Orbital, Glastonbury 1994

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Paul Hartnoll remembers Orbital’s era-defining Glastonbury headline performance of 1994, which thrust electronic dance music into the spotlight like never before

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The 1980s Madrid Electronic Music Scene

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In 1980s Madrid, La Movida Madrileña, a hedonistic counterculture movement emerged in the wake of Franco’s death. With it came a wave of electronic music that is seeing a reappraisal four decades on

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Ata Kak

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Orbital, Glastonbury 1994

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The 1980s Madrid Electronic Music Scene

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Orbital, Glastonbury 1994

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