Beschreibung:

1991-2001. (1) Circa 12000 flyers, newsletters, time schedules, invitation cards for club openings, casting parties, student parties, premiers etc. of techno, gabber, house, trance, hardcore, terror, old- & new skool, r&b and garage clubs. Mainly Dutch, a few English (London, Brighton), German (Berlin) and Italian. Covers the early (Amsterdam) club scene of the Mazzo, Roxy, iT and Escape as well as small venues like Club Dopey, Zandvoort and lgbt parties at De Mask, Zeedijk, Amsterdam. Incl. big events like Gabberland, Thunderdome, Hellraiser or Dance Valley, but also smaller and/or underground parties like Rotterdams Superbimbo or early underground gabber parties like 'Hellway to Mokum' at De Valk, IJplein, Amsterdam and 'Underground outburst: Dutch rave' at various places. (2) Circa 150 objects related to techno parties and techno culture such as: earplugs (in original box), entrance wristbands, candy wristband and candy, lollipops and chewing gums, some in original wrappers made for specific parties, unopened can of Energy Drink (expiry date Aug. 1999), undeveloped roll of film, whistles, bubble blower, handwritten directions for an underground rave, a 7" and some cds, floppy disks 'Melkweg Timemachine, december 1995', Wasteland Durex condom (unused) etc., and 5 posters.
*Monumental archive documenting the entire Dutch 90s techno scene. From the burgeoning underground gabber and house from the early 90s to the big mainstream events from the early 2000s. The flyers seem to document every techno party that was held, from Barendrecht to Zandvoort. The flyers testify to the unlimited and immensely positive, arguably shamelessly hedonistic, (drug-fuelled) energy of this music- and youth culture phenomenon. (total 8 boxes + posters)