THE NEWS

• Orbital’s 1994 Glastonbury appearance was credited with converting an entirely new audience to dance music

• Mixmag create the first "Superstar DJ" with Sasha's "Son of God" cover shoot.

• DJ duo Kemistry & Storm (Kemi Olusanya and Jayne Conneely) teamed up with Goldie to launch the massively influential drum ’n’ bass label Metalheadz.

• Cream launched in Ibiza.

• Criminal Justice and Public Order Act (1994) became law which clamped down hard on underground raves with severe penalties for trespassing, unauthorised camping and raving.

• Kiss 102 begins broadcasting across Manchester.

• 150,000 protestor against the Criminal Justice Act gathered across London over three days in May, July & October. 

• 10,000 people descended on Wembley Stadium for the ‘Strictly Underground’ fully licensed and legal New Years rave.

• Paul van Dyk releases “For an Angel” on his album “45 RPM’.

• Manumission launched as a mixed gay night at Club Equinox in Manchester, relocating to Ku Nightclub in Ibiza.

• Danny Rampling and Tim Westwood join BBC Radio 1.

• Opening of Cafe Mambo in Ibiza.

• Tidy Trax launches and brings in a new era of Hard House.

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       Notable albums:

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• Massive Attack - Protection [Virgin]

• Portishead - Dummy [Go! Discs]

• The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation [XL Recordings]

• 4 Hero - Parallel Universe [Reinforced Records]

• Robert Hood - Internal Empire [Tresor]

• Paul van Dyk - 45RPM [MFS]

 THE MUSIC 

 THE PICTURES