In the summer of 1987 four young DJs from London took a trip to the Mediterranean Island of Ibiza for a birthday celebration.
On their first night they attended an ecstasy-fueled party at club Amnesia, dancing under the stars to a mix of techno and house music played by legendary DJ Alfredo.
The experience was life changing and when the four DJs returned h ... Show More
Jun 2019
David Guetta, Mawazine Music Fest and Lionel Richie's 70th Birthday (20.06.2019)
We catch up with Saeed Saeed Arts and Culture Reporter at the National as he makes his way to Morocco for the annual Mawazine Music Festival, featuring some of the world's biggest acts including The Black Eyed Peas, J Balvin, and David Guetta. We also talk to him about his interv ... Show More
36m 50s
Feb 2024
Dance Yourself Free (Throwback)
Beyonce's Renaissance brought house music back to mainstream audiences. But even when it wasn't gracing the Grammys, house never went away. Born from the ashes of disco in the late 1970s and '80s, house was by and for the Black, queer youth DJing and dancing in Chicago's undergro ... Show More
50m 1s
Apr 2024
439. Disco: Sex and Race in Seventies America
Music for sex, dancing, and watching the straight world go by… The explosion of Disco provides an extraordinary window into the tumultuous world of the 1970s, with its themes of sex, drugs, race and sexuality. By the start of the 1970s, America was a nation of dystopian gloom. Th ... Show More
1h 1m
Jul 2023
Curating errors with Perera Elsewhere, Fever Ray, Paula Temple and Maral
Perera Elsewhere, Fever Ray, Paula Temple and Maral discuss how the space you’re in affects the music you write, the importance of mistakes or ‘curating errors’, and the significance of technology, particularly when music production software reaches new countries.Producer, songwr ... Show More
28m 12s