Relationship between UK cities and rave culture explored in new book

“We don’t want more unaffordable flats. We want somewhere to dance…”

Jim Ottewill has published a new book exploring the impact of UK cities on rave culture, called Out Of Space: How UK Cities Shaped Rave Culture, with Velocity Press.

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Journeying from Glasgow to Margate via Manchester and Sheffield, Out of Space explores how crucial cities allowed electronic music and club culture to thrive.

In doing so, Ottewill offers a larger examination into the relationship between club culture and cities, as well as looking to what may come next.

“Rather than an epitaph, this is a rallying cry and celebration of the club’s resilience based on a lifetime of getting wide-eyed inside them,” shares the publisher.

Purchase a copy of Out Of Space: How UK Cities Shaped Rave Culture from Velocity Press, and check out the cover below.