“Oggie, Oggie, Oggie! Oi, Oi, Oi!” Maniac 2000 was released 20 years ago this week…
Few singles encapsulated the exuberance of the early part of the millennium than Maniac 2000,…
Ireland
“The bottom line is, the tune has to be good…” Kerry’s 4th Dimension talk homegrown techno [July 1994]
Killarney, Co. Kerry isn’t the first place you think of in terms of cutting-edge electronica,…
Dublin’s RedBox opened on this day in 1996…
Some three-and-a-half years after the opening of The Pod nightclub, on Dublin’s Harcourt Street, the…
Ahead of their performances at Dublin’s District 8 this weekend, here are more Sasha & Digweed sets than you could ever possibly need…
Morecambe and Wise. Laurel and Hardy. Bert and Ernie. History is awash with great double…
Some of the biggest names in Irish dance music are coming together TONIGHT to pay tribute to the late Scott Macnaughton
On September 15 last, the Irish dance music industry was a sadder place with the…
Fancy owning a piece of Bernard Shaw history…?
The Shaw is dead, long live the Shaw! While Bodytonic may have closed the iconic…
The Bernard Shaw is closing… but we’ll always remember the EPIC nights we had there
Dublin’s cultural heart skipped a beat or two earlier this week with the sad news…
Big Fish Little Fish comes to Ireland – 909originals meets the team behind it
Big Fish Little Fish (BFLF), which has organised family raves across the UK and Australia…
The miracle of Creation… The story behind Ireland’s legendary free party collective
For those lucky enough to have experienced them, the Creation parties will go down in…
“I still get goosebumps thinking of it…” Ireland’s finest share their memories of previous Creation parties
While there may yet be another a chapter or two left in the story of…
Ministry Of Sound’s big night out in Dublin… [April 1998]
Remember April 1998? When going out for a weekend in Dublin would cost you less…
Homelands Ireland 2000 was 19 years ago today… and this video always makes us smile
Seven months on from its first instalment, 29 April 2000 (19 years ago today) saw…
“It was something that people hadn’t really seen before, but they were ready for it…” The making of Dublin’s The Pod
On 13 April 1993, The Pod opened its doors, ushering in a new era of…
Give Us The Night seeks to turn the tide for Ireland’s clubs…
Established just over a decade ago, Give Us The Night has long fought the good…
It’s been 19 years since Homelands Ireland 1999 – here are some of the best DJ sets from that historic day…
Today, 25 September, marks 19 years since a festival that marked a turning point 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…
Check out this video of Dublin’s ‘hottest dance club’, Sides DC, back in 1987…
Sides nightclub, or Sides DC to give it its official title (the DC standing for…
The Kitchen Nightclub closed 16 years ago today…
Arguably the finest purpose-built club venue this country has ever seen, the U2-owned The Kitchen…
So we FINALLY now know what is going to become of the old Pod/Redbox complex in Dublin…
For a generation of clubbers, the Pod/Redbox/Chocolate Bar complex on Harcourt Street in Dublin brings…
Are we still having a debate about free water in nightclubs? Really?
At the start of the month, Mixmag posted an April Fools Day ’exclusive’ claiming that…
Hector and Cian go large… Ibiza 2001, Irish style [September 2001]
Fair play to Galway-based DJ Cian Ó Cíobháin for digging this one out and posting…
Check out Sasha rocking a castle party in County Louth back in 1993… [May 1993]
Bellingham Castle, in County Louth, Ireland, is, according to the official website, ‘an elegant and…
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…
Give Us The Night – Isn’t it time we got some clarity on the future of Irish clubland..?
With Dublin venues District 8 and Hangar now earmarked for closure in the coming months,…
Homelands Ireland, 18 years ago today… [September 1999]
Today, 25 September, marks 18 years to the day since the Homelands Ireland 1999, a…
909originals Irish Rave Championship – THE FINAL
Secret Weapon – Dream Lover (Sound Crowd Mix) [1993] vs Sound Crowd Orchestra – Sixth…
909originals Irish Rave Championship – SEMI FINAL, MATCH 2
Ubiquity – Bolivian Angel [1993] vs Sound Crowd Orchestra – Sixth Season [1994] The second…
909originals Irish Rave Championship – SEMI FINAL, MATCH 1
Mad Sound Disease – MoonBoom [1993] vs Secret Weapon – Dream Lover (Sound Crowd Mix)…
909originals Irish Rave Championship – QUARTER FINAL, MATCH 1 REPLAY
Sound Crowd Orchestra – Sixth Season [1994] vs Liquid Wheel – Blue [1994] The toughest…
909originals Irish Rave Championship – QUARTER FINAL, MATCH 4
Ubiquity – Bolivian Angel [1993] vs Mr. Spring – Voyager 1.56 [1998] Rounding off the…