Links to articles, documentaries and reviews

By The Ransom Note and Solar & Galen

Published 23 August 2021

Genre 1990s West Coast house and techno

For 25 years, Solar & Galen have helped to pioneer free thinking dance music, and have been a significant influence on the careers of many. Just last week, a conversation with Kim Ann Foxman (San Francisco-seasoned and NYC-based musician), saw her recite the joy of attending the early Sunset Sound System parties, in the fierce outback of the United States, at a time when an oppressive government, offered nearly nothing in the way of liberal freedom or creative culture https://www.theransomnote.com/music/interviews/25-years-of-sunset-soundsystem-with-solar-galen/.

Published 2017+

Articles 2800

Genius and founder of the Force Inc. Music Works, and Mille Plateaux record label empires, around the 2000-era https://non.copyriot.com.

Published 2012+

Interviews 570

Career-spanning conversations, with some of underground music’s most interesting characters https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/interviews.

By Tobias C. van Veen and The Department of Canadian Heritage

Published 2003

Genre 2000-era minimal

A list, directory and highly detailed information on some of the finest minimal, deep minimal, microhouse and glitch musicians working around the early 2000-era. Covering Canada, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg, the Prairies, Toronto, Windsor, Montreal and Halifax. Very valuable and well researched, view the PDF.

By Thomas Q. Kelley

Published 2016+

Genre 1990s West coast dance music

Thomas Q. Kelley editor-in-chief of Ghost Deep, a rave historian from Los Angeles, Memphis, and Paris, exploring the crossroads between music, technology and global culture, the 3 form an ever-shifting prism, of human-machine insight, they help us envision, construct and understand the invisible cities and networked landscapes of tomorrow. Refracting this human spirit through storytelling, in various mediums (text, images, video, audio), https://ghostdeep.medium.com.

By Jeff Chill

Published 2009+

Genres Ambient, techno, downtempo, Detroit techno, IDM, funk, electro, dub-tech, krautrock, jazz, dub, trip-hop and hip-hop

Always looking, searching and digging for new beats and sounds. On my blog you will find interviews, reviews, mixes and much more. I am a music curator, selector from Canada, a record collector and a mixologist. Ex radio show host from 2000–2009, on CHYZ-FM (college radio station for Université Laval), located in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada https://funkyjeff77.wordpress.com.

By Harold Heath

Published 2020

Genres London tech house, London deep house

DJ since the late 1980s. In 2001 began a house music production career, that led to a few hundred releases and remixes, alongside several years of low-level DJing across Europe https://haroldheath.com/blog/.

By Higher Frequency

Published 2004–2007

Genre House, techno

204 in-depth interviews with leading musicians and DJs http://higher-frequency.com/e_interview/index.htm.

By Martina (iMusician)

Published 25 July 2022

Genre Electronic music

Guide dedicated to the history of electronic music, its defining elements, and most significant artists. Also includes a timeline https://imusician.pro/en/resources/guides/history-evolution-electronic-music.

By Amar Ediriwira

Published 23 October 2014

Genre Vinyl production, photography

By URnano from University of Rochester, New York, United States https://thevinylfactory.com/news/incredible-photos-of-record-grooves-under-an-electron-microscope/

By Gus ‘Audio’ the ‘Datman’

Published 2009–2019

Genre House, techno

Collecting over 25 years of live DJ recordings and stories, in clubs and underground events, from both local and international artists https://livesetschicago.blogspot.com.

By Matthew Johnson

Published 1980s+

Genre Rave

Their goal is to preserve original underground, rave, club, disco and any other underground memorabilia. As the years go by, old rave flyers and rave posters are lost, damaged and destroyed. The project is to ensure rave flyers and rave posters, are curated and stored in a healthy environment http://www.ravepreservationproject.com.

By Marcus Barnes

Published 2020+

Genre House and techno

Blog by Marcus Barnes, who decided to combine his passion for music, with my journalistic training. Has been all over the world, interviewed many of his heroes, and written for a variety of respected publications. Over the years, a lot of my work has disappeared for various reasons, an so created a newsletter https://musicistheanswer.substack.com/archive.

By Kirsti Weir (Fabric nightclub)

Published 3 December 2014 and 4 December 2014

Genre 2000-era London deep house and tech house

2 articles on the amazing London deep house, original London tech house and ambient Reverberations label, in the early 2000s:

• Reverberations to RvS. A 20 Year Evolution Part 1: 1994–2003 https://promo.fabriclondon.com/blog/view/reverberations-to-rvs-a-20-year-evolution-pt-1-1994-2003.
• Reverberations to RvS. A 20 Year Evolution Part 2: 2004–2014 https://promo.fabriclondon.com/blog/view/reverberations-to-rvs-a-20-year-evolution-pt-1-1994-2003.

By Bleep43 and Dave Mothersole

Published 14 April 2010

Genre 1980s trance

Dave Mothersole’s epic mix and article, on playing trance in Goa, on analog machines in the 1980s (unreal literally!) http://www.bleep43.com/bleep43/2010/4/14/unveiling-the-secret-the-roots-of-trance.html.

By Todd L. Burns (Resident Advisor)

Published 18 May 2010

Genre 2000-era techno

Charts and timelines the history, of 1 of the most important underground dance music festivals https://ra.co/features/1186.

By Mensa Lord of the Dance

Published 2023

Genre History of house and techno

The story of seminal United Kingdom nightclub Sterns (aka The House on the Hill) and its infamous promoter Mensa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzd8y9VYyJ8.

By Channel 4 (United Kingdom)

Published November 2001

Genre History of house and techno

A British TV documentary by Channel 4 made in 2001, that focuses on the inception and development of house music. Interviews with legends such as Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy, and Marshall Jefferson, are inter-cut with bits from dancers and enthusiasts, who were present at the dawn the movement. If you are a fan of modern day house music, this documentary is a must watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRRg8M4fvUo.

By Third Ear

Published Around 2001 (exact date not known)

Genre History of Detroit techno

1st broadcast on TV, a unique documentary filmed on location in Detroit, United States. Featuring personal interviews and commentary, from some of the seminal people in the story of techno, that includes coverage of the legendary Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF) in 2000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2gr73FQ9-s.

By Resident Advisor

Published 6 April 2021

Genre History of 2000-era London tech house

Documentary following the origin and development, of original London tech house, starting in the 1990s and then losing pace in the late 2000s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74wlkDluLN0.

By Richard Sen

Published 13 September 2012

Genre History of house

Richard Sen casts an eye on mid-1980s England, when the sounds of house, techno and electronic dance music, (making their way over from the United States), gave way to a wave of original United Kingdom productions. They sat down for interviews with some of the major players, including Lesley Lawrence (of Bang The Party), P-Mac (producer for May), Colin Faver (Kiss FM DJ), and of course Richard Sen (DJ and musician), to speak about the key events https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAFQFKqA3oo.