Released : 1991 In his book on dance culture Energy Flash Simon Reynolds devotes a section to what he describes … More
Tag: Rave
100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s #43 Da Hool – Meet Her At The Love Parade
Released : 1997 Football hooliganism may well have been the English disease and arguably the country’s most successful cultural export … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s #54 Xpansions – Move Your Body
Released : 1991 There was something very egalitarian about rave: almost anybody could put a record out, get some flyers … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s #60 Orbital – Chime
Released : 1990 The rave-as-the-new-punk tropes held as much water as you allowed them to, but the two features they … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s #68 The KLF – What Time Is Love?
Released :1991 The Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones was once quoted as saying “We’re not into music. We’re into chaos”. Like … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #96 Stakker Humanoid – Humanoid
Released : 1988 It’s arguable that one way or another, the members of Future Sound of London have been responsible … More
808 State – Transmission Suite review
The 21st century’s commodification of everything means that cultural waypoints such as the birth of Acid House in 1988 – … More
The Chemical Brothers – No Geography review
Who says rock and roll will save the earth? It’s certainly had enough chances, but every time we get close … More
The Prodigy – The Fat of the Land review
“Firestarter, a grappling hook of a track featuring snippets of The Breeders and Art of Noise and whose promotional video gave us Keith Flint seemingly in the midst of demonic possession. It was brilliant.”