With 15,000 flyers from the golden age of UK rave and acid house in his possession, and countless others from around the world stored on the Phatmedia website he’s run since 1998, collector Dave Nicholson has built an essential archive of dance music’s visual history. His new book on Velocity Press, UK Rave Flyers 1988–1989, is the first part of a new trilogy illuminating this vast library alongside anecdotes and interviews with those who were there. Daniel Dylan Wray dialled him up to find out more.
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These classic acid house and rave flyers are a UK dance music time capsule
These classic acid house and rave flyers are a UK dance music time capsule. Published by DJ Mag on November 28, 2025. With 15,000 flyers from the golden age of UK rave and acid house in his possession, and countless others from around the...
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With 15,000 flyers from the golden age of UK rave and acid house in his possession, and countless others from around the world stored on the Phatmedia website he’s run since 1998, collector Dave Nicholson has built an essential archive of dance music’s visual history. His new book on Velocity Press, UK Rave Flyers 1988–1989, is the first part of a new trilogy illuminating this vast library alongside anecdotes and interviews with those who were there.
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