History of House music/History of House Music

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The combination of House and Techno came to Britain and gave House a phenomenal boost. Clubs began to feature specialist House nights - the Hacienda had "Hots" on Wednesday from July 1988, 2,500 people could enjoy the British take on the Ibiza scene, the classic "Voodoo Ray" by Guy Called Gerald (Gerald Simpson) was designed for the Hacienda and Madchester. But rather than be confined in the clubs ambitious promoters took the music to large temporary sites such as fields, handling up to 10,000 people in a single illegal event, usually termed Acid parties or raves. The events were totally shaped by Ecstasy, which greatly influenced the music too (you had to be off your face to enjoy it). Revelations of these 'dangerous' events in the tabloid press helped publicize the scene while also creating a 'moral panic' in less enlightened groups (the government, police etc.). The tunes that made these events were like "Everything Starts with a E" by the E-Zee Possee, "The Trip" by S'Express and "NRG" by Adomitic.

The combination of House and Techno came to Britain and gave House a phenomenal boost. Clubs began to feature specialist House nights - the Hacienda had "Hots" on Wednesday from July 1988, 2,500 people could enjoy the British take on the Ibiza scene, the classic "Voodoo Ray" by Guy Called Gerald (Gerald Simpson) was designed for the Hacienda and Madchester. But rather than be confined in the clubs ambitious promoters took the music to large temporary sites such as fields, handling up to 10,000 people in a single illegal event, usually termed Acid parties or raves. The events were shaped by Ecstasy, which greatly influenced the music too (you had to be off your face to enjoy it). Revelations of these 'dangerous' events in the tabloid press helped publicize the scene while also creating a 'moral panic' in less enlightened groups (the government, police etc.). The tunes that made these events were like "Everything Starts with a E" by the E-Zee Possee, "The Trip" by S'Express and "NRG" by Adomitic.

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