Stories Of House Music

Forget the official history of house music. Music history is often written by those with loud voices and something to sell, not by the people who were actually there. While textbooks and documentaries offer a polished version of how house music evolved, the reality was far more chaotic, fragmented and interesting.

A Manifesto Of Lived Experience

This section of the website is dedicated to lived experience and personal stories. My own perspective is from seeing the evolution of dance music in 1980s, and seeing house music break in the North of England during 1985.

Stories You Might Not Have Heard

I share my own first-hand accounts and personal reflections. These are my stories of discovery, my opinions about the underground, and my journey alongside the many people who shaped house music in the 1980s.

From School Discos To Raves

This is my personal account of UK nightlife in the 1980s, with the transition from New Romantic and Goth scenes to the rise of house music, acid house, and the early rave scene.

Read my clubbing story...