A quote from Tom Middleton on pp.30-31 of Aphex Twin: A Disco Pogo Tribute Saturday night we put on an event at The Bowgie. That would finish at 11 or 12, something ridiculous, really early, and then we’d get a genny and a marquee and go to the sand dunes near Gwythian for a pop-up [ ]
Unbeknown to us here at FPPHQ, someone has created a map based on the entries on our blog. Click on a Love Cabbage and it gives you some info about the party, together with a link to the party report on our blog, give it a try! P.S. This site, and all other linked sites, [ ]
As becomes apparent from the introduction, this book was pieced together by Iain Donnelly from Keith’s freeflowing notes. Had I not read the introduction, I wouldn’t have realised this, and it’s worth bearing in mind when you read it. Donnelly, in the Editor’s Intro, characterises those notes as ‘often disjointed’ and holds that Keith ‘tended [ ]
A disclaimer first: we were involved in a little background work (figuring out e.g. dates of parties) for this documentary, so what you are about to read is a little biased. I had been looking forward to Aaron Trinder s documentary for a long time, and even though I had heard plenty of positive feedback from [ ]
It comes as no great surprise to learn that Ed Gillett helped Jeremy Deller with his (highly recommended by us) Everybody In The Place documentary. What is surprising, considering the incisive insight Gillett has into subcultures of the early nineties, is that he was a child in that era. As with other great titles on [ ]
Update The Spiral Tribe do at Rats Run/Longstock Free Festival, Hampshire was on the same weekend. Shout going out to watermouse who alerted us to this first video, thanks! And an even bigger shout out to dj jenjen (aka mis-chief) who shot both videos 🙂
This was the first time Black Box [DiY s custom-built rig] had been to a festival and it became clear from the off that things had changed over the winter and spring. Hungerford was probably the first festival where the sound systems and the ravers had really taken over from the bands and the traditional festival-goers. [ ]
UPDATE 8/1/22: Some confusion about the date for this one. Some are saying that it was the end of November, but one newspaper article (coming to this page soon!) published on Tuesday 10th December indicates that the party took place on 7th December. A Spirals document entitled SPIRAL TRIBE S CALENDAR OF POLICE HARRASSMENT AT FREE [ ]
We know Mutant Dance threw their first ever party at this location, but that is all we have, so far! Help us join the dots please! Leave a comment or email us with photos, flyers etc. at freepartypeople(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk. Cheers!
Legends tell that there was a cracker of a free party on this date in Little Farringdon. Tell us the rest, dear readers 🙂