HOUSE, TECHNO & OTHER DANCE SITES
303 Webzine with dance-related articles and interviews,
plus techno/jungle reviews and sound files.
0171.com Imaginative London site with articles, reviews, pirate
station frequencies and more.
Amazing
Discographies Good site with
thorough discographies of dozens of dance labels. Very useful.
Ark Featuring detailed advice on record, publishing and
management contracts for musicians.
beatbox Austrian techno
& house page with DJ charts, plus articles in German and club
listings.
Big
Management Web site of the US
management company with pages for each of their artists,
including Todd Terry, Chrissy Ward and Naked Music NYC.
Birmingham
(UK) Dance Directory New site with
detailed Birmingham club and bar guide, plus local radio listings
and links.
Black Music Label Catalogues Discographies & other information on black music
labels from 1977 - 1987.
Blurred
Dot Labyrinth dance music umbrella
site featuring the Underground DJ Source, Patrik Sjeren's pages,
information on the 600 Degrees and Blurred Dot labels, and more.
Boom
Booom Information and events on the
eclectic UK party collective.
Boxed Site of the UK dance music company whose projects
include the Global Underground compilations, Deeplevel Studios
and The Forth remix and production team.
Bristol
Ravers' Directory, The Detailed
club listings and news on the Bristol scene, plus information on
local DJs and more.
CD House Music Guide to
house music releases on CD, showing review ratings from dance
magazines; plus chart & links.
Chaos
Control Digizine US dance pages
with lots of dance/other music interviews (some rather brief),
plus a varied review section.
Chris Sully Homepage
that includes Essential Selection playlists going back to 1994, a
quick guide to dance music genres, plus an enormous number of
links. Oh, and an advert for three squash racquets.
Cloud
Factory, The Web page of the US
rave collective, with lots of links to new
age/philosophical/eco/zippie sites, plus news of their events.
Clublife
UK UK nightlife site including
regional club listings. Extensive, and useful for addresses/phone
numbers, but the descriptions tend to be vague. Membership
required.
Club Link N.I. Web page
covering the Northern Ireland scene, with club guide and reviews,
DJ profiles and links.
Club
Net Searchable index of UK towns
for club listings and information (times, admission prices etc.).
Not always complete but still useful. Plus features on clubs.
Updated monthly.
Cybersonik "Music entertainment guide" designed as an
umbrella site for UK clubs including Pushca, The Cross and Helter
Skelter, with club histories and event information. Also includes
a venue-by-venue listings guide, and a UK DJ directory with
details and contact information for each DJ.
Dance.Central New site with a club guide for the Midlands area, plus
news, links and a "Comedown Gallery"!
Dance
Music Page, The Brazilian page
focussing on Euro-dance, with a big index of lyrics, plus links
to international dance charts.
Dandy Net Varied
umbrella site including Phat Phlyers and Databass plus a
"Warped Stories" page, rave photos and links.
Deejay.Com US site with Real Audio samples of house tracks, mix
tapes, charts, and links.
Deeper
Online Information about the dance
scene in Southern California, with rave information, tape
trading, drug advice and links.
DJ Mix Record Reviews
Loads of compilation/mix albums listed under musical styles, with
track listings and brief reviews. But not updated for some time.
DJ Source, The
Expanding international directory of DJs on the net, with details
of their style and contact information. Plus similar, smaller
directories of live dance acts, record labels and DJ agencies;
and some record reviews and links. Based at Blurred Dot.
E.
H. X. - Electronic Audio Artform In The Capital Edinburgh site with lots of information on local
artists, DJs, labels, studios and radio, plus a detailed club
guide. An excellent resource.
Electric
Frog Edinburgh what's-on guide
including local club information.
Elliot
M. Herman Interesting site with
good information on the Criminal Justice Act and UK drug laws and
a transcription of Channel 4's "Rave New World"
programme.
Essential Dance Links
UK page with a good list of worldwide dance links.
Etronik Excellent web magazine with well-written articles,
news, new release reviews, club listings & more.
Euro-Dance
Hits WWW Ambitious American site
focusing on Euro-dance, hi-NRG and disco, with reviews, sound
files, artist information, links and more.
