RAVING 89 - GAVIN & NEVILLE WATSON

Gavin Watson aclaimed photographer and good friend of the network is releasing a new book with his brother Neville. Raving 89 features an amazing collection of photos from 1989, the year acid house exploded into a nationwide phenomenon.

Raving ‘89 takes you through a year of suburban raves, with 200 fantastic images collected together as if a single dramatic night – grimy warehouses, phones the size of bricks, smiles, hugs, lasers and dungarees, lives changed, faces lost in music, casualties, friends and general mayhem; with rogues and wrong’uns lurking in the corners, and more than a few crimes against fashion.

Acid house exploded in London and Manchester in 1988; then in 1989 the whole country “got on one” and went raving. Gavin Watson captures the revolutionary moment like no-one else, with intimate portraits of mates and strangers alike having the time of their lives. It's all here: the crowds, the lasers, the villains, the crimes against fashion. With hilarious recollections from Gavin and his brother Neville.

To get your hands on a copy and a free mix by Neville of classics from the era. Pre order your copy here