Irvine Welsh on acid house, running a record label, and the changing club scene
Irvine Welsh has been a cultural figurehead for more than three decades – having surged into the…
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#MyRecordBag – Arkley’s all-time rave classics
Since bursting onto the scene a couple of years back, Arkley has developed a reputation…
Steve Mac celebrates the dawn of rave on new album ‘Bless This Acid House’
Where were you in ’88? Steve Mac pays tribute to the glory days of the…
“I’m so inspired by the sounds and energy of those times…” We chat to Arkley about channeling the spirit of early 90s rave
Scottish DJ and producer Arkley is building a reputation for channelling the rave sound of…
The 10 best tracks by The Prodigy… as voted by you!
The Prodigy are back… and it’s about time too. The seminal rave act – now a…
XL Recordings co-founder Nick Halkes on signing The Prodigy and the road to ‘Experience’
In the annals of rave history, few albums resonated as strongly as The Prodigy‘s debut…
Immerse yourself in the RAVE TAPES IRELAND archive
It’s a bank holiday Monday, so what better excuse to immerse yourself in the Rave…
#MyRecordBag – Force Mass Motion reveals his all-time hardcore and UK rave classics
Through EPs such as Chase, Escape and Sonik Source, released on Colin Faver’s seminal Rabbit…
Get on one matey! Check out the 90s-rave infused video for Jasper Tygner’s ‘That’s Too Slow’
Director Charlie Robins has worked with artists such as Rudimental, Dusky, Jeshi, Emeli Sandé, Rag…
“Inspiration was everywhere…” How 808 State created acid house symphony ‘Pacific State’
An aborted Peel Session, a leftover soprano saxophone, and a cassette airing at Manchester’s Thunderdome…
Check out these pics from the first Creation party in Donabate, which took place 20 years ago
If Dublin’s free-party scene had a high-water mark, it was arguably in the early 2000s,…
How the M25 rave scene in London helped make acid house history
The rave scene that developed around the M25 motorway in the 1980s was a vibrant…