IDEA has released a new photobook that documents the emergence of the UK rave culture. Acid House As It Happened, compiled by photographer and journalist Dave Swindells, focuses on 1988, sometimes ...

Former London venues home to legendary acid house raves through the ‘80s and ‘90s have been immortalised with yellow plaques. George Georgiou, the artist behind the iconic acid house smiley face which ...

Danny Rampling curates a playlist featuring a selection of music that defined Acid House UK dance music culture was shaped by a select few. Danny Rampling is one of those pioneers and was at the ...

The green spaces of the UK, once sites of bustling festivals that entertained thousands of music fans, have long since become silent and grey. The days are drawing shorter and the weather is on the ...

In the last couple of months the ‘acid house’ scene has eclipsed even "lager louts" and football hooligans as the media’s favourite Threat to Civilisation As We Know It. From all the talk about ...

LONDON — In early 1988, Danny Rampling, a DJ, asked George Georgiou to design a flyer for his club night Shoom in a south London fitness center. “They used to clear all the equipment away and put a ...