Free Party Genesis, Cabaret Voltaire & Suburbanised Clubbing, Sister Bliss's Dating Hell, Don't Call Me Sex Kittin, Bobby Gillespie's Celebrity Hell

"The free party scene was basically a reaction to people getting charged £25 a ticket for the commercial raves and feeling like we'd been ripped off. It was a great time and the only reason we stopped was because, without being melodramatic, we knew we were going to get nicked (arrested) if we didn't. It was either go legal or go on the run abroad, which was what a lot of the others did." (DJ Magazine)

Drum Club original member Charlie Hall recalls the birth of Britain's free party scene, when he used to run with Spiral Tribe.


Stephen Mallinder from seminal electro experimentalists Cabaret Voltaire, is unimpressed by today's electronic music scene.

http://www.brainwashed.com/cv (Cabaret Voltaire)



": That it can solve all your personal life problems. That it will get you more dates. Fame is something that can be very difficult for people." (The Independent)

Sister Bliss from Faithless deconstructs two of fame's greatest myths".

http://www.faithless.co.uk (Faithless)



"Now everybody wants to believe I'm a porn-sex vamp. It sucks, as they don't see it's the only provocative song we've done. Sex sells, baby. Look at hip hop stars- explicit lyrics everywhere, tits and ass in videos, and we wrote just one fucking song like that." (7 Magazine)

Caroline Herve, aka Miss Kittin regrets the media's intense focus on their breakthrough track Frank Sinatra (lyrics include Motherfuckers are so nice/ Suck my dick, lick my ass.")

http://www.gigolo.de



"He couldn't really cope as a human being. He couldn't feed himself and he was too paranoid to answer the door and too jumpy to have normal relationships with people on the street- it was kind of beyond him. And I think that's a really frightening reality." (NME)

Elastica singer Justine Frischman tells NME she was less than impressed when sharing a flat with Primal Scream singer Bobby Gillespie.

http://www.primalscream.org (Primal Scream's official site)

">http://www.t0.or.at/spiral23/spiral.htm (Spiral Tribe)

http://www.djmag.com



"I think it has been homogenised, suburbanised, and corporatised. Most people who listen to it aren't aware of any musical heritage. It seems to exist in a bubble, so there's not enough cross-fertilisation of ideas." (Muzik)

Stephen Mallinder from seminal electro experimentalists Cabaret Voltaire, is unimpressed by today's electronic music scene.

http://www.brainwashed.com/cv (Cabaret Voltaire)



": That it can solve all your personal life problems. That it will get you more dates. Fame is something that can be very difficult for people." (The Independent)

Sister Bliss from Faithless deconstructs two of fame's greatest myths".

http://www.faithless.co.uk (Faithless)



"Now everybody wants to believe I'm a porn-sex vamp. It sucks, as they don't see it's the only provocative song we've done. Sex sells, baby. Look at hip hop stars- explicit lyrics everywhere, tits and ass in videos, and we wrote just one fucking song like that." (7 Magazine)

Caroline Herve, aka Miss Kittin regrets the media's intense focus on their breakthrough track Frank Sinatra (lyrics include Motherfuckers are so nice/ Suck my dick, lick my ass.")

http://www.gigolo.de



"He couldn't really cope as a human being. He couldn't feed himself and he was too paranoid to answer the door and too jumpy to have normal relationships with people on the street- it was kind of beyond him. And I think that's a really frightening reality." (NME)

Elastica singer Justine Frischman tells NME she was less than impressed when sharing a flat with Primal Scream singer Bobby Gillespie.

http://www.primalscream.org (Primal Scream's official site)

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