Join Mark Archer as he rewinds back to a golden, trailblazing year for UK rave. Classics from Acen, 4hero, Dee Patten, and more salute peak times for hardcore. “1991 was the year that hardcore finally came into its own,” the Altern-8 star tells Apple Music. “All the elements from hip-hop, house, bleep and bass, and Belgian techno—sometimes with a dash of Italian piano—[were] all thrown into the melting pot and the UK rave scene came up with hardcore, the sound of 1991!”