Interview: ORIGINALS… Richard Norris

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…

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Interview: ORIGINALS… Purple Disco Machine

Purple Disco Machine has been putting the funk back into house music for more than a decade now, with the producer behind the pseudonym, Tino Piontek, a regular on the international festival circuit, as well as boasting nine million monthly listeners on Spotify. He’s just released the latest single, Playbox, off his forthcoming second album;…

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A sonic Polaroid of Berlin’s musical culture… 909originals chats to Martyn Goodacre about new label ‘Das Wasteland’

Tim Burgess, Mark Reeder and Fat White Family’s Nathan Saoudi are among those featured on a debut compilation landing later this year on new, Berlin-based record label Das Wasteland Records. Das Wasteland, the brainchild of renowned music photographer Martyn Goodacre (along with longtime pal Terry Blackburn), was developed at the end of 2020 ‘when the…

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Interview: “It’s a place to escape to…” Lee Burridge reflects on ten years of All Day I Dream

Lee Burridge has been carving a niche for upfront, uplifting house music for around three decades now, with plenty of landmarks along the way – his partnership with Craig Richards as Tyrant, the global 365 residency tour, and bringing electronic music to both Hong Kong’s club scene and Thailand’s infamous Full Moon parties. Since 2011, Burridge…

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