AWESOME101 1992 – DVcrew Scotland

AWESOME101 1992

Awesome 101 raves were held at various venues, including The Bunker, Marco’s Forum in Livingston and the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh.  It was one of the key Scottish rave promotions of the early 1990s, sitting alongside names like Streetrave, Rezerection, Fantazia, Love, Metro and Holocaust. For many Scottish ravers, it represents the transition from the late acid-house era into the hardcore and early techno explosion that defined 1991-93.   videos contain rare crowd footage, performances and walkabout shots that show what the atmosphere was really like.

Some of the acts associated with Awesome 101 included M.A.N.I.C., Messiah, Suburban Delay, Shades of Rhythm, Ultra-Sonic and Havanna, with The Prodigy originally scheduled to perform at the August event.

From what I’ve seen over the years, Awesome 101 doesn’t get talked about nearly as much as Rezerection, but for many Scottish ravers who were there in 1991-92 it was every bit as important. It captured that brief period when hardcore, piano anthems, whistles, white gloves and Scottish rave culture were at their absolute peak before the scene split into happy hardcore, techno and jungle.
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