Hers another UK underground scene that pre dates acid house but was just as exciting
'Soul Function"
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Yep the spirit of it was there.Prior to the Acid thing it was Rare goove parties and hiphop and reggea sound systems ectectect.For me it was Bowie ect then Punk/new wave and the Ska/Two tone scene late 70s (damn im not that old am i ?Only 52 but started young!! : ] ) that was off the hook.West Indian meets UK meets Stateside meets Euro wave and on…
This is a great interview about the 80s London scene-
https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2019/01/noel-watson-interview
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And Pete Waterman now has a radio show on Radio WM.
Complaining about social media on social media, in relation to a documentary shared via social media.
Technology has always had unintended/unforeseen social consequences.
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True, but Facebook, for example, know exactly what they’re up to and have done more or less since its inception. I still use it mind you, but my eyes are open to the shit they get up to.
Sounds like you were hitting up Sankeys about the same era I was (ie. when it was still Sankeys Soap).
Absolutely loved that place. Such an unsanitised clubbing experience. In a part of Manchester where there was nothing else, and was a bit of a mission to get to/from. So filthy - your shoes were ruined after a night in there. Awful, seriously aggressive door staff. Smoke machines on full blast meaning you would walk straight into the random block/podium things in the middle of the dance floor.
But great line ups and crowd.
Was never the same after they dropped the Soap and had a massive revamp/clean up.
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I’m not down-playing the upheaval instant publishing is causing (politically, socially). I just think it’s ignorance regarding the medium that is partly to blame for those problems. Most young people don’t put anything critical or very personal on Facebook (for instance) because they are aware. They don’t spend any time consuming it’s content either. And when they do, they don’t warrant it any authority.
Ironically, a lot of raves are instigated through Facebook 
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I think it’s great to introduce kids today to the scene as it was 30 years ago. It took me on a trip down memory lane … I remember those years with great affection. The scene changed my life, and great that it’s being looked at as a pivotal time for youth culture and freedoms which would soon disappear. There really was a feeling that this music, it’s link to spirituality, tribal and primeval dance rituals would change the world for the better.
Respect to all the crews, DJ’s, ravers and producers in those years. I’m still inspired to make beats now, nearly in my 50’s because of you.
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Social Media … would never have happened in my day… we all used to leave our doors unlocked… and you kids, get off my lawn!!!
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We have a lot stuff collected about acid & raves here. Worth to check out.
https://www.dogsonacid.com/threads/get-on-one-matey.799061/
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Don’t know if I watched this specific doc, but think I did: a series of BBC dance/house shows recently? Some of which was conducted as a schoolroom lesson to a bunch of young British late teens? Brilliant stuff, later docs covered Detroit and Chicago too - though the UK link to new ageism I thought was convenient storytelling, as was the miners and music as rejection. It was different for many people not from those social pressures, but still a fair focus on that world many were not part of.
Most embracing it came into it just because it was ‘there’ and they were of an age.
I enjoyed it 19-24 from the fringes of how the BBC portrayed it. House parties in the UK, Ireland and US; ‘pop up clubs’ some alcohol only, some otherwise enhanced.
They were, in my mind, innocent days, uncommercialised, amateur, raw and wonderful.
Everybody was dipping in, rather than devoted. It was loose, unconventional and unselfaware.
Primal Scream, Dust Brothers, Leftfield had as much time as now-known-as roots electronic.
I detached from it mid 20s; but it was already for some becoming too devoted pharmacetically. We had a few friends for whom it was becoming a way of life which thankfully they evolved out of.
Still, very fond memories. It is amazing how specific scenes on a given night are still crystal clear in my memory.
Those times (and the after parties) leave a long shadow; in a warm positive sense.
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They also showed ‘ can you feel it ‘ , a series of 3 episodes about club culture.
It was more interesting than everybody in the place , I liked the archive footage but the classroom thing bored me .
BBC Scotland also recently had some music focus on , one about Scottish hip hop.
Yes, couldn’t agree more. You needed about 3 showers to feel clean again after a night there.
Yes, the smoke machine was nuts. Always confused the shit out of me.
Good times!!!
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Some great stuff on there mate, will probably spend a few hours going through it 
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Wisdom! Pure wisdom! You have a lot to give…
Was there but a couple of guys from Aberdeen or something who pretended to big time American hip hop artists and actually got quite far with it?
Going to have to do some digging now. The story was hilarious.
Edit:
These guys!
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all credits due to AgentsOfRush & others from DOA for making a nice archive to browse through 
Yeah but this isn’t the same thing as a Facebook or Instagram. I’ve made a lot of my best friends online before Facebook, and met them in real life as a result. SOME sites are doing real damage, but Elektronauts is building real community
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I totally missed the rave era here in France. I remember attending a few ones but I was definitely not understanding what it was about. Tasted a bit too much like self-destruction at that time…
Now what strikes me in the documentary is the police/political repression, both with miners and young people that just want to party. Maybe because it echoes the current one in France.
It really shows how people are thirsty for more freedom.
I wonder if it’s the other way around. People are more stuck in social media because the in-person subcultures have all been sanitized, locked down, and obstructed by law enforcement, alongside rising real estate costs in areas shutting down longrunning club nights, and DIY events space horrors and logistics keeping people from starting up any new scenes beyond the occasional camp somewhere.