A new book celebrating the history of '90s UK rave sound system, DiY Collective, is set to be published in March. Dreaming in Yellow, penned...
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The DiY Collective were one of the first house sound systems in the UK
He made up one half of DJ duo Digs & Woosh
UK free party pioneer Pete 'Woosh' Birch has died.
Birch, who was part of DJ duo Digs & Woosh, and a founding member and influential...
To celebrate 25 years of the DiY collective, here are some memories from the early 90s
The late 1980s, early '90s were a halcyon time for music. Free parties, electronic music, protest and what later became known as the “second summer...
The Nottingham festival returns with a host of heavy-hitters
Wiglex City Festival has locked drum & bass legend Goldie to spin a rare techno set for its 2020 edition.
Taking place on Friday 8th...
The queer-led DIY collective finds its third home in a former morgue turned studio complex
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A Kickstarter campaign has been launched to help the documentary get released
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Free Party: A Folk History is a chronicle of...
The latest dance music takeover of the world-renowned arts centre
Packed full of "queer club bangers" from the likes of I. Jordan, Queer House Party's own passer and more
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Featuring Elkka, SUCHI, Bambounou, Ayesha, Al Wootton, and more
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Throughout the ’90s, the DiY Sound System put on countless free events, ran a recording studio and two record labels, and took their hedonistic parties around the world. Here, Harold Heath speaks to co-founder Harry Harrison about his new book, Dreaming in Yellow: The Story of the DiY Sound System, and the collective's trailblazing legacy in the free party movement
In the summer of 1989, DiY collective — one of the first house sound systems in the UK — emerged onto the rave scene. In this excerpt taken from founding member Harry Harrison's book, Dreaming in Yellow, he discusses DiY's role within that movement, and the importance of free parties during the '90s rave scene
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