Yes I mean the big thing in the UK wasn't just the music, it was everything else - warehouse parties and raves removed the racist and arbitrary door policies in the cities simply by being in an illegal, uncontrolled space, so people of different races, ages, sexual orientations etc were able to dance together to one music, the emergence and widespread adoption of E etc.
And probably the first site where those relations of forces were synergised was the Music Box, along with the paradise garage maybe.
Also there was some gay club in Texas (the Saint I think) where E took off in a massive way in about 1980. Remember reading a feature on it in DJ or Muzik.
And probably the first site where those relations of forces were synergised was the Music Box, along with the paradise garage maybe.
Also there was some gay club in Texas (the Saint I think) where E took off in a massive way in about 1980. Remember reading a feature on it in DJ or Muzik.