Deee-Lite: A Momentary Lapse of Psychedelia… [August 1990]
There are breakthrough singles, and then there’s Groove Is In The Heart… Watch this video…
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SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: Check out this slamming rave mixtape from indie rockers Butterfly Explosion…
“Open your mind…” Irish group Butterfly Explosion are perhaps better known for their shoegaze-influenced blend…
So why DID rocker Paul Weller decide to cover one of the all-time seminal house tracks..? [February 1989]
Given that Paul Weller commenced his career in ‘spit n sawdust’ outfit The Jam, before…
THROWBACK THURSDAY – Brainbug, Nightmare [November 1996]
I was disappointed to read recently about the death of Alberto Bertapelle, an Italian composer…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Der Dritte Raum – Hale Bopp [August 1998]
It’s rare enough that you can say that a particular track could have been released…
Los Angeles’ ‘Ditch Parties’: all baseball caps and computer cleaner… [1993]
“This teenage partygoer is sucking computer cleaner. It gives him a high, and he stumbles…
David Morales’ house music essentials [July 1993]…
While David Morales cut his teeth in the 1980s, both as an accomplished remixer and…
Sasha details how to ‘read’ a crowd…
In this interview with Skiddle, from 2015, Sasha turns back the clock to recall warehouse…
Something For The Weekend: Acid pioneer Armando on Chicago radio [1987/88]…
The late Armando Gallop was one of the first Chicago-based musicians to see the potential…
Before The Hacienda, there was Tony Wilson [1984]…
Today marks ten years since the passing of Tony Wilson (10 August 2007), the impresario…
Larry Heard and the birth of ‘Jack’…
The great Larry Heard, aka Fingers Inc, aka Fingers Corporation, aka Gherkin Jerks and countless…
‘Now this is how it started…’
From the outset, I want 909originals to be about the music