DANCE ENERGY 1989. SEPT. 23, 1989. 9 A.M. Ipswich, U.K. Abandoned Aircraft Hangar. 17,000 people. Road blocks were in place early on and everyone spent most of their Saturday Night stuck in traffic in the surrounding villages off the A12. Police were not letting anyone near the field. Around 6 a.m. the police had decided to pull back and let the event go off as planned. The music did not start playing until 7 a.m. and this footage here is between 8 a.m. & 9 a.m. with me filling in for Little Louie Vega who was billed but had to cancel because his management forbid their talent to spin at illegal events.
That's amazing, Frankie. I didn't get to experience such a rave, but at least I feel lucky to see some footage from back then. It's like learning about classical music in high school, should be included in every educational program. History you must know, lol.
All that scratching is making me itch Frankie Shag Bones!!!!!! (nice jacket hahahah but the tunes are maximum!).... In some ways it a shame that the rave didn't start till 7am (pills were mega expensive back then!) but then again we would not have such amazing footage! So clearly visible are everyone plus the sound I could not believe my eyes at first!... I wasn't at this one as my weekend job didn't leave me with much cash as most of it was spent on records (Passion records downstairs from Mash clothing Oxford Street) but so wish I had been there!.... Anyway I was probably nearer to home raving at Pleasure Dome, Slough Centre! Ohhhhh themmmmm dazzzze! Happy happy happp e ;)
They used to film these raves to stick on VHS and sell I think. Luckily this high quality original footage has been uploaded rather than the VHS quality stuff that's been compressed on upload. Great quality!
@@camyd1043 Your clueless sunshine if you wasnt in the moment youl never know what it was ... shame but you probably missed it or a spec on the landscape
Can’t believe I found this. Me and a few friends were there. We hired a minibus, drove down from Great Yarmouth to London. We spent all night driving around London listening to Centreforce pirate radio, calling various numbers trying to get hold of the meeting point. Couldn’t believe we ended up nearer to home than London. Shame it started so late, as we were knackered by the time we arrived…stayed a couple of hours as I recall. I remember them pulling back the covers on the trailer full of speakers so those outside the hanger could rave……awesome…….good times
My dad was there! Spent the previous night driving around trying to find it, and it was daylight when him and his mates finally arrived. Still a brilliant Sunday by all accounts. He's in that bleedin' crowd somewhere!
House tracks were the order of the day, before you knew it UK bedroom producers were uping the tempo and early hardcore was born, I was fortunate to have been there, tunes like true faith..take me away...shades of rhythm..sweet sensation..too many to name...see prodigy from day 1...my mate made tunes, had a top tune..we played out everywhere. And yes the jack n jills were different gravy. From 89-98 we had it. Wouldn't of missed it for the world. Most importantly we had unity and for a few years we had a bit of magic. Everyone on a level. Never any aggro. Be a long time before this vibe comes round again. God bless the 90's and all who partyed through her!
My parents told me to watch this, because we were dicussing about parties now, and before, in their younger years. Parties now are full of aggresive people.. people telling you what you need to wear to be in the trend, and obviously a lot of mainstream music. And they told me that when they partied in the late 80s, and part of the early 90s, the ambient was so peaceful, no fights, no phones, no glamorous outfits, just a pair of dirty sneakers, hoodies and jeans, nothing more, really simple, because it didn't matter the way you dressed or the way you were, the people were there to have a good time. Now, seeing this, i wish i was worn in those times.. life seemed so much simple than now. They were totally right about this.
i lived thru these daze...happiest times of my life ….so far...but you know something? the psychedelic dream aint over sister,and a door can always be opened...love and peace...
the hippy traveller/raver crossover...a sight to behold,,,,,,after lechlade ,castlemorton common....and there were no crackhead wannabe gangsta element,no I phones or dress code.....true there were a handful of idiots,brew crew etc...but it was ruff edge,urban ragamuffin vibe in the countryside.....
Hey friend there are still parties to go to that'll be a treat, you just need to find them thats all. But like always commercialisation has destroyed a lot good things for sure
I am german and at this time I was just 18 years old. I am so sad that I wasnt there. I am sure the Rave parties in UK in 1989 was much much better than the Love Parade in the early 90s. Thank you for this Video ❤
What's ya name ? Where ya from ? From Liverpool here and partied from mid 89 to late 91 and it all got a bit moodie and the music went shit. Use to go to raves around Blackburn and it was funny seeing us hug and share a spliff with Manc lads we knew from the match. We'd see them when we either played at Anfield or in Manc and give eachother the nod or a wink and say see youse at the next one mate . Boss times ❤❤
Take me back!!! Its hard to put into words for the youngger generation just how good these days were… Black/White/Gay/Straight/POsh/Skint, etc, etc everyone united simply to dance and be as one…. Best years of my life without a shadow of a doubt. Feel so bad for todays kids that they cant experience it as we did… One love!!!
Not just club but DJ and rave culture in general to back in touch with their underground turntablist roots from 1970's - mid 2000's. When it was creative, meaningful, tribal, rhythmic, futuristic and a fusion of digital and instrumental sound and melody.
