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Left Lion : Smokescreen DiY Sound Systems

Posted on 19 November 2024 by admin
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House and proud: a retrospective of Smokescreen Soundsystem

Posted on 19 November 2024 by admin

Words: Vita FitzSimons, Left Lion Photos: Matt Smith, Alan Tash Lodge, Gary Pfeiffer, Nick Clague @kush1969, Henry Ratcliffe Tuesday 19 November 2024 Being home to two of the UK’s greatest underground house soundsystems, DiY and Smokescreen, Nottingham has been spoilt for quality deep … Continue reading →

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Doing it for Yourself, DJ magazine. December 1992

Posted on 29 March 2024 by admin

Doing It for Yourself DJ Magazine 10-31 December 1992 From their inaugural party (Harry’s birthday) just over three years ago DIY havegrown from a core of three or four into an extended posse that numbers over 100. The 30 or … Continue reading →

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Hothead ep DiY, Nottingham. Record cover photography

Posted on 29 March 2024 by admin

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Facebook Pix : Castlemorton, DiY, FreeParty and Clubs

Posted on 27 March 2024 by admin

First submission for a feature in ‘Saturday Guardian Mag’ “We are running a feature on the 30th anniversary of the Criminal Justice Bill in The Guardian’s Saturday magazine. It will publish on Saturday 20th April. “ https://tinyurl.com/2ysdm7xy

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Castlemorton, May 1992 : A Slideshow

Posted on 14 March 2024 by admin

The annual Avon Free Festival which had been occurring in the area around the May bank holiday for several years, albeit in different locations. [Inglestone, Sodbury Commons etc]. However, 1992 was the year Avon and Somerset Police intended to put … Continue reading →

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Free Party Exhibition and Show. A Retrospective

Posted on 14 March 2024 by admin

Free Party Exhibition and Show. A Retrospective Lost Horizons, Bristol Samsung S10 4K Video 3840 x2160 I’m there again next Saturday 28th May and on the panel discussion then: 4pm – 5pm – Talks w. Q&A – DiY (Harry H … Continue reading →

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Free Party, A Retrospective. Film and Panel discussion at Lost Horizon, Bristol

Posted on 13 March 2024 by admin

Free Party, A Retrospective. Film and Panel discussion at Lost Horizon, Bristol. * Aaron Trinder, Filmmaker* Harry Harrison, DiY* Steff Pickles, Traveller* Alan Lodge, ‘Tash’, Photographer …. video of the panel by Sam also check out the groove at ….

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“It’s never too far” : The inside story of Castlemorton – History’s most infamous rave

Posted on 24 May 2022 by admin

Read an excerpt from DiY founder Harry Harrison’s new book, Dreaming in Yellow: The story of DiY Soundsystem WORDS BY: HARRY HARRISON | EDITED BY: GEMMA ROSS | PHOTOS BY: ALAN LODGE 7 MARCH 2022 Never has there been a … Continue reading →

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Tash on festivals, free party, rave, Castlemorton, Stonehenge, Beanfield etc etc … and so on…. DJ Mag

Posted on 24 May 2022 by admin

Castlemorton 1992: photographing the illegal rave that changed UK dance music forever This week marks the 30th anniversary of the biggest and the most infamous illegal rave that ever took place: Castlemorton – a week-long, 20,000-person party deemed so anarchistic … Continue reading →

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An earlier example of pictures for a DiY article in DJ Mag 1992

Posted on 24 May 2022 by admin
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DiY Sound System: Anarchist Ravers of Castlemorton : Vice Video

Posted on 23 May 2022 by admin

Including 25x of my pictures, supplied to illustrate the background to this material and interviews. “Someone called us 72 hour party people. It would start on Saturday and finish on Tuesday.”In the 1990s, no one partied harder than the raver. … Continue reading →

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DiY on Snapchat : Vice report

Posted on 15 May 2022 by admin

Interviews with lots of my pictures https://story.snapchat.com/p/f9fb2dea-098a-45db-b661-0faf9d1ae688/1380103818647552

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FREE PARTY: A RETROSPECTIVE – The Exhibition 20-28th May

Posted on 8 May 2022 by admin

Lost Horizon …FREE PARTY: A RETROSPECTIVE – The Exhibition 20-28th May / 12-6pm / FREE On a hot bank holiday weekend 30 years ago, 20,000 people descended on land in the shadow of the Malvern Hills. What started out as … Continue reading →

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Bristol venue to host legendary 90s rave sound systems and DJs at ‘free party’ exhibition

Posted on 8 May 2022 by admin

The event at Lost Horizon will bring together some of the most instrumental people from the early 1990s free party scene bristolpost Festivalgoers these days are used to paying hundreds of pounds for the privilege of spending a few days … Continue reading →

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Dreaming in Yellow: The Story Of The DiY Sound System – Book Launch

Posted on 29 April 2022 by admin

Join us for a live discussion dedicated to the book launch of ‘Dreaming in Yellow: The Story of DiY Sound System”. Written by Harry Harrison, one of DiY’s founding members, Dreaming in Yellow traces their origins back to early formative … Continue reading →

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FREE PARTY: A RETROSPECTIVE

Posted on 28 April 2022 by admin

FREE PARTY: A RETROSPECTIVEFriday 20th May – Saturday 28th May12-6pm (unless otherwise stated)LOST HORIZON A retrospective of work from key contributors of the time to create a unique collection and reunion. Featuring art, photography, audio, film and interactive mixed media. SP23 (SPIRAL … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Dreaming in Yellow by Harry Harrison

Posted on 19 April 2022 by admin

Book review from UK Free Parties and Free Festivals 1988-1994 First off, a disclaimer: this review is going to be biased. Why? Firstly, because Dreaming in Yellow is a veritable treasure trove for anyone documenting the free party scene of the early … Continue reading →

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One Eye on the Road Slideshow

Posted on 16 April 2022 by admin

One Eye on the Road including ….. Free party Clubbing Free Festivals Stonehenge Beanfield Travellers Protest / CJA Reclaim the Streets …… and so on onwards ! Alan Lodge :: Photographer http://alanlodge.co.uk Lightroom Created MP4. Video resolution : 1920 x … Continue reading →

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How DiY Sound System blazed a trail for the ’90s free party movement

Posted on 8 April 2022 by admin

The origins of DiY Sound System date back to a mid-‘80s England that was a very different place to how it is in 2022. In many ways it was an England that was freer than today: you could still squat … Continue reading →

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