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From Cardiff raves to Rio Carnival, London-based photographer Yushy has spent the past decade documenting dance music culture in all its forms 📸 Once described as the “Louis Theroux of underground raves”, he specialises in capturing the small moments that encapsulate both the restless energy and quiet intimacy there is to be found on dancefloors everywhere. As he readies the reissue his 2020 book on the Welsh drum & bass scene, Rave to the Grave, on Velocity Press, he tells Daniel Dylan Wray about the ten photos he’s most proud of. Read the full interview now on djmag.com 🔗

May 17 on the second floor — a presentation of *Ukrainian Field Notes* and a billiards game for donations with Gianmarco Del Re. 📚🎱 @velocitypress \ @ukrainian_field_notes A book about sound, music, and voices from Ukraine after the full-scale invasion—about how the country sounds when everything is changing, but the music doesn’t fade away. We’ll chat with the author, flip through the pages, and hang out talking. Afterward—a few rounds of billiards: a donation game with the author. Come listen, stay to play—the book, the cues, and an evening you’ll want to linger over. See you! 🙆🏻‍♂️ 🇺🇦:17.05 на другому поверсі — презентація Ukrainian Field Notes та більярд за донати з Gianmarco Del Re. 📚🎱 книга про sound, music & voices from Ukraine after the full-scale invasion — про те, як звучить країна, коли все змінюється, але музика не зникає. поговоримо з автором, погортаємо сторінки, зависнемо на розмовах. після — кілька партій у більярд: donation game with the author. приходь послухати, лишайся пограти — книжка, киї й вечір, який хочеться трохи затягнути. Сі ю! 🙆🏻‍♂️

We’re kicking off a special mini-series of episodes in collaboration with Dance or Die, Holly Dicker’s book on the history of hardcore on @velocitypress . What better start than talking to author and rave documentarian @h__dee about living hardcore, writing about gabber, sleeping with scorpions, breakcore, free tekno madness and Hellraiser raves with chainsaws ⛓️ Hell yeah!! Episode is up now on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon and our website RavetotheGrave.org among other spots you listen to podcasts. More dropping each week so keep it 🔒🔒🔒 This first shot is Holly, RTTG host @stareyezzz & @baseck at @bangface which we also talk about in this episode 💕 greatest rave evar #hardcore #gabber #holland #rave #electronicdancemusic

Don’t miss the fan shop at LMF 2026 🙌🏻 During LMF 2026, taking place in Lviv on May 14–16, participants will be able to purchase gifts, books, and merchandise from Ukrainian media outlets and producers. Including: 🔸books and merch from @kyivindependent_official 🔸Ukrainian Field Notes: Sound, Music & Voices From Ukraine After The Full-Scale Invasion by @velocitypress 🔸Narysy newspaper by @index__institute 🔸The Free Voices of Crimea published by @vivat_book 🔸books from @chovenpublishing 🔸merch from @hromadske_radio 🔸tourniquets by SICH.UA 🔸patches by serviceman Oleh Hrytsun, @pko_sndct The fan shop will be located near the registration desk. And if you can’t find it, just ask one of our volunteers! Only 3 days left before registration closes. Find the link in bio. See you at #LMF2026!

Book Launches by Velocity Press (UK) ✦ Publisher Highlight at Unlock Book Fair 2026. Velocity Press (@velocitypress ) is an independent UK publisher specialising in music, nightlife, and underground culture. Its catalogue explores rave, club culture, sound system movements, and countercultural histories through memoir, fiction, and social commentary. Based in London, they have published 65 titles since 2019. We are happy to welcome Velocity Press to Unlock in full force, with a generous spread from their catalogue on rave, club culture and underground history, plus three book launches on stage. ✦ Section 63: Underground & Unmastered | 2025, 144 pages ➔ Photographer Yushy documents the growing hunger for the DIY spirit of dance music, a renaissance of feeling reminiscent of the early 90s. Embedding himself with various crews across London, he gained their trust and friendship, stepping into their world and their fight to reclaim forgotten spaces to play music for the people just for a night. ✦ UK Rave Flyers 1988–1989 | 2025, 300 pages ➔ A deluxe collection of original flyers from the breakthrough years of UK acid house, capturing the DIY energy and bold visual style of a scene that grew from underground parties into a nationwide movement. Featuring high-quality reproductions and quotes from DJs, promoters and ravers. ✦ Future Language of the Ikonoklast | 2025, 272 pages ➔ In 1989, six London graffiti artists were invited to join a new collective spearheaded by Juice 126. Guided by his manifesto, the group sought to break free from the traditional constraints of graffiti. With author Remi Rough (@remirough ). Don’t miss the feast of graffiti, art and subcultures! 📚🔥❤️🎉 ➔ Book Launches by Velocity Press (UK) ✦ Section 63 ✦ UK Rave Flyers 1988–1989 Friday 8 May ➔ Future Language of the Ikonoklast Talk & Book Launch ✦ With author Remi Rough (UK) Saturday May 10 Unlock Book Fair 2026 • 8–10 May • Völklinger Hütte @voelklinger_huette • Presented by Urban Art Biennale and GRACE Project