I've got a story to tell on this; as I've only just found this footage on YT 35 (shit, really?) years later. I lived in the closest house to the hangar on the airfield. I was about 20, went clubbing a lot, loved house and techno, still do. Woke up one September morning thinking 'what idiot has turned up outside our house with their car stereo blaring?'. Given we were nearly a mile from the village that wasn't a normal occurence. As I came round I realised the music, which I was enjoying at 7am - and my parents definitely weren't - was coming from across the airfield, half a mile away. I got on the (landline) phone to a couple of mates "You'll never guess what!!". One of them didn't live too far away so wanted to investigate, and I said you won't get near, come to my house first. Whilst I waited I walked to the end of the garden, when the wind blew in my direction the tunes were pretty loud. I counted about fifteen police mini buses along the field by then. Roads were blocked to prevent anyone else getting in. When my mate turned up we walked over the field, passing spaced out partygoers looking for a pub, a petrol station, asking directions. By then my folks were up in arms sensing burglaries and all sorts. As we walked closer to the field a copper tried to stop us but I said, "I live over there in that house and this woke me up, so at least let me in to find out what it's about, by the way my parents are fuming so watch out for them!". He'd obviously had enough by then and relented. Once we were there the volume was incredible, the bass was heavy and we could barely hear ourselves speak and that was outside, before we got in the old hangar. There were people dancing on top of the forty foot speaker trailers, would have gone deaf in their 20s. I must admit, for a couple of local clubbers the sight of all these seasoned ravers from the capital was a bit intimidating but we soon got into it. I can't see any footage of us but will keep looking now. Thing is there was an edge because it was never known if the old bill would try and stop these, so we didn't relax completely nor go looking for anything controversial, we didn't know the size of it (later reported in the local paper as 15,000+) and the local landowners and villagers were putting a lot of pressure on to stop it. Looking back I can see why, a mini apocalypse for a Suffolk village. Partygoers' car were strewn for miles, blocking roads and driveways. Some were rammed out the way as the police turned a blind eye to help the locals. Later that week I was talk of our mates in town, as not many from Ipswich got out to it before it finished (no social media or mobiles), jealous the London rave scene had landed just about literally on my doorstep. I seem to associate a few tracks with the 'Raydon Warehouse Rave' not listed on here, like Quartz - Meltdown, and You Got The Love, so I put a mix tape together later with the tunes I heard. Great memories and although I went to other raves after that I didn't ever do the 'wait for news, travel miles to a unknown destination' method as I saw first hand how much hassle was involved in getting somewhere that then the event might not happen. There was a helluva mess left behind afterwards and even next day there were still a few bodies surfacing from hedges looking for long departed vehicles. I remember giving the number of a taxi company to a couple who were completely spaced out, thinking there would be a train station nearby (actually the closest was 10 miles away). I just used to smile every time my parents recounted the story and used to say 'don't worry, it's only one day of noise and it'll never happen again', but I think they thought it was a sign of society caving in. Looking at this footage now, it was more like a chunk of society making a good job of getting on fine.
For anyone wondering... some of us old 50 somethings still go clubbing & raving to the music we used to love back then, especially thanks to Centreforce Radio 883 DAB for putting many events on 😃
Whats the point in going raving in your 50? you cant really take E and without that its pointless. Plus all the illegal raves died in the early 90s. Clubs are not the same. The illegal raves and the high from the chemicals is what made it fun.
Beatiful days, I remember going for dancing almost every week end, everything was around music and house Beat, I've been reading some comments and thats so true didn't exist cell phones neather social media so we where focus ourselves on music and dance greetings from México.
1989 still in Primary school ,some of them ravers Must be touched 60 now , I find it so interesting to wacth, I’m 93 jungle raver even back then still a yute 15 in the rave ,i am now Considered old school but still putting some sick tunes out for yutes them, I’m glad to be a part of this music wat brought all nations together
I know what you mean.....I was listening to House, Acid and Hip Hop as a primary school kid in '88 / '89 then got hooked on the breaks and started raving in summer '92 as an underage yout! After that it was, and remains, Jungle and DnB for me. I like all genres, but Jungle is the ONE!!
I didn't start raving until the summer of '92 when I was 14 about to turn 15 after having started listening to these tunes when I was 10 on pirate stations! As rave music progressed I got fully into the breakbeat side of tings (from hardcore to jungle to DnB now) but man, I would love a time machine to go to these '88 / '89 raves!
My dad at 2.14 in the orange with the black cap. Always brings it up and with my friends. He loved illegal warehouse races in the late 80s early 90s nothing like them today. Often no one knew where the location of these were as they would get shutdown by police if found. Him and his mates bought a ticket and set off trying to find where it would be.
Mental rave I was 21yrs old and I'm now working in the Home office as a senior adviser at Whitehall. .. if only I could give the government a couple of micro dots
Didn't really get involved when this was kicking off, as I was 5. Would love to have been old enough to appreciate this and the 80's in general! Notice how everyone is not clad in labels with massive logos and aren't looking posey. Wish it was like that these days. Less fucks given all round makes for a better atmosphere!
Hit the nail on the head there mate. Now you got too many posers, shirtless gym freaks phsyching each other out and everyone filming every bloody thing on there mobiles worried how they look for Instagram instead of actually living it up enjoying the moment.
