I am sitting here. And I feel every second of this video. How often do I return to the “old times” in my mind myself. I’m not yet 48, but I also experienced the early days of rave culture. Which was almost not for-profit. Fresh and full of joy for change. Sometimes it hurts when things change. The familiar goes. But if you create such great tracks as Belfast based DJ and producer Duo Bicep, then let the wheel of time turn around relentlessly.
“Inspired by the song’s homage to the golden UK rave era, the video by Joe Wilson is a series of landscapes which revisit the sites once brought alive by now infamous raves. Today they sit desolate and empty, retreating back to their former state, with little to show of their impact they had on UK music culture. The static shots offer space to reflect on the importance and idiosyncrasy of these locations and how an abandoned lido, remote airfield and disused warehouse helped to shape the lives of a generation. Juxtaposed with the images are the hazy, fragmented recollections of those who were there, lifted from Youtube comment sections of the genre’s most defining sounds. Perhaps the most beautiful and poignant pieces of evidence from the period, they eulogise over a time of unity and euphoria, and are a longing to be returned for just one more night.”
