[Grid Central created January 1995 / Copyright 1997-1998 by Matthew Sikorski]
September 3, 1998 Updated Other Projects page: added to listing for Earl Brutus; added 'The Origins Of The Species' album listing under Psychic TV; added listings for Elastica, Elton, and JB Smallstars. September 2, 1998 Updated Contact Information page to include Richard Norris' email address. Added link on splash page to emails sent to me by Richard Norris. Moved Latest News section off splash page to its own page. Had added info about Richard Norris upcoming project and remixes sometime in early August and had updated info since then also. June 5, 1998 On Other Projects page, changed Black Star Liner link to http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Cabaret/4995/ instead of http://www.exp.co.uk/bsl.htm May 20, 1998 On Other Projects page, added info on 'Round and Round' single to ManBREAK listing. May 13, 1998 On Other Projects page, added to listing for Jesus Jones. Added listings: James ManBREAK Whipping Boy May 12, 1998 On Compilations page, added listing for Maxi Dance Sensation 15. May 4, 1998 On Compilations page, added listing for "Bliss" compilation from Real World Records. Added related news item to splash page. April 17, 1998 On Other Projects page, added listing for Shola Ama's contribution to the "Twentieth Century Blues" album of songs by Noel Coward. Richard Norris did additional programming on her track. April 7, 1998 On Compilation Appearances page, added listing for "Ambient Ibiza 2" and updated listing for the same under Rainer on Remixes and Productions page. On Other Projects page, added track times and credits to listing for Kylie Minogue's single, 'Breathe'. April 3, 1998 On splash page, added link to The Rough Guide to Rock's entry on The Grid. March 30, 1998 On Other Projects page, Black Star Liner listing, added more data. Thanks to Neil Harris. March 26, 1998 On Other Projects page under Propellerheads, added track times to listing for the U.S. release of the album "Decksanddrumsandrockandroll". March 24, 1998 On splash page under Latest News, added information on re-release of Psychic TV material from the acid house era, beginning with double CD collection called "The Origin of the Species". On Other Projects page, updated sections for Kylie Minogue and Propellerheads. March 6, 1998 On Compilations and Song Index pages, added listings for Figure of Eight (The Gate Music Service Mix) that appears on compilation entitled, "Tantra 97", released by the Gate Music Service. February 11, 1998 On Other Projects page, added listings for Prick and "Showgirls" Soundtrack (Richard Norris as recording engineer for Prick). February 4, 1998 On splash page, added item about Richard Norris and Joe Strummer not working together anymore. On Other Projects page, added listings for Deborah Harry, Joe Strummer, and the "Grosse Pointe Blank" Soundtrack. Beefed up the Bryan Ferry listing. All related to Richard Norris projects in the past. February 3, 1998 On Compilations page, added listing for Techno Mix 98 - All Nite Rave that includes 'Swamp Thing'. Updated Song Index accordingly. On splash page and under Kylie Minogue on Other Projects page, added info about Ball/Vauk production of 'Tears', a b-side to the Kylie single 'Did It Again' that came out Nov. 24, 1997. On splash page, added note from Concrete label website about the second Big Buddha single that had been scheduled for September 1997 (but did not come out yet). August 12, 1997 On Remixes and Production page, added info to listing for Stex. On Compilation Appearances page, added listing for Fused (35 New Directions In Indie Dance). May 14, 1997 In Compilation Appearances, added listings for Master Beat, Volumes Four and Seven. Made corresponding additions to listings in Song Index for 'Figure Of Eight' and 'Crystal Clear'. February 27, 1997 On Compilation Appearances page, added the following listings: DeConstruction Presents Wired (New Directions In Dance) Also, updated Song Index. January 24, 1997 On splash page, added news about Richard Norris' DJ residency at The Heavenly Jukebox, January 21, 1997 In Compilations section, added listing for Off the Street. In Other Projects section, added to info about group called Sense and added listing for Vicious Pink Phenomena, both of which involved David Ball in some way. Thanks to Ivo Peeters (ivo_peeters@innet.be) for the info. January 14, 1997 On splash page, added paragraph on Dave Ball's involvement in the Kylie Minogue album due out Summer 1997. In Remixes and Productions section, added info on U.S. 