1994, Berlin. The Love Parade weekend represented for hundreds of thousands of people, throughout the city, a moment of pure hedonistic abandonment where Techno and liberation went hand in hand. However, in those hours of cheerfulness and chaos, a counter-current group tried to break the pattern of the Parade’s homogeneous music by organizing an event […]
If Techno were a religion, Berlin would probably be its Mecca. The eternal underground city is well known as the center of the world-famous electronic scene, in particular of Techno music and its history is considered one of the most iconic and mythological moments of the late XX century. For Berlin, the destruction of the […]
On occasion of the International Record Store Day, Satelliet Studio presents “VG+” mini capsule. The new artwork wants to enjoy the aesthetics of vinyl as a source of unexpected magic that reflects history, the current state and can predict the future, sometimes just looking at his cover. This object is capable to provide emotions never […]
Trance is a genre of electronic music that emerged from the British new-age music scene and the early 90s German Techno and Hardcore scenes. This music is characterized by a tempo lying between 110–150 BPM, repeating melodic phrases and a musical form that distinctly builds tension and elements throughout a track often culminating in one […]
In 1994 the “Criminal Justice Act” was approved and english rave scene ends, leaving behind only some events, mostly paid and rarely attended. In response to this law, a new concept of “free party” was born, which became politicized in “Freedom For The Right To Party”, became the slogan of resistance to the conservative legislation […]
In the first half of ’90s, english Rave Scene was fragmented into many realities that sanctioned the birth of the generation of great free outdoor parties, like “Biology”, “Genesis”, “Fantazia” and many more. But it was “Castlemorton Common Festival” that changed the law and the course of Dance music history. On a hot Bank Holiday […]
Some sounds seem to short-circuit our perceptions of new and old, of future and past. No matter how many songs have been made, no matter how many dancefloors have vibrated to their modulations, but the acid sounds is timeless. Acid House was born in North America, into Chicago’s most underground clubs, from the hypnotic sounds […]
25 years ago, two 12″ called “Earthbound 1” and “Earthbound 2” respectively was launched anonymously as white label, in a limited series of 1000 copies. It was the creative mind of The Prodigy, Liam Howlett, and their record company, XL Recordings. The album was intentionally released in an unusual way in response to growing criticism […]
Sono numerosissime le esperienze che personaggi celebri hanno avuto con le droghe nel corso della storia. La dose di mescalina consumata da Aldous Huxley raccontata nel suo libro Le porte della percezione del 1954, è una. Le visioni di oppio del 1860 di Charles Baudelaire elencate ne I Paradisi Artificiali, un’altra. Ma l’esperienza più intensa […]
Il XX secolo è costellato da infinite sottoculture che, anni luce dai circuiti mainstream, hanno fatto della propria ribellione una questione sociale, di appartenenza, riuscendo a creare immaginari collettivi diventati nel tempo emblemi di stile e di modi di pensare, diversi da quelli convenzionali. Ogni nazione, si sa, ha la propria quota trasgressiva, dagli Usa, […]