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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 ArticleRave New World dissertationAcid House/Rave
Music Timeline
The Rave Game
A history of acid house and rave eventsAn article on the news presses attitude to ravesArticle on fashion & clubwear with the rave sceneA look at rave Culture and its commercialisationAn article details Acid House music's evolution over timeYou've been to the party, now play the game. Pictures
Rave Books we recommendWhat Sort of Raver
are you?
Rave Jargon / DictionaryA Raver Manifesto/How to be a good raverClass of 88
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Origins of the
Smiley Face
A list of books that have been written about the rave sceneOur guide to different types of ravers.  PollA collection of rave & house terms with there explanationsMantra describing the rave code & ethicsPDF Book about the Genesis illegal rave PartiesArticle detailing where the history of the Smiley Face


 
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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........



 


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