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…
Holger Czukay – Cool In The Pool forever…
While I never considered myself a fan, I always admired Krautrock band Can for their…
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…
THROWBACK THURSDAY – Lil’ Louis ‎– The Original Video Clash [1988]
Sometimes a track is so good, you start to hear it everywhere, although in the…
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…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: 3 Phase Featuring Dr. Motte ‎– Der Klang Der Familie [1992]
The sixth record to be published on the then-fledgling Tresor label, and then subsequently released…
The day AFTER the Love Parade [July 1996]…
Berlin’s Love Parade may have made its last passage through the Tiergarten some years ago,…
12,000 ravers descend on Bournemouth [May 1992]…
Bournemouth maybe better known for its seaside (and occasional good weather) but back in May…
Dave Clarke, a breed apart… [August 1995]
Now considered a member of techno’s premier league, Dave Clarke first became a household name…
David Morales’ house music essentials [July 1993]…
While David Morales cut his teeth in the 1980s, both as an accomplished remixer and…
Sasha details how to ‘read’ a crowd…
In this interview with Skiddle, from 2015, Sasha turns back the clock to recall warehouse…
The KLF are back… and not a moment too soon…
What is it about two-decade hiatuses in the music industry? In the past few years,…
DJ Stingray: Detroit’s master craftsman…
Part of the ‘second wave’ of Detroit artists to emerge in the early 90s –…
Nothing says ‘solar eclipse’ like Cher on rollerskates [February 1979]…
With most of the US looking to the skies today for a ‘once in a…
Remembering the time Kraftwerk played a field near Luton [June 1997]…
Since the launch of their Tour de France Soundtracks album in 2003, Kraftwerk have been…
MTV tries to understand ‘Madchester’ [1990]…
Before it became a many-fanged media beast, churning out documentaries on teenage pregnancies, MTV was…
Something For The Weekend: Josh Wink rocks Time Warp [November 1997]…
Josh Wink shot to prominence in the mid-90s with Don’t Laugh, I’m Ready (as Size…
Orbital’s ‘Chime’ still hits the right notes [2001]…
Orbital’s Chime is rightly considered one of the electronic music masterpieces of all time –…
A ‘Divine’ intervention [1982]…
Maybe I’m watching too much Ru Paul’s Drag Race at the moment (!), but back…
A rave in Mickey Mouse’s back garden [September 1993]…
“Flights, check. Accommodation, check. DJs, check. Now, all we need is a venue. How about…
Eric Schlosser raves it up [October 1998]…
Author Eric Schlosser is probably better known for his damning critique of the fast food…
Something For The Weekend: Acid pioneer Armando on Chicago radio [1987/88]…
The late Armando Gallop was one of the first Chicago-based musicians to see the potential…
Before The Hacienda, there was Tony Wilson [1984]…
Today marks ten years since the passing of Tony Wilson (10 August 2007), the impresario…
Indigenous culture meets electronica…
Today (9 August) is the UN ‘International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples’, and while…
Happy 808 day everyone..!
To a generation of techno/acid/hip hop aficionados, August 8 means only one thing – an…
It’s (not so) grim up North…
YouTube is a goldmine for old rave footage and documentaries, such as this BBC North…
Watch this German brass band perform a killer version of ‘Man With The Red Face’…
I found myself at a corporate gig in Berlin in June, and as well as…
Sven & Ritchie, a bromance for the ages…
Cocoon, Sven Väth and Richie Hawtin go together like bread, ham and cheese. Mixmag’s recent…
Giorgio Moroder toasts 40 years of ‘I Feel Love’…
Now THIS was a good idea… Brooklyn, New York-based Schimanski pulled a jewel out of…
Larry Heard and the birth of ‘Jack’…
The great Larry Heard, aka Fingers Inc, aka Fingers Corporation, aka Gherkin Jerks and countless…