Chill Out was released on 5 February 1990 on the band’s own KLF Communications imprint, and it remains one of the strangest origin stories in electronic music. The record that gave a whole genre its name was not built in a studio full of gear. It was, according to its sleeve, recorded “live on location” […]
Every genre has a signature sound that producers claim to have built themselves. The hoover is the one where almost nobody did. For thirty-five years the rave stab that opens a thousand records has travelled through hardcore, gabber, jungle, hard house, drum and bass and back into chart pop, and the overwhelming majority of those [&hell
A field guide to Montreal's 2026 underground rave circuit: Stereo, Newspeak, Salon Daome, Datcha, SAT/Domesicle, and the daytime brunch-rave Croissound is running out of Saint-Henri cafes.
