Retro

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 features one of 909originals' guilty…

4 years ago

“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 (sadly, not the only legendary…

4 years ago

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 Is Now) by D-Shake, aka…

4 years ago

“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' Can You Feel It, released…

4 years ago

“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 of a musical wave, with…

4 years ago

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 the backroom, keeping myself to…

4 years ago

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 what it says on the…

5 years ago

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Portishead – Glory Box [1994]

Question: what links anarchic cartoon show South Park and arguably the stand-out track on Portishead’s debut album, Dummy, which celebrates…

5 years ago

“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 to Tony Wilson, the Salford-born…

5 years ago

Paul Oakenfold interviews Nicky Holloway… [July 1993]

The dance scene was barely of school-going age when Paul Oakenfold approached long-time friend (and colleague for the infamous 1987…

5 years ago