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‘90s rave and acid house documentaries to be screened in Berlin for short film festival

The retrospective will celebrate music and imagery from the era while exploring moral panics and long-term impact

Documentaries focused on Britain's acid house and rave scenes of the 1990s are due to be shown in Berlin later this month as part of...

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It's stacked with guests including Fat Dog's Joe Love and Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream

Paranoid London have announced a new album, ‘Arseholes, Liars and Electronic Pioneers’. Set for release on 9th February 2024, the new LP from the UK...

Richard Norris announces memoir, Strange Things Are Happening

The book will explore his involvement in the indie and punk scenes, his work on the UK's first acid house album, and more

Producer, musician, DJ and author, Richard Norris has announced a memoir titled Strange Things Are Happening. The book, set to be published next April, chronicles...

Image of ravers outside from Kirk Field's ‘Rave New World: Confessions Of A Raving Reporter’

Kirk Field's book is described as being “told through a mixture of vivid first-person narrative, surreal insider anecdotes and incisive social commentary”

A book exploring the explosion of '90s UK rave culture by a journalist deeply embedded in the scene has been released. Rave New World: Confessions...

‘90s rave culture-inspired fashion collaboration launched by Umbro and MTV

Checkerboards and vintage graphic logos adorn bright new kit nodding to the heyday of acid house

Umbro and MTV have teamed up on a new line inspired by '90s rave culture. The sports brand and pop culture institution have collaborated on...

'Acid For Trans Health' compilation featuring Justin Cudmore, Type-303, more released: Listen

All proceeds from sales of the compilation will be donated to FiveForFive, a mutual aid fund for trans femmes in the UK

A new compilation has been released to raise funds in support of trans people in the UK. 'Acid For Trans Health' takes in six new...

The Que Club was a legendary club for Birmingham and the UK scene

The recently released documentary explores the thirty-year history of the iconic Birmingham nightclub

A new documentary about the iconic Birmingham techno venue Que Club, called In The Que, has been released. Watch the full documentary below. The 34-minute...

I Love Acid announces 15th anniversary UK and North America tour

The party's founders, Posthuman and Luke Vibert, will be joined by a number of guests

UK party I Love Acid is heading out on a 15th anniversary tour of the UK and the US. Kicking off on 14th October, I...

Billy Nasty shot by Carl Loben

A stalwart of the UK’s dance music community for over 30 years, DJ Billy Nasty was a pioneer of '90s progressive house before launching his techno and electro labels, Tortured and Electrix. A true vinyl devotee, he now runs the Vinyl Curtain record shop in Brighton. Harold Heath meets him in his home town to talk mix CDs, underground dance music history, running labels and the enduring importance of vinyl DJing

It’s fitting that DJ Mag meets acid house original, world-class DJ, UK techno trailblazer, mix-CD pioneer and vinyl-devotee Billy Nasty in his record shop The...

The Lost Acid House Membership Cards

A new book collects the most prized of all rave memorabilia: the membership card. Filled with classic design work, it’s a window on a transformative era. Collector and compiler Rob Ford tells DJ Mag about how the project came together, while DJs and designers share their memories of the time

“It’s almost like drug dealing,” laughs Rob Ford, a 52-year-old author and music producer, who spends his evenings meeting strangers in car parks and exchanging...

Members Only

Featuring memorabilia from Shroom, Fantazia, FAC51 Hacienda, Jungle Fever, and many more

A new book collecting classic UK rave and acid house membership cards is set to be published on 1st September by Velocity Press. The deluxe...

Acid house as it happened

From car park raves to the first acid nights at Future and Shoom

A new photobook capturing the rise of the UK rave scene has been published by IDEA. Compiled by photographer and journalist Dave Swindells, Acid House...

Paul Oakenfold memoir

"In a career like mine you don’t get many chances to stop and reflect on what you’ve achieved"

Paul Oakenfold has announced the publication of a memoir, 'Ready Steady Go: My Unstoppable Journey in Dance', which will be published by Welbeck and arrive...

1989 acid house rave VR experience planned for Coventry City of Culture

A journey from poster-filled bedroom and pirate radio studio to warehouse venue and police headquarters

An acid house rave VR experience with a 1989-theme has been unveiled as part of the City of Culture programme for Coventry, England, this year...

The four-part series features Or:la, Bicep and more revealing the stories behind their biggest tracks

A new radio documentary series explores the history of Irish dance music.

Across four 50-minute episodes, The Breakdown delves into three decades of electronic dance...

From acid house to modern politics and beyond

A new exhibition by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller is opening this month.

Simultaneously running at Glasgow's Modern Institute and Art: Concept in Paris from...

The film features never-before-seen footage captured at club events in Chicago, Manchester, London, Ibiza and elsewhere

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to support the release of a brand new documentary, 'All We Wanna Do Is Dance', which captures the explosion...

New photobook captures the The Haçienda at its prime

Rave One! by photographer Peter J Walsh is a vivid journey back in time

A new photobook captures the Haçienda at its prime.


Published via IDEA, photographer Peter J Walsh's Rave One! is a journey via various photos taken...

Three-in-ten partygoers aged 18-22 want to experience nightlife as it was 20 years ago

The early 2000s in Ibiza is the clubbing era British ravers want to revisit most, according to a new poll. 

The survey involved data from...

The book’s original soundtrack by A Guy Called Gerald will also be released on vinyl for the first time

A 1989 novel set in the London underground acid house scene, Trip City, is set to be republished this year by Velocity Press.

The cult...