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…
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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…
the29nov films – making techno a full-on visual experience…
Today being 29 November, I thought it was fitting to pay tribute to the29nov films,…
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…