Roni Size to DJ at world's deepest underground rave in Welsh mine

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 9 Oct, 06:14 · Archive

Drum 'n' bass DJ Roni Size will perform at an abandoned Welsh slate mine 1,375 feet below ground on October 15 in a world record attempt.

Drum 'n' bass DJ Roni Size will perform at an abandoned Welsh slate mine on 15 October in what is being staged as a world record attempt for the deepest underground rave. The Cwmorthin slate mine near Blaenau Ffestiniog, founded in 1810 and closed in 1997, will host the event 1,375 feet below the surface—described as the furthest point under the earth in the UK that the public can reach.

A limited group of participants will navigate miners' stairways, waterlogged passages and underground ravines to reach the chamber, with the route including scrambles, zip lines and abseils. Underground adventure specialists Go Below will guide participants through the site. Size will deliver an exclusive set created for the subterranean chamber.

The music will extend beyond the speakers: vibration transducers and specialist field-recording equipment will channel the performance deep into the mine, capturing how its frequencies reverberate through slate, mud and water. The event is planned as a record attempt with evidence to be documented and submitted for independent recognition. Size, who emerged from Bristol's sound-system and rave scenes, helped shape early jungle and drum and bass before bringing the genre to mainstream audiences with his collective Reprazent, whose debut album New Forms won the 1997 Mercury Prize.

Roni Size to DJ at world's deepest underground rave in Welsh mine — Image: North Wales Chronicle

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'Deepest underground rave on Earth' to take place 1,375ft below Gwynedd mineThe world’s deepest underground rave will take place underneath an abandoned slate mine in Gwynedd,North Wales Chronicle · 9 Oct, 05:29
Rave to take place 1,375 feet underground in abandoned Gwynedd quarryLegendary drum 'n' bass DJ Roni Size will perform 1,375 feet underground at the former Cwmorthin slate mine in EryriNorth Wales Live · 7 Oct, 07:25

In this story: Roni Size · Cwmorthin slate mine · Blaenau Ffestiniog · Eryri · Bristol · Reprazent · Go Below · G-SHOCK

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