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In 1994, parliament passed the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, which gave special powers to the police to shut down the many free, illegal parties that had sprung up in abandoned government buildings, disused industrial spaces and the fields beyond the M25 since the emergence of acid house in the 1980s. In case of any doubt that this legislation was intended to target electronic dance music specifically, Section 63 of the act defines the soundtrack of these “raves” as “predominantly characterised” by “a succession of repetitive beats”.
There was widespread objection from the scene. The electro duo Autechre released the track “Flutter”, which attempted to subvert the law with a deliberately off-kilter rhythm. (The sleevenotes recommended that DJs keep “a lawyer and a musicologist present” to fend off “police harassment”.)
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