Books written by Matthew Collin

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  Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House

  'We were experimenting with the idea of free parties,' says Harrison. 'It seemed like a sensible thing to do – there were all these big commercial raves going on that had lost their mystery. Previous to that you'd had these huge illegal ...

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  Rave On: Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music

  ... 138–43, 162, 180–2, 211–12, 283 Heaven, 25 Hebden, Kieran, 159, 213 Hector, Graeme, 193 Hedges, John, 347 Hefner, Hugh, 103 Hegemann, Dimitri, 52–9, 61, 69, 85–6, 93, 177 Heidelberg Project, The, 37 Hendrix, Jimi, 169 Henke, Robert, ...

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  Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House

  This new edition sees Matthew Collin cast a fresh eye on the heady events of the acid house 'Summer of Love' and the rave scene's euphoric escalation into commercial excess as MDMA became a mass-market narcotic.

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  Rave On: Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music

  ... marijuana and LSD,' he wrote in his illuminating memoir of the time, Dope in the Age of Innocence. 'We were forerunners of a culture that was about to sweep the coffee shops and colleges of Europe but it was secretive then; if you ...

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  Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House

  This second edition includes accounts of the election campaign of Tony Blair which used an Ecstasy anthem as its musical theme, and the trial and acquittal of a 19-year-old for supplying the drug that killed Leah Betts, and her links to ...