There are few things more satisfying than posting an ‘out of office’ message ahead of a summer holiday, and for the hardworking team at 909originals, that time has come. We’re ‘pausing’ the site for the month of August, but will return in September with more of the news, insight and interviews you’ve come to expect….
Last weekend, 909originals and Bodytonic brought the Analog Rhythms exhibition to The Bernard Shaw, celebrating the origins of dance culture in Dublin over the course of the 90s and early 2000s. It’s fair to say that Saturday night was an absolute belter, with a great panel discussion followed by Francois and Aoife Nic Canna serving…
Drum ‘n’ bass pioneer Goldie and engineer and producer James Davidson’s Subjective project has released its long-awaited album, The Start of No Regret, on Three Six Zero Recordings/Sony Music. The album sees the duo blend modern electronic aesthetics with 90s era motifs – mixing genres such as drum & bass, acid house, rave, jazz, and…
When the annals of drum ’n’ bass come to be written, DJ Marky will be a foremost character – having laid the foundations in his native Brazil in the 90s, seminal track LK (alongside XRS and MC Stamina) and 2001 compilation The Brazilian Job established the São Paulo native as one of the scene’s most creative…
Techno legend Chris Liebing is set to drop the landmark 100th release on his CLR imprint later this month – the Time’s Up EP – which features two original tracks as well as a Ralf Hildenbeutel remix. The three track EP will be released on 29 April. Liebing’s iconic CLR imprint started in 1999 and returned in…
TThe acid house scene owes a debt of gratitude to the DiY Collective, who emerged from Nottingham in the summer of 1989, and as one of the first house sound systems in the UK, helped soundtrack a mountain of memories. From Castlemorton to Café del Mar, the DiY sound and DJs became internationally renowned and…
Arguably the quintessential book on the rise of the DJ, Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton’s Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey is set to be re-released by White Rabbit Books in July, featuring a new foreword by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. Originally released in 1999, the book…
Wendy Carlos’ iconic score for Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, released 50 years ago, is the subject of this week’s Classic Album Sundays, with legendary selector Greg Wilson joining host Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy to discuss its legacy. Wendy Carlos is what you might call a true genius in the world of twentieth century music. Her…
Artist Misfit has unveiled an updated version of the Periodic Table Of The DJ artwork that originally appeared a couple of years ago, which chronicles the evolution of the disc jockey. The updated print starts with the invention of the phonograph by Thomas Edison in 1887, covering the period right up to 1989, when club…
Having set the musical world alight with Lionrock, The Deadstock 33s, and a myriad of other projects over the years, the recent past has seen Justin Robertson embrace the worlds of art and literature, through paintings and sketches and now a debut novel, The Tangle, which has been described as a a ‘trans-dimensional trip into…
