A sun-soaked slice of perfect pop… Tom Tom Club’s ‘Genius Of Love’ turns 40
“What you gonna do when you get out of jail?I‘m gonna have some fun…” Released…
Retro
“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 Prodigy’s ‘Firestarter’ was released on this day 25 years ago
“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 30 years ago this month, on 6 February 1991, becoming…
Five 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…
“The hype around Crispy Bacon makes me laugh…” Laurent Garnier on crafting a techno classic [April 1997]
Techno legend Laurent Garnier, who celebrated his 55th birthday earlier this week, released the seminal…
“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…
Orbital’s ‘Belfast’ was released on this day 30 years ago
On this day in 1991 (7 January), Orbital released the III EP, the group’s third…
“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…
Happy 909 Day! 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…
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…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Plastikman – Peel Session [September 1994]
Today (4 June) is Richie Hawtin‘s 50th birthday, so we can think of no better…
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…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: D-Shake – Techno Trance (Paradise Is Now) [1990]
Some grooves are just timeless. Despite being thirty years old this year, Techno Trance (Paradise…
“I’ve just always been a melancholy, reflective kind of person…” Larry Heard on (almost) quitting the music industry [December 1997]
There are few tracks as synonymous with the birth of house music as Mr Fingers’…
“My dream is of locking myself in a room with two big speakers and all my equipment…” A Guy Called Gerald on Manchester’s rise [February 1990]
Back in early 1990, A Guy Called Gerald (aka Gerald Simpson) was riding the crest…
This 1991 interview with Andrew Weatherall illustrates the late producer’s understated musical mastery…
“I have no desire to be in the limelight, I’m a lot happier staying in…
O.T. Quartet’s ‘Hold That Sucker Down’ turns 25 today…
It’s not often that you can say that the title of a track does exactly…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Portishead – Glory Box [1994]
Question: what links anarchic cartoon show South Park and arguably the stand-out track on Portishead’s…
“Music should be threatening…” Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, interviewed in 1978
From Factory Records to The Hacienda, the world of music owes a debt of gratitude…