A new project wants your 90s rave memories

The Madchester rave scene has been well documented in films like 24 Hour Party People, but how accurate has the depiction of this pivotal time in dance music history really been?

The Lapsed Clubber Heritage Map is a new project that seeks to dispel popular misconceptions about this golden age of clubbing. Instead, it aims to tell the real clubbing story of those who were out on the dancefloor during this formative period of dance music.

The project is being spearheaded by Manchester Metropolitan University academic Dr Beate Peter, who says: "We are all familiar with the Haçienda and terms like acid house and Madchester, but little is known about the people on the dancefloors as they had no platform to share their experiences at the time."

To bring these tales together Dr Peter is crafting an interactive map of the Manchester clubbing landscape, where lapsed ravers will be able to input text or record audio clips reminiscing about the music, fashion, clubs, bars and friendships they made on sweaty dancefloors and at afterparties.

It's free to contribute and the first interactive map will be launched during next year's Manchester Histories Festival.

Richard Fowler, a Mancunian and ex-raver who is involved in the project says: "If you watch nostalgic documentaries about the nineties it gets a mention, but what comes up doesn't reflect the scene as many of us knew it."

The first of three interactive events takes place this Saturday June 10 in Manchester. Book tickets via Eventbrite.

[Via: Manchester Evening News]

[Photo: Patrick Harrison]