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. 
 

Rave Timeline	Dance Promoters	Acid House/Rave Music Timeline	Rave flyer Library	DJ Profiles
PA Profiles	MC Profiles	Free/Illegal Raves	Key Rave People	Raver Essentials
Dance Record Labels	Newspaper Cuttings	Rave Jargon	Rave Dance venues	Origins of the Smiley Face

Features on the UK Rave/Hardcore dance club scene

Press Coverage	Class of 88 Read the book	Rave club wear Fashion Article	Rave New World	Recreational Drugs Guide
An article on the press attitude to raves	PDF Book about the Genesis illegal rave Parties	Article on fashion & clubwear history inc raves	An look at rave Culture and its commercialisation	Info on popular drugs and also on stranger drugs
Rave Books we recommend	What Sort of Raver are you?	The Rave Game	Raver Manifesto
	Our guide to different types of ravers.  Poll also	You've been to the party, now play the game	Mantra describing the rave code & ethics

Useful Rave Services

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

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DJs/MCs 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........