Ravestock 94: the hippies would have been proud… [August 1994]
The 25th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival was always likely to be a pretty nostalgic affair, and with massive crowds…
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: Cybersonik – Technarchy [August 1990]
Composed of Richie Hawtin, John Acquavia and Daniel Bell, Cybersonik were a short lived production trio – releasing just four…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Bizarre Inc – Playing With Knives (Quadrant Mix) [November 1991]
If there was a track that summed up the two sides to the rave scene in the early 1990s, it…
The great Haçienda sell off… [November 2000]
This is the way the world ends, Not with a bang but a whimper… So it was on November 25,…
Goodbye Charly… The Prodigy release Music for the Jilted Generation… [1994]
“You can forget about that bloody cat for a start. It is possible there are a few dozen indie sneerers…
Full on cartoon rave hysteria…
A few weeks back, The Guardian ran an enjoyable piece on how ‘cartoon rave’ changed pop – with the likes…
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…
The UK Charts from this week 25 years ago are a raver’s paradise… [October 1992]
A lot has been written in the past about how acid house stormed the charts at the start of the…
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 of indie rock (“an infectious…
Check out this video of The Prodigy horsing around during the making of ‘Out of Space’… [October 1992]
The Prodigy’s seminal Experience celebrates its 25th birthday today, having been released on 28 September 1992. The fact that the…