It started on a particularly sunny bank holiday weekend, on the 22nd May 1992. A ramshackle convoy of vehicles, which served as the rag-tag homes...
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2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the biggest and the most infamous illegal rave that ever took place: Castlemorton – a week-long, 20,000-person party deemed so anarchistic that it shook Middle England to its core. Here, photographer Alan Lodge tells his story of capturing a week changed UK dance music forever
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The documentary also features a bespoke score by Overmono, alongside two exclusive cuts: Orbital ‘Chime’ (Special Request Remix) and Dance System 'Better Days feat. Rush...
There's a new documentary on the history of the UK rave scene coming to Amazon Music.
Better Days: The Story of UK Rave is a...
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The soundtrack has been compiled by JD Twitch
The soundtrack for Brian Welsh's '90s rave film Beats is set to be released on 2xLP in September.
The film, based on the play by...
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The book features words from Josey Rebelle, Norman Jay MBE, OK Williams and many more
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Castlemorton, The Haçienda, Shoom and Glastonbury all get nods in Dorothy's new Road To Nowhere collection
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The podcast will be available soon
The story of rave and ecstasy in the UK has been explored in a new BBC Podcast.
The podcast, entitled Ecstasy: The Battle of Rave...
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One of the first legal UK mega-raves to bring dance music culture to the masses was Fantazia. With its emphasis on spending big production budgets...
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The Belleville Three, Carl Craig, Lee Scratch Perry, Plastikman and Orbital are on the soundtrack...
The 1990s UK rave scene is at the centre of a new film, 'Beats', which has been produced by Hollywood legend Steven Soderbergh and directed...
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The Big Fish Little Fish raves will take place across December 30th and 31st
A number of New Years raves for babies and toddlers have been announced.
Organised by events company Big Fish Little Fish, the family-friendly parties will...
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90% of British musicians have already been affected by the outbreak of COVID-19
UK artists have lost £13.9million due to coronavirus, according to the results of a new survey.
The Musician's Union asked for input from 4,100 of...
DJ Mag boards London's most unusual clubbing location
It's 6am. Two U-turns beside an industrial estate, we are no closer to knowing where we are — or if our cabbie's even on the right route. E6 (only a stone's throw from Essex) is where we are meant to be headed. Apparently.
Thrusting, lycra leotards & a very young looking Coxy!
Old rave footage will never stop being fun to watch, and we’ve just stumbled upon this incredible one from classic ‘90s rave venue, Amnesia House...
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The events are set to take place in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Glasgow
A series of drive-in raves are set to take place in the UK this summer. The events are set to take place in London, Birmingham...
Cool party this Saturday for Cancer Research!
This Saturday 28th July will see 93 Feet East rumble to the sounds of Rave For Life, a special club night devised to raise money...
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Lifting the vocals from Jah Screechy’s reggae standard 'Walk & Skank’, SL2’s‘On A Ragga Tip’ surfed the hardcore rave wave at the turn of the 1990s before crossing over to bring breakbeats and bass into the pop charts. The track has transcended genres and styles to stand alone as an enduring dance classic. Joe Roberts calls up Slipmatt, aka Matt Nelson — the ’S’ in SL2 — to learn its story