ARCHIVE
1994
NINETEENNINETYFOUR
THE NEWS
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Orbital’s 1994 Glastonbury appearance was credited with converting an entirely new audience to dance music
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Mixmag create the first "Superstar DJ" with Sasha's "Son of God" cover shoot.
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DJ duo Kemistry & Storm (Kemi Olusanya and Jayne Conneely) teamed up with Goldie to launch the massively influential drum ’n’ bass label Metalheadz.
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Cream launched in Ibiza.
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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.
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Kiss 102 begins broadcasting across Manchester.
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150,000 protestor against the Criminal Justice Act gathered across London over three days in May, July & October.
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10,000 people descended on Wembley Stadium for the ‘Strictly Underground’ fully licensed and legal New Years rave.
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Paul van Dyk releases “For an Angel” on his album “45 RPM’.
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Manumission launched as a mixed gay night at Club Equinox in Manchester, relocating to Ku Nightclub in Ibiza.
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Danny Rampling and Tim Westwood join BBC Radio 1.
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Opening of Cafe Mambo in Ibiza.
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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]
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Portishead - Dummy [Go! Discs]
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The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation [XL Recordings]
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4 Hero - Parallel Universe [Reinforced Records]
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Robert Hood - Internal Empire [Tresor]
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Paul van Dyk - 45RPM [MFS]