The Motel: High Times in 90s Ibiza by Claire Manumission will be published 31 July on @velocitypress 🩷 Le Weekend MANUMISSION is the immersive theatrical experience drawing from the stories inside Claire’s tell-all memoir. 🗞️ STOP PRESS! JUST ADDED Salon Manumission: Pink Pussy readings and signing of the new book. Claire takes you back inside the scandalous, sun-soaked chaos of 90s Ibiza in the lush club tropicana of @pikesibiza Limited Guest list only available to Manumission at @528ibiza ticket holders who have purchased a copy of The Motel: High Times in 90s Ibiza @velocitypress Join Claire on the evening of Friday 25 September. Links in bio… 🗝️ SECRET HACK Use the code MOTEL10 when you buy your book. You will receive an email with another code for your ticket to Manumission at 528 for those yet to indulge double drop baby! 👄 🎨Manumission artwork @miesvanderhoe_arch 📸Book cover Photography @michelfiguet 💄Makeup design #marcolattemakeup 📕Book cover design @mecobdesign 🖌️Book cover paintwork @bentallon

Future Language of the Ikonoklast ✦ German launch at Unlock Book Fair 2026, with author Remi Rough (@remirough ). In 1989, six London graffiti artists were invited to join a new collective spearheaded by Juice 126. Guided by his manifesto, the group sought to break free from the traditional constraints of graffiti. This was well before the current wave of street art, and the collective became one of the earliest groups of writers to push deliberately beyond the rules of graffiti culture. Collective member Remi Rough will be at the fair presenting the new book about this era. In his own words: “a 272 page tome of artworks and photographs from a pre-digital era sharing the history of the Ikonoklast Movement.” Most of this material is published for the first time. Published by @velocitypress , who will be at the fair with their catalogue exploring rave and other subcultures. Remi Rough is a featured artist at this year’s Urban Art Biennale @voelklinger_huette . ➔ Future Language of the Ikonoklast Talk & Book Launch ✦ With author Remi Rough (UK) Published by Velocity Press (UK) 30 min • Saturday May 10 Don’t miss the feast of graffiti, art and subcultures! 📚🔥❤️🎉 Unlock Book Fair 2026 • 8–10 May • Völklinger Hütte @voelklinger_huette • Presented by Urban Art Biennale and GRACE Project

🗣️ GNO’s take on Club Commons by Anjali Prashar-Savoie, out now on @velocitypress ! Hear more from our founder Bryony re the “nightlife shock doctrine” in the chapter on Carceral Clubbing 📖

Who said Sunday is a day of rest? We’re feeling incredibly grateful (and a little bit exhausted in the best way possible), looking back at everything that happened yesterday. The day kicked off at The Greyhound in Peckham for our book fair. Huge thanks to Soi Books, Disco Pogo, Cultural Traffic and Suddi Raval for the company, Justin Robertson for playing such a great set and not forgetting The Greyhound team for being such welcoming hosts. To everyone who swung by to browse and chat: thank you for making the afternoon so vibrant. From South London, it was straight down to Brighton for Sound Affects at the East Street Tap. It was a total joy to see a full house and feel that level of energy in the room. The highlight of the night was undoubtedly the talks from photographers Georgina Cook and Yushy. Hearing them dive into the stories behind their respective books, Drumz of the South and Section 63, was a real treat for anyone who loves underground culture. It was also great to catch up with fellow Velocity Press authors Dan Lish and Holly Dicker in the crowd. Big love to Jak Hutchcraft for organising such a seamless event, and to everyone in Brighton who came out to support. #velocitypress

A new book, ‘Ukrainian Field Notes: Sound, Music and Voices from Ukraine After the Full-Scale Invasion’, explores how war has reshaped electronic music in Ukraine. The book is rooted in more than 300 interviews recorded for the Resonance FM podcast ‘A Closer Listen’, which platforms experimental artists across the country.⁠ ⁠ Hosted by Gianmarco Del Re, the podcast forms the basis of the book, which examines how air raid sirens, bombs and gunfire have transformed music production and everyday listening habits. Del Re’s previous work includes a documentary on alternative music in Bratislava and a monograph on artist and film-maker Derek Jarman.⁠ ⁠ We spoke to Del Re about how conflict has transformed listening, production and the meaning of the dancefloor in Ukraine.⁠ ⁠ You can purchase a copy of the book today via @velocitypress . ⁠

On Saturday we had a book stall at Mostra, an independent festival in Barcelona dedicated to avant-garde and experimental electronic music. Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by, flipped through a few pages, and shared a conversation with us. There’s something special about the intersection of deep listening and deep reading. Special thanks to the Mostra team for having us #velocitypress #mostra #barcelona #bookstall

Join us at The Greyhound on Sunday 22 March for an afternoon celebrating independent publishing, music culture and the ideas that connect them. The book fair brings together stalls from Velocity Press, Soi Books, Disco Pogo and Cultural Traffic, showcasing books that document underground culture, radical music scenes and the people who shape them. The afternoon also features a DJ set from Justin Robertson, followed by a reading from his new book The MineralTail. Free entry. All welcome. #velocitypress #soibooks #discopogo #culturaltraffic #justinrobertson