“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…
There are few tracks as synonymous with the birth of house music as Mr Fingers’ Can You Feel It, released in 1986 – the soundtrack to a million ‘hands in the air’ moments in the three decades since its release. But just over a decade on from setting the template for the flourishing scene to follow,…
Before there was electronic music, there was Delia Derbyshire. Produced in 2009, The Delian Mode is a fascinating snapshot of Derbyshire’s life and work. A pioneering composer of electronic music; she is perhaps best known by her work on the theme tune for Doctor Who (alongside Ron Grainer), which was recorded in 1963 at the…
There have been plenty of daytime soirees in Dublin’s clubbing history, but few linger in the memory better than Mixed Salad at McGruders on Thomas Street, which grew from a private Sunday sesh into a multi-storey jamboree for more than 600 party people over the space of a couple of years. The brainchild of the…
German rave pioneer WestBam, aka Maximilian Lenz, celebrates his 55th birthday today (4 March 1965), and with that in mind, 909originals has dived into the archives to uncover an interview the Münster-born artist gave to Frontpage Magazin in August 1995, to mark the tenth anniversary of his Low Spirit imprint. “At first we didn’t even…
Back in early 1990, A Guy Called Gerald (aka Gerald Simpson) was riding the crest of a musical wave, with a recently signed deal with CBS that would lead to the Automanikk album the same year. Thirty years ago this month, the Liverpool Echo caught up with the then 22 year old, to discuss the…
Welcome to 909rewind, a series from 909originals that explores the early musical careers of some of clubland’s biggest names, uncovering hidden gems and familiar classics from the archives. For the latest instalment, we explore the early career of an artist who been behind some of the tastiest house tracks of the past three decades, and…
Few singles encapsulated the exuberance of the early part of the millennium than Maniac 2000, released on 11 February 2000 – twenty years ago this week. Reportedly the fifth best-selling single of all time in Ireland (take that, Westlife!), the Mark McCabe-helmed version of the track hit the top of the charts on 4 March of…
Laurent Garnier has been a pivotal figure in techno for close to three decades now, and has long had a reputation for speaking his mind when it comes to the development of the scene. Back in 1994, a time when dance’s various subgenres were gaining shape, Garnier gave an interview to Generator magazine on the…
Killarney, Co. Kerry isn’t the first place you think of in terms of cutting-edge electronica, but for a short period in the early 90s, it spawned forth one of Ireland’s most beloved dance troupes. 4th Dimension (or 4D for those in the know), helmed by brothers Joe, Steve and Moss O’Leary along with turntable whizz…