Hit the nail on the head there mate. Now you got too many posers, shirtless gym freaks phsyching each other out and everyone filming every bloody thing on there mobiles worried how they look for Instagram instead of actually living it up enjoying the moment.
Yes DJ Spinback @ 10:45. Captured!! Forever young!! We travel here, we travel there, we travel almost anywhere, to reach an acid rave it is a must. So when the weekend come and you wanna have fun but you got the wrong direction. Don’t despair, don’t pull out your hair, just jump in the car and you’ll find one!! One love!!
Liking how people didn't feel that they immediately had to flash their pearly whites when the camera was on them. Only if they genuinely felt like smiling. Laid back and natural.
I was there.... Its Raydon Aerodrome, and not abandoned ! The farmer who owns it was not a happy boy. Fire in the field...cars abandoned every where..... Police every where..... Went on all the next day..... They were the days ! I live there and still get to go in this hanger. Strange feeling, but i smile knowing what went on.
I cannot believe the song at 10:40 is from 89 that is def a Mandella thing in my mind .I was in my car the other day Bluetoothing that song pounding( I remember when you were sayn that ya loved me in every way ) WOW how cool is that i thought that song came out 10 yrs later .Cannot believe that song is 30yrs old .
The days when if you saw someone in the street who was on the same tip as you , you nodded ... check my dancing out . I will cherish these memories until I am no more . thank you early rave days . i remember this morning as loads of cars including ours drove across farmland making look like a scene from mad max. the foundations of where we are right now .
Absolute brilliant footage from back in the day everyone just enjoying themselves and not giving a shit about the way people were dressed or any shallow shit like that we were all as one back then.....peace and unity raining down on everyone
The cars were gridlocked in the country lanes trying to get there, i opened a gate to a field and started driving across it directly to the aircraft hanger. I look behind and now all these cars are following me, people were trying to jump ditches in there motors, getting stuck stuck everywhere it was bedlum. Nobody cared because most were off their nuts and just left there car in a field somewhere. I had a bright orange beetle so was able to find it later on. Those were the days, what a rave that was!
This is so natural, before civilisation we did this together, as tribes, way before we became 'civilised'. All we did back in the 90s was tap back into this tibial instinct. Best days ever. I might be over 40 years now but boy am I glad I experienced those days.
Ohh the joys of getting the night buses home in London at 3/4am and everybody being 'loved-up'... Was brilliant!! Could talk to anybody and relax, laugh and have no fear.... Then the stabbings started, now the gangs, the anger, the paranoid looks. I miss the 80s and 90s, the last free decades of no rules and good vibes....
just to say i was there too.energy..started at around 7 am after alot of location changes that was aired on london pirate radio(centre force).wow.brilliant footage
Impressive quality footage, it looks so real, and it feels so now. I have a lot of nostalgia of those times before 9/11, ISIS and the world went on a seemingly never-ending (and fast accelerating) downfall towards the most awful madness. We need more of this 11:17
the guy in the first 3 seconds is literally poppin acid. He just ripped a tab off his sheet and ate it, the guy beside him goes to grab it from his hands, he pulls away, and buddies like k fine get out of here and pushes him. LMAO
Everyone here would be over 50 now. Wonder how many are still alive, what jobs they have and what they have achieved in their lives in the last 31 years AND what music they listen to now?
I wasn't there but I'm 50 and have worn out plenty of party shoes lol..fave music is breakbeats.. and dub ..grimy glitchy dubstep. And stuff! How bout u
I’m alive. I’m an artist, painter, and producer of music. I became a professor of fine arts, and after 18 years quit in protest of corruption. Still making music and art. I dress well and am fit. True to the spirit of this time - non-conformists - not rebels; the genuine article. No selling out, at least on my part. Have all my old albums, CDs, and all my new ones. Nothing has changed for me, within or without - the world is stupid, and so frustrating to watch people fall for so much b.s. and media manipulation. I have faith in Gen z, however, to tune that crap out and keep the spirit of this special period in my own history alive. I always got along great with the students I taught, just never the academic administrations.
Back when all you needed was 2 - 1200's, a great mixer and decent amp, and milk crates full of records... ppl now a days have it easy.. I'll never forget these days
Yeah I remember first learning of northern soul from old northern soul fans who got into the eave scene and looking back the similarities between the two scenes are obvious...😊
Just type shuffle dance in the search. I can see you saying height of self obession if you are an outsider looking in but really it was just a community gathering. Back then it was really about the music and just loosing yourself dancing. Not everyone did drugs and drank. It was kinda like a Greatful Dead show environment. Very hippie like. The big massives of today like EDC, yes self obession. I have gone to shows of all types of music for 20+ yrs and i can honestly say nothing beats the old rave events. Very nice people that just hug you to death. Go to hip hop show or metal show and all I ever saw was very drunk people getting in fights. But ya tomatoe/tomato.
Max Fleisch LOL. hardcore shuffle I can respect. i'm a dnb fan and it has a shuffle that make sense too. friggen millennials shuffle/making shapes to everything now is what I hate.
Pas de téléphone portable, pleins de couleurs, de mixité, des styles vestimentaires originales :) le son est génial, très énergique et funky des années 90 !
