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A history of rave in dance music documentaries
Hours of gold watching material, from '88 to '16
BRITAIN’S ILLEGAL RAVE RENAISSANCE (2016)
The UK government has been doing its best to suppress nightlife over recent years. With the legal options for partying depleting, ravers have been reviving the illegal scene of the '80s. This documentary from VICE digs into the struggles faced by illegal promoters, from London to Denbigh.
EXPLORING UKRAINE'S UNDERGROUND RAVE REVOLUTION (2016)
Ukraine underwent a political revolution in 2014, with protestors taking to the streets to riot and toppling the regime of Present Viktor Yanukovych. Turmoil followed in the country, including a financial crash and widespread job losses, but from this chaos emerged a spirited underground rave scene as people sought to find new meaning in their lives, as i-D examined in the short film above.
SPACE IBIZA: 27 YEARS OF CLUBBING HISTORY (2016)
Grief and mourning greeted the closure of Space last summer, but there was also joyous feelings of celebration for the legacy of the beloved White Isle establishment. Relive 27 years of clubbing history above, with every body’s favourite person Carl Cox featuring prominently.
WOZA TAXI - GQOM SECRET STASH OUT OF THE LOCATIONS (2016)
Gqom is an explosive style of music born within South African townships and spreading across the world. Discover more in this feature, and the documentary above.
DIVING INTO THE SEOUL'S ELECTRONIC SCENE: LES SIESTES IN SEOUL (2016)
Peggy Gou became the first Korean-born DJ to play outside of the country when she began gigging around 2014. The capital city of her homeland Seoul has a population of 10 million people, but hasn’t had much of a scene to speak of for electronic music fans until recently. Now it’s growing from strength to strength, and the influence of Korean electronic music could soon be felt internationally.
