Danny Rampling is a British based House Music DJ and is widley credited as one of the orginal founders of the UK`s rave/club scene. His long career began in the early 1980`s playing hip-hop, soul and funk around numerous bars and clubs in London. During a now legendary holiday in Ibiza in 1987, Rampling, along with fellow DJ`s Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway, Jonny Walker and Lisa Loud, attended Amnesia, a then open air nightclub in San Rafael. At the club the group were introduced to the unique eclectic style of DJ Alfredo, playing, among other genres, the new house music that had been exported from the USA. The group also discovered the musics powerful combination with the hallucinogenic amphetamine, Ecstasy (MDMA). Upon his return to England, Rampling, along with his wife, attmpted to recreate the Ibizan experience by promoting what is regarded as the UK`s first rave club, Shoom!. Shoom! ran for 3 years, starting out at a gym in Southwark, London. It launched acid house culture vertually overnight, while simultaniously providing a basis for mass Ecstasy use in the UK. House music is a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms of which originated in the United States in the early- to mid-1980s. ... A rave (sometimes referred to as a rave party) is an all-night dance event where DJs and other performers play electronic dance music and rave music. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began among urban African Americans and Latinos in New York City in the early 1970s, and has since spread around the world. ... Flag of Eivissa Eivissa or Ibiza is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea, and belonging to Spain. ... Paul Oakenfold performs at Club Nation in Washington DC. Photo by: Utopium Paul Oakenfold (born August 30, 1963 in Britain) is a record producer and one of the best-known DJs worldwide. ... House music is a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms of which originated in the United States in the early- to mid-1980s. ... Hallucinogenic drugs or hallucinogens are drugs that can alter sensory perceptions, elicit alternate states of consciousness, or cause hallucinations. ... Amphetamine, also known as speed, is a synthetic stimulant used to suppress the appetite, control weight, and treat disorders including narcolepsy and Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. ... Ecstasy, from the Greek ekstasis, to be outside oneself, is a category of trance or trancelike states in which an individual transcends ordinary consciousness and as a result has a heightened capacity for exceptional thought or experience. ... ecstasy and religious ecstasy MDMA, most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy, is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family whose primary effect is to stimulate the brain to rapidly secrete large amounts of serotonin, causing a general sense of openness, empathy, energy, euphoria, and well-being. ... A rave (sometimes referred to as a rave party) is an all-night dance event where DJs and other performers play electronic dance music and rave music. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Acid house is a variant of house music characterized by the use of simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters. ... Ecstasy, from the Greek ekstasis, to be outside oneself, is a category of trance or trancelike states in which an individual transcends ordinary consciousness and as a result has a heightened capacity for exceptional thought or experience. ...

In the following years Rampling continued his career in music as a DJ and producer, remixing many UK and international acts while forming a band, The Millionare Hippies. In 1992 he joined the BBC, presenting the "Lovegroove Dance Party" on Radio 1 untill 1992, making it the second longest running dance music show in Radio after Pete Tong`s "Essential Selection". Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... 1992 (MCMXCII in Roman) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Pete Tong (born July 1960) is a British DJ who works for BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom. ...