Revolt of the Ravers – The Movement against the Criminal Justice Act in Britain 1993-95 is a look back at the grassroots campaigns against the then new Criminal Justice Bill which became the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and specifically targeted travellers, squatters and ravers.
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Mark Harrison tells Neil Transpontine about the origins of Spiral Tribe, their crucial role in formenting early 1990s free parties and teknivals, and what they did next… and are still doing
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From Subculture to Hegemony: Transversal Strategies of the New Right in Neofolk and Martial Industrial is an overview of strategies of the “New” Right to influence musical subcultures and normalise countercultural fascism and völkish narratives. It was originally published in Datacide Eleven in 2011.
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Assessment of the Ernst Jünger text Der Waldgang which has a following in pseudo-intellectual Neofolk and industrial circles. Please note that this short article should be read as an appendix to “From Subculture to Hegemony:Transversal Strategies of the New Right in Neofolk and Martial Industrial”
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A label portrait of Force Inc./Riot Beats/Mille Plateaux consisting of our label questionnaire (answered by Digital Hardcore in Issue 0.0), text by Achim Szepanski, and some record reviews, published in Alien Underground 0.1 in Spring 1995
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Germany Scene Report 1995 detailing developments in the hardcore and breakcore scenes in Berlin, Hamburg and beyond. Featuring the likes of Digital Hardcore Recordiings, Cross Fade Enter Tainment and more, written by Joel Amaretto for Alien Underground in 1995.
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For Kroker, the hype around the info highway etc is the way which bodies are drawn into cyber-space through the seduction of empowerment. The virtual class are those that would formerly be called technocrats and are they that have a vested interest in virtualising more and more aspects of existence’ A critique by Flint Michigan.
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A double page spread in the first issue of Alien Underground dealt with the (then) threat of the new Criminal Justice Bill (which was to become law in as the 1994 Criminal Justice Act shortly after with minor alterations) in three sections. The first was more of an opinion piece, the second a brief rundown of central sections of the law, the third a report on (then) recent protests. Published in 1994 in Alien Underground 0.0
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In “The Electronic Disturbance,” Critical Art Ensemble explores resistance in the technological age, emphasizing the concept of “liquescence” and the elusive nature of modern power. They advocate for electronic resistance against privatized public spaces, or “bunkers,” and propose small, non-hierarchical groups using technology to create impactful, coordinated acts of civil disobedience. Book review by Flint Michigan.
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