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 1994 

NINETEENNINETYFOUR

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 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]

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 THE MUSIC 

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 THE PICTURES 

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 THE ARCHIVE

DONCASTER WAREHOUSE Carl Cox 1994

Carl Cox

GENRE

Rave, Hardcore, Breakbeat

TYPE

YEAR

Live Recording

1994

TAGS

Doncaster

Carl Cox vs Moby @ Drome 29.08.1994

Carl Cox, Moby

GENRE

Techno, Rave, Hardcore

TYPE

YEAR

Live Recording

1994

TAGS

Drome, USA, Moby

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

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