Tate Britain to host a '90s rave culture event

Tate Britain is putting on an event built around 1990s rave culture, with DJs, talks and workshops on the programme, according to a report via DJ Mag. One highlight is a conversation between DJ Mag’s Rob McCallum and DJ Warlock about how dance music and rave culture were recorded and presented in the decade.

What is happening at Tate Britain?

The event mixes music with discussion and hands-on sessions. DJs, talks and workshops all feature. The McCallum and Warlock session looks at documentation: how the ’90s scene was captured, and what that capture did to the way the culture was understood.

Why does it matter for club culture?

A major national gallery giving space to rave history is a notable moment. The ’90s shaped much of what clubs still run on today, from house and techno to trance and the hard dance sounds that grew in the UK. Much of that era lives on in flyers, photographs, magazines and tape packs. Who made those records, and how, shapes how a scene is remembered.

The subject is also relevant to anyone making or playing music now. Dance culture has always documented itself in real time, and the format has only moved from print and cassette to streams and clips.

Where does this connect to OBSCUUR?

OBSCUUR is not involved in the event. The sounds it covers do share roots with that era, though. Start with our pages on house, hard house, trance and techno to see where we sit today.

For something current, the latest drop is DJ Mischkonsum – Inner City Echoes. Our sessions are on the live page. If you make high-energy dance music of your own, the submissions page is where to send it.

The history of a scene gets written by the people who record it, and the people who keep making it.

Source: DJ Mag. Written in our own words by the OBSCUUR editorial desk.