The Prodigy’s Music for the Jilted Generation was released on 4th July 1994, and while the album itself would go on to make rave history, the album’s artwork, in particular the inner sleeve, would prove to be a major talking point. The iconic image, by artist Les Edwards, was seen by many as an artistic…
If there was one music blog that could be truly said to be essential reading, it was that of legendary selector Greg Wilson, who announced yesterday that he was calling time on proceedings to focus on an arguably long-overdue magnum opus – a book about the ‘black music scene in the early-‘80s, and its crucial influence…
‘As techno and house have become less underground and moved to the main stages of major festivals they have become soft. Infolines aims a different course. These tracks are aimed straight for the floor. Three minute breakdowns are out, the groove is in…’ So reads the manifesto for Infolines, a new label setup by Detroit-based…
“Yeah, I’m losing my edgeI’m losing my edgeThe kids are coming up from behind…” It’s hard to believe that this summer marks the 18th birthday of LCD Soundsystem‘s Losing My Edge, released in July 2002 – a fable about maintaining musical relevance in a world being taken over by “better-looking people, with better ideas and more…
Gerald Simpson, aka A Guy Called Gerald, has been at the forefront of numerous musical genres over his 30-plus year career – having forged a path for acid house with Voodoo Ray and his work with 808 State, he followed that up in the 90s with arguably the best jungle album of all time, Black…
Investment in a ‘night mayor’ or ‘night-time economy manager’ can have a qualitative impact on a city’s cultural and social well-being. That’s according to a new study by Venezuela-born Andreina Seijas, an outspoken advocate of the night-time economy, and Mirik Milan Gelders, the former night mayor or ‘Nachtburgemeester’ of Amsterdam, who now advises on night-time…
For someone that first plied his trade as a mobile DJ back in the mid-80s, Lee Burridge is showing no signs of running out of steam. Over the past three decades, the Dorset native has been at the forefront of countless musical movements – launching the underground club scene in Hong Kong, helping to bring electronic…
This Saturday, 23 November, is also known as Delia Derbyshire Day, in honour of the pioneering BBC Radiophonic Workshop composer whose work influenced artists such as Orbital, Aphex Twin, Stereolab and the Chemical Brothers. Coventry native Derbyshire, who died in 2001, is being celebrated in style this weekend with a special 50th anniversary performance of…
As post punk outfit X-Ray Spex memorably asked in 1978’s Identity, “When you look in the mirror, do you see yourself..?” Indeed, throughout music history, a good ‘nom de plume’ has sometimes made all the difference – and that’s certainly the case with the dance industry. Would drum and bass legend Goldie, for example, have received…
“Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there..?” Joaquin Phoenix’s stunning reinterpretation of Batman’s arch nemesis the Joker, in the recently-released film of the same name, has rightly been lauded as one of the performances of the year. Phoenix excels as Arthur Fleck, a social outcast-cum-antihero that seeks social salvation through violence….
