Adventures In Wonderland
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This is the acid house and rave explosion, as told by the people who lived it: door staff, dancers and drug dealers; gangsters, blaggers and promoters. From the real stories behind the huge illegal raves of 1989 to insider accounts from DJs such as Norman Jay, Trevor Nelson, Paul Oakenfold, Danny Rampling, Graeme Park, Mike Pickering, Carl Cox, Sasha and John Digweed.
But this isn’t just a book about the music. It’s about being up for it. Out of it. And right in the middle of it.
It’s about the Paradise Garage in New York, about dancing under the stars in Ibiza or Goa, about the house we built in the UK at Future, Shoom, Spectrum. Clink Street and the Haçienda. It’s about Ecstasy and community and a scene that grew with breath-taking speed because we needed to feel that the world was changing.
It’s about dodging the police to get the party started, and the joy of dancing all night in the British countryside, with thousands of others on the same high. About Madchester, Blackburn, and a new understanding between rock and dance music. And about what came after, from drum’n’bass to the rise of superclubs such as Ministry of Sound, Renaissance and Cream.
But most of all, it’s about having the time of your life. And who wouldn’t want that?
The definitive history of the acid house explosion and its reverberations across popular culture, now in a new 2020 edition. It has been updated slightly, with a new introduction and final chapter. Downloadable for both Kindle (MOBI format), and for Apple Books, Nook, Kobo and other e-readers (EPUB format).
But this isn’t just a book about the music. It’s about being up for it. Out of it. And right in the middle of it.
It’s about the Paradise Garage in New York, about dancing under the stars in Ibiza or Goa, about the house we built in the UK at Future, Shoom, Spectrum. Clink Street and the Haçienda. It’s about Ecstasy and community and a scene that grew with breath-taking speed because we needed to feel that the world was changing.
It’s about dodging the police to get the party started, and the joy of dancing all night in the British countryside, with thousands of others on the same high. About Madchester, Blackburn, and a new understanding between rock and dance music. And about what came after, from drum’n’bass to the rise of superclubs such as Ministry of Sound, Renaissance and Cream.
But most of all, it’s about having the time of your life. And who wouldn’t want that?
The definitive history of the acid house explosion and its reverberations across popular culture, now in a new 2020 edition. It has been updated slightly, with a new introduction and final chapter. Downloadable for both Kindle (MOBI format), and for Apple Books, Nook, Kobo and other e-readers (EPUB format).