“I can’t get no sleep…” Faithless’ Insomnia turns 30 years old
Faithless have marked the 30th anniversary of their seminal track Insomnia with a new vinyl release, which includes both the…
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Classic Music Company celebrates 30th anniversary with book, vinyl release
Classic Music Company, the house music label founded by Luke Solomon and Derrick Carter, has announced a series of projects…
Why Orbital’s ‘Style’ was one of the stand-out singles of 1999
“I thought that was quite an achievement: taking the stylophone, bringing it downstairs, plugging it into the sampler and saying,…
Why UNKLE’s ‘Psyence Fiction’ broke the mould for collaborative projects
Released in August 1998, just as the Britpop boom was reaching its zenith, UNKLE‘s debut album Psyence Fiction might have…
5 things you might not have known about Massive Attack’s ‘Teardrop’
Released in April 1998, Massive Attack‘s Teardrop was the second single from the Bristol group’s iconic album Mezzanine – and completes…
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 Order‘s Blue Monday transcends time, and…
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 house, in many ways it…
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 much so that we held…
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 in 1982, many of which…
“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 manic maelstrom of Caribbean sunshine,…