Irvine Welsh, author of the best-selling 1993 novel “Trainspotting,” has been tapped to pen a new TV series based on the birth of the acid house and rave music movement, as reported by Fact. Welsh’s screenwriting partner Dean Cavanagh will co-write the screenplay.
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The series will be titled “Ibiza87” and will be inspired by the careers of the famous DJs Nicky Holloway, Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling. It follows the story of the advent of the rave movement, from the trio’s famous trip to Ibiza in 1987 (after which they became known as “the Ibiza four” together with DJ Johnny Walker) to the summer of 1989, known as the Second Summer of Love, when acid music became the dominant sound in England’s club scene.
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The series will be titled “Ibiza87” and will be inspired by the careers of the famous DJs Nicky Holloway, Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling. It follows the story of the advent of the rave movement, from the trio’s famous trip to Ibiza in 1987 (after which they became known as “the Ibiza four” together with DJ Johnny Walker) to the summer of 1989, known as the Second Summer of Love, when acid music became the dominant sound in England’s club scene.
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- 3/28/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
TV drama series to chronicle dance music scene.
I Am Bolt and Class of 92 producer Fulwell 73 is in development on Ibiza87, a TV drama series charting the rise of electronic dance music in the late 1980s.
Loosely based on the exploits of UK DJs Danny Rampling, Paul Oakenfold and Nicky Holloway - all of whom are attached to the project - the series chronicles the story of a group of friends from south London who became well known DJs at the forefront of the acid house and electronic dance music scene.
Trainspotting writer Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh are on board as writers.
Leo Pearlman at Fulwell 73 is producer; executive producer is Josephine Rose for Sony Pictures International.
The soundtrack is set to be curated and compiled by Rampling, Oakenfold and Holloway.
Pearlman said “This is the story of a youth culture movement that swept a nation and eventually the world, the wider cultural...
I Am Bolt and Class of 92 producer Fulwell 73 is in development on Ibiza87, a TV drama series charting the rise of electronic dance music in the late 1980s.
Loosely based on the exploits of UK DJs Danny Rampling, Paul Oakenfold and Nicky Holloway - all of whom are attached to the project - the series chronicles the story of a group of friends from south London who became well known DJs at the forefront of the acid house and electronic dance music scene.
Trainspotting writer Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh are on board as writers.
Leo Pearlman at Fulwell 73 is producer; executive producer is Josephine Rose for Sony Pictures International.
The soundtrack is set to be curated and compiled by Rampling, Oakenfold and Holloway.
Pearlman said “This is the story of a youth culture movement that swept a nation and eventually the world, the wider cultural...
- 3/28/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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