What is hardcore? It means many things to many people, and they’re all correct. It’s best described as a feeling, an attitude, a way of life. So, how do you begin to write its history? It took four intensive years (and many many revisions) for club culture journalist Holly Dicker to curate a decade of […]
Join What Do You Call It? From GrassRoots To The Golden Era Of UK Rap author David Kane, alongside Dukes Cupboard founders Ned and Milo, in his adopted home of Amsterdam. The trio will be joined on stage by host Passion Deez for this special conversation, taking in the music and style that went on […]
To mark the launch of his new photobook Section 63: Underground & Unmastered - Documenting Underground London Raves, photographer Yushy presents an exhibition at The Farsight Gallery from 3 - 9 September. This powerful book documents the raw energy of London’s underground rave scene, capturing a new wave of DIY party crews reclaiming space in […]
Join us to celebrate the launch of FOLK, the prize-nominated debut novel by Stef Macbeth. Author Emma Warren (Dance Your Way Home, Faber) will be in conversation with Stef about this powerful story of youth, community, and what happens when the places we call home disappear. Emma Warren is one of the UK's leading writers […]
Join us to celebrate the launch of FOLK, the prize-nominated debut novel by Stef Macbeth, at Sound Metaphors' new Neukölln premises. This fiercely independent Berlin record shop and party crew embodies the underground spirit that runs through FOLK - the DIY ethics and authentic spaces where music culture thrives. Stef will be in conversation with […]
Join us at SoundStage HiFi for a unique evening with two acclaimed Velocity Press authors in conversation. Illustrator Dan Lish will delve into Egostrip Book 2, his stunning collection of surreal, intricate portraits celebrating hip hop’s icons. Writer Ben Pedroche will share the story behind Independent As F**: Independent Hip-Hop From 1995–2005, his deep dive […]
Join us at Idle Hands on Friday 10 October, for the Bristol launch of Future Language of the Ikonoklast, a book chronicling one of the most visionary and influential movements in UK graffiti history. In 1989, six groundbreaking artists - Rough, Part2, Stormboy, System, Tee Roc and Solo1- joined forces under the leadership of Juice […]
Join us to celebrate the launch of FOLK, the prize-nominated debut novel by Stef Macbeth, at the Ebert & Weber bookshop. Stef will be in conversation with Matt Wilson, exploring FOLK's themes of youth, belonging, and what happens when underground communities fracture. FOLK captures a pivotal moment when youth culture met political resistance in 1990s Britain. […]
Join us at Margate Off Licence on Friday 28 November for the belated launch of The Trial of Jonah, the mind-bending novel from Justin Robertson. Justin will be in conversation with writer Barney Harsent, delving into the book’s darkly comic world of time-travel, cultural larceny and creative possession, followed by an exclusive playback of Five […]
Join us at The Greyhound in Peckham on 29 November for the launch of phatmedia presents UK Rave Flyers 1988/1989 - a stunning new coffee table book celebrating the breakthrough years of UK acid house culture. This event brings together some of the promoters and designers behind the original flyers featured in the book for […]
As part of their continuing series celebrating British music culture, Soundstage Hi-Fi is pleased to welcome pioneering jungle producer, DJ, and remixer Nookie alongside Colin Steven of Velocity Press on Thursday 4 December. A foundational figure in the birth of jungle, Nookie - aka Gavin Cheung - helped define the genre’s euphoric blend of rolling […]
Join us at Woodbury House gallery for a special evening celebrating two new landmark publications from acclaimed artist Remi Rough: Future Language of the Ikonoklast and B-Sides & Outtakes. Future Language of the Ikonoklast (published by Velocity Press) This definitive chronicle captures the story of the Ikonoklast Movement - a pioneering post-graffiti collective formed in […]
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