the29nov films – making techno a full-on visual experience…
Today being 29 November, I thought it was fitting to pay tribute to the29nov films,…
Techno
This video of the 1995 Love Parade is just the tonic on a cold winter’s night… [July 1995]
With the weather getting colder (2 degrees at the last count!), there’s nothing like a…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: T99 – Anasthasia (1991)
Is this the most devastating opening chord salvo in dance music history? Watch this video…
Frankie Bones on the UK rave scene… [February 1990]
For US-based DJs coming to Europe in the late 80s and early 90s, the rave…
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: Jeff Mills – Live At The Liquid Room – Tokyo [1996]
If you are looking for evidence that Jeff Mills has long been one of the…
Richie Hawtin on his origins… and overpaid DJs [September 1994]
Richie Hawtin has been at the forefront of techno for more than 25 years, and…
This documentary contains everything you need to know about electronic music in early 90s Berlin… [1993]
Music site Electronic Beats recently uncovered a gem lurking away in the far back reaches…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Jeff Mills – The Dancer [1996]
Having developed his Axis label (as well as providing a boost to the emerging Tresor…
Dave Clarke’s Archive One… ‘a warped, out-of-kilter musical worldview’ [February 1996]
With the release of techno legend Dave Clarke’s new album [the excellent The Desecration of…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: OFF – Electrica Salsa [1986]
As Sven Väth celebrates his 53rd birthday, 909originals celebrates one of the diamonds in the…
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND – This 1994 mix by Colin Dale is a bit special…
Colin Dale has been one of the hardest working men in dance music since he…
That time Carl Cox mixed it up with Zig & Zag… [February 1996]
The legend that is Carl Cox has been a mainstay of the dance scene since…
Friday 13th? More like history repeating… [October 2000]
It’s Friday 13th, and that can mean only one thing… techno! And what better man…
Dutch Gabber – often copied, never equalled… [January 1996]
Whatever your take on Gabber – the 160bpm-plus electronic music scene that emerged out of…
Laurent Garnier: “I’m not going to play on CDs… fuck that, no way.” [1994]
Laurent Garner has always been one of techno’s more imaginative producers, following up early rave…
Techno’s biggest names ‘rock the vote’ [2002]…
With Germany set to go to the polls today, it’s worth looking back to the…
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND – Derrick May – Chemistry on 3 Mix, Amsterdam [1996]
Detroit’s finest Derrick May has a history of combining a myriad of styles, from disco…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Der Dritte Raum – Hale Bopp [August 1998]
It’s rare enough that you can say that a particular track could have been released…
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND: David Holmes, BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix [December 1993]
Northern Ireland’s David Holmes is today perhaps better known for his soundtrack work – including…
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND – Jeff Mills pushes a Roland TR-909 to its limits…
Ahead of official Roland TR-909 day this Saturday (9th day of the 09th month), 909originals…
The day AFTER the Love Parade [July 1996]…
Berlin’s Love Parade may have made its last passage through the Tiergarten some years ago,…
Dave Clarke, a breed apart… [August 1995]
Now considered a member of techno’s premier league, Dave Clarke first became a household name…
DJ Stingray: Detroit’s master craftsman…
Part of the ‘second wave’ of Detroit artists to emerge in the early 90s –…
Remembering the time Kraftwerk played a field near Luton [June 1997]…
Since the launch of their Tour de France Soundtracks album in 2003, Kraftwerk have been…
Something For The Weekend: Josh Wink rocks Time Warp [November 1997]…
Josh Wink shot to prominence in the mid-90s with Don’t Laugh, I’m Ready (as Size…
Orbital’s ‘Chime’ still hits the right notes [2001]…
Orbital’s Chime is rightly considered one of the electronic music masterpieces of all time –…
Watch this German brass band perform a killer version of ‘Man With The Red Face’…
I found myself at a corporate gig in Berlin in June, and as well as…
Sven & Ritchie, a bromance for the ages…
Cocoon, Sven Väth and Richie Hawtin go together like bread, ham and cheese. Mixmag’s recent…
Stacey Pullen on Derrick May’s influence…
Without Elvis, there wouldn’t have been the Beatles. Without Derrick May, there wouldn’t have been…