“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….
Today, he is better known as Fatboy Slim, the all-conquering ‘Funk Soul Brother’ capable of selling out football stadiums… but in 1990, he was Norman Cook, founder of Beats International and an up and coming DJ on the party circuit. Jocks magazine, the forerunner to DJ Mag, caught up with Cook for its October 1990…
The Second Summer of Love: How Dance Music Took Over The World by Alon Shulman is a comprehensive account of the birth of acid house… and the dance culture it spawned. Earlier this summer, 909originals offered one lucky winner the chance to win a copy of the book, signed by dance music royalty: Paul Oakenfold,…
While she might describe her initial foray into DJing as a “happy accident”, DJ Paulette knows better than most how to get the party started. Hailing from a large family (she is the youngest of eight siblings), the Manchester native has been an influential name in dance music since the early 90s, with residencies at…
“I love the site. My kinda nostalgia!” – Fatboy Slim It’s party time here at 909originals HQ, as this week we celebrate our second birthday! Since July 2017, we’ve strived to bring you a heady mixture of in-depth interviews, nostalgia-tinged features and cutting edge mixes, and the feedback thus far – both from the industry and from…
The word ‘legend’ is thrown around quite often these days, but Justin Robertson has proved over the past 30 or so years that he is a man befitting of that title. Reared on a diet of acid house at Manchester clubs The Hacienda and Konspiracy in the late 80s, Robertson carved out a flourishing production…
Today, 16 February, is A Guy Called Gerald’s (aka Gerald Simpson’s) birthday, and while the Manchester-born producer has dipped his toe into a myriad of genres over a thirty year career, his 1988 classic Voodoo Ray remains one of the brightest stars in the acid house firmament. A lot has been written about the origins…
In recent years, London-born Seamus Haji has become one of house music’s most celebrated producers and remixers, heading up the Big Love label and holding residencies in seminal nightspots such as Pacha and Eden in Ibiza and Ministry of Sound. As part of our ORIGINALS series, 909originals caught up with the Camberwell native to delve…
Continuing our look at some of our biggest stories of the year, in August, as part of our Postcards from 88 series, we caught up with former The Face editor Sheryl Garratt, who was at the forefront of chronicling the acid house era as it happened. Q. Do you remember what you were doing as…
We continue our look back at 909originals’ biggest stories of the year with our interview with the legendary Greg Wilson, which formed part of our Postcards from 88 series. Q. Do you remember what you were doing as the Summer of 1988 started? I’d moved to London in 1987, having stopped DJing a few years…
