Displaying items by tag: 1988
1988-89 - Detroit Pistons - Motor City Madness
1988-89 - Detroit Pistons - Motor City Madness
ZANI’s Football Quiz
A fun and quick football quiz on ZANI by Soccernostalgia
When Positive Energy of Madness met Danny Rampling November 1989
Gio Goi 1988 Collection
Gio Goi is back, back on the shelves, in the clubs and on the streets as it releases its new range of clothing. But probably the most significant thing about its return is the fact its back in the hands of the guys who gave it us the first time round, The Donnelly brothers.
A Celebration of Scottish House Parties
Shaun Ryder talks to ZANI
successful but also have been highly influential,
Frankie Knuckles Remembered
There are ONLY two words, other than the words themselves, which mean House Music … and those two words are … FRANKIE KNUCKLES.
I first read those two words in a New York Record store in 1987, when I was attending the New Music Seminar, looking for tracks to sign to my 'Urban' label. An up and coming DJ by the name of Paul Oakenfold and myself, were in Vinyl Mania on a midweek early afternoon, listening to
Andrew Weatherall -Archive -Interview : From PEOM
Andy Weatherall and I didn't always see eye to eye until around 1992 when I climbed onto the decks at “Bagley’s Studio's", whilst he was playing. Something then just clicked with us and he agreed to do an interview. An ideal time to speak to Andy as he was leaving the Boys Own fanzine and embarking on various projects.
Danny Rampling - Archive Interview : From PEOM
1988 was an important year in terms of music and fashion, there was an exciting counter culture emerging, called "Acid House", following in the tradition of Mods of the mid 60's, the hippies of the late 60's and the punks of the 70's, England was buzzing again and there was a media frenzy.
Fashion in the mid 80's, was very conservative and not really saying anything. Then there was a slight flirt with 70's fashion, and all of sudden people were dressing down, jeans, trainers, smiley tee-shirts and bandannas, topped with yells of "acid!" Getting drunk was now not the done thing, there was a new drug in town called Ecstasy; "American House wives choice." And by God, they were good.
Dizzie Hites -Archive Interview -From PEOM
In the winter of 1989, Rap, was not seen as mainstream music and was still low on radio play lists. However artists like Bomb the Bass with Neneh Cherry with the evocative Buffalo Stance , and Mark Moore of S-express were helping to develop the UK urban sound.
In 1988, obscure records were surfacing and doing the rounds on the decks in Acid House/Balearic clubs. Would I find Love by Dizzie Hites was one such record, which was being played on a regular basis at the clubs which I was frequenting.
