Aphex Twin's first single Bubblebath released by Mighty Force records

September 1991: Number 21 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicIt's a familiar story through dance music, from Manchester's Eastern Bloc to Glasgow's Rubadub and Berlin's Hardwax: independent record shops acting as a kind of unofficial youth club for musicians and DJs who spend hours hanging out in the record racks, and then starting labels. Exeter's Mighty Force had a good hit rate, releasing the first ever Aphex Twin record (which also featured Global Communication's...

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