A teenage punk rocker, Dave Beer began following The Clash and The Cure around until he fell into jobs as roadie and tour manager for various 80s indie bands.
When acid house arrived in the late 1980s, Dave threw himself head-first into the movement and at the turn of the 90s started a club night with best friend Alistair Cook in their home city of Leeds in the north of England..
It was the friendly, community feeling and hedonistic aesthetic that made Basics one of the success stories of the 1990s.
Musically, the award-winning nights were on-point: they gave UK debuts to US DJs such as Danny Tenaglia, Derrick Carter and Francois K, early opportunities to Daft Punk, Basement Jaxx and Groove Armada, and helped nurture resident DJs such as Ralph Lawson, Denney, Paul
Woolford, Tristan Da Cunha, James Holroyd, Huggy and Burnski.
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