Archived Music Press

The Big (Dance Explosion) Bang: Push interviews Underworld, 22nd December 1994

Charles — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:15:13 +0000

Tagged: 1994, dance, danceculture, dubnobasswithmyheadman, junior boy's own, kevin westenberg, push, underworld

The Big (Dance Explosion) Bang: Richard Norris Rebellious Jukebox, 22nd December 1994

Charles — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:50:47 +0000

Tagged: 1994, aaron neville, archive, bo diddley, brian eno, can, derrick may, love, manuel gottshing, phuture, richard norris, scans, Suicide, television, the creation, the grid, the stooges

The Big (Dance Explosion) Bang: Vague, Sabresonic, Megatripolis, Open All Hours and others, 22nd December 1994

Charles — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:42:08 +0000

Tagged: 1994, andrew wetherall, banco de gaia, Cathi Unsworth, clubs, danceculture, Dave Simpson, Flesh, megatripolis, mistry of sound, open all hours, oscillate, pure, rave, renegade soundwave, sabresonic

The Big (Dance Explosion) Bang: Ian Gittins interviews D:Ream, 22nd December 1994

Charles — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:21:17 +0000

Things can only get better Gordon – especially after this truly low, LOW point from former GMTV presenter Fiona Phillips. She digs herself a hole and just keeps on diggin’. Can you watch to the end?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8280719.stm

Tagged: 1994, archive, culture, D:Ream, dance, Ian Gittins, ministry of sound, Nu-Labour, peter cunnah, phil nicholls, positiva

The Big (Dance Explosion) Bang: A-Z of Club Culture, 22nd December 1994

Charles — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:26:05 +0000

I said dance muthafucka!

Melody Maker’s 15 page special to club culture to be posted over the next few days. I’ve decided to split it up because the content’s too disparate and difficult to tag and categorise in one post. Once this is out of the way I’m going to just start picking random stuff again for a bit.

This post for the excellently titled (and excellent) http://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/

A selection of whistles and glowsticks to these blogs to:

http://www.drawerb.com/

http://teenshoegaze.blogspot.com/

http://joannecasey.blogspot.com/

http://thingsmagazine.net/index.htm

http://wordmagazine.co.uk/blog

See – it’s like I never went away.

Tagged: 1994, a-z, andrew smith, archive, ben turner, calvin bush, club culture, dance, david bennun, david stubbs, psuh, rave

Extended Intermission

Charles — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:53:42 +0000

As you’ll see I’m taking some time off from this blog at the moment.

I’ll be back soon. Subscribe to the RSS and then you’ll know when I’m posting regularly again.

Thanks

Underworld on the cover of Melody Maker 22nd January 1994

Charles — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:41:26 +0000

Underworld on the cover of Melody Maker 22nd January 1994. Photo by Kevin Westenberg

Back! Did anything happen while I was gone?

I shared a tiny lift with Andrew Collins today but thankfully retained enough cool to ignore him.

Tagged: 1994, darren emerson, karl hyde, kevin westenberg, rave, techno, The new dance explosion, underworld

Everett True interviews Echobelly, 30th September 1995

Charles — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:48:33 +0000

Everett True interviews Echobelly, 30th September 1995. Photos by Tom Sheehan.

I wanna do great things, I don’t wanna compromise…so can someone read this for me?

I want to watch this amazing video again

Tagged: 1995, britpop, echobelly, Everett True, schoolgirls, Sonya Aurora Madan, sonya madan, tom sheehan

Taylor Parkes reviews Dex Dexter live at The Cell, 30th September 1995

Charles — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:54:45 +0000

Taylor Parkes reviews Dex Dexter live at The Cell, 30th September 1995

This review’s a bit ‘high concept’ for me.

Tagged: 1995, david stubbs, dex dexter, nitin sawhney, rancid, romo, taylor parkes, The Cell

Simon Price interviews The Boo Radleys, 30th September 1995

Charles — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:06:33 +0000

Simon Price interviews The Boo Radleys, 30th September 1995. Photos by Tom Sheehan.

Tagged: 1995, martin carr, sice, simon price, the boo radleys, tom sheehan