ARCHIVE


1989
NINETEENEIGHTYNINE

THE NEWS
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150 people attend the inaugural Love Parade in West Berlin - founded as a political demonstration.
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Influential rave events Labrynth, Trip City and Biology are born from illegal warehouse parties in London.
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It's a huge year for outdoor parties as the illegal warehouse raves become increasingly more dangerous. Biology, Sunrise, Energy, World Dance and many more all compete across the farmlands around the m25 and nothern towns like Blackburn. Locations are spread through secret phone numbers with recorded messages, and pirate radio stations like Centre Force and Fantasy.
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The term "acid house" is slowly being replaced with "rave".
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16 year old Clair Leighton dies after taking ecstacy in the Hacienda.
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Helter Skelter held their first eeven in Oxfordshire, including an early live set from the KLF - who demand to be paid in Scottish pound notes and throw them out into the crowd.
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Conservative MP Graham Bright presents his “Entertainments (Increased Penalties) Act” to parliment and the Police’s ‘Pay Party Unit’ begin to hunt down rave organisers.
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DJs Andy Carroll and Mike Knowler open Quadrant Park in Liverpool.

THE MUSIC


THE PICTURES

THE ARCHIVE
Sunrise and Back to the Future 1989 - Longwick, Buckinghamshire, UK
Sunrise
GENRE
Acid House
TYPE
YEAR
Live Recording
1989
TAGS
Rave, acid house
Centerforce FM, London 12 Oct 1989
Centreforce FM
GENRE
Acid House
TYPE
YEAR
Radio Show
1989
TAGS
Pirate Radio
Tony Humphries Kiss Mastermix WRKS New York Oct 1989
Tony Humphries
GENRE
House
TYPE
YEAR
Radio Show
1989
TAGS
New York
Coldcut - Solid Steel Show on Kiss 100, London 1989
Coldcut
GENRE
Breaks, Electronic, Acid House
TYPE
YEAR
Radio Show
1989
TAGS
Kiss FM
DJ Hype on Fantasy FM, London 1989
DJ Hype
GENRE
Acid House, Breakbeat, Hardcore
TYPE
YEAR
Radio Show
1989
TAGS
Pirate Radio
Grooverider - Eclipse
Grooverider
GENRE
Dance
TYPE
YEAR
Live Set
1989
TAGS
Grooverider, Eclipse, Dance
Sasha - Hacienda, Manchester
Sasha
GENRE
Progressive
TYPE
YEAR
Live Set
1989
TAGS
Sasha, Hacienda, Manchester