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Re:Inside An Illegal Party In An Abandoned Subway Station De... by foobarbazqux on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @10:31PM (#5950418)
In the UK you cannot have unpermitted gatherings on your own property where the music being played "includes sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats."
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Re:Inside An Illegal Party In An Abandoned Subway Station De... by adamauckland on Thursday June 27, 2013 @04:36AM (#5951210)
It's hardly surprising, really. The generation who lived through the hedonistic days of the swinging 60s and changing political landscape of the 1970s while enjoying student grants and free university tuition would only naturally litigate against young people wanting to have a party in a field once they grew old.

It's easy to be cynical, so I am!

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Re:Inside An Illegal Party In An Abandoned Subway Station De... by graue on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @11:36PM (#5950614)
I wonder if that law was part of the inspiration for breakcore? You'd be safe if the beats aren't actually repeating...
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Re:Inside An Illegal Party In An Abandoned Subway Station De... by foobarbazqux on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @11:55PM (#5950666)
It's not breakcore, but Autechre's Anti EP was released in protest.

http://www.discogs.com/Autechre-Anti-EP/release/157

I like the way they also printed some of the sticker notes on the actual labels. You can see this if you click on the teal sleeve image at the top left.

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Re:Inside An Illegal Party In An Abandoned Subway Station De... by PavlovsCat on Thursday June 27, 2013 @12:01AM (#5950679)
mind = blown.
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