Guardian Music — December 1977: Number 4 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicReleased on 16 December 1977, Saturday Night Fever was the film that broke disco in both senses: it popularised and developed the form at the same time as it froz... more info

Guardian Music — 1983-85: Number 9 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicTechnically, Detroit techno was born down the road in suburban Belleville, where chief architects Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson met in high school. By 1... more info

Guardian Music — August 1976: Number 33 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicIn the spring of 1976, David Bowie was dangerously close to burnout from fame and drugs. He had just released his 10th studio album, Station to Station, and, wit... more info

Guardian Music — The Horrors, On tourIt was obvious when they appeared on NME's cover in 2006 in Victorian gaoler chic that the Horrors had something, although what that might be wasn't clear from the endearingly rubbish garage-goth rumble of their debut. However, th... more info

Guardian Music — 'Listening to an over-hyped indie album about which I have mixed feelings is an improvement on listening to my daughter ask if we're there yet every 90 seconds'I try to adopt a hands-off approach when it comes to Esme's taste in music. People always ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Excellent BBC FOUR Documentary, originally aired in 2009, following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. In the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists in... more info

Guardian Music — Twenty years on from Charly, the Essex ravers are still massive, a testimony to staying faithful to 'mind-cancelling abandon'It seems incredible now, with the Prodigy's 20-year history as the figureheads of out-of-control, hedonistic, devotedly hardc... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mark Pritchard (Global Communication, Harmonic 33) and Steve Smith (aka Steve Spacek, Blackpocket) first collaborated on a 12” for Sonar Kollektiv that, with its stutter-shuffle breakbeat and deep bass probes, fused broken beat and dubstep. Also... more info

Guardian Music — New products range from apps from artists such as Kraftwerk, Jay-Z and Lykke Li to social location services aimed at gig-goersThere's something of an explosion in music apps happening on iPhone and Android at the moment, from official artist apps tha... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Buns O'Plenty said... John Abercrombie - Straight Flight (1979) http://bunsoplenty.wordpress.com swvccswvcc said... Mary Jane Girls - In My House (12") 1985 [vinyl rip] Grace Jones - Love On Top Of Love (Killer Kiss) (12" single, 1989) [vinyl rip] K... more info