Situated around 25km due west of Amsterdam at Bloemendaal beach, Woodstock '69 is a legendary summer party spot. I had a lot of fun there last year seeing Hernan Cattaneo and Pole Folder but the weather had not been so great. Needless to say I was keen to come back and experience the place in... Continue Reading →

I trace it all back to the day of the Sheffield half marathon in 2004. After the race I had been at a BBQ near Hunters Bar and had consumed a number of beers to refuel. Then on the way back home I randomly bumped into my friends Nils and Gina in the street who... Continue Reading →

It was that time of year again to head out to Barcelona for the annual pilgrimage to Sonar and its ever increasingly popular off-Sonar spin off. For me this was part two of the European techno season after my recent excursion to the Ibiza opening parties. With most of the European techno community in Barcelona... Continue Reading →

When Sven Väth's Cocoon party first came to Monday nights at Amnesia, Ibiza in 1999 the clubbing landscape on the island was very different to what it is now with house and trance dominant and no-one really pushing techno. Cocoon changed all that bringing techno sounds to the fore and spawning many other nights in the process,... Continue Reading →