TAKE ME BACK TO THE 90s

I spent my teenage years in England in the early 90's and at a very young age I found myself fascinated by the rave scene. As a 13 year old I would sneak out of school on a Saturday, take the train to London buy Dunkin Donuts at Charing Cross and spend hours at Unity Records listening to all kinds of dance music. When I returned to the States for college, one of the things I was most afraid of was missing out on this type of music I had come to love, I also especially missed those incredible English warehouse raves. Once I got back to the U.S. I transitioned into a bit of a grunge head only listening to Nirvana and Pearl Jam and maybe 1 or 2 years later I discovered that similar UK scene in NY with places like Save the Robots, NASA and Liquid Sky. Every time I would visit NY i’d make my visits to the shop to get the my jungle mix tapes ( by dj Soul Slinger), one of Liquid Sky founders.

I sound so old saying this, and maybe every generation thinks this of their own times, but I feel so fortunate that I got to experience these times, where music, dancing and rave culture played such a big part of growing up. Forget the addiction to phones, instagram, and the commercialization of club culture. Raves at its purest form thanks to the pioneers of this era, ( there are way too many to credit). However I recently came across some club flyers I've kept over the years and an old X Girl t-shirt I bought in NY probably in 97 which got me thinking about Liquid Sky so here's my little tribute here to them and those days.

Thanks to HighSnobiety for the article as well and attached video, I think you will enjoy,( if you're into this sort of thing).

Liquid Sky was founded by Claudia Rey and DJ Carlos Soul Slinger in the 1980's in São Paolo. The couple lived in the UK and moved to New York and opened their shop first on Broome Street and after at 241 Lafayette Street.

The store and brand’s direction had changed and became somewhat of a center point for the city’s evolving underground techno/rave scene. Astro Girl — the store and brand’s logo — symbolized the amalgamation of underground music, art, and design that thrived during the period.

Along with Sm:)e Communications, Liquid Sky was really one of the few labels in the US pushing jungle and downtempo music in the mid-90s. How I miss those days.