History of Rave/Dance in Dublin

1968

I'm trying to collate articles, forum topics and other resources relating to the history of rave and dance culture in the city.

I've come up with this so far:

http://comeheretome.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/history-of-dublin-clubbing-culture/

Anyone know of any other articles? Any scans from The Slate?

Executive Steve

Nice idea man! I've got ****loads of flyers you're more than welcome to borrow if you want to scan them in.

1968

Executive Steve wrote: »

Nice idea man! I've got ****loads of flyers you're more than welcome to borrow if you want to scan them in.

Yep, definitely. That be great. Will be in touch.

As far as i can see, there's been no attempt to collect stuff relating to the DnB/Jungle side of things either. Do you have any idea when it emerged in Ireland? Has it ever had a large scene?

francois

PM with any questions, I have some stuff

Is mise le key

If you click on the little paperclip image across from the thread titles you get a window to all attachments on a particular thread, you will find a load of pics & stuff on the ASYLUM/OLDSKOOL thread that way but there is loads more within the thread that arent as attachment's but its almost 700 pages to get through.

There is a good load of stuff also onCAF's site already also if you click the link in my SIG thats says CAF. EDIT: Sorry i didnt see the link you already have on there for CAFS site

(oh and the Vid of the ASYLUM you have from YT i put together originally)

tricky D

Previous thread.

Legendary Clubs / Raves

My version:
Rave scene came home from London. It was summer 88 when acid house kicked off especially in Camden Town - jd and myself were squatting up the road near Finsbury Park that summer). I remember bringing back a shopping order of 12 inches for Rory Stokes iirc. There was a 'scene' going on in the William Tell pub (now the Hairy Lemon) at first. Shortly after coming back from London, the first acid house/rave club started in McGonigles and was called Club X. Sides might have had something going but I'm not so sure about that, it being more inclined initially to the gay scene. Within months or even weeks it had taken off and just kept going.


/tip o hat to francois
Other notables included francois' reign in UCD entertainments which brought some excellent names over (Chemical Brothers then called the Dust Brothers among many others iirc)

Is mise le key

Another thread on the best venues in Dublin,

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055754386

1968

francois wrote: »

PM with any questions, I have some stuff

Cheers Francois.

BTW, I interviewed you via email last year for the UCD 'Rave' article.

dubsbhoy

1968 wrote: »

Yep, definitely. That be great. Will be in touch.

As far as i can see, there's been no attempt to collect stuff relating to the DnB/Jungle side of things either. Do you have any idea when it emerged in Ireland? Has it ever had a large scene?

don't remember any specific clubs doing D&B week in week out but there were clubs that brought over D&B Acts to certain venues, all and all not a big part of the scene in dublin in the very early days.

jonnny68

More than happy to contribute, been on the scene since 1990 and been raving abroad as well as Ireland;)

jonnny68

1968 wrote: »

Yep, definitely. That be great. Will be in touch.

As far as i can see, there's been no attempt to collect stuff relating to the DnB/Jungle side of things either. Do you have any idea when it emerged in Ireland? Has it ever had a large scene?

I was into Jungle in 94,I've been to some big Jungle clubs and Raves like the Lazerdrome in London and AWOL,etc, i actually cant recall meeting a single person in Dublin who was into it at that time, most people said it was brutal as people were so pre occupied with repetitive beats,i remember going to see Goldie/Metalheadz one Sunday night in the Point Depot in 95 i think it was and it was only a quarter full but that night would be in my top 10 nights out of all time it was amazing,indeed that weekend was potentially one of the best ever as i seen Carl Cox and Orbital in the Point on the Friday, Jon The Dentist in the Ormond on the Sat,i recall around 98 meeting some people who were into Jungle/D & B but in general Jungle/Drum & Bass has always been a pretty underground scene in Ireland as opposed to say House or Techno

Scubadevils

It would be great to see something specific to Ireland like this... no shortage of people around various forums to help out too.

I wonder if Hugh Scully still has the magazines he used to do back around 1994? I remember him in the Temple of Sound around then doing interviews and taking pictures etc of various people. I'd love to see some pictures of the ToS, seems to be lots of the Asylum, Ormond etc, amazed to have never seen any surface from the ToS.

