Pause for the Cause: London Rave Adverts 1991-1996, Vol. 2
Oi jungle crew! Simon Reynolds culls keeling flashbacks to pirate radio rave adverts from his enviable archive of original, pause-buttoned tape recordings.
Sluicing his cassette racks for the slivers of commercials that peppered pirate radio DJ sets back in the day, Reynolds highlights the wide-eyed utopianism and entrepreneurialism of the OGs who hijacked the airwaves during rave’s early-mid ‘90s rush. The recordings hail to a time when Reynolds was up to the gills in it, attending raves, devouring radio shows, and writing about them as a freelancer in the years following his tenure at Melody Maker, a period that would later be distilled, along with his conceptualisation of the “hardcore continuum”, in his classic tome ‘Energy Flash: a Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture’. We can thoroughly recommend checking that book while listening to these volumes of ‘London Rave Adverts’ for the ultimate nostalgic throwback.
Like his first volume, we’re privy to reynolds prising open a genie bottle of rave ephemera preserved for posterity. It’s bound to jostle the memory banks for anyone lucky enough to be “of age”, or at least prompt the imagination for anyone too young, or unlucky, enough to remember the heyday of London’s role as rave incubator. Packing 35 tracks in slightly more minutes, it’s a boastful roll-call of seminal club nights (Telepathy, Hocus Pocus), record shops (Wax City Records), and stations (Don FM, Energy FM) set to ballistic shrapnel of classic tunes that juggle the timeline of evolution of hardcore-to-jungle-and-garage, and littered with innovative FX intended to induce the headlong rush toward the next weekend.
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Oi jungle crew! Simon Reynolds culls keeling flashbacks to pirate radio rave adverts from his enviable archive of original, pause-buttoned tape recordings.
Sluicing his cassette racks for the slivers of commercials that peppered pirate radio DJ sets back in the day, Reynolds highlights the wide-eyed utopianism and entrepreneurialism of the OGs who hijacked the airwaves during rave’s early-mid ‘90s rush. The recordings hail to a time when Reynolds was up to the gills in it, attending raves, devouring radio shows, and writing about them as a freelancer in the years following his tenure at Melody Maker, a period that would later be distilled, along with his conceptualisation of the “hardcore continuum”, in his classic tome ‘Energy Flash: a Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture’. We can thoroughly recommend checking that book while listening to these volumes of ‘London Rave Adverts’ for the ultimate nostalgic throwback.
Like his first volume, we’re privy to reynolds prising open a genie bottle of rave ephemera preserved for posterity. It’s bound to jostle the memory banks for anyone lucky enough to be “of age”, or at least prompt the imagination for anyone too young, or unlucky, enough to remember the heyday of London’s role as rave incubator. Packing 35 tracks in slightly more minutes, it’s a boastful roll-call of seminal club nights (Telepathy, Hocus Pocus), record shops (Wax City Records), and stations (Don FM, Energy FM) set to ballistic shrapnel of classic tunes that juggle the timeline of evolution of hardcore-to-jungle-and-garage, and littered with innovative FX intended to induce the headlong rush toward the next weekend.
Oi jungle crew! Simon Reynolds culls keeling flashbacks to pirate radio rave adverts from his enviable archive of original, pause-buttoned tape recordings.
Sluicing his cassette racks for the slivers of commercials that peppered pirate radio DJ sets back in the day, Reynolds highlights the wide-eyed utopianism and entrepreneurialism of the OGs who hijacked the airwaves during rave’s early-mid ‘90s rush. The recordings hail to a time when Reynolds was up to the gills in it, attending raves, devouring radio shows, and writing about them as a freelancer in the years following his tenure at Melody Maker, a period that would later be distilled, along with his conceptualisation of the “hardcore continuum”, in his classic tome ‘Energy Flash: a Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture’. We can thoroughly recommend checking that book while listening to these volumes of ‘London Rave Adverts’ for the ultimate nostalgic throwback.
Like his first volume, we’re privy to reynolds prising open a genie bottle of rave ephemera preserved for posterity. It’s bound to jostle the memory banks for anyone lucky enough to be “of age”, or at least prompt the imagination for anyone too young, or unlucky, enough to remember the heyday of London’s role as rave incubator. Packing 35 tracks in slightly more minutes, it’s a boastful roll-call of seminal club nights (Telepathy, Hocus Pocus), record shops (Wax City Records), and stations (Don FM, Energy FM) set to ballistic shrapnel of classic tunes that juggle the timeline of evolution of hardcore-to-jungle-and-garage, and littered with innovative FX intended to induce the headlong rush toward the next weekend.
