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Andrew Green and Eddie Otchere were teenage ravers who turned early-90s jungle into mutant modernism prose. In his foreword to a reissued edition, Sukhdev Sandhu explains its power, alongside photos from the era by Otchere ....
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An Inside Look at the Defining Moments of British Rave Culture Eddie Otchere / Courtesy of Velocity Press In the foreword of Who Say Reload, a new book that drills deep into the records that defined jungle and drum and bass, South London photographer Eddie Otchere shares a tribute to the freedom of raves past. “There was a time when I used to dance,” he writes. “My crew, all crew, all tribes, all souls under one roof, raving.” When dancing in sweaty public spaces feels like a distant memory, Otchere’s words cut deep and the photographer is feeling it, too. “My sense of nostalgia is slightly blue at the moment,” Otchere sighs. “But after the pandemic, who knows what space will be freed up for us to dance again. That s my real hope for this book; to remind ourselves that we all used to dance.” ....
Largely lost amid the handwringing over Covid-19’s impact on culture has been discussion of the fate of nightclubs. Theatres are in terrible trouble, certainly; museums and galleries likewise. For nightclubs, which have been closed throughout the pandemic, the situation is worse. Indeed, the Night Time Industries Association recently warned that as many as 80 per cent of nightclub businesses wouldn’t be able to survive beyond the end of February without further government support. The date when clubs will in theory be able to reopen, 21 June, seems a very long way off. Of course, it’s always been impossible to completely shut down the nighttime economy – people want to dance – and reproachful news stories about ‘illegal raves’ popping up around the country throughout the pandemic have served to remind some of us that, firstly, we’re too old to know where the illegal raves are and, secondly, that we’d really like to go raving. ....