History is made at night

Trouble for some of the biggest names on the European clubbing circuit. In Sheffield, Gatecrasher nightclub (formerly The Republic) burnt do...

One of the best things about being in London in the summer is taking in the free music events, official and unofficial, along the South Bank...

An obituary in The Guardian today for music promoter Rik Gunnell (1931-2007). The clubs he was involved in were critical in London music i...

This month's round up includes neo -prohibition in the US, drug testing in a Thailand nightclub, sound systems at the G8 and a rave in a...

The Ted Heath Orchestra were the ultimate in British pre - rock'n'roll light entertainment (Ted is pictured in 1958). The same co...

"The Twist, superseding the Hula Hoop, burst upon the scene like a nuclear explosion, sending its fallout of rhythm into the Minds and...

I met Bridget in my local park in South London this week, here's her questionnaire. 1. Can you remember your first experience of dancing...

This is an extract from the 1929 silent movie, Piccadilly, featuring a dance sequence with two of the film's stars, Gilda Gray and Cyril...

In a press release this week, the Local Government Association has warned of a ‘Rave Renaissance’ and that 'Illegal raves could sweep t...

Following yesterday's post on the Association of Autonomous Astronauts, I am starting a series of posts of space sounds. Pride of plac...

A pleasant evening at the Camberwell Squatted Centre in South London last night, spent watching the fantastic Sun Ra film Space is the Place...

No One is Illegal in Vancouver are fighting against the deportation of an Iranian refugee, well known in the local community for his danci...

Charles Donelan has sent in this fascinating questionnaire covering his dancing odyssey through some legendary clubs in New York and elsewhe...

Our latest policing round-up features the oldest rave prosecution we have found to date... England: '63-year-old faces ASBO rave ban...

30 years ago this week the Sex Pistols released God Save the Queen as royalists prepared to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee. The an...

Lots of interesting music-related activity going on at Tate Modern in London as part of its Long Weekend . Throbbing Gristle were playing la...

Our latest dancing questionnaire comes courtesy of Muz from Sonic Truth and Whorecull . Can you remember your first experience of dancing?...

From today's Guardian , a parting gift from Tony Blair: 'Civil liberties and homelessness campaigners last night sharply criticised ...

In desparate times, millennarian movements have arisen in which people hoped to be liberated from their oppression by a sudden magical trans...

Back once again last week to How Does it Feel? in Brixton, the guest DJ this time Amelia Fletcher, indie pop stalwart of Talulah Gosh in t...

Democracy and Hip Hop is an interesting project, with informed critical thinking of hip hop culture starting from the position that 'H...

An excellent line up at the Festival Hall on London's South Bank last Monday, with Bert Jansch, human beatbox Schlomo, Sonic Boom (who ...

Last weekend saw hundreds of police on the dancefloor from Vauxhall to Vietnam… 1000+ arrests at Vietnam nightclub More than 500 police raid...

Earlier this week, five people were found guilty of plotting bomb attacks in the London area. One of the convicted had apparently been hear...

A fairly low key May Day in London yesterday. At Canary Wharf (big business centre) about 100 people danced to a samba band , having previo...