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Raves are events where dance music is played by DJs and occasionally live performers. The genres of electronic dance music (EDM) that have been prevalent in the United Kingdom since the late 1980s have been played at raves.
Cyberdog is a store in England that sells rave-wear and toys divided into four categories: Kawaii, Neon Clubwear, 2090s (or Futuristic), and Cybertronic. Products sold include clothing, jewelry, shoes and rave-toys. Cyberdog was founded by fashion designer Terry Davy and business manager Spiros Vlahos.
Dreamscape rave at Sanctuary, 1994. The venue became pivotal in the development of numerous underground electronic dance music genres, sub-genres and styles. [6] [7]Owned by Tony Rosenberg, [5] The Sanctuary played host to the UK's biggest dance music promoters of the time, including Dreamscape, [8] Helter Skelter, [9] Slammin Vinyl, Gatecrasher, Hardcore Heaven, Cream, Slinky, Uproar ...
Fuelled by the drug MDMA (Ecstasy), nightclub goers in London were desperate for events that catered to their needs and went on until the early hours of the morning. Genesis’88 found empty warehouses in London and transformed them into state-of-the-art dance arenas that consisted of professional lighting rigs, sound systems and colourful decorations.
A particular contributor to this in the UK was the Ibiza club scene, through which British tourists were exposed to the twelve hour clubbing cycle. [3] Numerous social changes have, however, occurred since then to transform this subculture into a mainstream movement, youth-oriented lifestyle and global activity.
Fantazia was a rave music promoter and organiser based in the United Kingdom. [1] It was founded in 1991 by James Perkins, Gideon Dawson & Chris Griffin, [2] and held a number of seminal raves at the height of the breakbeat hardcore scene in the early 1990s. Fantazia Summertime rave, May 1992
Helter Skelter was one of the longest running dance music promoters in the UK, which began organising megaraves in the early 1990s. [1] Its largest-ever rave was "Energy 97 – The Carnival of Dance" in Northamptonshire which attracted 18,000 revellers. [2] The electronic dance music featured at its events was characterised as "happy hardcore". [3]
Morning Gloryville is also cited as creating the concept of “Conscious Clubbing” [2] [6] [13] This term can be used to mean a variety of things, clubs such as Raha use this to distinguish Non-profit-making monthly night clubs from commercial night clubs, as they can have more "ethical foundations" and they aim to "altering the concept of clubbing". [14]