It’s easy to complain about the music scene in the UK at the minute, from the insipid invasion of the charts and mainstream radio to the ambient buzz of mediocrity drowning out the truly creative, not ...

Originally released back in 1994, ‘Reference To Difference’ has now been remastered and accompanied by new liner notes from Martyn Pepperell published here, Ishii’s masterpiece showcased a fusion of ...

Created and run by the clubland visionary Laurence Malice, Trade quickly gained a reputation as a club night not for the faint of heart. Originally at Turnmills, then at various London venues ...

One of the biggest cases of hypocrisy was uncovered last year with little more than a whisper. Most of us will remember seeing the “You wouldn’t steal a car” piracy adverts on every dvd we played in ...

Setting up a turntable correctly can make the difference between it sounding wonderful or actually quite unimpressive. The process of accurately reproducing the soundwave engraved into a record is a ...

We’ve all heard tales about “the good old days” in Ibiza, “before it got all commercial” blah blah blah. Not many of them stretch back beyond the infamous 1987 lads’ holiday that saw Oakenfold, ...

Long periods of stasis are the norm in the history of visual art, and they’re often punctuated by revolutions. Think of all those centuries of boring religious paintings in the Louvre, and then ...

As Tonya was away at her Mum’s last week I was home alone so what else am I gonna do but go on some rack raiding recreation for my weekly dose of black crack… Criminally I hadn’t been to my old haunt ...

Halfway through the track a fevered spoken word sample ran over the backdown – Bawrut explained to us that this was lifted directly from a documentary about the crazed rave scene that ran out of ...

Now this may come as a shock to some of you, but it turns out that some of the chappies running England may be on the fiddle. Union group UNITE have released a list of 70 MPs with proven links to ...

Meticulously re-produced at Non Standard Studios in Berlin, each track blends the old and the new with standout moments including Wire’s “Used To,” Bauhaus’ “All We Ever Wanted,” and DEVO’s “Gut ...

They eyed them up from the other side of the room, looking down their noses at them and silently judging. There was a clear divide between these two groups, motivated by an unfounded idea of ...