History Of The Rave Scene

History Of The Rave Scene

Early Origins: Acid House Parties

Chicago in the mid-to-late 1980s was the birthplace of house music. After years of slight changes and playing around with the music, it led to the creation of "Acid House".The sound of acid house was created on the Roland TB-303, a bass line generator. This new sound began with a record produced by Phuture, a group founded by DJ Pierre, Earl “Spanky” Smith Jr., and Herbert “Herb J” Jackson. 

 London House Scene (Mid-late 1980s) 


By the the time the year 1987 came around, House music had grown extremely popular in the UK as a result of the popularity of songs like Steve “Silk” Hurley’s “Jack Your Body". Acid house hadn’t really made a big impact, until a group of four DJs (Paul Oakenfold, Danny Rampling, Nicky Holloway and Johnny Walker) took a trip to Ibiza to visit the acclaimed club Amnesia. They heard the resident DJ Alfredo blending records in the ‘balearic’ style, which fused together funk, soul, dance and a few Chicago acid tracks. When Danny arrived back at the UK, he had an event called "Shoom" held on the 5th of December 1987 on Southwark Street.

The third Shoom flyer featured the smiley face that became the defining symbol of acid house. This period became known as the Second Summer of Love, a peaceful movement that similar to the Summer of Love in San Francisco.
Shoom

Genre Creation in the United Kingdom (1990s)

By the early 1990s, it became more challenging for promoters to organize one-off events. New bylaws were passed in an attempt to discourage promoters from holding raves. Despite this, organizations such as Fantazia, Universe, N.A.S.A. (Nice and Safe Attitude), Raindance, Amnesia House, ESP, and Helter Skelter were holding large-scale legal raves in warehouses and fields.In May 1992, the government in the UK passed a bill that focused on electronic dance music and raves. It gave police the right to stop open air parties, two or more promoters who were organizing raves, and people on their way to raves. After 1993, most raves took place in licensed venues, including Helter Skelter, Life at Bowlers, the Edge, The Sanctuary, and Club Kinetic.

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