When it comes to internationally-renowned super clubs, a variety of destinations roll off the tongue – Ibiza, Berlin, London, Manchester. In late 2001, however, a team of musical entrepreneurs sought to add Tramore, Co. Waterford to that list, with the opening of a 30,000-square-foot nightclub and entertainment venue: South. South’s origins lay in Celtworld, an ill-fated…
We’re big fans of Justin Robertson here at 909originals HQ – whether it be for his DJing at venues like Bugged Out!, musical output with Lionrock, The Deadstock 33s and under his own name, remixes for the likes of Bjork, New Order, Noel Gallagher and Erasure, or just for being a bloody nice bloke. Having…
With more than two decades of touring under his belt, the pandemic offered Swiss DJ and producer Andrea Oliva the opportunity to work on a number of personal projects – the largest of which was the launch of a new label, All I Need, which promises to defy typical genre traditions. Styled as a music and…
There are industrious artists, and then there’s Richard Norris, whose breadth of work over the past 30 years or so with The Grid, Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve (with Erol Alkan), The Time & Space Machine and various other projects, is enough to fill an electronica edition of Encyclopedia Britannica. Starting off his musical career with…
Released in 2001, Daft Punk’s second album, Discovery, was a benchmark setter not just for the French duo but also for dance music at the start of a new Millennium. A new book, Daft Punk’s Discovery: The Future Unfurled, by author and journalist Ben Cardew, has just been unveiled by Velocity Press, which recently published…
If there’s one thing the world needs now, it’s positive vibes, so the re-emergence of pioneering house group Ten City comes at a propitious time. Emerging out of the influential Chicago scene of the mid-80s, Ten City – originally comprising singer Byron Stingily, guitarist Herb Lawson, and keyboard player Byron Burke, under the aegis of producer…
Released on this day (6 April) in 1992, SL2‘s On A Ragga Tip was one of the biggest hits on the then-nascent XL Recordings, catapulting producers Matthew ‘Slipmatt’ Nelson and John ‘Lime’ Fernandez into the mainstream. It was SL2’s second release on XL, after DJs Take Control/Way In My Brain, released in November the previous…
“Have you heard it on the news…About this fascist groove thang?” While watching the news these days isn’t the most uplifting experience, back in the early 80s it was equally grim… a whirlwind of strikes, terrorist attacks. rioting and the perennial threat of nuclear war. Unemployment. Thatcher. Murder. Reagan. Unemployment. Into this socio-political maelstrom came…
Following on from publications such as Join The Future: Bleep Techno and the Birth of British Bass Music and State of Bass: The Origins of Jungle and Drum & Bass, Velocity Press is set to publish an oral history of the records that defined jungle and drum & bass, Who Say Reload. Landing on 5…
The rave scene that developed around the M25 motorway in the 1980s was a vibrant and exciting time for electronic dance music enthusiasts in the UK. The M25, also known as the London Orbital, is a major motorway that circles the city of London and it became a hub for illegal warehouse parties that attracted…