1968

Perhaps we could start an online Dublin rave/dance oral history project i.e. over the next few months, a couple of us visit the main DJs, promoters, ravers of the 80s and 90s and record their memories.

As I said before, in reference to the upcoming documentary 'Hill Street' on the history of skateboarding in Dublin, it’s great to see a documentary being made about a Dublin youth culture at a time when the people involved are firstly, still alive and secondly, when they can still remember the details. Sadly, it’s far too common that people leave it too late to make documentaries or write books about social history, waiting for the individuals to either hit their 80s or 90s or pass away.

dubsbhoy

I heard ya the first time

1968

dubsbhoy wrote: »

I heard ya the first time

Apologies about that!

It was giving me a load of Service Error messages last night when I was trying to reply. Didn't expect they'd try to make up for it by posting the message three times!

Is mise le key

One more thing i noticed was the date for the ASYLUM being open from & to, it definetly wasnt open into 1996 & if my battered memory banks are serving me accuratley still it was close to the end of 1994 it finally closed (i think) but it certainly wasnt 1996 & if not 1994 was very early into 1995 but i am almost sure it was 1994.

SteoL

Is mise le key wrote: »

One more thing i noticed was the date for the ASYLUM being open from & to, it definetly wasnt open into 1996 & if my battered memory banks are serving me accuratley still it was close to the end of 1994 it finally closed (i think) but it certainly wasnt 1996 & if not 1994 was very early into 1995 but i am almost sure it was 1994.

I started going out regularly 1995, before that I went to the odd concert/gig here or there. The Asylum was definitely closed down before 1995 or I would have been there.

Dirt bird

The Asylum closed down july 94.

Is mise le key

Dirt bird wrote: »

The Asylum closed down july 94.

July!! I wouldnt have put it that early in 1994 meself more towards sept oct i was thinking but i may be wrong.

Jev/N

The last video on your page is June 1995 (says on the youtube description) or possibly later than that ... was thinking it must be because the track playing in the video is Slacker - Flying

Way before my time though

Dirt bird

100 per cent on july 94,can remember like it was yesterday,Was in the asylum on the friday night and was going in on sat night late but by the time i was headin down it had been raided and closed.

jonnny68

I think dirt bird is right it was July 94, if i recall correctly i was going to either the Temple of Sound or the Ormond on the Sat and the talk was about the Asylum closing, the aul memory is a bit hazy but id sure it was then, end of an era, jaysus i never even made it to the last ever nite of Sides either,although the last ever nite of the Ormond Multimedia Centre remains one of the greatest ever nites this city has seen as im sure anyone who was there that nite will testify.

Is mise le key

jonnny68 wrote: »

I think dirt bird is right it was July 94, if i recall correctly i was going to either the Temple of Sound or the Ormond on the Sat and the talk was about the Asylum closing, the aul memory is a bit hazy but id sure it was then, end of an era, jaysus i never even made it to the last ever nite of Sides either,although the last ever nite of the Ormond Multimedia Centre remains one of the greatest ever nites this city has seen as im sure anyone who was there that nite will testify.

Jaysus you know what jonny you say your memeory is getting a bit hazy.......i cant remember if i was at the last night of any of them at this stage:(

empirix

there was no scene in Ireland!!! the asylum was a small ****hole as was sides, the irish 'scene' was like a grain of sand in a vast desert compared to what was going on in England! im sick of these asylum threads, good riddance to it, was in it one night and some dude got knifed in the tolilets and as for the other times where there were various fights, just a bunch of skangers, this sort of carry on contradicted what the scene was about, no?

