Acid house love : a brief history of dance music and rave culture.
The print pays homage to the cities, clubs and individuals that were forerunners of acid house, rave and dance culture including Manchester's Twisted Wheel (famous for its all-nighters), New York's legendary Loft parties (organised by David Mancuso) and Paradise Garage (home to DJ Larry Le...
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| Format: | Map |
| Language: | English |
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[Liverpool, England] :
Dorothy,
[2020?]
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| Edition: | 2nd edition. |
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| Summary: | The print pays homage to the cities, clubs and individuals that were forerunners of acid house, rave and dance culture including Manchester's Twisted Wheel (famous for its all-nighters), New York's legendary Loft parties (organised by David Mancuso) and Paradise Garage (home to DJ Larry Levan's residency), Chicago's Warehouse (where Frankie Knuckles pioneered Chicago House), Detroit's Belleville Three (creators of Detroit techno), Phuture (Chicago band credited with creating acid house's distinctive sound) and London's Rare Groove scene (championed by Norman Jay and later Gilles Peterson). The print is organised around key scenes, clubs, and DJs including Ibiza and the Balearic beat (Amnesia and DJ Alfredo, Café del Mar and José Padilla, Es Paradis, Pacha), London's nascent acid house scene (Danny Rampling, Paul Oakenfield, Johnny Walker, Nicky Holloway and formative clubs Shoom, Future, Spectrum, Trip), the North of England's scene (Manchester's legendary Haçienda and Greg Wilson, Graeme Park, Mike Pickering, Dave Haslam and Liverpool's Quadrant Park), Berlin's techno scene (Tresor, E-Werk, Berghain), the rave scene of the late 80's early 90's (London's Orbital raves and New York's Storm Raves) and the free party sound systems (Spiral Tribe, DiY). |
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| Item Description: | "136" "Scale: A brief history of dance music and rave culture mapped out on the circuit diagram of a 303 bass synthesizer. Date: summer 1988. Includes: DJ's clubs, musicians, free parties, sound systems, record labels, radio stations, fanzines." The Cushing Library/Science Fiction copy is part of the Maps of Imaginary Places Collection. |
| Physical Description: | 1 map : one color ; 60 x 80 cm |