909originals - THE STORIES BEHIND THE MUSIC

Check out this video of the Happy Mondays rocking Manchester’s G-Mex… [March 1990]

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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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Beats International‘s Dub Be Good To Me, which topped the UK charts in March 1990, marked a turning point in…

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Remember Jackanory? The programme where celebrities sat down with a children’s book, and proceeded to read aloud for a TV…

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I’ve often found it amusing to see DJs posting pictures of themselves on Instagram surrounded by piles of vinyl, ‘selecting’…

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It’s not everyday that you can say that a record label inspired a whole genre, but DJ Hell’s International DeeJay…

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Having hit the top 20 with his single, Go, in October 1991, Moby was invited to perform the song on…

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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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For the record, the lyric is ‘Street sounds swirling through my mind’ and not ‘These sounds fall into my mind’……