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FREE PARTY: A RETROSPECTIVE

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

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

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

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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Dreaming in Yellow : The Story of the DiY Sound System

Dreaming in Yellow : The Story of the DiY Sound SystemHarry Harrison book launch at The Angel, Nottingham.Saturday 26th March 2033 Dreaming in Yellow : The Story of the DiY Sound System Harry Harrison book launch at The Angel, Nottingham. … Continue reading

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“We were young, relentless and skint”: Smokescreen soundsystem celebrates 30 Years

This year, the UK-based free party turns 30 and looks back at some of its most outlandish raves WORDS: GEMMA ROSS, OSBOURNE DANIEL | PHOTOS: ALAN LODGE, MATTHEW SMITH, JENNY PLATES, JORGE & AI 22 FEBRUARY 2022 In April of … Continue reading

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Smokescreen Crew, 30 years

In case you didn’t know ,When it comes to the UK free party scene, one of the most prominent Sound Systems over the last quarter of a century has been Smokescreen. Their parties and club nights have become synonymous with … Continue reading

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Jeremy Deller flow diagram – Acid House Vs Brass band.

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Everybody In The Place – An Incomplete History of Britain 1984 -1992 by Jeremy Deller

Some of my piccys from 42:49mins Originally aired on BBC Four 2nd August 2019 – an excellent acid house documentary by Jeremy Deller. Acid house is often portrayed as a movement that came out of the blue, inspired by little … Continue reading

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EXCLUSIVE: PRITI PATEL USED INCORRECT DATA ABOUT ILLEGAL RAVES TO JUSTIFY EMERGENCY POWERS FOR THE POLICE

FEATURES EXCLUSIVE: PRITI PATEL USED INCORRECT DATA ABOUT ILLEGAL RAVES TO JUSTIFY EMERGENCY POWERS FOR THE POLICE An investigation by Mixmag has found that The Met was using a flawed methodology to calculate the number of raves that it was … Continue reading

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Zine Shop: With new titles

Alan ‘Tash’ Lodge, Photography Zine Shop: With new titles: https://alanlodge.co.uk/index.php/shop

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DiY Digs & Woosh Castlemorton 1992

earlier version of tracks with Pete and Rick. Piccys [mostly] by me

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Zine :: Castlemorton Common. May 1992

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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