Tat – Ramble Rave 21 – Special Part 2 – Legends of the Sheffield Rave Scene

This is a special podcast in addition to episode 21 of Ramble Rave and following on from the second episode where I spoke to Sheffield icon Winston Hazel. I walked Sheffield’s streets exploring iconic venues from Sheffield’s vibrant dance music history, where I spoke to a few people who have been important to Sheffield’s historic dance music scene. Over the course of this episode you’ll hear from the likes of Richard Benson who was one half of Asterix and Space, Martin Leverton who was a pirate radio DJ throughout much of the 1990s and has since run a successful record and music equipment shop called Record Junkee and Music Junkee. Green was a resident at one of Sheffield’s most important clubs in the early 1990s, the legendary Palais. Whilst Chris Bibby was one of the promoters and DJs at the forward thinking NY Sushi nights which followed the demise of the rave scene in the city. Winston Hazel’s importance to the Sheffield scene cannot be underestimated, he was and remains a hugely influential presence and inspired many people to take up DJing in the late 80s, including myself. Finally, we’ll hear from Neil Anderson who is a writer and journalist who has written more about Sheffield’s nightlife than anyone including a book about the subterranean club The Limit which features in this podcast.