#298. Drum & Bass DJ Micky Finn Exposes Ibiza's Ecstasy Explosion - Micky Finn

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🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Micky Finn is a Drum 'n' Bass DJ and producer, being one of the original rave scene Hardcore and Jungle pioneers. In this episode me and Micky talk everything 90s clubland. From house music, to breakbeat and jungle drum n bass, we talk through the evolution of the music scene and how Ibiza has dramatically impacted the industry today.

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0:00.0	I was one of the ravers. I couldn't get enough of it.
0:02.0	House music, Acid House, breakbeat, you know, going into Jungle, Drum and Bass.
0:08.0	Drum and Bass was Jungle with different elements in it.
0:11.0	The DJs aren't going to the clubs because there's no clubs anymore.
0:13.0	So they're after up their prices to claw the money back they would have got.
0:16.0	And it's putting the pressure on the promoters every time they want to do booking. I'm not going to blame my beafer, but their animal is completely different.
0:23.5	They run a 14-week brutal season.
0:26.1	So you can see why the bidding wars go on.
0:29.5	Going to a club these days, it's 50, 60, 70, 70, 80 euros just to get in a club.
0:32.9	It was an ecstasy scene more than anything.
0:34.7	What's the most amount of money you've ever earned on a remix?
0:37.8	Oh, do I even want to be saying this stuff?
0:40.8	Uh, society and club land before the acid house seen it.
0:45.8	Sadly, it was very black and white.
0:47.8	Yeah.
0:48.8	I did Glastonbury, for example.
0:49.8	We closed the dance tent on the Sunday and there was about 40,000 there. You know David Bowie is right.
0:56.0	He just come running out going, what the f*** is going on in that tent?
1:00.0	All I can here is...
1:03.0	Hey guys, just a quick one.
1:08.0	Some of you may not know it, I also own a Sport and Music Festival.
1:10.0	30,000 people, 400 teams competing.
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