Robert Hood's seminal works on Axis and M-Plant paved the way for the wave of muscular minimalism that flooded techno clubs during the late nineties. As Surgeon once remarked, 'When Hood released his pivotal Minimal Nation EP in 1993, it was like a bomb went off'. In a rare interview back in 2001, John Osselaer spoke with the Detroit don for Overload Media.

Dave Stelfox meets Ollie Jacob to find out more about his small but perfectly formed Memphis Industries imprint.

Clocking in as one of 2000's finest electronic albums, Photek's Solaris met with as much suprise as it did critical acclaim. Rupert Parkes takes stock of his junglistic success and tells Paul Gannaway why the future’s brighter than ever.

What does it take to boggle the mind of techno producer Max Duley? Overload traveled to the leafy roads of Ealing to find out.

Overload Media 's John Osselaer talked at length to techno pioneer and Detroit native Blake Baxter, back in 2001.

Overload's Nick Craddock explores the boundless body of creativity that is Matthew Herbert.

In our ever-advancing internet age, the relationship between environment and output is supposedly diminishing. Byte-sized files flash along...

The underground spirit of contemporary electronica is alive and well in St Petersburg, Russia thanks to EU, otherwise known as Alexander Zaitsev and Ilya Baramiya. Gunfight Lucas met them during their visit to the UK in 2000.

Jeff Mills is many things. He's foremost a DJ and producer, but also a broadcaster, label owner and sound engineer. He's been the Wizard, the...

Tom Magic Feet speaks to US-based producer John Tejada about his third album, The Matrix Of Us.

Nick Doherty talks to Gilles Peterson — Radio 1 missionary, nervous perfectionist, and self-confessed spinner of ‘weirdy records’.

For Mike Paradinas the need to make beautiful and crazy music is paramount. The need to explain it isn’t, as Overload’s Richard Wilkes discovers.

Coinciding with the release of his mix album on Tresor, Overload's Nick Craddock caught up with Mr 'fingers in pies', Matthew Herbert, shortly after his live appearance at Fabric in August 2000.

Many record labels lay claim to eclecticism in the realm of electronic music, yet few fulfil the brief as genuinely as Tony Morley's Leaf imprint. Theresa Green met up with the label boss in the garden of a leafy Brixton boozer back in 2000.

Lawrence Burden of legendary techno triumverate Octave One has been a driving force in Detroit music since establishing the 430 West label with his brothers in 1991. John Osselaer spoke to him in 2000 for Overload Media.

Tom Magic Feet talks to Roman techno lynchpin Marco Passarani about his 6 Katun album and the coming of age for his Nature Records imprint.