Archivio #1 – Records Store Ads and Paper Ephemera from Rave fanzines of the early 90s

116 pages
Foreword by Colin Steven
17 x 24 cm 
Language: English
Softcover
Publisher: Never Sleep
Limited edition of 300

2021

Archive is a new series of publications by Never Sleep focused on the exploring archiving practices displaying private collections of visual artefacts, memorabilia, collecting garments and graphic curiosities. A memories wunderkammer: from rave-club culture to the youth subcultures.

The first issue, curated by Gabber Eleganza, is a publication made it during the Covid lockdown, collecting and scanning Rave records store advertisements, graphics curiosity and illustration ephemera find consulting tons of old techno and rave fanzines from the early 90s from: USA, UK, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy and Germany. A pure, rough and beautiful visual testimony of a unique and unrepeatable historical moment.