Adventures In Wonderland: Acid House Rave and the UK Club Explosion

The definitive history of the acid house explosion and its reverberations across popular culture Adventures In Wonderland has been out of print for more than 20 years. This new edition has been updated slightly with a new introduction and final chapter.This is the acid house and rave explosion as told by the people who lived it: door staff dancers and drug dealers; gangsters blaggers and promoters. From the real stories behind the huge illegal raves of 1989 to insider accounts from DJs such as Norman Jay Trevor Nelson Paul Oakenfold Danny Rampling Graeme Park Mike Pickering Carl Cox Sasha and John Digweed. But this isnt just a book about the music. Its about being up for it. Out of it. And right in the middle of it.Its about the Paradise Garage in New York about dancing under the stars in Ibiza or Goa about the house we built in the UK at Future Shoom Spectrum. Clink Street and the Haçienda. Its about Ecstasy and community and a scene that grew with breath-taking speed because we needed to feel that the world was changing.Its about dodging the police to get the party started and the joy of dancing all night in the British countryside with thousands of others on the same high. About Madchester Blackburn and a new understanding between rock and dance music. And about what came after from drumnbass to the rise of superclubs such as Ministry of Sound Renaissance and Cream. But most of all its about having the time of your life. And who wouldnt want that?Adventures In Wonderland is the ultimate definitive account of the scene. Precise factually and perfectly articulated it transports the reader to that unique life-changing period. Sheryl Garratt was there reporting from the core energy of the scene that we collectively created. - Danny RamplingGripping and vivid.. Garratt writes with the style and attitude of the feistiest club diva... Her personal memories are wedged between layers of insightful comment and thorough research. - The TimesShe has spoken to everyone involved - from the Chicago DJs of the 80s to the rave promoters and club moguls of the 90s ¬ and shows that its possible to write popular culture without insulting our intelligence. - Daily MirrorThe definitive account of contemporary dance culture.. If you werent at Shoom in 87 then this is the best way to make up for it. - The Face Long-listed for the 2021 Penderyn Prize for music books.