5 things you might not have known about Massive Attack’s ‘Teardrop’
Released on 27 April 1998, Massive Attack‘s Teardrop was the second single from the Bristol…
Retro
Blue Monday at 40 – DJs, artists and industry figures celebrate New Order’s timeless classic
It may have an actual release date, in March 1983, but in many ways, New…
Check out this review of the Roland TB-303 from April 1982
It goes without saying that the Roland TB-303 revolutionised electronic music – as the cornerstone of acid…
Artists including 2 Unlimited, Gala, Haddaway and more set for The Biggest 90’s Disco in Belfast
We admit it, we’re a bit partial to 90s Eurodance here at 909originals – so…
Previously unreleased Patrick Cowley tracks set to feature on new ‘Malebox’ mini-album
Hi-NRG pioneer Patrick Cowley left an incredible body of work behind following his tragic passing…
“These guys didn’t know where the edge was…” The strange saga of the recording of Happy Mondays’ Yes Please!
The recording of Happy Mondays‘ fourth studio album, Yes Please!, is the stuff of legend – a…
Here’s how Roland introduced the TR-909 to the world back in the early 80s
While he was undoubtedly a visionary, it’s been said that Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi, who…
Rebūke revisits 90s dance classic ‘Storm’ by Storm
Irish producer Rebūke has just released a new take on 90s’ anthem Storm by Storm,…
The Dance Music Archive launches new weekly radio show on Kisstory
The recently-launched Dance Music Archive is taking to the airwaves, with the launch of a…
Tom Tom Club’s ‘Genius Of Love’, four decades on
“What you gonna do when you get out of jail?I‘m gonna have some fun…” Released…
“I surround myself with equipment and just follow my feelings on the machines…” A 21-year-old Aphex Twin looks to the future [December 1992]
Having composed his first electronic symphonies as a precocious teenager (as catalogued in Selected Ambient…
“Tina lives in Berlin…” The inspiration behind Underworld’s ‘Push Upstairs’
Landing in 1999 amid much fanfare, Underworld’s fifth album, Beaucoup Fish, is arguably the group’s…
A few pints (and vodka and oranges) with Aphex Twin… [January 1997]
Not only is Richard D James one of electronic music’s true pioneers, he’s also a…
“The punk-attitude, DIY aspect of The Prodigy…” How ‘Firestarter’ broke the mould
“I’m the trouble starter, punkin’ instigatorI’m the fear addicted, a danger illustrated…” The pop charts…
Examining the origins of Sabres of Paradise’s ‘Smokebelch II’
The recent anniversary of the passing of Andrew Weatherall saw a raft of DJs and…
“Shoryuken..!” The music of Street Fighter II – How Yoko Shimomura soundtracked one of the biggest video games of all time
Street Fighter II was released on 6 February 1991, becoming the biggest arcade game since…
5 things you might not know about Massive Attack’s Unfinished Sympathy…
“You’re the book that I have opened,And now I’ve got to know much more…” Massive…
“People crack on about it, yeah. But they’re just jealous.” Has clubland gone too commercial? [November 1996]
Claims that dance music has ‘gone too commercial’ have been around since the formative years…
How Orbital created the blissful masterpiece, ‘Belfast’
On 7 January 1991, Orbital released the III EP, the group’s third single, which contained…
“There’s a lot of people nowadays who are in the middle of their 15 minutes of fame…” Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson tells it like it is [October 1990]
Across a career that spanned close to four decades, Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson was one of…
It’s been exactly 25 years since Maxi Jazz from Faithless first announced he “can’t get no sleep…”
“Deep in the bosom of the gentle nightIs when I search for the lightPick up…
How to order music online… in the mid-90s [November 1994]
Kids, it might be hard to believe, but there was a time before Beatport, Bandcamp…
909originals is THREE! Here are some of our favourite articles from the past year…
Three… it’s the magic number! 909originals celebrates its THIRD BIRTHDAY today, and we would like…
Greg Wilson has called time on his blog… here are ten essential long reads from over the past ten years
If there was one music blog that could be truly said to be essential reading,…
This album reviewer REALLY didn’t like Snap!’s World Power when it was released in 1990…
Of all the Eurodance projects of the early 90s, Germany’s Snap! are one of the…
Check out Plastikman’s epic Peel Session from September 1994
Richie Hawtin recently celebrated his 50th birthday, so we can think of no better way…
The Stone Roses played Spike Island on this day 30 years ago…
Do you remember what you were doing on Sunday 27 May 1990? Chances are it…
“Ian was mesmerising to watch… jerking and flailing his arms like a demon possessed, like a man out of place, drowning and waving, in the smoke-filled air.” Joy Division’s Ian Curtis died 40 years ago today…
“Existence well what does it matter?I exist on the best terms I canThe past is…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Kamaflarge – Discotamination (Dave Angel Rework) [1998]
Seeing as yesterday marked Dave Angel‘s 54th birthday (happy birthday Dave!), this week’s Throwback Thursday…
“Why limit your expression to certain sounds? If the world was full of purists, music would go nowhere…” Andrew Weatherall in 1994
It’s a little under three months since we said goodbye to musical alchemist Andrew Weatherall…