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When looking back at the history of rave music in **Teesside and the North East**, there are certain names that appear again and again across different clubs, promotions and generations.
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DJ NRG – The Colosseum and the Roots of North East Rave Before the New Monkey. Before North East Makina became a sound recognised around the country. Before YouTube, SoundCloud and downloadable rave sets.
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When people talk about the history of **Makina in North East England**, there are certain DJs, MCs, clubs and promoters that repeatedly appear.
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Before Facebook, Instagram and modern event apps took over club promotion, UK ravers had websites and forums where entire communities formed around dance music.
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For a generation of Teesside clubbers, **The Cornerhouse in Middlesbrough** was one of those venues you didn't easily forget.
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For anyone interested in the history of clubbing and nightlife around Stockton-on-Tees, **The Colosseum in Norton** is a name worth remembering.
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For anyone who remembers nights out in Stockton-on-Tees during the 1990s, **Bianco’s** is one of those names that may bring back a few memories.
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For anyone who went clubbing around **Teesside in the late 1990s and early 2000s**, the name **Millennium** will bring back some memories.
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If you spent time around Middlesbrough town centre, there’s a good chance you remember **The Crown**. Sitting prominently on the corner of **Linthorpe Road and Borough Road**, the huge building became part of Boro nightlife — but its history goes back much further than its days as a pub and club.
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For generations of clubbers from Teesside and across the North East, the name **Tall Trees** brings back some serious memories.
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If you went out drinking and clubbing in **Stockton-on-Tees during the 2000s**, there's a good chance you'll remember **Zanzibar**.
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Brad’s Bar, Stockton-on-Tees – Remembering a Teesside Nightlife Venue
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Explore Hangar 13’s place in Sunderland’s rave story, its connection with DJ Scott and the archive recordings keeping a chapter of North East makina in earshot.
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Remembering K2 in Billingham: its La Ronde roots, its place in the town’s nightlife and the local history left behind after the building disappeared.
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A listener's guide to Traxsource, with house-focused genres, label catalogues, DJ charts and routes into underground club music.
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How flyer artwork, clothing, logos and handmade design gave UK club scenes a recognisable identity beyond the music.
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The speaker stacks, radio signals, record counters and tape packs that helped underground UK music travel before streaming.
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How late-1980s acid house grew from intimate club nights and warehouse parties into a connected UK rave culture.
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How Newcastle, Sunderland, Teesside and surrounding towns built a fiercely local underground through raves, Makina, MC culture, independent clubs and DIY organisers.
Read on WGR ↗How the UK Hard House sound grew through Trade, Tony De Vit and a club culture built around faster, tougher dancefloor energy.
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Read on WGR ↗The roots of House music in Chicago’s Black, Latino and queer club communities—and the global movement that followed.
Read on WGR ↗How hard house, hard trance, hardstyle, hardcore and related scenes connect under the Hard Dance banner.
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