Los Angeles’ ‘Ditch Parties’: all baseball caps and computer cleaner… [1993]
“This teenage partygoer is sucking computer cleaner. It gives him a high, and he stumbles into the arms of his…
Why don’t DJs turn up…? [December 1993]
Most of last week was taken up with the somewhat shocking, mostly amusing saga of French DJ Jeremy Underground and…
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 Hunger, Oceans Eleven, Buffalo Soldiers…
When techno met toytown…
Can you tell me how to get…to Sesame’s Treet? It’s 25 years since the autumn of 1992, a period (as…
NME reviews Acid House, live… [October 1988]
With the post-Smiths, pre-Stone Roses late 80s a largely stale period for British rock, music weekly NME cast its eye…
Aphex Twin on harnessing the power of dreams… [April 1995]
Aphex Twin, aka Richard D James, has been behind some of the most dramatic soundscapes and piercing noise of the…
Holger Czukay – Cool In The Pool forever…
While I never considered myself a fan, I always admired Krautrock band Can for their persistent driving rhythms and dashes…
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 pays tribute to a man…
THROWBACK THURSDAY – Lil’ Louis – The Original Video Clash [1988]
Sometimes a track is so good, you start to hear it everywhere, although in the case of Lil’ Louis’ Video…
What A Guy Called Gerald did after Voodoo Ray [April 1989]…
How do you follow up a track like Voodoo Ray? Back in 1989, around nine months on from its first…