Iv'e tried asking around even downloading and using a program to reduce the echo as well as sheer "noise to sound" but it just isn't matching up with anything I know- hopefully it turns up because it sounds like a proper tune- something you don't hear anymore.
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DANCE ENERGY 1989. SEPT. 23, 1989. 9 A.M. Ipswich, U.K. Abandoned Aircraft Hangar. 17,000 people. Road blocks were in place early on and everyone spent most of their Saturday Night stuck in traffic in the surrounding villages off the A12. Police were not letting anyone near the field. Around 6 a.m. the police had decided to pull back and let the event go off as planned. The music did not start playing until 7 a.m. and this footage here is between 8 a.m. & 9 a.m. with me filling in for Little Louie Vega who was billed but had to cancel because his management forbid their talent to spin at illegal events.
Hey Frankie, can you remember the track that comes in at 11:00?
Amazing!
That's amazing, Frankie. I didn't get to experience such a rave, but at least I feel lucky to see some footage from back then. It's like learning about classical music in high school, should be included in every educational program. History you must know, lol.
Thought that was you.lol, nice
All that scratching is making me itch Frankie Shag Bones!!!!!! (nice jacket hahahah but the tunes are maximum!).... In some ways it a shame that the rave didn't start till 7am (pills were mega expensive back then!) but then again we would not have such amazing footage! So clearly visible are everyone plus the sound I could not believe my eyes at first!... I wasn't at this one as my weekend job didn't leave me with much cash as most of it was spent on records (Passion records downstairs from Mash clothing Oxford Street) but so wish I had been there!.... Anyway I was probably nearer to home raving at Pleasure Dome, Slough Centre! Ohhhhh themmmmm dazzzze! Happy happy happp e ;)
Whoever thought to film this, 30 years later, thank you!
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Check out video back to the future sunrise which starts off from buying the tickets stopped by the police to carry on partying
Honestly, piece of history. and to keep it from being damaged, lost etc
They used to film these raves to stick on VHS and sell I think. Luckily this high quality original footage has been uploaded rather than the VHS quality stuff that's been compressed on upload. Great quality!
Not one person on a cell phone and everyone is enjoying the moment. The 80s and 90s are the last great decades.
That’s my assessment ever since. Decades of fashion and music are long gone. Sad.
grazie al cazzo
could you imagine how many you would of lost ..
lol mate these parties still exist, you're just going to the wrong ones
@@camyd1043 Your clueless sunshine if you wasnt in the moment youl never know what it was ... shame but you probably missed it or a spec on the landscape
Can’t believe I found this. Me and a few friends were there. We hired a minibus, drove down from Great Yarmouth to London. We spent all night driving around London listening to Centreforce pirate radio, calling various numbers trying to get hold of the meeting point. Couldn’t believe we ended up nearer to home than London. Shame it started so late, as we were knackered by the time we arrived…stayed a couple of hours as I recall. I remember them pulling back the covers on the trailer full of speakers so those outside the hanger could rave……awesome…….good times
Incredible footage
Yeah it's quite ery.. Seems to capture the haze.
My dad was there! Spent the previous night driving around trying to find it, and it was daylight when him and his mates finally arrived. Still a brilliant Sunday by all accounts. He's in that bleedin' crowd somewhere!
House tracks were the order of the day, before you knew it UK bedroom producers were uping the tempo and early hardcore was born, I was fortunate to have been there, tunes like true faith..take me away...shades of rhythm..sweet sensation..too many to name...see prodigy from day 1...my mate made tunes, had a top tune..we played out everywhere. And yes the jack n jills were different gravy. From 89-98 we had it. Wouldn't of missed it for the world. Most importantly we had unity and for a few years we had a bit of magic. Everyone on a level. Never any aggro. Be a long time before this vibe comes round again. God bless the 90's and all who partyed through her!
Swift Cee Amen to that my brother - best years of my life ✌🏻
Swift Cee - goose bumps reading this. Miss those days.
I'm still listening to hardcore now...
I was there too …. Amazing experience
Hardcore ruined the scene unfortunately.
My parents told me to watch this, because we were dicussing about parties now, and before, in their younger years. Parties now are full of aggresive people.. people telling you what you need to wear to be in the trend, and obviously a lot of mainstream music. And they told me that when they partied in the late 80s, and part of the early 90s, the ambient was so peaceful, no fights, no phones, no glamorous outfits, just a pair of dirty sneakers, hoodies and jeans, nothing more, really simple, because it didn't matter the way you dressed or the way you were, the people were there to have a good time. Now, seeing this, i wish i was worn in those times.. life seemed so much simple than now. They were totally right about this.
i lived thru these daze...happiest times of my life ….so far...but you know something? the psychedelic dream aint over sister,and a door can always be opened...love and peace...
You're going to the wrong parties.
the hippy traveller/raver crossover...a sight to behold,,,,,,after lechlade ,castlemorton common....and there were no crackhead wannabe gangsta element,no I phones or dress code.....true there were a handful of idiots,brew crew etc...but it was ruff edge,urban ragamuffin vibe in the countryside.....
