Who is from the original rave scene of 88-89?

[All Mod Cons.]

Went to many Vibealite nights, before the music turned a tad cheesy. I dare say they're would be a good chance we'd have crossed paths... you got to know everyone in the club. fantastic venue.

Just missed out on Zest nights, which I was gutted about at the time

[markm69]

1st got into the acid house in 88, a little bit ,because i was still into the footie at the time too. Then in

'89 i went along to the Treworgy Tree fair, and this sound system was playing acid/ house music, and

i was sold. !! Good times.

Main venue i went to in those days was the Eclipse in Coventry, but travelled to all the ''big''

summer raves like Fantazia , Helter Skelter, Raindance, Back to the Future, Universe, and locally

Tin Tins. Again, good times.

I was at Strawberry Fields fest last year, and they had a Flashback tent with Slipmatt, Shades of Rythmn in.

Absolutely brilliant few hours in there, all the classics one after another.

[Apone]

Eclipse in Coventry, first club in the country I believe to be granted a 9 am licence provided no alcohol was served (though other intoxicants were available!)

[JPS1882]

Mrpman; Out in the sticks at the blue note Todmorden was a great night, had some great nights there

[boglin2]

Another shout for Vague...... And Flesh in Manchester- Gay Ravers x

[carllucey]

Old raver here , 40 years old and started about 1990 at Orange and Astoria in London; used to DJ for the Luton Exodus collective.

[bamber]

I'm a prehensile raver, I pre-date the Criminal Justice Act 1988/1994/2003, not my favourite piece of legislation,

"sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats."

[Aragorn]

they do old skool sterns reunion nights down here in the south, had the likes of Dr S Gachet, PIgbag, MC Lucky, Krome and all that lot from 91-93

[Funkungfusion]

This is a great site for all the free festivals/raves going back to 70's & 80's. worth a read.

http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/free-festivals-menu.html

[bigbilly]

1990 for me! Also loved orbit, plus basics :/)

[iloveglasto]

Started in 1990, went to Castlemorton free party and Fantazia One Step Beyond at Castle Donnington in 1992, regular at the Fruit Club in the Brunel Rooms in Swindon and Devotion at Gold Diggers in Chippenham. Best 5 years of my life!

[Chimps in Balaclavas]

Going on 44 now and look fondly back on my days of the quad and the drome in merseyside. Was thinking how many oldskool ravers are still up for it? Now a days in a campervan ( ) and with a wife and daughter but still having the time of my life!

Live today likes it,s your last

Edited June 8, 2013 by DAVA

[SK1971]

41 year old raver here!

Rickys, Warehouse, Shelleys & late night raves in Blackburn, Leeds, Pool Bank. Had some great nights & the last time it felt that there was a genuine underground movement similar to Punk. Still listen to loads of the old tunes & went to a Rickys reunion a couple of years ago with K-Klass.

Great days!

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

On 6/7/2013 at 8:32 PM, Mark E. Spliff said:

when pills cost £25 but did the job...

I remember this bit, but never went to clubs. It was mostly wild parties for me, as well as a few illegal warehouse bashes. Incidentally I had an e like the £25 ones on the weekend after last bonfire night. To be honest up until then I'd started to very much wane on the e front, having all but given up hope of having one again like they 'used' to be. Took me totally by surprise - a very pleasant one though.

[Sawdusty surfer]

On 6/7/2013 at 7:49 PM, wirralchris said:

 much preferred the outdoor hippy raves at moreton shore and shotton, but they were definately more dodgy!

 

We always call it Moreton Lighthouse. Was ace, was there selling cider out of my old bus. Happy days!

[Tommy Dickfingers]

On 6/7/2013 at 7:38 PM, Rodbull said:

Going on 44 now and look fondly back on my days of the quad and the drome in merseyside. Was thinking how many oldskool ravers are still up for it? Now a days in a campervan () and with a wife and daughter but still having the time of my life!

