THROWBACK THURSDAY: OFF – Electrica Salsa [1986]
As Sven Väth celebrates his 53rd birthday, 909originals celebrates one of the diamonds in the Cocoon maestro’s bejewelled crown. Under…
He’s not the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy… [1989]
Heaven has been a part of London clubland for more than a generation – first opening as a roller disco…
Why Fischerspooner decided to re-‘Emerge’…with a little help from Michael Stipe
When the annals of electro-pop are written, Emerge by Fischerspooner deserves to be considered as the Gimme Shelter or Hey…
Full on cartoon rave hysteria…
A few weeks back, The Guardian ran an enjoyable piece on how ‘cartoon rave’ changed pop – with the likes…
Amnesia Ibiza: Opening Party, 25 years ago… [1992]
Ibiza was a well-known stop off point on the global hippy trail in the 1970s, and it was this promise…
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 joined the then-pirate Kiss FM…
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 before most of us were…
Friday 13th? More like history repeating… [October 2000]
It’s Friday 13th, and that can mean only one thing… techno! And what better man than Dave Clarke, the baron…
Get ready for an Italo Disco revival…
It was only a matter of time before Italo Disco made a comeback, and a forthcoming documentary on this classic…
Paul Oakenfold tells NME about the emerging acid house scene… [October 1988]
“The official line is this. Yes, there are some drugs involved, but not as much as you’d like to think….