a visit to a chitlin-circuit roadhouse along the Information Superhighway…” With a title borrowed…
Liverpool’s Cream opened on this day in 1992…
Before there was Creamfields, or Cream Ibiza, there was Cream, the hedonistic nightspot on Liverpool’s…
Water, water everywhere… and not a drop to drink
One of the most-read articles on 909originals over the past year was about the availability…
Check out this news report on Liverpool’s Cream nightclub in its mid-90s heyday… [February 1995]
Founded in October 1992 in Liverpool, Cream is still one of the biggest names in…
The Ormond… 21 years gone, but not forgotten
One of Dublin’s most iconic clubbing venues, The Ormond Multimedia Centre, shut its doors for…
Legendary Belgian techno club Fuse opened its doors 24 years ago this week. Here’s a documentary about how it all came together… [April 1994]
Paris has Le Grand Rex, Berlin has Tresor, and Brussels has Fuse. The legendary Belgian…
20 years ago this week, legendary gay club Heaven entered a new era… [April 1998]
Before there were gay clubs, there was Heaven. The London club, which opened in 1979,…
Check out this video from the opening party of The Kitchen nightclub in Dublin… [February 1994]
Despite operating for just over eight years (I had the pleasure of working there for…
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…
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…
The must visit nightclubs… of 1996 [January 1997]
Were things really better in the 90s? A quick glance at Mixmag’s list of the…
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…
A look at Cream Liverpool’s website… from 1997
Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be, as the saying goes, but Archive.org still throws…
Too old to go clubbing? Don’t make me laugh…
They say ‘age is but a number’, but for most middle aged people, spending hours…
Why don’t DJs turn up…? [December 1993]
Most of last week was taken up with the somewhat shocking, mostly amusing saga of…