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| London's club Shoom, circa 1987, was one of the first clubs to introduce acid house to the clubbing public of England.<br />It was opened by Danny Rampling and his wife.<br />The club was extremely exclusive and featured thick fog, a dreamy atmosphere and acid house.<br />This period began what some call the Second Summer of Love, a movement credited with a reduction in football hooliganism: instead of fights, football fans were listening to music, taking ecstasy, and joining the other club attendees in a peaceful movement often paralleled to the Summer of Love in San Francisco in the 1960s.<br />However, the Second Summer of Love is generally considered much less politicized than its namesake, and is often seen as hedonistic and self-indulgent.<br />Another club called Trip was opened by Nick Holloway in 1988 and was geared directly towards the acid house music scene.<br />It was known for its intensity and stayed open until 3 AM.<br />The patrons would spill into the streets chanting and drew the police on regular occasions.<br />The reputation that occurrences like this created along with the UK's strong anti-club laws started to make it increasingly difficult to offer events in the conventional club atmosphere.<br />Considered illegal in London during the late 80s, after-hour clubbing was against the law.<br />However, this did not stop the club-goers from continuing after-hours dancing.<br />Police would raid the after-hour parties, so the groups began to assemble inside warehouses and other inconspicuous venues in secret, hence also marking the first developments of the rave.<br />Raves were well attended at this time and consisted of single events or moving series of parties thrown by production companies or unlicensed clubs.<br />Two well known groups at this point were the famous RiP or Revolution in Progress, known for the dark atmosphere and hard music at their events which were usually thrown in warehouses and Sunrise who held particularly massive outdoor events.<br />The Sunrise group threw several large acid house raves in England which gathered serious press attention.<br />In 1988 they threw Burn It Up, 1989 brought Early Summer Madness, Midsummer Night's Dream, and Back to the Future.<br />They advertised huge sound systems, fairground rides, foreign DJs, and other attractions.<br />Many articles were written sensationalizing these parties and the results of them, focusing especially on the drug use and out-of-control nature that the media perceived.<br />In September 1989, Sunrise held the largest Acid House rave ever, just outside Reigate in Surrey.<br />In the fields adjacent to the school playing fields at Hartswood (between Woodhatch and Sidlow Bridge), the rave took place and lasted from 10pm on the Saturday night until late into Sunday night.<br />It was estimated that nearly 20,000 attended during the weekend, and car queues stretched 4 miles, from the top of Reigate Hill to the Hartswood fields.<br />It was widely covered by the press and television, and remains the largest rave ever. (*) |
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