Artificial Life Begins At 40: Why Kraftwerk’s The Man-Machine is more relevant now than ever… [May 1978]
“We’re charging our battery, and now we’re full of energy. We are the robots.” Kraftwerk’s…
Techno
THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Prodigy – No Good (Start The Dance) (CJ Bolland’s Museum Mix) [May 1994]
The second single from The Prodigy’s Music For The Jilted Generation, No Good (Start The…
Dave Angel, speaking in 1993: “Techno came from jazz years ago, and forty years from now, techno will be like jazz…”
Having found fame for his seminal mix of Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams in 1990, Dave Angel…
The Kitchen Nightclub closed 16 years ago today…
Arguably the finest purpose-built club venue this country has ever seen, the U2-owned The Kitchen…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Public Energy – Three ‘O Three [1992]
If Change The Beat, released on R&S Records in 1991 established Dutchman Jochem Paap (aka…
The man behind arguably the most important magazine in Germany’s techno history… [March 1996]
Jürgen Laarmann may not be a household name outside of Germany, but for a generation…
Legendary Belgian techno club Fuse opened its doors 24 years ago this week. Here’s a documentary about how it all came together… [April 1994]
Paris has Le Grand Rex, Berlin has Tresor, and Brussels has Fuse. The legendary Belgian…
For those of you that thought good music died in the 90s, this is for you… part two [April 1998]
Looking back, 20 years later, on a list of the ‘best dance tracks of all…
For those of you that thought good music died in the 90s, this is for you… part one [April 1998]
There’s a school of thought out there that all dance music post 1998 is, frankly,…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Steve Poindexter – Computer Madness [1989]
By the end of the 80s, the initial acid house wave had given rise to…
Derrick May’s ‘Relics – A Transmat Compilation’ is well worth another listen… [May 1992]
Today, 6 April, marks Derrick May‘s 55th birthday, and it’s a sign of an unyielding…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot – Bonnie & Clyde (Herbert’s Fred & Ginger Mix) [2002]
Rarely pictured without a ‘Gitanes’ in his mouth (and buxom blonde under his arm), legendary…
What if Donald Trump had been elected on a platform of protecting American techno?
A funny thought came to me last night, what if Donald Trump’s election platform had…
This new book on Paris’ club culture in the 1990s looks like a coffee table essential…
Paris in the 1990s was a special time and place for electronic music, seeing the…
Why Underground Resistance don’t celebrate Independence Day… [August 1996]
Hell hath no fury like Mad Mike scorned, as this article from MUZIK magazine in…
Techno legend Jeff Mills on why the future isn’t as far away as you might think…
Long considered one of electronic music’s pioneering forces, Detroit techno legend Jeff Mills believes that…
THROWBACK THURSDAY – The Horrorist: One Night in New York City [1996]
Remember Jackanory? The programme where celebrities sat down with a children’s book, and proceeded to…
Thunderdome’s early TV commercials underline just how insane the whole gabber scene was…
It’s testament to the hard work of ID&T founders Irfan van Ewijk, Duncan Stutterheim and…
So Sven Väth is moving Cocoon to Pacha. I’m not sure how I feel about that…
“At the end, you probably don’t hear anything, everything just goes black.” This famous (albeit…
THROWBACK THURSDAY – Laurent Garnier – Acid Eiffel [1993]
Today marks Laurent Garnier’s 52nd birthday, and I can think of no better track to…
That time Carl Cox teamed up with James Brown… [November 1998]
Carl Cox has worked with many great artists over the years, however in late 1998,…
Give Us The Night – Isn’t it time we got some clarity on the future of Irish clubland..?
With Dublin venues District 8 and Hangar now earmarked for closure in the coming months,…
Underground Resistance embrace the ‘Code War’… [July 1992]
“The Cold War is over, this is the Code War…” Back in July 1992, while…
WIRED explores the ‘roots’ of techno… [July 1994]
WIRED magazine has long had its finger on the electronic pulse of modern society, and…
12 TUNES OF CHRISTMAS: Incredible Intros. #3: Underworld – Rez [1993]
To all intents and purposes, Underword’s Rez should never have been a hit. Having had…
12 TUNES OF CHRISTMAS: Incredible Intros. #6: X-101 – Sonic Destroyer [1991]
Continuing our look at the most impressive intros ever committed to wax, this next track…
12 TUNES OF CHRISTMAS: Incredible Intros. #7: Aphex Twin – Come To Daddy [1997]
While yesterday’s review of Laurent Garnier’s Sound of the Big Babou highlighted that track’s haunted…
12 TUNES OF CHRISTMAS: Incredible Intros. #8: Laurent Garnier – Sound of the Big Babou [2000]
Our festive countdown of the greatest dance music intros of all time continues with a…
12 TUNES OF CHRISTMAS: Incredible Intros. #11: LFO – Freak
Continuing our festive look at the most impactful intros in dance music history, we follow…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Cybersonik – Technarchy [August 1990]
Composed of Richie Hawtin, John Acquavia and Daniel Bell, Cybersonik were a short lived production…