Are Orbital set to be the ’special guest’ at the World Cup 2018 Opening Ceremony?
There are just days to go until the World Cup kicks off in Russia this…
Looking for the perfect accompaniment to a sunny Friday? It’s the Graeme Park Radio Show…
The summer’s here and the drinks are served, but what’s on the stereo? The latest…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Double 99 — Ripgroove [May 1997]
Speed Garage was one of those short-lived movements that proved a crossover success on any…
POSTCARDS FROM 88… Olivier Abbeloos
There’s no doubt that the summer of 1988 marked a watershed moment in the history…
Check out this video from the Creation party in Devil’s Glen from May 2003
One of Ireland’s best rave crews, Creation, held what was to be one of their…
Check out this video of Dublin’s ‘hottest dance club’, Sides DC, back in 1987…
Sides nightclub, or Sides DC to give it its official title (the DC standing for…
How Jeff Mills influenced Daft Punk’s ‘Rollin and Scratchin’
Forget Get Lucky, One More Time, or even Da Funk. For us, the quintessential Daft…
It’s Friday… which means it’s time for the Graeme Park Radio Show!
Heading out this Friday? The latest instalment of the Graeme Park Radio Show is here…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Carl Craig – At Les [1997]
Given that this week marked techno legend Carl Craig’s 49th birthday – happy belated tidings…
Reporting on the early 90s US rave scene… [November 1992]
While the European dance scene of the early 90s can be said to have influenced…
Castlemorton: How a field in rural Worcestershire changed the free party scene forever… [May 1992]
On Friday 22 May 1992, 26 years ago today, the Castlemorton Common Festival kicked off,…
Olivier Abbeloos’ ‘New Beat’ series of mixes are essential listening for anyone into early house and techno…
The ‘New Beat’ genre, which emerged out of the EBM and New Wave scene in…
Artificial Life Begins At 40: Why Kraftwerk’s The Man-Machine is more relevant now than ever… [May 1978]
“We’re charging our battery, and now we’re full of energy. We are the robots.” Kraftwerk’s…
The latest edition of the Graeme Park Radio Show is here… turn it up loud!
Something for the weekend? The latest instalment of the weekly Graeme Park Radio Show has…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Prodigy – No Good (Start The Dance) (CJ Bolland’s Museum Mix) [May 1994]
The second single from The Prodigy’s Music For The Jilted Generation, No Good (Start The…
Remember when Boy George recorded an acid house-themed LGBT protest anthem..? [May 1988]
Back in May 1988, the Thatcher government in the UK, published the controversial Section 28…
Top one, nice one, get sorted. This Fantazia footage, filmed 26 years ago today, makes us want to go raving… [May 1992]
Think your day is going well? Not as well, I would argue, as it was…
Time to ditch the robots? Five years on from ‘Random Access Memories’, we deserve something truly DIFFERENT from Daft Punk…
Five years ago this week (17 May to be exact), Daft Punk unveiled their fourth…
Dave Angel, speaking in 1993: “Techno came from jazz years ago, and forty years from now, techno will be like jazz…”
Having found fame for his seminal mix of Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams in 1990, Dave Angel…
INTERVIEW: 909originals joins forces with legendary Haçienda resident Graeme Park…
Few DJs can claim to be at the epicentre of a movement, but as resident…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Cubic 22 – Night In Motion (1991)
Ok, admit it. How many punters shelled out on this 12″ thinking it was 808…
INTERVIEW: Altern-8’s Mark Archer: “I pretty much loved everything from 1986 to 1992…”
***Exclusively published by Future Past Clothing. The full interview can be found here. *** The word…
A night out at the Haçienda, Manchester… [1995]
Following on from the announcement of our tie-up with Haçienda resident Graeme Park, here are…
Justin Robertson on why music should be an ‘obsession’… [March 1992]
As well as becoming a household name for his work with Lionrock, Justin Robertson has…
Tony De Vit: “Once I get into a club and people are going beserk, there’s no other feeling like it.” [January 1997]
Former Trade and Heaven resident Tony De Vit, who passed away 20 years this year,…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Public Energy – Three ‘O Three [1992]
If Change The Beat, released on R&S Records in 1991 established Dutchman Jochem Paap (aka…
Remember when the BBC’s ‘Casualty’ went all acid house? [November 1992]
“How are we supposed to make money with all your runners loved up in your…
Check out this amazing video of Mr Spring’s set from Homelands Ireland 2000 [April 2000]
While the first Homelands Ireland (click here for more) was a landmark moment for the…
Ruff in the jungle… did drum and bass kill acid house’s high? [April 1994]
Back in April 1994, as the nascent drum and bass scene was growing around the…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Liquid – Sweet Harmony [1991]
Featuring arguably the all time greatest piano loop in acid house history (borrowed from CeCe…