Chapter 04 of 5
The Second Summer of Love
Acid house sweeps Britain, raves fill fields, and the government tries to ban the beat.
- The Holiday
Ibiza, 1987
In 1987 DJs Paul Oakenfold, Danny Rampling, Nicky Holloway and Johnny Walker went to Ibiza for Oakenfold's birthday.
- The Club
Amnesia
At the open-air club Amnesia, DJ Alfredo mixed house, pop and anything else into all-night sets under the stars.
- The Feeling
A new atmosphere
The crowd danced together until dawn in a mood of open friendliness that the British DJs had never seen.
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Could you answer this?
Where did the DJs who started Britain's acid house boom go on holiday in 1987?
🎛️ The Birth of Techno
- 01Machines That SingA German band that dressed as robots and the disco record that sounded like the future.
- 02The Belleville ThreeThree friends, a radio DJ and a struggling city give birth to techno.
- 03House Music, ChicagoA club called the Warehouse, a DJ called Frankie Knuckles and a failed bass machine.
- 04The Second Summer of LoveAcid house sweeps Britain, raves fill fields, and the government tries to ban the beat.
- 05Berlin and BeyondA falling wall, a parade of a million ravers and techno's journey around the world.