Tamara Grohl true I was there 🙌🏼🤗🌷
Hey friend there are still parties to go to that'll be a treat, you just need to find them thats all. But like always commercialisation has destroyed a lot good things for sure
I could of watched hours of that rave. I was 16 in 1989 and the air was thick with love! Wonderful years.
when it was all about the music and not the DJs. notice the DJ area is not crowd facing
exactly, everyone danced in all different directions and socialised....
still had sleazy guys standing around watching girls dance
I think of facing the dj in the club is partly about respect for the dj. But even then it should be okay to stand with your back to the dj.
Graham Meeson i
now djs always interrupt the music and yell over it
Absolutely bang on Brother!! Went to my first rave in 89!
Just wish I had a time machine to go back😵💫😬🤯
Low levels of violence, if any. People happy and respecting each other. A sense of unity. No wonder the government cracked down on this kind of thing.
Captain Midnight it had all got mainstream by then. 1989 was still pure. The best time!
The best rave I have ever went to . I can't put it into words how good it was .
where was it?
It was crap. A bunch of people standing in a hangar. You were just out of your face and it seemed good.
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@@uv77mc85 stop projecting. They had a good time, you had a shit time. Simple as that
@@FinalCurse suffolk england UK
I am german and at this time I was just 18 years old. I am so sad that I wasnt there. I am sure the Rave parties in UK in 1989 was much much better than the Love Parade in the early 90s. Thank you for this Video ❤
Notice at 11:18, that "we are all buddies today" kinda vibe.. Priceless
Yeah,I noticed that too. Great times. So glad I lived through it.
Or maybe theyre actually friends... dafuq
What's ya name ? Where ya from ? From Liverpool here and partied from mid 89 to late 91 and it all got a bit moodie and the music went shit. Use to go to raves around Blackburn and it was funny seeing us hug and share a spliff with Manc lads we knew from the match. We'd see them when we either played at Anfield or in Manc and give eachother the nod or a wink and say see youse at the next one mate . Boss times ❤❤
Take me back!!! Its hard to put into words for the youngger generation just how good these days were… Black/White/Gay/Straight/POsh/Skint, etc, etc everyone united simply to dance and be as one…. Best years of my life without a shadow of a doubt. Feel so bad for todays kids that they cant experience it as we did… One love!!!
No attitudes just good vibes and everyone united. Was good to there back then 👍😁 sorted
When we were about love and lovin' the music. We desperately need a Rennaissance of club culture.
michael wentworth I think thats happeneing atm with drum and bass
Not just club but DJ and rave culture in general to back in touch with their underground turntablist roots from 1970's - mid 2000's. When it was creative, meaningful, tribal, rhythmic, futuristic and a fusion of digital and instrumental sound and melody.
yeah it's just a money spinning machine now
pow1983 poverty kills
There is no shame in having many income streams
While maintaining the essential pillar
I've got a story to tell on this; as I've only just found this footage on YT 35 (shit, really?) years later.
I lived in the closest house to the hangar on the airfield. I was about 20, went clubbing a lot, loved house and techno, still do. Woke up one September morning thinking 'what idiot has turned up outside our house with their car stereo blaring?'. Given we were nearly a mile from the village that wasn't a normal occurence. As I came round I realised the music, which I was enjoying at 7am - and my parents definitely weren't - was coming from across the airfield, half a mile away.
I got on the (landline) phone to a couple of mates "You'll never guess what!!". One of them didn't live too far away so wanted to investigate, and I said you won't get near, come to my house first. Whilst I waited I walked to the end of the garden, when the wind blew in my direction the tunes were pretty loud. I counted about fifteen police mini buses along the field by then. Roads were blocked to prevent anyone else getting in. When my mate turned up we walked over the field, passing spaced out partygoers looking for a pub, a petrol station, asking directions. By then my folks were up in arms sensing burglaries and all sorts.
As we walked closer to the field a copper tried to stop us but I said, "I live over there in that house and this woke me up, so at least let me in to find out what it's about, by the way my parents are fuming so watch out for them!". He'd obviously had enough by then and relented.
Once we were there the volume was incredible, the bass was heavy and we could barely hear ourselves speak and that was outside, before we got in the old hangar. There were people dancing on top of the forty foot speaker trailers, would have gone deaf in their 20s. I must admit, for a couple of local clubbers the sight of all these seasoned ravers from the capital was a bit intimidating but we soon got into it.
I can't see any footage of us but will keep looking now. Thing is there was an edge because it was never known if the old bill would try and stop these, so we didn't relax completely nor go looking for anything controversial, we didn't know the size of it (later reported in the local paper as 15,000+) and the local landowners and villagers were putting a lot of pressure on to stop it.
Looking back I can see why, a mini apocalypse for a Suffolk village. Partygoers' car were strewn for miles, blocking roads and driveways. Some were rammed out the way as the police turned a blind eye to help the locals. Later that week I was talk of our mates in town, as not many from Ipswich got out to it before it finished (no social media or mobiles), jealous the London rave scene had landed just about literally on my doorstep.
