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Genesis '88

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Genesis'88 was a party promotion crew who threw some of the first acid house parties also known as raves in the United Kingdom from 1988 to 1992. [1]

35 relations: Acid house, Acid house party, Aldgate East tube station, Breakbeat hardcore, Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Death, Disc jockey, Electronic music, Free party, Gangster, George Michael, Hardcore (electronic dance music genre), House music, Kidnapping, Lee Valley Ice Centre, Leyton, List of electronic music festivals, London, M25 motorway, Mass media, MDMA, Nightclub, Organized crime, Person, Project manager, Rave, Record label, Sound reinforcement system, Stage lighting, State of the art, Sunrise/Back to the Future, Talent manager, Techno, United Kingdom, Upper Clapton.

Acid house

Acid house is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago.

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Acid house party

An acid house party was a type of illegal party typically staged in warehouses in 1987–89.

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Aldgate East tube station

Aldgate East is a London Underground station in Spitalfields, East End of London and is due east of the ward of Aldgate in City of London.

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Breakbeat hardcore

Breakbeat hardcore (also called oldskool rave hardcore) is a genre of electronic dance music and a derivative of acid house and techno music of the late 1980s and early 1990s, that combines four-on-the-floor rhythms with breakbeats, and is associated with the UK rave scene.

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Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Death

Death is the cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.

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Disc jockey

A disc jockey, often abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience.

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Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments and circuitry-based music technology.

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Free party

A free party is a party "free" from the restrictions of the legal club scene, similar to the free festival movement.

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Gangster

A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang.

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George Michael

Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016), known professionally as George Michael, was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! He was widely known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s, including hit singles such as "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and "Last Christmas", and albums such as Faith (1987) and Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990).

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Hardcore (electronic dance music genre)

Hardcore/Gabber is one of the many sides of electronic dance music that originated in the Netherlands from the emergent raves in the 1990s.

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House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music created by club DJs and music producers in Chicago in the early 1980s.

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Kidnapping

In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful carrying away (asportation) and confinement of a person against his or her will.

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Lee Valley Ice Centre

The Lee Valley Ice Centre is situated in the Lee Valley Regional Park in London, England.

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Leyton

Leyton is a district of east London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, located north-east of Charing Cross in the United Kingdom.

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List of electronic music festivals

The following is an incomplete list of music festivals that feature electronic music, which encapsulates music featuring electronic instruments such as electric guitar and keyboards, as well as recent genres such as electronic dance music (EDM).

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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M25 motorway

The M25 or London Orbital Motorway is a motorway that encircles almost all of Greater London, England (with the exception of North Ockendon), in the United Kingdom.

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Mass media

The mass media is a diversified collection of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication.

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MDMA

3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy (E), is a psychoactive drug used primarily as a recreational drug.

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Nightclub

A nightclub, music club or club, is an entertainment venue and bar that usually operates late into the night.

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Organized crime

Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals who intend to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for money and profit.

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Person

A person is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility.

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Project manager

A project manager is a professional in the field of project management.

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Rave

A rave (from the verb: to rave) is an organized dance party at a nightclub, outdoor festival, warehouse, or other private property typically featuring performances by DJs, playing a seamless flow of electronic dance music.

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Record label

A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos.

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Sound reinforcement system

A sound reinforcement system is the combination of microphones, signal processors, amplifiers, and loudspeakers in enclosures all controlled by a mixing console that makes live or pre-recorded sounds louder and may also distribute those sounds to a larger or more distant audience.

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Stage lighting

Stage lighting is the craft of lighting as it applies to the production of theatre, dance, opera and other performance arts.

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State of the art

State of the art (sometimes cutting edge) refers to the highest level of general development, as of a device, technique, or scientific field achieved at a particular time.

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Sunrise/Back to the Future

Sunrise/Back to the Future were one of the most widely publicised Acid House promoters in the UK.

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Talent manager

A talent manager (also known as an artist manager, band manager or music manager) is an individual or company who guides the professional career of artists in the entertainment industry.

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Techno

Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, in the United States during the mid-to-late 1980s.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Upper Clapton

Upper Clapton is a district in the London Borough of Hackney.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_'88

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