Rave, Hardcore, Old Skool & House scene

Fantazia is just a part of a huge dance scene covering 20+ years & many musical styles, from Hardcore to Drum n Bass, House to Techno. It is open to discussion as to when this all started in the UK, generally speaking around 1987/88 Acid House was born and grew up into Clubs like the Hacienda, Heaven, Shoom & Hedonism, from there the rave scene flourished with initial illegal raves and later licensed raves like Fantazia.

Features on the UK Rave/Hardcore dance club scene


Rave Events Timeline	Press Coverage of the rave scene	Rave club wear Fashion Article	Rave New World dissertation	Acid House/Rave Music Timeline	The Rave Game
A history of acid house and rave events	An article on the news presses attitude to raves	Article on fashion & clubwear with the rave scene	A look at rave Culture and its commercialisation	An article details Acid House music's evolution over time	You've been to the party, now play the game. Pictures

Rave Books we recommend	What Sort of Raver are you?	Rave Jargon / Dictionary	A Raver Manifesto/How to be a good raver	Class of 88 Read the book	Origins of the Smiley Face
A list of books that have been written about the rave scene	Our guide to different types of ravers. Poll	A collection of rave & house terms with there explanations	Mantra describing the rave code & ethics	PDF Book about the Genesis illegal rave Parties	Article detailing where the history of the Smiley Face

Useful Rave Services


DJ Booking Agencies	Production Companies	Tape to CD Conversion Service	Raving Eye Magazine	Silk Adrenaline Dancers

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DJs/Artists get added to the Archive	Add your memories to the Rave Archive	Vote in our Polls

At the height of the Acid House boom, musician Dancin' Danny D released a record under the guise of D-Mob entitled "We Call It Acideed". When it got television coverage on Top Of The Pops, parents jammed the switchboard with furious complaints about the word "Acieed" - meaning Acid / LSD. This led producer Brian Whitehouse to ban any record with such a word in it from being played on the show. The TV censorship of this type of House music was then followed by a radio ban. Naturally, the tabloid press followed suit, and added to the media panic by implying rave culture was all about drugs. Their intention may have been to destroy this growing scene for the good they thought they were doing, but in fact, all they really did was add fuel to the fire: each time they associated it with drugs, the more the scene grew and grew into large scale rave events like Biology, Energy and Sunrise.

We will be adding new sections as soon as we can. But there is lots of information to look at anyway. If you can help with flyers, articles, reviews etc we would love to receive them........