Turn on, tune in, chill out

Summer 1989: Number 20 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicA couple of years after the Second Summer of Love, the chill-out room was as much a draw as the main dancefloor. The Orb, initially made up of Jimmy Cauty of the KLF and Alex Paterson, were the chief pioneers here, already with cult singles to their name when Paul Oakenfold recruited Paterson to DJ at his London club night Land of Oz. Soon, they were on ToTP playing chess and dressed as astronauts, allusions t...

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