I seem to associate a few tracks with the 'Raydon Warehouse Rave' not listed on here, like Quartz - Meltdown, and You Got The Love, so I put a mix tape together later with the tunes I heard. Great memories and although I went to other raves after that I didn't ever do the 'wait for news, travel miles to a unknown destination' method as I saw first hand how much hassle was involved in getting somewhere that then the event might not happen. There was a helluva mess left behind afterwards and even next day there were still a few bodies surfacing from hedges looking for long departed vehicles. I remember giving the number of a taxi company to a couple who were completely spaced out, thinking there would be a train station nearby (actually the closest was 10 miles away).
I just used to smile every time my parents recounted the story and used to say 'don't worry, it's only one day of noise and it'll never happen again', but I think they thought it was a sign of society caving in. Looking at this footage now, it was more like a chunk of society making a good job of getting on fine.
For anyone wondering... some of us old 50 somethings still go clubbing & raving to the music we used to love back then, especially thanks to Centreforce Radio 883 DAB for putting many events on 😃
But do you still take the drugs.
Whats the point in going raving in your 50? you cant really take E and without that its pointless. Plus all the illegal raves died in the early 90s. Clubs are not the same. The illegal raves and the high from the chemicals is what made it fun.
Other Only Oldskool Radio stations are available.
Old is like 100
Beatiful days, I remember going for dancing almost every week end, everything was around music and house Beat, I've been reading some comments and thats so true didn't exist cell phones neather social media so we where focus ourselves on music and dance greetings from México.
If social media was about then, we never would have had these times.
Real DJ’s using two records and a mixer - amen 🙌🏼
1989 still in Primary school ,some of them ravers Must be touched 60 now , I find it so interesting to wacth, I’m 93 jungle raver even back then still a yute 15 in the rave ,i am now Considered old school but still putting some sick tunes out for yutes them, I’m glad to be a part of this music wat brought all nations together
I know what you mean.....I was listening to House, Acid and Hip Hop as a primary school kid in '88 / '89 then got hooked on the breaks and started raving in summer '92 as an underage yout! After that it was, and remains, Jungle and DnB for me. I like all genres, but Jungle is the ONE!!
I love seeing all them old cars
I didn't start raving until the summer of '92 when I was 14 about to turn 15 after having started listening to these tunes when I was 10 on pirate stations! As rave music progressed I got fully into the breakbeat side of tings (from hardcore to jungle to DnB now) but man, I would love a time machine to go to these '88 / '89 raves!
It was heaven.
My dad at 2.14 in the orange with the black cap. Always brings it up and with my friends. He loved illegal warehouse races in the late 80s early 90s nothing like them today. Often no one knew where the location of these were as they would get shutdown by police if found. Him and his mates bought a ticket and set off trying to find where it would be.
"what's your name, where you from, what you on?" - 🙂👊🏻
I remember that mate
my names European Bob
♡
"Reach for the lasers ... Safe as Fuck!" (Human Traffic watch it people) Great quote!
Nathan Coventry extascy . No. Fuck off student
Brilliant quality video! Thanks for sharing this footage. Wish I'd gone. Love seeing how people enjoy the music and atmosphere, dancing crazily!
Amazing quality video for the time. Don't see much footage like this
Mental rave I was 21yrs old and I'm now working in the Home office as a senior adviser at Whitehall. .. if only I could give the government a couple of micro dots
Merriman or a lil mdma in the water supply.
Merriman Red or Green ?
Maybe you could score off BoJo?
DO IT!! 😂
Fuckin do it
Didn't really get involved when this was kicking off, as I was 5. Would love to have been old enough to appreciate this and the 80's in general! Notice how everyone is not clad in labels with massive logos and aren't looking posey. Wish it was like that these days. Less fucks given all round makes for a better atmosphere!
James Catherall spot on now you got to search hard to find a place without the wannabes
Hit the nail on the head there mate. Now you got too many posers, shirtless gym freaks phsyching each other out and everyone filming every bloody thing on there mobiles worried how they look for Instagram instead of actually living it up enjoying the moment.
Hit the nail on the head there mate. Now you got too many posers, shirtless gym freaks phsyching each other out and everyone filming every bloody thing on there mobiles worried how they look for Instagram instead of actually living it up enjoying the moment.
Unbelievable quality. Thanks for uploading
Wow this is still the 80s what a decade of music loving this peace over and out
Ahaaaaaaa look. A real diverse crowd getting down to the Underground on quality E’s.
Those were the days.
Yes DJ Spinback @ 10:45. Captured!! Forever young!! We travel here, we travel there, we travel almost anywhere, to reach an acid rave it is a must. So when the weekend come and you wanna have fun but you got the wrong direction. Don’t despair, don’t pull out your hair, just jump in the car and you’ll find one!! One love!!
5:50 Mickey Finn talking with Fabio, 2 Jungle DnB DJs of the 90ies.
And mc chalky white dancing lol
looks like Mickey, but that ain't Fabio surely?
😳😳😳
0:16 The Dealer !
Haha saw that transaction
smooth ;D
Behnam Kh 😂😂😂😂
seems what ever he sold is pure AF ! haha😂
I caught that as well! :-)
Liking how people didn't feel that they immediately had to flash their pearly whites when the camera was on them. Only if they genuinely felt like smiling. Laid back and natural.
