House and proud: a retrospective of Smokescreen Soundsystem

Words: Vita FitzSimons
Photos: Matt Smith, Alan (Tash) Lodge, Gary Pfeiffer, Nick Clague @kush1969
Tuesday 12 November 2024
reading time: min, words

Being home to two of the UK’s greatest underground house sound-systems, DiY and Smokescreen, Nottingham has been spoilt for quality deep house music - but what were the origins of these now legendary gatherings, and how did they fit into the politics of the time? We asked the individuals who lived out those joyful days firsthand about the history of sound-systems in Nottinghamshire and beyond.

Castlemorton Common, May 1992. (Credit Alan Tash Lodge)

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