Oi jungle crew! Simon Reynolds culls keeling flashbacks to pirate radio rave adverts from his enviable archive of original, pause-buttoned tape recordings.
Sluicing his cassette racks for the slivers of commercials that peppered pirate radio DJ sets back in the day, Reynolds highlights the wide-eyed utopianism and entrepreneurialism of the OGs who hijacked the airwaves during rave’s early-mid ‘90s rush. The recordings hail to a time when Reynolds was up to the gills in it, attending raves, devouring radio shows, and writing about them as a freelancer in the years following his tenure at Melody Maker, a period that would later be distilled, along with his conceptualisation of the “hardcore continuum”, in his classic tome ‘Energy Flash: a Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture’. We can thoroughly recommend checking that book while listening to these volumes of ‘London Rave Adverts’ for the ultimate nostalgic throwback.
Like his first volume, we’re privy to reynolds prising open a genie bottle of rave ephemera preserved for posterity. It’s bound to jostle the memory banks for anyone lucky enough to be “of age”, or at least prompt the imagination for anyone too young, or unlucky, enough to remember the heyday of London’s role as rave incubator. Packing 35 tracks in slightly more minutes, it’s a boastful roll-call of seminal club nights (Telepathy, Hocus Pocus), record shops (Wax City Records), and stations (Don FM, Energy FM) set to ballistic shrapnel of classic tunes that juggle the timeline of evolution of hardcore-to-jungle-and-garage, and littered with innovative FX intended to induce the headlong rush toward the next weekend.
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Oi jungle crew! Simon Reynolds culls keeling flashbacks to pirate radio rave adverts from his enviable archive of original, pause-buttoned tape recordings.
Sluicing his cassette racks for the slivers of commercials that peppered pirate radio DJ sets back in the day, Reynolds highlights the wide-eyed utopianism and entrepreneurialism of the OGs who hijacked the airwaves during rave’s early-mid ‘90s rush. The recordings hail to a time when Reynolds was up to the gills in it, attending raves, devouring radio shows, and writing about them as a freelancer in the years following his tenure at Melody Maker, a period that would later be distilled, along with his conceptualisation of the “hardcore continuum”, in his classic tome ‘Energy Flash: a Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture’. We can thoroughly recommend checking that book while listening to these volumes of ‘London Rave Adverts’ for the ultimate nostalgic throwback.
Like his first volume, we’re privy to reynolds prising open a genie bottle of rave ephemera preserved for posterity. It’s bound to jostle the memory banks for anyone lucky enough to be “of age”, or at least prompt the imagination for anyone too young, or unlucky, enough to remember the heyday of London’s role as rave incubator. Packing 35 tracks in slightly more minutes, it’s a boastful roll-call of seminal club nights (Telepathy, Hocus Pocus), record shops (Wax City Records), and stations (Don FM, Energy FM) set to ballistic shrapnel of classic tunes that juggle the timeline of evolution of hardcore-to-jungle-and-garage, and littered with innovative FX intended to induce the headlong rush toward the next weekend.
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Oi jungle crew! Simon Reynolds culls keeling flashbacks to pirate radio rave adverts from his enviable archive of original, pause-buttoned tape recordings.
Sluicing his cassette racks for the slivers of commercials that peppered pirate radio DJ sets back in the day, Reynolds highlights the wide-eyed utopianism and entrepreneurialism of the OGs who hijacked the airwaves during rave’s early-mid ‘90s rush. The recordings hail to a time when Reynolds was up to the gills in it, attending raves, devouring radio shows, and writing about them as a freelancer in the years following his tenure at Melody Maker, a period that would later be distilled, along with his conceptualisation of the “hardcore continuum”, in his classic tome ‘Energy Flash: a Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture’. We can thoroughly recommend checking that book while listening to these volumes of ‘London Rave Adverts’ for the ultimate nostalgic throwback.
Like his first volume, we’re privy to reynolds prising open a genie bottle of rave ephemera preserved for posterity. It’s bound to jostle the memory banks for anyone lucky enough to be “of age”, or at least prompt the imagination for anyone too young, or unlucky, enough to remember the heyday of London’s role as rave incubator. Packing 35 tracks in slightly more minutes, it’s a boastful roll-call of seminal club nights (Telepathy, Hocus Pocus), record shops (Wax City Records), and stations (Don FM, Energy FM) set to ballistic shrapnel of classic tunes that juggle the timeline of evolution of hardcore-to-jungle-and-garage, and littered with innovative FX intended to induce the headlong rush toward the next weekend.