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Haunted Dancehall – The Sabres Of Paradise – Warp Records – Released 28th November 1994 The Sabres of Paradise were an electronica supergroup in the early 90s consisting of the venerable Lord Sabre, aka Andrew Weatherall, alongside Gary Burns and Jagz Kooner. Haunted Dancehall was the group’s second album, it was bookended by the two … Read more
Doggystyle – Snoop Doggy Dogg – Released on Death Row Records November 23rd 1993 Doggystyle is the 1993 debut album by west coast rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg, or Snoop Dogg as he’s known today. Before Doggystyle, Snoop appeared on Dr Dre’s 1992 debut release The Chronic. Both albums were released on Death Row records. Although … Read more
Blind On A Galloping Horse – David Holmes Featuring Raven Violet – Released November 10th 2023 After a hiatus of 15 years, Belfast-born DJ, producer and composer David Holmes has released a new album featuring the talents of vocalist Raven Violet. Though he’s remained busy composing movie soundtracks and working on other projects, Blind On … Read more
This Film’s Crap Let’s Slash The Seats – David Holmes – Released April 20th 1995, Go! Discs David Holmes had a clear agenda when he released his genre-defying debut album back in 1995. First, to acknowledge his roots but not allow himself to be defined by them, second, to share and celebrate his influences and … Read more
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – Wu Tang Clan – Released November 9th 1993 The debut album from the Wu Tang Clan, Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers), remains one of the most pivotal and inspirational hiphop albums of all time. This post celebrates its 30th anniversary. 2023 has seen many hiphop anniversaries, the first … Read more
Some worrying developments in Technoland this month. The first being the sale of Bandcamp resulting in layoffs and concerns about the future of the company. This was soon followed by news that NTS Radio has been partially bought up by Universal Music Group. These are both disturbing signs of the ever-growing corporatisation of the scene, … Read more
Phylyps Trak EP by Basic Channel, released on Basic Channel records on October 1993 In 1993 Basic Channel rewrote the blueprint for techno with Phylyps Trak. In doing so they catalysed an infectious new genre purposely designed for the dark, dingy techno bunkers of Berlin. Dub techno changed everything. Gone was the lustrous sheen of … Read more
Sirius Sounds – Children Of The Bong – Released July 31, 1995 Planet Dog Records Children of the Bong’s Sirius Sounds is a unique-sounding album, an exotic smorgasbord of pre-Goa psy synths, soothing ambient pads, crunchy breakbeats, wacked-out electro sonics and deep, blissful dub. It was an integral part of the soundtrack of my yoof … Read more
Been another hectic month with lots of interesting releases, news of more exiting releases on the way, not to mention lots of 30th anniversaries I really wanted to make sure are covered here. But anyways, at the risk of sounding unpopular (perish the thought) let’s get this out of the way: So now that I’ve … Read more
Return Of The Boom Bap – KRS-One – Released September 28, 1993 Released 30 years ago today, on 28th September 1993, Return Of The Boom Bap is the solo debut album from veteran MC and all-round hiphop legend, KRS-One. It came following two back-to-back albums as one half of Boogie Down Productions (BDP), alongside DJ … Read more