Back in 1991, several years before the concept of a ‘superstar DJ’ (with the booking fee to match), Mixmag declared Sasha the ‘first DJ pin-up’, such was the nascent popularity

With the weather getting colder (2 degrees at the last count!), there’s nothing like a dollop of techno nostalgia to warm the cockles… This video of the Love Parade 1995,

Is this the most devastating opening chord salvo in dance music history? Belgium was the place to be for quality techno back in the early 90s; labels such as PIAS

For US-based DJs coming to Europe in the late 80s and early 90s, the rave scene must have been eye-opening – the ‘do it yourself’ ethic, coupled with a soupçon

Back in the mid 90s, you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing a blast of Wonderwall over the old tannoy…  including your local nightclub, with a myriad of house and drum

If you are looking for evidence that Jeff Mills has long been one of the most technically-proficient names in techno, the Detroit native’s 1996 mix album, Live at the Liquid

Richie Hawtin has been at the forefront of techno for more than 25 years, and in September 1994, when recording his Musik album (under his Plastikman guise), he gave the

This is the way the world ends, Not with a bang but a whimper… So it was on November 25, 2000, as literally… well, dozens of former DJs and club

Having started broadcasting in October 1993, BBC’s Essential Mix has been the benchmark-setter for dance music radio for close to a quarter of a century, with its helmsman Pete Tong

Music is like a time machine. Some chord progression or random melody can transport you back to a certain place and time in your life: the people you were with,