Eurodance Links List With
over 150 links to Euro/commercial dance sites, plus artist
profiles.
Finland
Rave Info Lists of forthcoming
raves, plus music stores, clubs and dance radio programs in
Finland, and Finnish dance links.
Flightpath Estate
Umbrella site covering Emissions Audio Output and associated
artists, including Two Lone Swordsmen, The Aloof, Red Snapper and
Slab.
Fly,
The R&B/Jazz/Jungle webzine
with lots of features and interviews.
Flyersight Flyers for
forthcoming club events. Based at Palace Of Vision.
Forcefield Dutch
electronic music magazine with reviews and information on their
own label.
Friends
& Family Web site of the San
Francisco-based party collective, with events, record reviews and
DJ mix tapes for sale.
Funk
Labs, The Web site of the Yorkshire
club promoter/label/recording studio, including event listings.
Funky Finnish home page
with Helsinki club and record shop guide, plus a flyer gallery.
Gaia
Live Regular Real Audio
techno/drum'n'bass transmissions, plus an archive of previous
broadcasts, and related news and articles. Excellent stuff.
Global
Headz Umbrella site for On, Big
Chill etc.
Hyper With club and record reviews, plus DJ charts and links
still under construction.
Hyperreal Large and well-established worldwide dance music site.
Home to loads of interesting text files on artists, labels,
distributors etc., plus review archives, musical instrument and
DJ information, in-depth drug data and links, e-zines, etc.
Essential.
Inner Space Good
Scottish dance page with up-to-date reviews of new techno,
trance, hardcore & downtempo releases, plus articles,
interviews & competitions.
Italian Club Guide
Lists hundreds of Italian clubs, some with links to further
information, plus a worlwide club guide in progress. Also has
some DJ charts.
Inter Dance
Web Megazine Weekly interactive
dance charts and album reviews, plus links.
Intersound Umbrella
site for Megadog, Ege Bam Yasi and Finiflex.
Irish
Dance Music Culture Good site, with
information on Irish dance music radio, reviews of clubs and
record shops, events listings, and links to related sites.
John Goodman's Pangalactic Homepage US DJ's page with sound files of his mixes.
Kozmik Communications
Web page of the Belgrade techno/dance organization, with event
information, playlists and DJ profiles.
List Of Music Mailing Lists Huge list of music E-mailing lists with details of
subscribe commands.
London
Calling General what's-on guide for
London including a good club guide. Plus dance record reviews.
Mindkind's
Homepage Homepage of the Canadian
DJ, with charts, information on DMC and links.
Music
Network Umbrella site for various
labels and artists, including React, Robs Records and N-Trance.
Musicbase Umbrella site including links to Deconstruction,
Creation and N-Gram.
Netmix Real Audio dance music mix show, featuring big-name DJs
such as Paul Oakenfold. Plus soundfiles of current dance tracks.
Nibble's US homepage featuring "Lazlo's Discography
Machine", a range of discographies including The Beloved,
The Orb, Underworld, System 7, plus other dance music
information, including artist mailing lists.
Nocturnal Toronto-based
rave culture magazine, with event calendar, event & music
reviews, photos, music samples, charts and links.
Norway Rave Nation
Lists of forthcoming raves, plus music stores, clubs and dance
radio programs in Norway, plus links.
Obsolete Umbrella site for many artist and label web pages,
including Banco de Gaia, A Guy Called Gerald etc.
Palace
Of Vision Big umbrella site
including pages on Carl Cox, T.Power and Dragonfly among others.
Pat's House Homepage
offering cash rewards for song IDs! Plus links.
Rave
Or Die Major Swiss dance site, with
news of the Swiss club scene, plus record reviews, label links,
charts, DJ contact information and DJ equipment guide.
Ravin' Taiwan Underground Events and pictures from the Taiwan rave scene.
Record Labels With Worldwide Web Pages Massive international list of over 1600 record
companies (all kinds of music) with WWW pages. Very useful.
Raft,
The Virgin's dance/alternative
music site with links to their dance artists plus general news.
