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Never Alone 1997-2004, Raving In Europe is released next month

A new photobook documenting the rave scene in Europe in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s has been announced. Never Alone 1997-2004, Raving In Europe...

New ‘90s free party movement documentary to premiere at Doc'n Roll film festival next month

Documentaries on Tony de Vit, Pauline Oliveros and TLC will also be screened

A slate of music documentaries, including ones about the late 1980s and early '90s free party movement and late hard house pioneer DJ Tony de...

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Alessandro Ugo's in-depth documentary is screened throughout the UK this month

The history of the European Free Party Movement is explored in a new documentary. Produced by Doc'n Roll, F[R]EE – Behind The Scenes of the...

'90s rave culture and activism explored in new book

The book is described as "a photographic celebration of community gathering and grass roots activism"

A Kickstarter campaign has been set up to help fund the publishing of a new book exploring '90s rave culture and activism. 'Exist To Resist...

The history of Spiral Tribe, the UK’s most notorious travelling sound system

Spiral Tribe were ‘90s Britain’s hardest hardcore techno crew –  a travelling party troupe of anti-authoritarian acid-adventurers, and a scourge of the establishment. With co-founder Mark Harrison in the midst of writing a book on their story, and PRSPCT Recordings recently releasing a collection of classic cuts from live Tribe duo R-Zac, Harold Heath dives into their history, legacy and vow to 'Never Stop'

In the 1970s, a teenage Mark Harrison and his younger brother would hitch-hike to free festivals, the country-wide network of large-scale, outdoor music events which...

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A Darker Electricity is out next year through Velocity Press

The cofounder of UK rave soundsystem Spiral Tribe is writing a book about the '90s free party scene. Written by visual artist Mark Angelo Harrison...

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...

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...

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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

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...

Raves and Riots is an exhibition of Vinca Petersen’s work, currently showing at the Edel Assanti gallery in central London. Bringing together a collection of...

“I left home at 17 and moved into a squat in London,” Vinca Petersen tells DJ Mag during a private view of Raves and Riots...

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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...