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. 
 

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Information on the UK Rave/Hardcore dance club scene

Dance / Rave Promoters Profiles	DJ Profiles	Artist Profiles	MC Profiles	Dance Music Genres / Styles	Key Rave People
Acid House / Rave Music	Rave venues & countries	Dance / Rave Record Labels	Pirate Radio Stations past & present	National press newspaper Cuttings	Free Parties / Illegal Raves

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
History of acid house and rave events	The news presses attitude to raves	Article on fashion & clubwear & raving	Rave Culture and raves commercialisation	Acid House music's evolution over time	Partied, 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
Books written about the rave scene	Our guide to different types of ravers.  Poll	A collection of rave & house terms	Mantra describing the rave code & ethics	Genesis illegal rave Parties Book (PDF)	Article on the history of the Smiley Face
Theatre / Film & Rave Culture	Ecstasy & Raving	How to organise an illegal acid house party	The Rise of Drum and Bass Culture	Visual Energy Rave Flyers & Acid House	What is a Rave or Free Party. Worldwide info
Article about Raves impact on TV/Film	Look at MDMA / Ecstasy & Acid House	Organise your own illegal rave (PDF)	Drum and Bass scene and it development	Acid House scene and rave flyers impact	Look at rave around the world
Article on Rave Tapepack Collecting	What is a Rave? FAQ For the USA Scene	Clubwear & Street Fashion Articles	Raving is Cool Again newspaper Article
Insight into what rave tapes mean to old ravers	info on the USA rave scene with many questions answered	Our look at current and past Fashion trends from the club scene	2007 Article about how the rave scene became cool again

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Useful Rave Services/Links

DJ Booking Agencies	Rave Services for Promoters	Tape to CD Conversion Service	Want to know how to play for Fantazia?	How to host your own rave at home	DJ Name Generator
Twisted Bliss Dancers	Basshoneys Dancers	Silk Adrenalin Dancers	Ravin Eye Magazine	DJ Magazine

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Help add to the Rave Archive

DJs/Artists get added to the Archive	Add your memories to the Rave Archive	Rave flyer Library
If you are a DJ or artists send us a profile or answer these questions	We love getting your memories of the past and present rave. Please send them in!	We are aiming to add as many rave flyers as we can find to our library please help!

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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........