ARCHIVE


1992
NINETEENNINETYTWO

THE NEWS
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Launch of Cream in Liverpool and Renaissance in Mansfield
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20,000 ravers descended on Castlemorton Common for the biggest illegal rave ever held in the UK. It resulted in a £4m trial and the passing of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act.
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Manchester punk & electronic music label Factory Records declares bankruptcy. The label spent all their funds recording the Happy Mondays album, Yes Please!, which flopped.
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The Shamen’s Ebeneezer Goode, widely criticised for containing many allusions to the drug Ecstasy, stayed at the top of the UK charts for four weeks.
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ITV show The Hitman and Her comes from the Eclipse in Coventry.
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The KLF performed a thrash metal version of ‘3am Eternal’ with Extreme Noise Terror at the Brit Awards, then delivered a dead sheep to the afterparty. The band then announce their retirement and delete their back catalogue.
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Larry Levan, legendary for his residency at New York's Parardice Garage dies aged just 38.
Notable albums:
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Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92 [Apollo]
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Jeff Mills – Waveform Transmission Volume 1 [Axis Records, 1992]
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The Shamen - Boss Drum [One Little Indian]
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Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II [WEA]
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The Future Sound Of London – Accelerator [Jumpin’ & Pumpin]

THE MUSIC


THE PICTURES

THE ARCHIVE
BBC Everyman - E Is For Ecstacy
BBC
GENRE
Acid House & Rave
TYPE
YEAR
Documentary
1992
TAGS
ecstacy, rave, acid house
808 State DJs - Sunset FM, Manchester, 1992-02-18
808 State
GENRE
Rave, Hardcore, Breakbeat, House, Techno
TYPE
YEAR
Radio Show
1992
TAGS
Sunset Radio, Manchester, Hacienda
808 State DJs - Sunset FM, Manchester, 1992-07-14
808 State
GENRE
Rave, Hardcore, Breakbeat, House, Techno
TYPE
YEAR
Radio Show
1992
TAGS
Sunset Radio, Manchester
808 State Radio Show 21st Jan 1992 with DJ Nipper
808 State
GENRE
Rave, Hardcore, Breakbeat, House, Techno
TYPE
YEAR
Radio Show
1992
TAGS
Sunset Radio, Manchester
Grooverider at Amnesia House Book of Love, 1992 Northampton
Grooverider
GENRE
Jungle, Hardcore, Rave
TYPE
YEAR
Live Recording
1992
TAGS
Amnesia House
Jumping Jack Frost - Live at Amnesia House, The Edge, Coventry, 1992-12-31
Jumping Jack Frost
GENRE
Jungle, Drum & Bass, Hardcore
TYPE
YEAR
Live Recording
1992
TAGS
Amnesia House
Micky Finn Live At Amnesia House 29/05/1992
Mickey Finn
GENRE
Jungle
TYPE
YEAR
Live Recording
1992
TAGS
Amnesia House
Carl Cox Kiss FM Mix 1992
Carl Cox
GENRE
Rave, Hardcore, Breakbeat, Techno
TYPE
YEAR
Studio Mix
1992
TAGS
Kiss FM, Kiss 100