Episode 22: SEANA GAVIN
Seana Gavin is a London-based visual artist who spent 10 years immersed in the free party culture in the UK and beyond, traveling to week-long parties in the Czech countryside, the mountains above Marseille, or Berlin squats with soundsystems like Spiral Tribe, Bedlam, Desert Storm, and Hekate. Her photos and diary entries of the adventures of these roving cyberpunks are collected in books like Spiral Baby and Spiralled, and we sat down to talk about border crossing, squat raves, politics, drugs, freedom, and just how dirty things can get.
Check out Seana Gavin’s website.
Follow Seana on Instagram.
Check out Seana’s Spiralled book, published by IDEA.
Things discussed in this episode & extras:
- Seana Gavin Feature in i-D Mag. A cool interview with Seana + see more pics from the book in high-res on i-D magazine.
- A History of Hekate Soundsystem. Ravey Davey and Dan The Wirebug join Tom for this radio special on Resonance FM from 2006 to talk about the history of London’s squat clubs, the Hekate soundsytem, and play more than a few trippy records.
- Mini Spiral Tribe Documentary. You’re off on your way to somewhere you’ve never been before and you don’t know how you’ll get home and then you find the party and they say get in, get in and close the door and you’re off.
- Partying During Wartime. A really dope story about ballsy Scottish soundsystem Desert Storm.
- Harry DiY Interview. What happened at Castlemorton. House music vs. hard tekno. Fuck the police. Learn more in this RTTG episode about the early 90s UK free party scene.
- Manic Josh Spiral Tribe B-Side. The Youtube caption says it all. “This tape was being distributed at the "Blast Off 94" Spiral Tribe / Mutoid Waste Co. party at Tacheles in Berlin, 31st of December 1993, which clearly was one of the greatest musical experiences ever and deeply impressed and influenced all of us. Luckily the tape survived all of the other adventures that took place since then :)”
- Whirl-Y-Gig. More about London’s 40+ year old gateway drug to raving and ecstatic dance.
- Cyberdog. London’s premier emporium for all things blinky, fuzzy, fractal, glow-in-the-dark, reflective, and platform. Strictly for the headstrong.
- Dutch Free Tekno Documentary. Aalles is cool en niets is klote.
- French Teknival 2018 footage. This shit never died. Vibe out to 13.5 minutes of flavor from France’s long-running free tekno rager.
Tracks in this episode include:
Spiral Tribe - Sirius 23
Unit Moebius - Zipper
Spiral Tribe - Forward the Revolution
Richie Anderson & Brandon Spivey - Aftermath
R-Zac 23 - Apocalyptic Heroes
The Mover - Invite the Fear
