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The DiY Collective were one of the first house sound systems in the UK

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...

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...

Gut Level Sheffield reopens in new temporary space 

The queer-led DIY collective finds its third home in a former morgue turned studio complex

Sheffield's Gut Level is back with a new temporary space after being forced out of their previous space in July. The queer-led DIY collective and...

Gut Level Sheffield February 2024 fundraiser

Despite "new ceilings, insane amounts of fire safety bits, shit filled pipes" the queer-led DIY collective is finally on the cusp of a permanent new home 

Sheffield's Gut Level has launched an emergency fundraising appeal to cover final building works required to open a new venue. The queer-led DIY collective originally...

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A Kickstarter campaign has been launched to help the documentary get released

A new documentary exploring the history of the UK’s Free Party Movement is in the works.


Free Party: A Folk History is a chronicle of...

Barbican OrchestRAVE July 2024

The latest dance music takeover of the world-renowned arts centre

London's Barbican will host an "orchestral celebration of bass music" to celebrate 15 years of the UKF platform. OrchestRAVE will take place on Saturday 20th...

Queer House Party

Packed full of "queer club bangers" from the likes of I. Jordan, Queer House Party's own passer and more

The award-winning Queer House Party collective has released a new fundraising compilation for refugees in Calais. The eight-track 'Now That's What I Call QHP' compilation...

Crowdfunding campaign for new Dublin club launched by Temporary Pleasure

The rave architecture collective wants to "change cultural perceptions of nightlife and enact positive change in Irish nightlife"

Rave architecture collective Temporary Pleasure is fundraising to open a new pop-up venue in Dublin. The project was initially announced back in December, but now...

femme culture announces ‘HeForShe Vol.4’ compilation for UN Women

 Featuring Elkka, SUCHI, Bambounou, Ayesha, Al Wootton, and more

London-based DIY collective and label femme culture have announced a new charity compilation, ‘HeForShe Vol.4’, in aid UN Women. Released on 15th April, the album...

Premiere: Alexis ‘ethereal skies’

London DJ and producer Alexis serves up a “groovy and glitchy slow burner” for femme culture’s ‘HeForShe Vol.4’ compilation

London-based DIY collective and label femme culture will release their new charity compilation, ‘HeForShe Vol.4’, in aid of UN Women, this month. Hear London DJ...

DiY sound system

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

The origins of DiY Sound System date back to a mid-‘80s England that was a very different place to how it is in 2022. In...

Vintage '90s images taken from old free party events

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

Much has been written and debated over the years about just why the concept of a ‘free’ party was so important. Much more than simply...

Castlemorton 1992: photographing the Illegal rave that changed UK dance music forever

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

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...