Introduction : ‘This is a journey’ ; Beat Down Babylon : Soundsystem culture, racism and the roots of UK dance music ; British Tribal Music : Free festivals, new Travellers and rural proto-rave ; Dance Before the Police Come : God’s Cop, Victorian values and Thatcher’s war on vice ; Make Some Fucking Noise : Techno terrorists versus the Criminal Justice Act ; Tony and Gordon Go Large : Big beat manifestos, the ‘creative industries’ and the rise of the superclub ; Some Giddy Rite of Passage? Power, profit and prohibition in the global dance drug trade ; The Breakdown : Disrespect agendas and the demonization of Black British dance music ; Pirates’ Anthem : Kiss, Rinse and the evolution of dance music radio ; Real People Doing Real Things : Broadcast TV, online platforms and the visual mediation of UK dance floors ; Strictly Business Techno : Gentrification and resistance in the night-time economy ; Plague Raving : Covid-19 and the eternal return of the illegal party ; Just Like We Never Said Goodbye : The past, present and future of UK dance music