In these days of constantly CCTV-surveilled, property over-developed London patrolled by health and safety wonks and paranoid private security forces, the wild world of the inner city squat party seems an impossibility. 
 
DJ, veteran of a thousand festivals and squat party promoter WILL WILES comes to the Bureau to tell tales of acid house daring do, breaking into a variety of buildings (including Newcastle's 19th century Tyne Bridge), rigging up electricity and lights and installing sound systems for DJs to thrill and delight a community of underground ravers dusk 'til dawn before vanishing again on Monday morning.
 
We hear of cooking up ketamine in the kitchen, police raids, psychic dance floor camaraderie and the exploits of tech-savvy wily, piratical, psychedelic pioneers carrying on their subversive activities right under the noses of the authorities and bemused neighbours - motivated by music, madness and a deep belief in the counter-cultural spirit...

https://bureauoflostculture.podbean.com/e/the-acid-techno-squat-party/

Bureau of Lost Culture - The Acid Techno Squat Party 19.07.21

They helped inspire a whole generation of young ravers and lit the fuse for what was to blow up with Technival and Burning Man as well as the more mainstream festivals across Europe and the US – though their (counter)cultural contribution remains largely unacknowledged in their home country.

Marc Angelo Harrison, one of the orginal founders of the people’s sound system, techno, free party, DJ collective Spiral Tribe came to the Bureau to tell some of their story – and about his own journey up and down the spiral. His book A Darker Electricty published by uber-cool electronic music publisher Velocity Press is a rollocking, rumbuctious, beautifully written testament to a deeply countercultural spirit and time. 

We dive deep into the free party scene of the early 90s and talk squatting, sound systems, Ladbroke Grove, doing things for free, police brutality, the ‘new age’ travellers, the tragedy of Castle Morton, ongoing inspiration, community – and the power of bass...

https://bureauoflostculture.podbean.com/e/the-adventures-of-the-spiral-tribe/



Bureau of Lost Culture - Forward The Revolution with Spiral Tribe 28.07.24

The story begins here...
Get a first taste of Cowboys & Aliens, the upcoming sci-fi western bass saga by Tripzy Leary.
This cinematic trailer sets the stage for an interdimensional escape—from Area 51 to the 51st State—featuring alien horses, glitchy transmissions, and outlaw energy.

Full EP drops September 12, 2025. Stay tuned.

COWBOYS AND ALIENS EP (TRAILER)

Infernal Bloom Lyrics:
 
"From the ashes... something blooms...
Rise... I Rise...

They buried me in silence
Drenched in chains of fear
But I fed the soil with vengeance
And now the bloom appears

Cursed seed, demonic stem
I twist the roots again
Watch me blossom in the shadows
With poison in my name...

INFERNAL BLOOM — I break the womb
Rising from the pit, reborn in gloom
Twisted vines, fire-fed bloom
No light, no love — I CHOOSE THE DOOM!

Photosynthesis of pain...
Blooming through the flame...
This garden is a grave...
Infernal... Bloom...
Unnatural... Doom...
I flower in fire
Your Eden consumed"

Infernal Bloom (Vocal Mix) by C3RN

Counter Culture with Next Door Records - 7 June 2025

Trigger

A 1960s inspired folk-rock song that captures the exact moment an entire generation realized they could reject their parents' predetermined future. With its paradoxical title hook and 1960ssound, "Yesterday's Tomorrow" transforms generational rebellion into a timeless meditation on freedom, identity, and the courage to forge your own path.

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Yesterday's Tomorrow

This one is an anthem for winning. Lets celebrate all the wins in life with this one. love yall and enjoy your summer! 

ARTWORK BY CHRIS SH1ELDS

Featuring Searamann on the DJ Cuts (Check, Check Check this out)

Champion Sound

🏁 Champion Sound 🏁

Today's guest is Susannah Cahalan, whose new book is The Acid Queen, a biography of Rosemary Woodruff Leary—muse, fugitive, and heavily indicted co-conspirator of Timothy Leary's psychedelic revolution.

She talks with Reason's Nick Gillespie about hippie communes, outlaw drug smuggling, the war on drugs--and how the '60s counterculture in its best moments ran experiments in radical individualism, where personal freedoms were used to build voluntary communities founded on altered consciousness and aesthetic liberation. The Acid Queen helps explain how the personal became the political, why libertarians should care about the messy legacy of the counterculture, and what comes next in drug policy, especially regarding psychedelics.

This conversation was recorded at a live event in New York City. Go here to find out about upcoming events. And go here to sign up for Reason's NYC events newsletter.

0:00 – Introduction

1:15 – Who is Rosemary Woodruff Leary?

7:02 – How did Rosemary meet Timothy Leary?

9:57 – Why America was ready to experiment with psychedelics

15:12 – Rosemary's connection to John Lennon and Yoko Ono

16:11 – How Rosemary and Timothy Leary became outlaws

21:07 – The jailbreak of Timothy Leary

28:45 – The political speech of Timothy Leary

31:45 – Why Rosemary and Timothy split up

35:31 – The final years of Rosemary Woodruff Leary

40:08 – The reconciliation of Rosemary and Timothy Leary

42:54 – The common thread between Cahalan's books

46:18 – Labeling in mental health

48:34 – Cahalan's experience with psychedelics

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How LSD Helped Launch a Radical Libertarian Counterculture

Throbbing Gristle – Post Punk Britain: In Focus (16 May 2023)

A deep dive into the brutal, brilliant noise of Throbbing Gristle — the band that tore up the rulebook and rewrote the future. Originally broadcast on NTS Radio, this episode of Post Punk Britain: In Focus traces TG’s radical path through post-industrial Britain, from the cold electronics of Hamburger Lady to the confrontational beauty of Exotica. Featuring solo and side projects by Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Chris Carter and Peter Christopherson, including Psychic TV, Chris & Cosey and Coil.

Throbbing Gristle - Post Punk Britain In Focus 16th May 2023

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