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.
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]

THE MUSIC


THE PICTURES

THE ARCHIVE
DJ Hype & 5ive-0 - Jungle Fever - 22nd January 1994
DJ Hype
GENRE
Jungle / Drum & Bass
TYPE
YEAR
Live Recording
1994
TAGS
Jungle Fever, London
Tony De Vit at Time Flies, Cardiff City Hall - 09/12/94
Tony De Vit
GENRE
Hard House, House
TYPE
YEAR
Live Recording
1994
TAGS
Time Flies, Tidy
Tony De Vit at Time Flies, Cardiff City Hall - 14/05/94
Tony De Vit
GENRE
Hard House, House
TYPE
YEAR
Live Recording
1994
TAGS
Time Flies, Tidy
Jon Pleased Wimmin Essential Mix 16-07-1994
Jon Pleased Wimmin
GENRE
House
TYPE
YEAR
Studio Mix
1994
TAGS
BBC Radio 1, Essential Mix
Jeremy Healy Live at Swoon in Stafford, 1994
Jeremy Healy
GENRE
House
TYPE
YEAR
Live Recording
1994
TAGS
Old School
All Black - Jungle Fever Documentary
BBC 2
GENRE
Jungle
TYPE
YEAR
Documentary
1994
TAGS
Jungle, Drum & Bass, Documentary, BBC
Graeme Park & Pete Tong Live at Cream Liverpool 1994
Graeme Park, Pete Tong
GENRE
House
TYPE
YEAR
Live Set
1994
TAGS
Cream, Liverpool, Pete Tong
The Steve Mason Experience - BFBS Radio - 23.07.1994
Steve Mason
GENRE
Techno
TYPE
YEAR
Radio Show
1994
TAGS
BFBS, Techno, Acid