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Reflection#2: House is a Feeling
House is a Feeling explores the musical & cultural revolution in Coventry from the late 1980’s to 1992, from the birth of an illegal dance movement to the UK’s first 24-hour licensed dance club, The Eclipse.
Reflection#2: Illegal - Fight for the Right to Dance (Part 1)
Welcome to episode 1 of Reflection#2: House is a Feeling, the second season of the Reflection trilogy. Legendary Amnesia House emcee Man Parris hosts this full-length radio documentary, looking at the birth of an illegal dance movement in Coventry in the late 1980's pioneered by working class youth in the city.
Open your mind to a view from the streets, as we revisit Thatcher's Britain… The future is bleak!
Duration: 40mins20sec
Reflection#2: Illegal - Fight for the Right to Dance (Part 2)
Welcome to episode 2 of Reflection#2: House is a Feeling, the second season of the Reflection trilogy. Legendary emcee Man Parris hosts this full-length radio documentary, set in Coventry in 1989. House music and ecstasy are changing youth culture forever, and the underground dance scene in Coventry is not escaping the police's attention.
Open your mind, as we go back in time!
Duration: 50mins23sec
Reflection#2: Amnesia House at the Sky Blue Connection (Part 1)
Welcome to episode 3 of Reflection#2: House is a Feeling, the second season of the Reflection trilogy. Hosted by legendary emcee Man Parris, this full-length radio documentary tells the story of the UK's first ever legal warehouse party. It's spring 1990, the illegal rave scene is growing in cities around the country, and the infamous Acid Squad are closing down parties in London, but they're losing a cat-and-mouse battle in Coventry...
Duration: 41mins00sec
Reflection#2: Amnesia House at the Sky Blue Connection (Part 2)
Welcome to episode 4 of Reflection#2: House is a Feeling, the second season of the Reflection trilogy. This in-depth radio documentary hosted by legendary emcee Man Parris tells the story of the Amnesia House's first ever legal warehouse parties at the Sky Blue Connection in Coventry. History was being made.
Open your mind, it's summer 1990...
Duration: 37mins19sec
The Eclipse (Part 1)
Welcome to episode 5 of Reflection#2: House is a Feeling, the second season of the Reflection trilogy. Hosted by legendary emcee Man Parris, this in-depth radio documentary tells the story of the birth of the UK's first 24-hour licensed dance club, the Eclipse, beneath the ring-road on Coventry's Lower Ford St.
The Eclipse: I go out on Friday night, and I come back on Saturday morning...
Duration: 48mins58sec
The Eclipse (Part 2)
Welcome to the final episode of Reflection#2: House is a Feeling, the second season of the Reflection trilogy. Hosted by legendary emcee Man Parris, this in-depth radio documentary continues the story of the UK's first super club, The Eclipse. It's October 1991, and underground dance culture is becoming a legal, all-night entertainment industry, and following the blueprint of the Eclipse, clubs are springing up around the country using the same formula of DJ's and live PA's. Meanwhile, back at the Eclipse DJ Sasha is refusing to return to the club, as ravers are demanding a harder sound.
Duration: 31mins57sec
Reflection#1: A City Before Dance
Welcome to Coventry, a city before dance. It’s the mid 1980’s and we are in a recession where unemployment, poverty, violence and racism have become the normality of Thatcher’s Britain.
This first season of Reflections features a series of radio documentaries narrated by emcee Man Parris, including the titles Fractured City, Racism, and No Black in the Union Jack, which paint the picture of 1980’s Coventry - a city before dance. From a thriving industrial city whose “streets were paved with gold”, to a city marked by high unemployment, racism, and inner city violence between neighbourhoods, these documentaries tell of the poverty, disillusionment and violence which characterised life for Coventry’s youth before the explosion of the underground dance scene.
Reflection#1: Fractured City
This radio documentary discusses youths fighting on the streets in Coventry in the 1980's. Fighting was a normal part of life in Coventry, and was seen as fun by some. The city was racially segregated: Tile Hill and Canley were no-go areas for people of colour, whilst neighbourhoods like Hillfields and Holbrooks were more mixed.
“Some feuds were passed from fathers to sons and had been going on for 50 years”, Michael Wilson, DJ Mag
Confusingly, in spite of inter-neighbourhood rivalry within the city, all the different areas would join forces and forget the feuds to fight against other cities at the football. The bond of violence made everyone acceptable: creed, colour and race became invisible in the fight against “firms” from other cities, like the Birmingham Zulus, and Leciester’s Baby Squad.
Duration: 26mins
Reflection#1: Racism
This radio documentary explores stories of racism in Coventry in the 1980's, told through the voices of Coventry street kids. We hear about how widespread racism was, and how it was normalised and accepted by the authorities, including the police and the education system.
“You’re going to get racially abused while you grow up - get used to it”, Clever Trevor
Duration: 24mins57sec
Reflection#1: No Black in the Union Jack
This next radio documentary in the series continues to explore stories of racism in Coventry in the 1980's. No Black in the Union Jack was an anthem sung by the racist whites, often affiliated with the National Front and Anti Paki League movements.
Listeners are advised this contains adult themes and language.
Duration: 44mins44sec
Reflection#1: Graffiti
This radio documentary looks at graffiti in 1980's Coventry, featuring local street artists Andy Clare, Nathan Gascoine, and the legendary Rob May. A view into the origins of today’s street art, which in the 1908’s was typically described as “mindless graffiti”.
Duration: 30mins40sec