After queuing for ages we descended into the madness. The mid-80s was a depressed period for youth culture. DJ’s gracing the decks with founder Danny Rampling were Carl Cox, Andrew Weatherall, Tony Humphries first UK gig, DJ Alfredo, Colin Favor, Mark Moore, Coldcut, Terry Farley, Pete Heller, to name a few. We were there at ground zero when dance music exploded out across the globe. People would leave very blissed out and I’d go to the front door and say goodbye to everyone. You’d come out of the club with that feeling: “Ah, it’s incredible, people can just get along.”. So many people found new creative directions for their lives and went on to forge new openings for themselves.”. I think they were expecting it to be like Studio 54. Last modified on Tue 19 Jun 2018 12.16 BST. There was a real mix: gay, straight, black, white, pop stars, suburban kids, young hippyish types with baggy T-shirts and long hair. • Shoom 30 is at Bankside Vaults, London, on 8 December. Trace the current dance industry back to its roots and there are a few seminal parties throughout the world that were instrumental in providing the catalyst. Shoom changed the whole mentality behind going out. They insisted on an open-minded, positive, friendly vibe. So many people walked into them headfirst, including myself. The 25th Anniversary party was held at Cable Nightclub in London in 2013 and tickets for the two day event sold out within an hour. You felt like you were part of a hippy revolution. Shoom is now expanding its reach Worldwide, with two shows in the legendary club, Paradiso, in Amsterdam with Danny Rampling, Dj Pierre, Analog Kitchen (Live) ILONA (Live) to name a few acts gracing a historic venue that has had everyone from Prince to Pink Floyd on its stage. I’d end my set with Joyce Sims’ Come Into My Life or William Pitt’s City Lights or even The Art of Noise’s Crusoe. Kudos to mrgee007 for the YouTube upload], “Most of all, it’s an album about hope.” Kölsch unveils new album ​Now Here No Where, “Nobody really takes the nightlife scene seriously…” 909originals catches up with Moscoman, “We’re pissed off with being conned…” Rave promoters Raindance introduce a ‘Ravers Charter’ [December 1992], “I think that’s the core of house music to be honest, to bring people from where they’re at to a better place…” 909originals chats to House Gospel Choir’s Nat Maddix. Shoom was named #7 in Billboard magazine in their ‘Top 25 Clubs of all Time’, and is widely known as a spear-header for the Dance Music Scene we all love today. I thought, how do I make it different?”, In 1987, Danny Rampling went on a now-legendary trip to Ibiza with Paul Oakenfold, Johnny Walker and Nicky Holloway. Because it was a gym, there was a wall of mirrors. Shoom is now expanding its reach Worldwide, with two shows in the legendary club, Paradiso, in Amsterdam with Danny Rampling, Dj Pierre, Analog Kitchen (Live) ILONA (Live) to name a few acts gracing a historic venue that has had everyone from Prince to Pink Floyd on its stage. Yes, there was a revolutionary new music, acid house, and with that came a stimulant, ecstasy. One night these American tourists showed up, very smartly dressed. ‘We filled the room full of flavoured smoke and decorated it with painted banners and smiley face logos. It was a free state of hedonism’, Tue 28 Nov 2017 06.00 GMT A riot of colour, unity, fun, and damn good music. by Danny Rampling for free. Mr. Georgiou knew it well; his mother had sewn one on his jeans when he was a child. Want to bring Shoom to your city? www.watts-pr.co.uk. You couldn’t see much because of the smoke and the strobes. But there was none of that. Someone obviously gave them a pill because they were there all night, completely trashed. It was a very broad mix of people. Genesis P-Orridge. Boy George loved it and was inspired to make more acid house-type records. We went to Amnesia, an open-air club that got going around four in the morning, and it was a revelation: a melting pot of people dancing to a wildly eclectic mix, from pop, rock, reggae and film scores to house, techno and acid.