Episode 1: AC SLATER
One of the USA’s most beloved festival headliners, Aaron “AC Slater” Clevenger, discusses his West Virginia skating roots, how '90s rave culture inspired his DIY outsider ethos, happy hardcore parties, American cheese, introducing the US to bass house and building his record label / merchandise / events empire Night Bass. We also find out about the most massive massives he’s ever attended, Mr. Peanut and how he ended up in a crew full of vampires.
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Things discussed in this episode:
- NIGHT BASS – AC Slater’s record label devoted to UK-oriented bass sounds
- Hyperreal.org - An important resource for ’90s ravers that still maintains an archive of some of their content & message boards organized by region. Hyperreal also used to host a pre-Instant Messenger Telnet chat called VRAVE where Vivian met most of her first raver friends.
- Happy Hardcore Tape Packs - Listen to a bunch of old hardcore, happy hardcore & jungle tape packs! God bless whoever archives these.
- Trouble & Bass - Archive of the NYC DJ crew + record label + troublemaking squad that AC Slater was a part of prior to forming Night Bass. Listen to the music on Soundcloud here.
- The Night Bass stage at the UK’s Boomtown Festival - Here’s Chris Lorenzo’s set. Check out the whole Boomtown ‘The Gathering’ festival here.