Nolanger

jonnny68 wrote: »

i actually cant recall meeting a single person in Dublin who was into it at that time, most people said it was brutal as people were so pre occupied with repetitive beats

What about DJ Dara, one of America's top DnB DJs, but originally from Dublin. Was he knocking about here in the early '90s?

latenia

jonnny68 wrote: »

i remember going to see Goldie/Metalheadz one Sunday night in the Point Depot in 95 i think it was and it was only a quarter full but that night would be in my top 10 nights out of all time it was amazing

I was there; I still remember Goldie saying "Don't try to categorise this-it's urban breakbeat music" and Kemistry (RIP) and Storm absolutely rocking out the place. The first jungle/dnb night in Dublin was Peshay in the Kitchen in 95 or so; I can't remember the name of the promoters but they generally controlled the Good Lookin'/Moving Shadow acts while Bassbin (Rohan and Naphta) were more into the techstep/heavier side of things.
The best night of that era for me was probably A Guy Called Gerald doing a live PA in the POD or any of the early LTJ/MC Conrad gigs.

francois

Nolanger wrote: »

What about DJ Dara, one of America's top DnB DJs, but originally from Dublin. Was he knocking about here in the early '90s?

Not on these boards but he was around Dublin at the time, lovely bloke

jonnny68

Nolanger wrote: »

What about DJ Dara, one of America's top DnB DJs, but originally from Dublin. Was he knocking about here in the early '90s?

Yeah i didn't know him personally but he used to post on another forum years ago, is he really now one of USA's top D & B DJ's,i know he used to run Jungle nights in NYC but i didn't realise he had become as big.


PS-FAO: Empirix - EPIC FAIL:rolleyes:

jonnny68

latenia wrote: »

I was there; I still remember Goldie saying "Don't try to categorise this-it's urban breakbeat music" and Kemistry (RIP) and Storm absolutely rocking out the place. The first jungle/dnb night in Dublin was Peshay in the Kitchen in 95 or so; I can't remember the name of the promoters but they generally controlled the Good Lookin'/Moving Shadow acts while Bassbin (Rohan and Naphta) were more into the techstep/heavier side of things.
The best night of that era for me was probably A Guy Called Gerald doing a live PA in the POD or any of the early LTJ/MC Conrad gigs.

Yeah it was a superb nite alright, one of the best weekends ever for me that was.

empirix

jonnny68 wrote: »

Yeah i didn't know him personally but he used to post on another forum years ago, is he really now one of USA's top D & B DJ's,i know he used to run Jungle nights in NYC but i didn't realise he had become as big.


PS-FAO: Empirix - EPIC FAIL:rolleyes:

more like epic truth!!:P

cranky bollix

this dj dara

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Dara

seems to have gone for the money...edit:maybe not, im not sure if thats his track, but the glowsticks give me a cheese impression

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oClSXf5qkr0

Is mise le key

empirix wrote: »

there was no scene in Ireland!!! the asylum was a small ****hole as was sides, the irish 'scene' was like a grain of sand in a vast desert compared to what was going on in England! im sick of these asylum threads, good riddance to it, was in it one night and some dude got knifed in the tolilets and as for the other times where there were various fights, just a bunch of skangers, this sort of carry on contradicted what the scene was about, no?

I actually read this years ago, a quote from Carl Cox,

"The ASYLUM was the best underground rave i was ever in"

I will take his word over yours as i have never met either of you but Carl Cox has some merit as someone who knows his Rave, would you not agree?

stomprockin

empirix wrote: »

there was no scene in Ireland!!!

??

empirix

Is mise le key wrote: »

I actually read this years ago, a quote from Carl Cox,

"The ASYLUM was the best underground rave i was ever in"

I will take his word over yours as i have never met either of you but Carl Cox has some merit as someone who knows his Rave, would you not agree?

clearly he was chewing the E that night, like us all!!

Scubadevils

Of course there was a scene in Ireland, may be a small(er) one by comparison to a population of over 60 million in the UK versus our 4m odd maybe at the time but a scene none the less.

So was Mr Cox hangin out with Micka & Johner sharing a few spliffs and passing the vicks?

stomprockin

Scubadevils wrote: »

Of course there was a scene in Ireland, may be a small(er) one by comparison to a population of over 60 million in the UK versus our 4m odd maybe at the time but a scene none the less.

So was Mr Cox hangin out with Micka & Johner sharing a few spliffs and passing the vicks?

True, why do people always compare our scene with the UK?
It was definitely different but the drugs where the same

Is mise le key

empirix wrote: »

clearly he was chewing the E that night, like us all!!

Yes but if we assume he was chewing E's in all the raves he was playing in then his view was in comparison to everywhere while also under the influence so it doesnt really change the validity of the quote.