Live today likes it,s your last

Wish I’d have gone the Quad talking to scousers at work. Sadly I’m 28 not 48 haha.

Can I ask you all if any of you still go out and if so where do you go? Just curious. 

[Crazyfool01]

im not  sure how many of the people from 2013 being quoted are still around ... i think this thread got bumped to promote a book  

[eastynh]

I got the arse end of the Hac, but it was shite really when I went. Yellow @ The Boardwalk, Maximes, Bowlers, Wigan Pier, Berlins, Step Back, Timeless, The World in Warringtom, Temple in Bolton and Hazydays in Liverpool were my regular haunts.

[eastynh]

Mix on vinyl I did at the Dry Bar in Manchester.

Listen to 100% Old Skool Mix @ Dry Live Manchester by eastynh on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/eastynh/100-old-skool-mix-dry-live-manchester

[faymondo]

50 minutes ago, eastynh said:

Mix on vinyl I did at the Dry Bar in Manchester.

Listen to 100% Old Skool Mix @ Dry Live Manchester by eastynh on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/eastynh/100-old-skool-mix-dry-live-manchester

Tall Paul 😍

[circus92]

1 hour ago, eastynh said:

Mix on vinyl I did at the Dry Bar in Manchester.

Listen to 100% Old Skool Mix @ Dry Live Manchester by eastynh on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/eastynh/100-old-skool-mix-dry-live-manchester

Lovin it - oh the memories 😄  

2:57 in - featuring last years Glasto legend - Kylie Minogue!

Cool mix with Problem House - Party People - always loved mixing it.  Anyone ever remember Carl Cox live remixing it with 2 copies?

Edited January 6, 2020 by circus92

[Jay Pee]

Hacienda, Thunderdome, Konspiracy, Number One Club, Blackburn (Manchester Football Hooligan organised) raves, Ibiza in 88, numerous Stoke and Blackpool incarnations including one memorable early morning spectacle of Altern8 playing on the back of flat bed lorry outside of Longton Leisure Bowl.

And preferring cheap acid over expensive and seemingly extravagant Es... Seem to remember functioning on a relatively normal basis for Wednesday and Thursday on an average week..

Suprised i made 50😁

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Can I ask you all if any of you still go out and if so where do you go? Just curious. 

Mostly live music now mate.  The (very) occasional club night in UK and get on it if we have a weekend in Europe.  Berlin in particular due to quite a few ex pat Manc's we know out there.

Usually kick the arse out of it at the Summer festivals.  Beatherder still has some magic moments despite some of the problems it faces punter wise.  Also Moovin Festival.  Small but pretty cool.

 

[Homer]

I was really lucky. Born in Bristol in ‘76 to liberal parents who didn’t mind me going to free raves put on in the local woods by Vinyl Junkie when I was 14/15 (didn’t even drink). Then was a student in Cardiff 95 to 98 when clubbing of the hard trance and house variety were huge. Lakota and club Loco in Bristol were the nuts then.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Missed out on being there from the beginning. I came into the rave scene in 1992. Universe, Fantasia, Obsession, Dance Planet were the big events but our weekends in between were spent mostly at venues like the Warehouse in Plymouth, Kaos in Barnstaple, Lakota in Bristol, Verbeer Manor in Cullompton, Volts in Exeter, Pawlett Manor, Cornwall Coliseum. Mostly Southwest-based until members of our lot learned to drive and we got as far afield as The Edge in Coventry and Que Club in Birmingham, etc. Would love to have been there in 88/89 but we had the best times in our era. 

Would love to hear some of you guys' stories.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

1 hour ago, Homer said:

I was really lucky. Born in Bristol in ‘76 to liberal parents who didn’t mind me going to free raves put on in the local woods by Vinyl Junkie when I was 14/15 (didn’t even drink).

Enough respect to your parents. They had (and hopefully still have) access to a brain each. Oh to have a set of parents that had realised the importance of freedom, over the restrictions of success, as defined by the Daily Mail etc.