This early 90s rave, dnb and hardcore playlist is all you need for the Easter weekend…
If you were looking for evidence as to just how incredible the dance scene was…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: A Homeboy, a Hippie and a Funki Dredd: Total Confusion [1990]
Of all the stars of the rave scene that were gone too soon, Caspar Pound…
Techno legend Jeff Mills on why the future isn’t as far away as you might think…
Long considered one of electronic music’s pioneering forces, Detroit techno legend Jeff Mills believes that…
Love it or hate it, EDM is in serious need of a ‘punk’ moment…
The Ultra Music Festival, the 2018 edition of which closed in Miami last night, is…
I will never get tired of watching Shaun Ryder trying to describe ‘Voodoo Ray’…
Not content with featuring one Happy Mondays-related post today, here’s another, which also features another…
Check out this video of the Happy Mondays rocking Manchester’s G-Mex… [March 1990]
Today, 25 March, marks the anniversary of one of the most ‘Madchester’ gigs of all…
Tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty… Dub Be Good To Me tops the charts [March 1990]
Beats International‘s Dub Be Good To Me, which topped the charts 28 years ago this…
THROWBACK THURSDAY – The Horrorist: One Night in New York City [1996]
Remember Jackanory? The programme where celebrities sat down with a children’s book, and proceeded to…
What’s the best way to file your vinyl? This article from 1997 tries to find out… [June 1997]
I’ve often found it amusing to see DJs posting pictures of themselves on Instagram surrounded…
The International DeeJay Gigolos CD back catalogue is a masterclass in electro goodness…
It’s not everyday that you can say that a record label inspired a whole genre,…
That time Moby wanted to bring farm animals on stage for Top of the Pops… [October 1991]
Having hit the top 20 with his single, Go, in October 1991, Moby was invited…
Norman Cook lays it all bare… [October 1995]
Just months before the launch of his first record as Fatboy Slim, Better Living Through…
Happy birthday to New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’, which turns 35 today… [March 1983]
It’s hard to believe that Blue Monday, the track that cemented New Order’s transition from…
Catching up with 808 State in 1996… [July 1996]
In 1996, seven years on from Pacific State going massive, 808 State released their fifth…
‘Dope’ on plastic – ‘The Bomb’, 23 years later… [March 1995]
For the record, the lyric is ‘Street sounds swirling through my mind’ and not ‘These…
Injected With A Poison’s strange, ecumenical origins…
Injected With A Poison by Praga Khan is one of most frenetic rave tracks of…
Hector and Cian go large… Ibiza 2001, Irish style [September 2001]
Fair play to Galway-based DJ Cian Ó Cíobháin for digging this one out and posting…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Egyptian Empire – The Horn Track [1991]
There are few one-hit wonders better than the absolute rave belter that is Egyptian Empire’s…
Check out Sasha rocking a castle party in County Louth back in 1993… [May 1993]
Bellingham Castle, in County Louth, Ireland, is, according to the official website, ‘an elegant and…
Thunderdome’s early TV commercials underline just how insane the whole gabber scene was…
It’s testament to the hard work of ID&T founders Irfan van Ewijk, Duncan Stutterheim and…
Daft Punk’s Discovery, 17 years later… [February 2001]
Daft Punk released their second album, Discovery, on 26 February 2001, and while 17 years…
This video for Carl Cox’s I Want You (Forever) is so 1991 it hurts…
Back in 1991, legendary DJ Carl Cox dipped his toe into the production game, with…
Check out this video from the opening party of The Kitchen nightclub in Dublin… [February 1994]
Despite operating for just over eight years (I had the pleasure of working there for…
Massive Attack’s ‘Unfinished Sympathy’ entered the charts on this day in 1991… [February 1991]
When the annals of dance music come to be written, Massive Attack’s Unfinished Sympathy will…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Like Moby’s ‘Go’? Here are all the original remixes, back to back, over the course of an hour…
The Twin Peaks-sampling Go by Moby deserves to be held up as one of the…
Dance music invades the (commercial) airwaves… [January 1995]
This year, as many of you know, marks the 25th anniversary of the first BBC…
Beat Dis! Bomb The Bass’ epic debut hit the charts 30 years ago today… [February 1988]
“The names have been changed to protect the innocent…” There are debut singles, and then…
Haçienda founder and Factory Records guru Tony Wilson would have been 68 today…
It’s not often that you see Happy Mondays’ frontman Shaun Ryder get all emotional, but…
Further evidence why the KLF’s Jimmy Cauty is an absolute legend… [December 1996]
You’ve heard the one about the KLF’s Jimmy Cauty buying up two old Saracen tanks and…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Armand Van Helden – Witch Doktor [1994]
Armand Van Helden turns 48 tomorrow, and so for this week’s Throwback Thursday, we recall…