Unfinished business – 909originals chats to The Sabres of Paradise’s Jagz Kooner & Gary Burns
Some three decades have passed since The Sabres of Paradise called it a day, with their two albums, Sabresonic (1993) and…
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Technics DMC World DJ Championship to mark 40th anniversary this October
The Technics DMC World DJ Championship marks its 40th anniversary this year, with the world final set to take place…
Italian production duo Hiver chat to 909originals
Italian duo Hiver are building a reputation for their melodic tech house sound, with releases on labels such as Curle…
Qrion releases new album, ‘We Are Always Under The Same Sky’
Qrion, aka Japanese producer Momiji Tsukada, has released her second long-player, We Are Always Under The Same Sky, on Anjunadeep….
#MyRecordBag – Drunken Kong’s all time top Japanese techno tracks
Drunken Kong have been active on Tokyo’s techno scene for well over a decade, appearing at clubs such as Womb,…
Ken Ishii teams up with Dutch duo Kamara on ‘Powerplay’ EP
Japanese techno legend Ken Ishii is teaming up with Dutch production duo Kamara on a forthcoming EP, Powerplay, set to…
Check out this review of the Roland TB-303 from April 1982
It goes without saying that the Roland TB-303 revolutionised electronic music – as the cornerstone of acid house, in many ways it…
#MyRecordBag – Japanese electronic maestro Ken Ishii reveals his top techno classics
This year marks the 25th anniversary of one of 909originals’ favourite mix albums of all time – Ken Ishii Presents X-Mix…
“Shoryuken..!” The music of Street Fighter II – How Yoko Shimomura soundtracked one of the biggest video games of all time
Street Fighter II was released on 6 February 1991, becoming the biggest arcade game since the days of Pac-Man and…