We’re now in the era of electronic dance music – EDM. ibid.
The DJ. The mastermind behind our daily soundtrack. And our nightly escape … They are very very powerful. This is an epic story of staggering highs and crushing lows that reveal how our lives have been shaped by a vanguard of visionaries. How Dance Music Conquered the World III: The DJ
At his peak Avicii played an outstanding three hundred gigs a year. ibid.
Trance became the soundtracks to weekends all around the world. ibid.
The American mainstream was finally embracing dance music. ibid.
‘Dance music has always been about an escape, a letting go.’ What We Started, Netflix 2017
‘You just get lost in this aural sound escape.’ ibid.
Space Ibiza is the most awarded nightclub in history. 54 year old Carl Cox has been the resident DJ at Space since 2001. 2016 is his final year. ibid. captions
‘Those primal beats returned in different forms.’ ibid.
‘We were more excited about change … We were obsessed about innovation.’ ibid. Pete Tong
‘We were underground. It wasn’t a commercial movement.’ ibid. Paul Oakenfold
‘Rave culture developed from acid house, outdoor parties held in fields.’ ibid.
‘It was the Year Zero. We were starting again.’ ibid. Pete Tong
‘The scale of it was just unreal.’ ibid.
‘The drugs play a big part in it too.’ ibid. Moby
What do you think makes a place hot? At 54, what was the phenomenon that was international? Studio 54: The Documentary, Sky Arts 2019
When you walked through those blacked-out doors you were in another world. ibid.
Anyone that was allowed in were totally free inside. ibid. dude #2
I love the nightlife. And I love seeing people have fun. There’s nothing that makes me happier than seeing people have a good time. ibid. dude #3
Enchanted Garden 1976: All these extravagant parties. ibid.
Boom boom … The full blast of the sound came over you in a big way. ibid.
I like the Atmosphere at Studio 54. I’m ready to have a good time … It’s escapism … ibid. high-pitched Michael Jackson
Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager went on to create two hotels together and introduce the concept of the boutique hotel. Schrager has gone on to create 38 more and continues to revolutionize the hotel industry. ibid.
‘The seeds for what we take for granted – this multicultural society that we live in now – they were really formed on the dancefloor back in the day in the late ’60s and early ’70s.’ Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records, Sky Arts 2019
Chapter 1: The Trojan: Let’s go to Jamaica: one of the bigger islands … ‘Kingston was, was fun, ya know, much lovin’ in Jamaica. Then till them start migrating to England, here.’ ibid.
Between 1955 and 1963 over 100,000 people emigrated from Jamaica to Great Britain. ibid. caption
David Betteridge: Island & Trojan Records: ‘We were a Jamaican music company.’ ibid.
Millie: My Boy Lollipop … Dandy: Rudy, A Message to You … The Maytals: 54-46 Was My Number … Derek Morgan: Seven Letters … Desmond Decker and the Aces: 007 … The Harry J All Stars: Liquidator … Untouchables: Tighten Up … Lee Perry … ibid.
In 1968 the same year Trojan Records is founded, MP Enoch Powell reacts to rising levels of Immigration and addresses the nation. ibid.
A new Vibration is emerging in Jamaica and Trojan begins importing records to sell to a growing market in the UK. ibid.
While mainstream radio will not play Trojan records, pirate radio beings broadcasting Jamaican music. ibid.
Trojan skinhead culture is sweeping through the UK and a new market for Jamaican music is emerging. ibid.
Between March and June 1969 Desmond Decker’s The Israelites sells over a million records. ibid.
We were just dancing between rounds of cunnilingus. What We Do in the Shadows s3e3: Gail, BBC 2022
Ballroom dancing was a hugely popular leisure activity in Fifties’ Britain. Back in Time for the Weekend, BBC 2016
Shekinah Church, Los Angeles: All the dancers that she dances with, someone else is controlling their lives. Dancing for the Devil I: Die to Yourself, sister searcher for sister, Netflix 2024
Robert Shinn, pastor/founder Shekinah Church/7M Films. ibid. Caption
I’m obsessed with these dance cults. Do you know about these dance cults? ibid. woman on TikTok
7M would tell you that they are not a cult, they’re just a management company. ibid. man
We’re all in this church together and this is what we do. ibid. dancer invited to dinner with Robert
So you have to be invited to services. ibid.
And we knew from bank records that she was pretty much running dry on money. ibid. mother of dancer
You have to die for your family in order to save them. ibid. former victim member
So he [Shinn] started panicking in services. Everything got more strict. ibid.
We’d all seen some weird stuff. ibid.
Ex-congregants say the shadowy pastor now behind the alleged TikTok ‘dance cult’ 7M has been ‘brainwashing’ young people for decades. Dancing for the Devil II: The Escape, social media June 2022
From what we’ve heard from former members it started out pretty innocuous. ibid. Rolling Stone reporter
Robert used to teach, your thoughts are not your own. ibid. former victim member
Everybody wanted to be close to the Man of God. ibid.
His message was very money-driven. ibid.
He would call you out when he was in the pulpit. ibid.
Robert had been soliciting sexual favours from different women. ibid.
The people bringing claims against Robert Shinn are in for a long legal battle … History has shown however that this group can be really hard to dismantle. Dancing for the Devil III: Reap What You Sow, Rolling Stone reporter