We were in our own wonderful world…
I missed this epic start in the scene by 3 years...caught up in the 90s, but wish I'd had that
I was at this; loved every minute of it! Wish I could be transported back. Those were the daze! No responsibilities; just where's the next rave?!
i can feel the vibes through time
Err I am 49 boss!
what haha
I was there.... Its Raydon Aerodrome, and not abandoned ! The farmer who owns it was not a happy boy. Fire in the field...cars abandoned every where..... Police every where..... Went on all the next day..... They were the days ! I live there and still get to go in this hanger. Strange feeling, but i smile knowing what went on.
I was there as well Neil amazing days! nice insight
Sounds awesome
Do you know song at 11 mins
is the hanger still open to walk around ?
Or open to rave ;)@@PS-ru2ov
Can you believe that these ravers are now in their 50s having children and planning retirement lol ?
Was thinking the same, hahaha, how obvious and how strange at the same time, lol
More like grandkids lol
verapamil07 I'm 45 mate and going ravin at the acid house experience 14.10.17 what are you doing going to the pub chatting bollox
i was at this event and am still going strong :-)
david james are you going to the Acid House experience
It was really amazing anyone would be willing to take so much equipment to an illegal rave.
What an honour to have been apart of the biggest phenomenon of its time ....23/9/1989😍😍😍
An illegal rave witha sound engineer, impressive!
Amorphous Shapes Yeah man, don't forget we recorded the Beatles here, we good on the sound stuff powered by a chain of diesel generators.😊
Man the fashion back then! It's come back around they all look so cool
No. Everything ppl are wearing looks a hundred years old and faded. I hated the clothes of that era.
I loved the late 80s early 90s. they went so quickly,
@Duggy Dee time flys when ur having fun
whoever makes a tracklist will be a hero
No fucking mobile phones. Only pure ecstasy and living for the moment.
I cannot believe the song at 10:40 is from 89 that is def a Mandella thing in my mind .I was in my car the other day Bluetoothing that song pounding( I remember when you were sayn that ya loved me in every way ) WOW how cool is that i thought that song came out 10 yrs later .Cannot believe that song is 30yrs old .
What is the track can you remember?
need to know this track!🙏
You Used to Hold Me - Ralphi Rosario
THIS was the PEAK of LIFE !
All arranged word of mouth without mobile phone. Amazing.
The days when if you saw someone in the street who was on the same tip as you , you nodded ... check my dancing out . I will cherish these memories until I am no more . thank you early rave days . i remember this morning as loads of cars including ours drove across farmland making look like a scene from mad max. the foundations of where we are right now .
Glad to have been Part of it❤
13:45 - that guy is fried!
HE-MAN, didn't know he raved
like a ghost
Im pretty sure they can.. o.O
So bitter.
Maybe Skeletor is there somewhere too
The sound system was epic 🙂🙏🏽👏🏿
Absolute brilliant footage from back in the day everyone just enjoying themselves and not giving a shit about the way people were dressed or any shallow shit like that we were all as one back then.....peace and unity raining down on everyone
Would love to go back in time to then . Honestly can't remember worrying about things like it is today. The World is beginning to stop spinning.
The cars were gridlocked in the country lanes trying to get there, i opened a gate to a field and started driving across it directly to the aircraft hanger.
I look behind and now all these cars are following me, people were trying to jump ditches in there motors, getting stuck stuck everywhere it was bedlum.
Nobody cared because most were off their nuts and just left there car in a field somewhere.
I had a bright orange beetle so was able to find it later on.
Those were the days, what a rave that was!
Lol that's nuts!
This is so natural, before civilisation we did this together, as tribes, way before we became 'civilised'. All we did back in the 90s was tap back into this tibial instinct.
Best days ever. I might be over 40 years now but boy am I glad I experienced those days.
I want a time machine to go back to the 90’s .
you can keep 2019
FPV FREAKY Chicago has old school house party’s most weekends. You should stop by.
Rock Star if I lived there I would bro
FPV FREAKY where you live?
Rock Star Essex UK mate
This was just slightly before the 90’s. This was z89😀😀
I was born in the 80's wish could of been here looks brilliant
So best case scenario you would have been 9 okay
Me, too. And not only was I seven, but I was 3,500 miles across the pond.
Anyone can create this again…it’s in all of us
Ohh the joys of getting the night buses home in London at 3/4am and everybody being 'loved-up'... Was brilliant!! Could talk to anybody and relax, laugh and have no fear.... Then the stabbings started, now the gangs, the anger, the paranoid looks. I miss the 80s and 90s, the last free decades of no rules and good vibes....
Track at 11:30? I miss these days, for me it was late 80s in the LA warehouse acid scene. Was there as raves formed but stopped going around 96.
The crowd energy amazes me
VHS quality is sublime! Good party too!
it's 16mm film, not VHS lol VHS can't look that good
13:50 techno viking in his younger days
TheDJPCol When he was Wotan.
He's a proper roo.
just to say i was there too.energy..started at around 7 am after alot of location changes that was aired on london pirate radio(centre force).wow.brilliant footage
Impressive quality footage, it looks so real, and it feels so now. I have a lot of nostalgia of those times before 9/11, ISIS and the world went on a seemingly never-ending (and fast accelerating) downfall towards the most awful madness. We need more of this 11:17
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ seems silly but i agree: we need more 11:17 - Peace, Love and Dance!!!
