• Release of Ministry of Sound The Annual by Boy George & Pete Tong.​​

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• Wipeout is released for the PlayStation - the first video game aimed at the rave generation, with a soundtrack including music from The Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Leftfield, and Cold Storage.

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• First Metalheadz @ Blue Note in Hoxton.

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• Launch of Muzik Magazine.

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• Essex teengager Leah Betts sadly dies from water intoxication after taking ecstacy at a house party. 

 

• Paul Oakenfold became the first dance music DJ to play on the Main Stage in Glastonbury

 

• The Chemical Brothers change their name from The Dust Brothers to and release their first album “Exit Planet Dust”

 

• BBC Radio 1 launch 1 In The Jungle and broadcast for the first time from Ibiza.

 

• Ku Nightclub in Ibiza changes its name to Privilege, hosting the legendary Manumission, and the very first BBC Radio 1 Ibiza Essential Mix with Nicky Holloway comes from the club.

 

• London’s Club UK hit in televised raid.

 

• Gatecrasher finds it's permanent home at the Republic in Sheffield.

 

• Launch of Cream @ Amnesia in Ibiza.

 

• Carl Cox’s World Wide Ultimatum label takes over the back room at Cream Liverpool

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       Notable albums:

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• Leftfield - Leftism [Hard Hands]

• Goldie - Timeless [Metalheadz]

• Chemical Brothers- Exit Planet Dust [Freestyle Dust/Virgin]

• Björk - Post [One Little Indian/Elektra]

• N-Trance - Electronic Pleasure [CNR Music]

• Smith & Mighty - Bass Is Maternal [More Rockers]

• Shy FX - Just an Example [SOUR]