The Archive is open
Recordings, flyers, people and memories — preserved, connected and searchable.
The Mixcloud Vault
The newest recordings and the playlists that make the Rave Archive UK collection worth getting lost in.
Latest uploads
The playlist vault
Watch the Archive
Rave footage, television, documentaries, interviews, jungle and pirate radio — preserved as moving image.
Rave FootageUK Acid House — Illegal Rave FootageExplore footage →
Rave on TVA Trip Round Acid House — World in ActionExplore TV →
DocumentariesThe Chemical GenerationExplore documentaries →
InterviewsGoldie with DJ Ron — Part 1Explore interviews →
Jungle / D&BJungle Fever — Concrete JungleExplore Jungle / D&B →
Pirate RadioThe Last Pirates — Britain’s Rebel DJsExplore pirate radio →Past, present and next
The recordings, flyers, people and events of rave culture are preserved here. Current nights remain clearly separated from the historical archive.
Explore Events & Years →Enter the Collection
The recordings are the centre of the archive, but every set connects to people, artwork, places, radio, labels and the nights themselves.
The soundRecordings & SetsRave recordings, pirate radio, tape packs, studio mixes and event sets from across the collection.
Open the vault →
The visual recordFlyers & ArtworkThe paper trail of the scene.
Browse flyers →
The peopleDJs, MCs & ArtistsFollow the names through profiles and recordings.
Meet the artists →
The story around the soundRave HistoryVenues, record shops, labels, tape culture, promoters, radio and the people who made the scene move.
Enter history →
Across the airwavesPirate RadioThe stations that carried the music across the UK.
Tune in →
The nightsPromoters & EventsFollow the promoters, crews and parties behind the recordings.
Explore events →From the Archive
A few doors into the collection. Search results connect recordings back to the events, people and history surrounding them.
