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Bang in your Face

Raving is back, so they tell me. Christened ‘Nu Rave’ (check the text-friendly spelling) by the style powers that be, this is raving in its purest form practised by a generation who were barely out of nappies when ecstasy first arrived on the scene. Although most nu ravers will claim to have b...

Hadouken

What’s your name and what’s it mean? Hadouken! It means surge motion fist in Japanese ... A flaming ball of fire comes out of our fists when we hold them together and say Hadouken! We learnt it from playing Street Fighter II when we were 8 years old. How many are you? There’s four of u...

BOSH!

What’s the night called and what does it mean? The night is called ‘BOSH!’. BOSH! is an exclamation of wickedness. If we collectively agree that something is 8.5 out of 10 or above in terms of its radness then it gets a ‘BOSH!’. Where and when is it on? It is on the first Friday of eve...

BoomBox

What’s the night called and what does it mean? BoomBox – it was never really meant to mean anything! I just liked the sound of it!!! Where and when is it on? BoomBox takes place every Sunday at the Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen. It runs from 8pm - 1am. Entry is always free – but we ope...

SHITDISCO

What’s your name and what does it mean? SHITDISCO. It came about from the free parties we threw in our drummers flat in Glasgow. It was a massive, dilapidated building. Pretty run down, but the atmosphere at the parties was amazing. We’d have 250 people jumping up and down in the living room an...

Do you know your Nu Rave ABC's?

ACIIIIID MORE OF A LIFESTYLE THAN A DRUG THESE DAYS. A BATTERED AS IN THE POST-RAVE STATE CASSETTE PLAYA CARRI MUNDANE’S LUMINOUS FASHION LABEL. HER EYEBALL TSHIRTS ARE A NU RAVE ESSENTIAL. DAY-GLO IF YOU’RE NOT GLOWING YOU’RE NOT COMING IN. &...

Anti-Social

What’s the place called and what does it mean? Anti-social - Its a club for the ASBO generation. Where and when is it on? Every Saturday night @ Bar Music Hall, 134 Curtain Rd, Shoreditch, London. Who is running it, and why? We do - YR MUM YA DAD www.yrmumyadad.info&nbs...

Are you Nu Rave?

By Kevin Braddock

Mouiss London

What’s your name and what’s it mean? The name is Mouiss London, I called it Mouiss because that is my cats name, and London cos I’m from, well, London. And my name is Hannah Denton. How many are you? It’s just me designing at the moment, it keeps things simple and I get all the glory!...

Supersuper

WHAT’S YOUR NAME AND WHAT’S IT MEAN? Supersuper - which means the most fun, positivity, colour, expression, entertainment & shabba imaginable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW MANY ARE YOU? 10,000,000 & counting… YOU MATTER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE? The world needs more preposter...

Teens of Thailand

What’s your name and what does it mean? Teens of Thailand. It’s a song title from Queens Of The Stone Age front man Josh Homme’s side project ‘The Desert Sessions’. How many are you? 2 What is it you do? DJ and throw last-minute all-night parties with as many good DJs from dif...

Van She

WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN? From woman, Of she, From her WHO ARE YOU AND WHY DO YOU MATTER? Nicky because my mum said so. WHAT'S YOUR SIGNATURE SOUND? waaaaaarrrrrhh dearrreeeeeennnnwaaarrrrrrrp WHAT'S YOUR SIGNATURE LOOK? mmmmm ... t-shirt, jeans, glasses...

Cassette Playa

What’s your real name? Before she was Hoxton’s day-glo queen, Cassette Playa was just plain ol’ Carri Mundene from Brighton. How many are there? Cassette Playa is a single label run by a single fluorescent female, with a little help from her Nu Rave partner in grime DJ Silverlink. &nb...

Steed Lord

What’s your name and what’s it mean? I am Kali. Kali is the goddess of time. The ferry across the ocean of existence. How many are you? We are a party of four in Steed Lord. M.E.G.A, dEmo & A.C. Banana$ are my thugees. You matter right now because? We bring our own sound t...

Bernard Willhelm

What’s your name and what does it mean? Bernhard (given name) Willhelm (family name). Who are you and why do you matter? Fashion designer. What’s your signature look? Anyone with a good bum. What are your key influences? Nature-City-Image-Dream. Happy-Happy-Happy-Nigh...