Gift guide for ravers with deep pockets! Dan David makes Rave-tastic art based on old-skool icons, like pills, whistles, cassettes and smiley faces! Here's "Mixtape" - hand carved in Belgian black marble!
Noted, 11 Dec 2023, 19:43Tag: rave
Digital Underground by Scuba
Scuba - Tru Love
Scuba's label Hotflush continue their 20th birthday celebrations with a solo album called Digital Underground. Taking Acid House and Hardcore as inspiration, he presents twelve new tracks with raving Acid riffs horns and plenty of old-skool samples. Opening salvo Tru Love gives you a good taster
Digital Underground is due for release on 10th November.
The Forgotten Women Who Built a 90s Rave Scene - "Audrey Golden’s 'I Thought I Heard You Speak' is a new telling of Factory Records and the Haçienda’s history – one that puts women at the front"
Noted, 01 Jun 2023, 19:47Decadence and the Norfolk rave scene (via Erratic Aesthetic)
Noted, 23 Nov 2022, 09:26Stratton - Badboy
With its catchy vocal refrain and Rave synths, Badboy is a perfectly banging UK hardcore track from Stratton, taken from his new EP Never Bettered Always Battered.
UNiiQU3 - Microdosing (TAAHLIAH Remix)
Saving the best to last, Scottish artist TAAHLIAH turns in a Ravetastic version of UNiiQU3 underground hit Microdosing.
Day Fleit / Nite Fleit by Nite Fleit
After Sobriety, Raving Became More Than an Excuse to Party - Alice Austin gave up drink and drugs only to discover it was the music that was keeping her sane
Noted, 19 Apr 2022, 14:46Kongestion by SHXCXCHCXSH
30 years since its release, Ben Cardew looks at the impact of Orbital's eponymous debut album.
Noted, 10 Dec 2021, 08:19Dimension 23 - 12,000 Ravers
Spray (from duo Brame & Hamo) launches a new eponymous label to celebrate his fav breakthrough artists, new talent and a selection of re-issues close to his heart. The inaugural release sees a reissue of Dimension 23's 1989 track I.M.O.K. R.U.O.K. alongside a fine remix by Or:la. the real magic happens with the b-side, 12,000 Ravers, which dispenses a vintage whiff of Rave, not unlike The Prodigy in their prime.
Wieder um die Säule by Manrish
Drug harm minimisation is more important for UK clubs than ever. The policies around it need to change - DJ Mag long-read by Ed Gillett
Noted, 17 Sep 2021, 07:31Mark Blair - Badman Acid
Looking forward to hearing the rest of this EP by Mark Blair on Shall Not Fade, if lead track Badman Acid is anything to go by. This pummelling slab of Acid Rave struts and cuts lovely shapes.
Rave responsibly: a guide to clubbing safely as Covid restrictions end
Noted, 21 Jul 2021, 20:37Chlär - We Will Bring It Back
Pumping Techno and Rave vibes from the Swiss artist's recent EP Sacrificed Generations on Lobster Theremin, absolute banger.
Better Days: The Story of UK Rave - free to watch documentary by Amazon Music
Noted, 16 Jun 2021, 07:42Better Days: The Story Of UK Rave will premiere via Twitch on May 28th
Noted, 07 May 2021, 08:26K-Force by Marcus L
Delightful EP of old skool Rave and Trance vibes swapping bodily fluids with contemporary Techno spit
Techno 2020 - my fav electronic music
Some of the best upbeat electronic music I had the pleasure of listening to in 2020
DSG - Get The Fuck Out
Get The Fuck Out is an absolutely banging old-skool Rave-fuelled Techno thumper from the Weegie known as DSG. Taken from the new album If You Want To Burn Your Fingers I'll Light The Match. Recommended!
Ecstasy: The Battle Of Rave - 14 part BBC Radio drama set during the developing days of the Rave scene, with actors David Morrissey, Monica Dolan, Adrian Edmondson, Meera Syal and Ian Hart. Includes a mix from Graeme Park.
Noted, 03 Oct 2020, 14:47Luke Vibert presents Modern Rave by Luke Vibert
Following his celebration of the Amen Break, Luke Vibert tackles Rave!
Last round-up of overlooked gems of 2019
Another bunch of releases I loved in 2019 that you may have overlooked
Modern Life by Åmnfx
Rave by The Empire Line
Round up
News bytes from the last week or so