In 1996, seven years on from Pacific State going massive, 808 State released their fifth album, Don Solaris. Featuring a giant cock (really) on the front, and released on ZTT,

For the record, the lyric is ‘Street sounds swirling through my mind’ and not ‘These sounds fall into my mind’… but given that this is a stone cold classic, I

Injected With A Poison by Praga Khan is one of most frenetic rave tracks of the early 90s, packed with piano stabs, synth bursts, and a smattering of whoops and

Fair play to Galway-based DJ Cian Ó Cíobháin for digging this one out and posting it on Facebook the other night… Back in September 2001, Clubbing.com magazine sent more than

There are few one-hit wonders better than the absolute rave belter that is Egyptian Empire’s The Horn Track. Released in 1991, initially on Fokus Recordings and then on FFRR, The

Bellingham Castle, in County Louth, Ireland, is, according to the official website, ‘an elegant and spacious 17th Century Irish castle bursting with rich history, splendour and old-world luxury’. For a

It’s testament to the hard work of ID&T founders Irfan van Ewijk, Duncan Stutterheim and Theo Lelie, that Thunderdome, the primary exponent of gabber in the Netherlands, celebrated its 25th

Daft Punk released their second album, Discovery, on 26 February 2001, and while 17 years and two studio albums have passed (five if you count the soundtrack to Tron:Legacy and

Back in 1991, legendary DJ Carl Cox dipped his toe into the production game, with the release of I Want You (Forever), arguably the great man’s finest solo work. With

Despite operating for just over eight years (I had the pleasure of working there for three of them), The Kitchen Nightclub was arguably the best purpose-built venue in Dublin’s clubbing