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Chris Liberator

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Chris started djing back in 1991 playing his first ever party in a squat in North London (organised with the fledgling Liberator crew featuring himself, Julian and Aaron). Liberator soon made a name for themselves putting on parties in and around North East London in squats and underground venues, and it wasn’t long before they began hooking up with other crews doing similar stuff including Bedlam, Full On, Zero Gravity and Megadog who they all played regularly for with their firebrand mix of Acid, hard Techno and Rave. Getting involved with the illegal raves kicking off in the UK at the time (including Lechlade and Castle Morton) via their numerous traveller connections saw them hook up with crews out in Europe from Prague and Holland and they began travelling internationally as well. In 1993 they began their label Stay Up Forever to represent their own unique style, and as it progressed and they met more producers like DDR, D.A.V.E. The Drummer, Gizelle, Geezer and Lawrie Immersion, the sound of London Techno and Acid Techno as we know it was born.

Chris went on to start the SUF Collective (which he runs with Aaron Liberator) and began DJing across the world including places as far flung as Brazil, Venezuela, Japan, South Africa and Australia, and his name quickly became synonymous with the sound of the London Techno he represented. Meanwhile he continued to support his roots playing thousands of squat parties and underground raves in London, UK and Europe, keeping it firmly ‘real’ despite making DJ mag’s top 100 dj list on several occasions and producing some of the era’s most popular Acd Techno mix cds. Musically he has been behind some of the scenes biggest anthems including ONE NIGHT IN HACKNEY (with D.A.V.E.The Drummer), LONDON ACID CITY (with Lawrie Immersion) , CROYDON GIRL (with Sterling Moss and Rackitt), SCUM LIKE US (with Sterling Moss), X RAY OK , SOUL MANTRA and many, many more. Chris was originally a punk on the early eighties Anarcho punk scene and carries his sense of DIY and anti system principles from then, and still plays in 2 punk bands (Dogshite and Hagar The Womb) as well as DJ ing classic punk and reggae sets. Chris still only plays on vinyl and is just as dedicated to his art and philosophy as he was when he started 30 years ago!!!

Set recorded live on Stay Up Forever radio show “TEAR YOUR CLOTHES OFF”, presented by John Bromage AKA Product 19, from Kinetec old record shop in central London. June 2007.

MAXX – Tear Your Clothes Off on Techno.fm (Vinyl DJ Set) 2007 by Maxx on Mixcloud

The Rebel Yelle Show – from the Stay Up Forever Collective – kicks off every month with a 2 hour live show on the first Friday of the month, 9pm-11pm, spinning a sonic feast of electronic dance music for all you new and old skool ravers.
Celebrating 25 years of DJ-ing and the explosion of acid house onto the London underground scene, expect to hear some old skool acid house & rave classics mixed up with all things acid, house, techno, plus loads more electronic delights in between.
Over the months, Gizelle will also be inviting like-minded underground dj friends to come and play their own style of dance music to keep you entertained and inspired along the way.The Rebel Yelle Show wil be recorded live on the first Friday of each month at Optical Radio, 9pm-11pm, and streamlined every Friday thereafter at the same time.
WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SHOW – LOVE & PEACE!
presented by DJ GIZELLE

The Rebel Yelle Show with Kenny Mulligan 05 07 2013 by Optical Radio on Mixcloud

At Acidtechno.co.uk we are heavily into our vinyl. We have decided to mention in a very short blog who we recommend to get vinyl from. Let us know our recommendations by email us on info@acidtechno.co.uk, and you never know it may get onto the blog page 😉

Birinight is the first vinyl seller we would like to mention. What Biri doesn’t know about techno really isn’t worth knowing. His knowledge is second to none. His discogs page really reflects this with the wide range of music he sells, and the DJ sets he plays his discogs page is here

Stay Up Forever Records

Stay Up Forever has been at the forfront of the UK Acid techno scene since 1994. Stay Up forever have had some of the biggest UK Techno pioneers in the scene from Geezer to Chris Liberator!

SUF have a fantastic record store which covers a vast area of the techno scene. To access their store click here

Acid Ted returns with another release. Track listing below:

A1 Pranksterz Possessed Minds
B1 Pranksterz Hoover Uprising

Buy and listen to audio samples from Stay Up Forevers Record store by clicking here