A new documentary by Bluesky Films, Lush! Lives, tracks the evolution of the legendary club night Lush!, which was held at Kelly’s Portrush from 1996 to 2020. The film, which was first unveiled last year, has just been posted to YouTube in its entirety, and features interviews with the promoters, resident and guest DJs, the…
There are only a few weeks left until the 2025 edition of Upclose, two days of boundary-pushing electronic beats from the team behind Awakenings. Taking place on 17 and 18 May at Awakenings’ spiritual home, the Houtrak venue in Spaarnwoude, Amsterdam, the festival features both established names and emerging talent, and following its debut edition…
Alexander Robotnick, aka Italian producer Maurizio Dami, is a pioneering figure in electronic music, helping to spearhead what would become known as Italo Disco in the 1980s, before embarking on a career in soundtracks and world music, and returning to his electro-disco roots in the 2000s. “I have a signature sound that allows me to…
Richard Norris, of The Grid and Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve, has announced details of a new, 42-track compilation, Mr Norris Changes Brains, which blends groove-heavy psychedelia with global oddities. Tracks include Boston-based Banchee’s Evolmia, Turkish psych-funk from Köy Kardeşler, a Hammond-driven stomper from Rare Bird, and Iron Butterfly’s Iron Butterfly Theme. “A lot of these…
Hailing from Cape Verde via Portugal, and raised in New York, Anané has been an established name on the house music scene for two decades, for her own productions such as Let Me Love You, Terra Longe, Love To Love You Baby, and Standing In Line, for her labels Nulu Music and Nulu Electronic, and…
Booka Shade have announced that their 12th studio album, entitled For Real, will be released on 21 March on Blaufield Music. The German electronic duo’s latest long player is the 150th release on the imprint, and has been preceded by a new single, Broken Glass – check it out here – as well as previous singles…
A remastered, ‘director’s cut’ of The Orb‘s classic 1992 album U.F.Orb has been released, with Kris Weston and Greg Hunter, operating under the pseudonym ‘The Rob’ (see what they did there?), giving it the once over. The ‘only official remaster of U.F.Orb’ follows on from a series of unauthorised attempts that “couldn’t master their way…
Liquid Wheel have announced the release of a remastered edition of Blue, the single that established them as Irish dance music standard-bearers some 30 years ago. Set for release on 6 December 2024 across all streaming platforms, the re-released Blue will be backed by a host of remixes from Mr. Spring, Dec Pierce/Flash the Delivery…
A new book by Liam Inscoe-Jones, Songs In The Key of MP3: The New Icons of the Internet Age, paints a picture of the sonic landscape of the last ten years, profiling five artists that are reconfiguring popular music. In the book, which will be published by White Rabbit on 13 March 2025, Inscoe-Jones explores…
Techno artist Joanna Coelho has announced a series of releases during November, covering a variety of genres from psytrance to rawstyle. The Brazil native, who 909originals had the opportunity to catch up with recently, is about to announce a new European tour, building on her recent appearance in the likes of Spain, Austria, Germany, France…
