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On Andrew Weatherall’s birthday, check out the tracks that inspired Screamadelica…

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Something magical was obviously in the air on 6 April 1963, as both Detroit legend Derrick May and Andrew Weatherall…

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Not content with featuring one Happy Mondays-related post today, here’s another, which also features another Manchester music icon. One of…

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Today, 25 March, marks the anniversary of one of the most ‘Madchester’ gigs of all time, the Happy Mondays at…

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Just months before the launch of his first record as Fatboy Slim, Better Living Through Chemistry, Norman Cook spoke to…

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It’s hard to believe that Blue Monday, the track that cemented New Order’s transition from a post punk outfit to…

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In 1996, seven years on from Pacific State going massive, 808 State released their fifth album, Don Solaris. Featuring a…

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Back in 1991, legendary DJ Carl Cox dipped his toe into the production game, with the release of I Want…

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When the annals of dance music come to be written, Massive Attack’s Unfinished Sympathy will likely go down as one…

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This year, as many of you know, marks the 25th anniversary of the first BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, broadcast…

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It’s not often that you see Happy Mondays’ frontman Shaun Ryder get all emotional, but then again, Tony Wilson had…