Reynolds, Simon
Homepage of the respected British music journalist, with writing
on drum & bass, post-rock, gabba, electronica, house and hip
hop. Contains an archive of articles, plus dozens of recent
reviews.
Smileys
And Strawberries Norwegian House
and Techno page listing events in Oslo, plus psychedelic images.
Sonic
Net Live chat site with regular
celebrity dance guests. Plus brief transcripts of past chats with
the likes of the Chemical Brothers.
Spoon
Web, The General dance site linking
to Sabreweb, Mo Wax, Cup Of Tea etc.
Thru
The Eye Of Obscure Wellington, New
Zealand dance scene newsletter with lots of local news and
information.
Trax*USA US dance music
e-zine consisting of dance charts. Terminally out of date.
UK-Dance The web page of the UK Dance Mailing List, with the
past 14 days of mailing list digests, and details of how to
subscribe.
UK Clubs Excellent
clickable UK map with detailed information on club nights in each
town, plus reviews submitted by readers.
uk.music.rave
FAQ, The FAQ of the Usenet
discussion group, also including links and lots of good
Ecstasy-related information.
Underground Free Outdoor Party Network Information on the free party scene in the North of
England, with phone numbers and DJ info, plus links to other
related resources.
Underground Music Mailing Lists Subscription info and FAQ for an extensive new
directory of music e-mail lists; plus a downloadable version of
the latest edition, with details and subscribe commands for each
list. An excellent resource.
Urban 75 Politicised UK
webzine with news on environmental protesters, rave and drug
issues, with contact information for organisations.
US Techno House Business Resource Excellent information resource for labels and
musicians, with legal, practical and marketing advice. Mainly
relevant to the US, but full of general good advice.
Wild
Site German club listings page for
house/techno events in Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Cologne and
Munich.
World DJs Databass, The
Huge list of international DJs' e-mail addresses plus links to
related web pages. Based at Dandy Net.
World
Internet Dance Radio Regular Real
Audio dance show, plus dance chart and links.
Zedan
Productions Homepage Web page of
the Texas promoters and DJs, with history, DJ profiles, club
listings and real audio mix samples.
Zilch Amsterdam dance scene page, with forthcoming events,
profiles of local DJs and artists, flyer and photo archive, and
aliens.
Carl's
Garage/House Page Good site with
record reviews, articles, club recommendations, DJ interviews,
links and more.
Da Lukazzz Home Page
Dutch site with 100+ links to house music-related sites
worldwide, including labels, magazines, music making sites and
newsgroups.
Eclectic House And Garage The homepage of Nicola Cairncross's Eclectic
Management, with news, biographies, discographies and
remixographies of Mindchime, Isi Samuel, Pleasure Productions,
King St Sounds/Nitegrooves, Dat Man Free, Sanza Digabla and
Heather. Still under construction.
House Nation Recently
redesigned site with links to many US house and garage labels.
A
Cyborg's Eye View Articles on MIDI
and analogue synths, plus info on electronic/techno music
artists, signed and unsigned.
All Artists (Techno And Ambient) Hyperreal links page for over 150 ambient/techno artist
information pages (most of them based at Hyperreal).
All Labels (Techno And Ambient) Index of Hyperreal label information archives, mainly
consisting of discographies. As with the "All Artists"
page, however, a lot of the contents have not been updated for
some time.
Circuit
8 Hi-tech American site devoted to
experimental hardcore techno, including "The Skreem"
webzine with reviews and interviews.
Dale's
London Techno Page Comprehensive
and detailed guide to London's techno scene, with full current
techno/trance club listings. Now also includes contact
information for London techno DJs.
DJ Michael MD Web page
of the Sydney techno DJ, with history, playlist and current
activities.
Energy UK Good new page
with discussion and reviews covering nu-NRG and hard house. From
the makers of Trance City.
Gloria
Ov Alien Web site run by Masa from
Japanese psy-trance label Tokyo Techno Tribe, with news,
discography and sound files.
Goa And Psychedelic Trance Home Page DJ charts, label links, record reviews and some writing
about Goa trance.
