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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 ...
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.
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.
Tribal Gathering is the original British electronic dance music festival that between 1993 and 2004 catered for different types of dance music cultures such as techno, house and drum & bass.
Sharkey initially became known as an MC at "hardcore rave" events in Britain in 1993.In 1995, he moved into music production, teaming up with DJ Hixxy to release the track "Toy Town", which proved one of the most significant signature tunes of the UK's happy hardcore style in the 1990s.
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
This category includes music festivals that feature electronic music in the United Kingdom, which encapsulates electroacoustic genres and music using primarily electronic instruments such as electric guitar and keyboards, as well as recent genres such as electronic dance music (EDM).
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]