12" vinyl promo of Richard Norris/Choque mixes of Cornershop's "6 a.m. Jullandar Shere". Added info on X-Mix Dance Series #34 to listing for Billie Ray Martin. December 30, 1996 In Other Projects, added listing for the group called English Boy On The Love Ranch. Thanks to John Kral (maxwell86@earthlink.net). December 17, 1996 In Compilation Appearances section, added to listing for Enter The Hardbag: 26 Kung-Fu Kuts December 9, 1996 In Other Projects sections, updated listing for David Bowie's "Hallo Spaceboy". Thanks to the Pet Shop Boys Exposed page for more clues. December 5, 1996 In Compilations section, added listings for The Annual Mixed by Boy George and Pete Tong (Ministry of Sound) and Ultra Techno, Volume 2. November 15, 1996 In Compilations Section, added listings for "Triple J Hottest 100 2", "Clubbed Out", and "A Week In The Real World". Added related info to Song Index. October 28, 1996 In Other Projects section, added listing for Brian Ferry and the Richard T. Norris/Sven Taits mix of the single "I Put a Spell on You". October 4, 1996 In Remixes and Production section, added listing for the G-Force track "Spicy", produced by The Grid and T.99. October 3, 1996 In Remixes and Production section, added listing for re-release of Rainer's "Nod to N2O" single, plus a review from DJ Magazine. September 23, 1996 Moved discography listing for David Bowie's "Hallo Spaceboy" from Remixes and Production section to Other Projects section. September 3, 1996 Added listing for "In the Mix - 90's Hits" in Compilations section. Also, added same compilation to Billie Ray Martin listing in Remixes and Production section. August 28, 1996 On Reviews page, links to Pete Ashdown's XDZebra reviews of The Grid now work. August 27, 1996 On splash page and in Other Projects section, added to info on 'Halaal Rock' EP by Black Star Liner. August 23, 1996 In Other Projects section, added listing for Robbie Williams and his new single 'Freedom', mixed and produced by Stephen Hague and Richard Norris. On splash page, mentioned Richard Norris' remixes for Black Grape featuring Joe Strummer and Keith Allen. Changed Interviews section into one for Articles and Interviews and added links on that new page, including two articles and a review (all about "new beat") written by Richard Noise (a.k.a. Richard Norris) for NME. In Compilation section, added listing for "A Retrospective of House 91-96, Volume 4 (Let Yourself Go...)" which features The Grid's 'Crystal Clear' in a continuous mix by Graham Gold. August 19, 1996 In Other Projects section, added listing for Black Star Liner, a group for which David Ball and Ingo Vauk have done remix work. Also, refer to it on splash page. In same section, added listing for Jesus Jones, for which Richard Norris has done some engineer work. August 12, 1996 On splash page, added info on mention and picture of The Grid in Details magazine, September 1996 issue. August 7, 1996 In Remixes and Production section, under listing for Billie Ray Martin, added details for Todd Terry remix of 'Your Loving Arms' that is included as b-side to Martin's U.K. single for 'You and I (Keep Holding On)'. August 5, 1996 In Compilations section added details for Technohedz (thanks to Justin at jow@husc.harvard.edu for the tip) and Survival. Also, added those compilation appearances to Song Index. In Remixes and Production section added details to Sacred Spirit listing. July 24, 1996 On splash page, added link to David Ball's email of July 19, 1996. Thanks, Dave! Added Links Elsewhere, new page linked from splash page. May 17, 1996 In Remixes and Production section, added listings for remixes of Rey de Copas and Sacred Spirit, along with some related links. Thanks to Ingo Hoppe for the tip-off about Rey de Copas' 'Frontera del Ensueño'. In Compilations section, under the listings for the Survival albums, added links to Survival International, the organization chartered to save tribal peoples. May 6, 1996 On splash page, added link to Richard Norris' e-mail of May 5, 1996. Thanks, Richard! April 23, 1996 In Remixes and Production section: Added new info to listing for Billie Ray Martin, including the U.S. release date of July 16, 1996 for her album, "Deadline for My Memories". Added more info to listing for Rainer (Ptacek) April 16, 1996 Added info on David Ball/Ingo Vauk remixes of Bowie's "Hallo Spaceboy". Thanks to Ptshopboy@aol.com for the news. In Compilation Appearances section and Song Index, added info on some Razormaid mixes of The Grid. April 15, 1996 In Remixes and Production section, added info on Grid remix of "Bow Down Mister" by Jesus Loves You (a pseudonym for Boy George). April 9, 1996 In Compilations section, added listing for "The Greatest Dance Album Under the Sun! (40 Essential Dance Hits)" which has a version of "Diablo" on it. Added "Diablo" to Song Index. March 11, 1996 On splash page, noted rumor of a possible Deconstruction release of 12" vinyl promo of three David Ball remixes of the Pet Shop Boy's remix of David Bowie's 'Hallo Spaceboy'. March 5, 1996 In Remixes and Production, added review to listing for Gavin Friday's 'You Me and World War Three'. March 4, 1996 In Remixes and Production section added information to listing for remix of Cornershop's single 'Jullandar Shere' and updated announcement of same on the splash page. Feb. 27, 1996 Added Song Index to the Discography. Feb. 26, 1996 In Compilations section added some info on the compilation album "Survival" due out the end of February in the U.K. In Remixes and Production section added links to more info in the listing for the band Cornershop. Feb. 7, 1996 In Remixes and Production section, added listing for The Times' single 'Lundi Bleu', a version francais of 'Blue Monday' by New Order. Thanks to glubby@KROQ.com and to the keeper of the Creation Records discography. Feb. 5, 1996 In Remixes and Production section, added listing for Gavin Friday's single for 'You Me and World War Three'. Jan. 29, 1996 In Compilations section, updated listing for "Loved Up" and added listing for "The Greatest Hits of 1994". In Remixes and Production section, added Cornershop remix listing (but without any more details) and updated release date of Billie Ray Martin's "Deadline for My Memories" to January 22, 1996, in U.K. Jan. 24, 1996 On splash page added link to the new Interviews section that starts off with just half of one article but will soon include more. Jan. 16, 1996 On splash page, added link to the official Grid Network, operating out of Hotel Deconstruction. Jan. 4, 1996 In Compilations section, added listings for "The Best Dance Album in the World...ever! -- Part 3", "Enter The HardBag: 26 Kung-Fu Kuts", and Hardkiss' remix of 'Texas Cowboys'. Dec. 29, 1995 On first page, added link to Hotel Deconstruction, the homepage for the label that puts out The Grid. Moved acknowledgements list from the first page into what is now the Acknowledgements and Updates section. In Compilations section, added listing for Twitch Recordings' re-release of their remix of 'Boom! (limited to 200 copies only on 12" vinyl). Dec. 13, 1995 In Compilations section: revised Twitch Recordings contact info and links; plus, added items for "Club Euro Volume 1" and "Pirate Radio Sessions 4" and links to the PirateSounds pages. Thanks to Vince Degiorgio (vince@virtualnoise.com) for information on those two Canadian releases. Dec. 5, 1995 In Recent News section, added excerpt from item in NME about Joe Strummer's work with Richard Norris. Nov. 26, 1995 In Recent News section, added excerpt of Pulse! magazine item about Joe Strummer's work with Richard Norris. Nov. 24, 1995 In Singles section, added additional information to track listing for 'A Beat Called Love'. Nov. 13, 1995 In Singles section, added additional information to track listings for 'A Beat Called Love', 'Floatation', 'The Origins of Dance', 'Boom!', 'Crystal Clear', and 'Figure of Eight'. Thanks to Perry Glorioso (zackrota@netcom.netcom.com). Nov. 6, 1995 In Compilations section, added Global Communication's "Remotion". In Remixes & Production section: changed release date of B.R. Martin's album from October 1995 to January 1996. Oct. 25, 1995 Added Joe Strummer info to Recent News section. Oct. 24, 1995 Added DMC "Remix Culture" #151 to Compilations section. Oct. 11, 1995 Added indexes to the following sections of the discography: Singles, Albums, Remixes and Production, and Other Projects. Oct. 10, 1995 In Albums section: added info & images to "Music for Dancing" listing. In Singles section: added images to 'Diablo'; adjusted track listings for 'Floatation' and 'Boom!' Oct. 24, 1995 Added DMC "Remix Culture" #151 to Compilations section. Oct. 2, 1995 Added "Loved Up" soundtrack info to Compilations section. Sept. 25, 1995 Added cancelation info for Tribal Gathering Ireland 95 to News section. Sept. 19, 1995: Added to Other Projects section, in the Psychic TV entry, a listing for the remix album called "Beyond Thee Infinite Beat". Sept. 18, 1995: Added details of "Music for Dancing", the Grid remix/classics album, to the Albums section, the News section. Sept. 13, 1995: Added details of 'Diablo' to the Singles section.