Goatrance Home Page
Up-to-date site with international party listings, record
reviews, DJ charts and links.
Grandad John's Rave Reviews Techno/trance/Goa reviews with track listings. Not
updated since December 1995.
Hyperreal Music Review Archives Hyperreal site with big archive of techno record
reviews by many different writers. Currently "on ice",
however.
IDM Web page of the
techno/ambient mailing list, with writing on techno, subscription
details, the IDM poll and extensive archives.
Jamie's Techno Page
Guide to dance music genres, records for sale, plus other
articles and links.
Krass Good site with comprehensive listings and reviews of
London club nights and venues, plus an archive of flyers and rave
photos.
Lowlands Web page of
the Dutch techno mailing list. Info on how to subscribe, mailing
list archives, discographies of Dutch labels (some with links)
and Dutch club listings.
Man
Made Media Web site of the American
electronic music/multimedia company, with details of/images from
new releases and current projects.
Neil's Techno Thumbnails
Interesting collection of rave/live event photographs by
photographer Neil Stevenson.
Nude Detroit techno and culture webzine with articles, local
news and stories plus DJ charts and record reviews. Out of date.
pHinnWeb Finnish techno
zine with a profile of the local scene plus information on
Finland's techno artists and labels.
Shift,
The Techno musician homepage with
soundfiles and lots of links.
Synthesis Belgian
Nu-energy, New Beat and Industrial page, with information and
histories of the genres, record reviews and artist profiles. Lots
of information, but hasn't been updated for a while.
Techno And Ambient Musicians And Record Labels On The
Net Huge list of E-mail addresses
for artists and labels based at Hyperreal, with brief
descriptions - but currently offline awaiting revision.
Techno Chaos Productions
Techno events listing for Kansai in Japan. Very out of date.
Techno Links French
page with links to 25 or so techno sites, and details of the
Paris techno scene.
Techno Links Good
selection of worldwide links.
Techno
Online Big German umbrella site for
many European techno labels and club/rave organisations. Some
articles are in German.
Techno-Net German site
with pages on German labels (MFS, Interference, Space Teddy),
features on Berlin's E-werk club & Love Parade, plus
merchandise.
Techno.Org International techno umbrella site offering free web
space to techno-related resources.
Technozine 2000 UK
techno site with news, charts and club listings.
Thigpen's Techno Music Page Boston-based house and techno home page consisting
mainly of record & track listings, with some sound files. Out
of date.
Third
Eye Psychedelic trance umbrella
site preaching "enlightenment through partying", with
links to techno-zines Trip and Dream Creation
Trance City Good page
with links to European hard house, trance and techno sites, and
discussion of related labels... now on ice, though. Shame.
Trip Goa/psychedelic
trance page with lists of albums (and track listings), and lots
of reader contributions - news of events, messages, opinions. Now
based at Third Eye.
Tunnel Webzine Big
quarterly webzine with reviews of techno (and some ambient)
albums and clubs, plus lots of personal editorial
content...including poetry. Now out of date.
Tursa Pages Detailed
discographies of Jam & Spoon, Dance 2 Trance, Cosmic Baby,
Paul van Dyk and Sven Vath.
U-Connect Umbrella site of the Under Cover music group, covering
many German techno and trance labels including Global Ambition,
Phuture Wax and Noom. Includes a profile, discography and artist
roster for each label, plus information on Under Cover DJs.
Wataru
Kishida Tokyo techno site,
currently under reconstruction.
Wicked
Pages German-based techno site with
archives of magazine articles on Eddie FlashinŽ Fowlkes, Jeff
Mills, Kenny Larkin, Juan Atkins and others, plus links and
discographies. Also includes record reviews and news of local
events.
360
BPM Site covering the Seattle
jungle scene, with DJ profiles, event news and links.
Breaks Comprehensive jungle and hardcore site with DJ charts,
label discographies, DJ profiles, magazine articles, record
reviews and links. Plus an interesting history of jungle.
Digital
Jungle Breakbeat site with DJ
charts, new releases, breakbeat sources. Plus articles from
"Mixmag" and graffiti links, including an amazing
illustrated guide to graffiti sites in London!
