There have been loads of books written about dance music These are some of the best, in no particular order. We’ll be adding more to this as time goes on What Kind of House Party is This? – Expensive and hard to get hold of this club and rave photography book. Classic images taken by […]
1992 hardcore
The Wire 300: Simon Reynolds on the Hardcore Continuum #1: Hardcore Rave (1992) 1992 hardcore – original post here – https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/the-wire-300_simon-reynolds-on-the-hardcore-continuum_1_hardcore-rave_1992_ Written by the man behind Energy Flash – which you should definitely get a copy of Originally published as “Technical Ecstasy” in The Wire #105 November 1992. 1992 Hardcore Article “See my face, not a […]
Dego 4 hero – Simon Reynolds view
Energy Flash: hardcore 4 Heroes ( # 1 of 1). Worth linking to this, as ever Simon Reynolds is spot on ie “Some of the tracks are well crafted, yes. But for the most part, those records are cringey to me – I cringe. I hear all the mistakes. I hear mistakes all over […]
Reality – Feel It – Video and Tune.
Get on this. Can anyone confirm what club this is at? You can dance it you want to.
The roughest hardest nastiest playlist ever?
Who The Fuck Are You? Bass Inc Cock Sucker Bloody Fist Cunt Face Bloody Fist Ya Mutha D.O.A. Suicide Squad Da Killer Wanna Be A Gangsta Discipled of Annihilation Jiiieehaaah Diss Reaction What The Fuck! (Scott Brown Mix) DJ E-Rick And Tactic I Wanna Be a Gabber Baby DJ Isaac The Blood Of An English […]
Dance 91 Saturday 10th August 1991 Edmonton London
Dance 91 Saturday 10th August 1991 Edmonton London http://youtu.be/btZLc2cu7tY At the now closed Picketts Lock sports centre, and before Edmonton was a no-go zone
Hardcore YouTube Comments
Original post here Rave and Hardcore YouTube Comments Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity | VICE. Must Read This was originally posted in May, but you need to read this if you haven’t already if you want to find the most inspiring and poignant posts on YouTube, you could do far worse than loading up […]
Were the 90’s better?
Yes. They were. These are the singles from a single issue of Select in magazine May 1992. Loads more scans from Select here – http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/?cat=675 See our previous post here about Select mag, it was never really a dance mag, but sometimes it covered certain artists Here are the tunes being reviewed
Is 140BPM fast or not?
The track in question http://youtu.be/Xa9HFV5z1p4 – Make sure you get a copy of Selected Ambient Works as well, stone cold classic We reckon not, check out our post on the 140BPM+ gabba Scan from – http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/?cat=675 – Lots of great scans there.
Smart E’s, Kniteforce and Luna-C
We’ve been reading DJ Luna-C’s book How To Squander Your Potential recently. You should buy it, available here as an e-book (the print version currently out of stock). It’s a brilliant read, not just on the rise and fall of the band, but on the whole changes within the scene over 20 years. Plus its […]