Ahhhh still remember those years never to be forgotten look how happy we all were no trouble at all magic times ❤
best year's of my life, loved it😀
Oh my god, those were the days!!!
the guy in the first 3 seconds is literally poppin acid. He just ripped a tab off his sheet and ate it, the guy beside him goes to grab it from his hands, he pulls away, and buddies like k fine get out of here and pushes him. LMAO
Everyone here would be over 50 now. Wonder how many are still alive, what jobs they have and what they have achieved in their lives in the last 31 years AND what music they listen to now?
I wasn't there but I'm 50 and have worn out plenty of party shoes lol..fave music is breakbeats.. and dub ..grimy glitchy dubstep. And stuff! How bout u
I’m alive. I’m an artist, painter, and producer of music. I became a professor of fine arts, and after 18 years quit in protest of corruption. Still making music and art. I dress well and am fit. True to the spirit of this time - non-conformists - not rebels; the genuine article. No selling out, at least on my part. Have all my old albums, CDs, and all my new ones. Nothing has changed for me, within or without - the world is stupid, and so frustrating to watch people fall for so much b.s. and media manipulation. I have faith in Gen z, however, to tune that crap out and keep the spirit of this special period in my own history alive. I always got along great with the students I taught, just never the academic administrations.
I still think my brain has never recovered from those callies😂😂😂😂
What I find hilarious is how we all used to MC in American accents until about '92 lol
The guy on the turntables who is talking to the crowd is actually an American he is Dj frankie bones from new york
@@cacarpi ah not really on about this video, just in general.. there's a really good example from Shelly's on RUclips.
Boys and girls 😮 mum and dad 😊
Amazing footage cheers bruv ..
im more concerned at how cool all the cars are in the car park .
a few caught fire the next day as was so hot that summer
Back when all you needed was 2 - 1200's, a great mixer and decent amp, and milk crates full of records... ppl now a days have it easy.. I'll never forget these days
13:00 It's great to see Jason Donovan enjoying himself.
This must have been incredible to have been a part of
The tall skinny bloke in the hat dancing behind the decks is Mickey Finn
Looks like Energy Rave - Dance 89. Ended up being near Ipswich somewhere if I remember rightly. Mad night!
Yep
Raydon Suffolk border what a night / day :-)
Near Hadleigh
How sad Is life right now in retrospective , this video makes me think we are living in the wrong era.
or a parallel universe, everything's gone to 💩
I was 19 in 89 . I discovered Acid house parties in 88 . Clink street, Dungeons
13:44 onwards... lol :) I think we've all been there at some point or another. He's like 'Huh.. wha's going on, where am I'?
great footage
This really is a continuation from Northern Soul
ciaran1988 Zit Fuk
Yeah I remember first learning of northern soul from old northern soul fans who got into the eave scene and looking back the similarities between the two scenes are obvious...😊
Don't say that to a Northern Souler- shit'm right off cvnt! But yeah, your right.
northern soul had way better dancers. :)
I only recently discovered northern soul...love it!!! I'm Canadian, so it's just something I wasn't exposed to.. poor me!
raves before the damn shuffle dance.
I dunno wtf this shuffle dance stuff is but to me it looks like the height of self obsession
Just type shuffle dance in the search. I can see you saying height of self obession if you are an outsider looking in but really it was just a community gathering. Back then it was really about the music and just loosing yourself dancing. Not everyone did drugs and drank. It was kinda like a Greatful Dead show environment. Very hippie like. The big massives of today like EDC, yes self obession. I have gone to shows of all types of music for 20+ yrs and i can honestly say nothing beats the old rave events. Very nice people that just hug you to death. Go to hip hop show or metal show and all I ever saw was very drunk people getting in fights. But ya tomatoe/tomato.
Robert Purvis protect hardstyle shuffle and hardcore/gabber/terror hakkuh fuck soft dance music
Max Fleisch LOL. hardcore shuffle I can respect. i'm a dnb fan and it has a shuffle that make sense too. friggen millennials shuffle/making shapes to everything now is what I hate.
Robert Purvis cutting shapes existed in the eighties in black house raves
Micky Finn dancing in the smoke 6:48 fkin brilliant... Has proper cheered me up. Rave On
Paul Seanor Badass Micky Finn ???
@@paulodonnell935 Yup. Urban Takeover etc
Pas de téléphone portable, pleins de couleurs, de mixité, des styles vestimentaires originales :) le son est génial, très énergique et funky des années 90 !
WTF really well organized rave!
Energy were the best in the business
Some great footage of Adrian Metso at the 11 minute 50 mark. I had fun bunking in that night 🌞🎶🤩🙌👍
*No cell phones btw, Only Acid*
This footage has been used so many times, funny hearing the original sound ;-)
track at 11:00 to 12:25 quite powerful tune.
Tye Outlaw yeah would love to know what it's called
Iv'e tried asking around even downloading and using a program to reduce the echo as well as sheer "noise to sound" but it just isn't matching up with anything I know- hopefully it turns up because it sounds like a proper tune- something you don't hear anymore.
Tye Outlaw yeah man. ..that is rare as hens teeth
still looking for this same exact song lol
any luck?
I'm going raving tomorrow down in Manchester. Cannae wait!