DJ Casper's Jungle/Drum'n'Bass Website Popular American site with well-written introduction to
drum'n'bass, magazine articles, UK & US DJ Top 10s and
photos, information on American cities and their jungle scenes,
mix tapes for sale, plus links.
Drum'n'Bass
Arena Big new site with DJ Top 10s,
new release reviews, live mixing with Shockwave, sound files and
more.
Everfresh's
Home Page Everfresh's new page.
Essential site.
Hardstep Central South
of England jungle page with events in the region, record reviews
by DJ Red, details on Kool FM and some other writing on jungle.
Not updated for some time.
Jungle Pages, The
Intellectual Canadian site consisting of essays on the history
and culture of jungle music.
Mission
Global Junglism Well designed US
site with lots of information: Jungle events in UK, USA &
Canada, a guide to US Jungle DJs, US Jungle DJ interviews and
international DJ Top 10s. Bit out of date recently.
web:beatz Breakbeat site with lots of reviews, international
event listings, pirate radio frequencies for London and Bristol
and links.
Delenium
Project Happy hardcore reference
site with an index of discographies, links, and profiles of US
DJs.
DJ Pioneer's 4-Beat Heaven With record reviews, links and charts.
Federation Hardcore
With DJ profiles & pictures, charts, mixing tips, reviews and
more.
Happy Hardcore Headquarters Canadian page with charts, DJ profiles, interactive
record reviews and US/Canadian event reviews.
Happy Hardcore Hideout
New page with record and event reviews and hardcore links.
Hardcore
Power Productions Homepage of the
musicians' collective, with many hardcore/gabba sound files.
Heart Of Happy Hardcore
With a history of the hardcore sound, lots of DJ profiles, pirate
frequencies, record reviews and hardcore links.
HHS
On Internet Dutch hardcore page
with event news, DJ and artist profiles, merchandise etc.
Matrix
Promotions Ticket agency for
hardcore events including Dreamscape, World Dance and Helter
Skelter.
Paula's WWW Page Very
popular hardcore page with lots of information and reviews of
events and raves.
phuture.com Well designed experimental/hardcore techno site
covering Praxis Records, Bourbonese Qualk and the TNT technozine,
plus lots of graphic image and video material. Also home of the
Breakbeat-1 mailing list.
Planet
Hardcore UK site with hardcore
events news/reviews,and lots of record reviews. Also user
views/Top 10 voting form, PC music software to download and
around 30 hardcore links.
S-Scape's Happy Hardcore Page Comprehensive site with lots of record reviews,
detailed event listings, rave photos and even a bank of samples
for you to create your own tune!
Sweet
Beatz Homepage of the Sweet Beatz
hardcore DJ agency, with information on DJs and booking; plus
record reviews and event news.
World
Gabber Association Big Netherlands
site with charts and local news. Mainly in Dutch, but contains
pages on Midtown, Thunderdome and Terror Traxx.
Carrot,
The Well-designed site covering
chillout and downtempo music, with interviews and reviews. But
out of date.
Dub Page, The Good page
with lots of record reviews and features covering dub and related
styles of music, plus an interactive notice board.
Pipe Umbrella site for the pages of Coldcut, Ninja Tune,
Cybercafe, "The Idler", Hex and OpenMind.
Audibe Landscape
Intelligent ambient site with writing on
ambient/minimalist/systems music, plus a selective discography
and bibliography.
Digital Dream, The
Nicely designed ambient site, now fully up and running. A search
engine of over 150 ambient record reviews, plus links to American
ambient artists, labels and radio shows.
Epsilon:
The Ambient Music Information Archive Huge ambient site based at Hyperreal, including artist
information, discographies, articles and reviews.
Homo Ambiento American
ambient site with some writing on ambient music and Top 10's.
Hyperreal Music Archives: Ambient Artists Menu page for over 150 ambient artist information pages
based at Hyperreal.
Techno And Ambient Musicians And Record Labels On The
Net Huge list of E-mail addresses
for artists and labels, with brief descriptions - but currently
offline awaiting revision.