ARCHIVE


1990
NINETEENNINETY

THE NEWS
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The Stone Roses play their legendary Spike Island gig in Cheshire with support from MC Tunes, Dave Haslam, Paul Oakenfold and Frankie Bones.
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Pirate radio station Kiss becomes Britain’s first legal dance music radio station.
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Moby releases "Go" and plays it at a UK rave to raptuous applause.
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Manchester police continue a long running battle with the Hacienda after a death the previous summer. After a long court case the club is allowed to stay open.
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20th Anniversary of Glastonbury. It was renamed “Glastonbury Festival for Contemporary Performing Arts”. There were huge clashes between travellers and police with 235 people arrested and £50,000 worth of damage. As a result of this, it was cancelled the following year.
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The Entertainment (Increased Penalties) Act was introduced to increase the fines for not having a license in a venue used for dancing, music or other entertainment.
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Alex Patterson (who would go on to form the Orb) and Jimmy Cauty from the KLF begin their residency at the Land of Oz night at Heaven in London, and inadvertently invent Ambient music.
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In one of the biggest mass-arrests in British history, 836 clubbers are detained at the Love Decade party near Leeds.
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Sasha becomes resident at Shellys in Stoke on Trent.
Notable albums:
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Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
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Happy Mondays - Pills n Thrills and Bellyaches
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The Beloved - Happiness
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Adamski - Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy
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Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour

THE MUSIC


THE PICTURES

THE ARCHIVE
Grooverider - Live at Amnesia House, Sky Blue Connexion, 1990-08-25
Grooverider
GENRE
Rave, Hardcore, Breakbeat,
TYPE
YEAR
Live Recording
1990
TAGS
Amnesia House
Sasha and N Joi at Amnesia House July 1990
Sasha, N Joi
GENRE
House
TYPE
YEAR
Live Recording
1990
TAGS
Amnesia House
Stone Roses Spike Island 1990 Fan Footage Highlights
Stone Roses
GENRE
Indie / Electronic / Baggy
TYPE
YEAR
Archive Video
1990
TAGS
Spike Island, Madchester
Carl Cox live at Sterns Nightclub, West Sussex 1990
Carl Cox
GENRE
Hardcore, Oldskool
TYPE
YEAR
Live Recording
1990
TAGS
Legend
Frankie Bones & Lenny Dee Live at The Barn, Essex 1990
Frankie Bones & Lenny Dee
GENRE
House
TYPE
YEAR
Live Recording
1990
TAGS
Essex
DJ Nipper at Shellys Stoke - Opening Night 1990
Nipper
GENRE
Oldskool
TYPE
YEAR
Live Set
1990
TAGS
Shellys
DJ Hype Fantasy FM, London 1990
DJ Hype
GENRE
Acid House
TYPE
YEAR
Radio Show
1990
TAGS
Pirate Radio
Jeff Youngs Big Beat Show Radio1 - 5th Jan 1990
Jeff Young
GENRE
Dance
TYPE
YEAR
Radio Show
1990
TAGS
Jeff Young, BBC Radio 1