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Remembering Daytimers - the secret South Asian day raves of the ‘80s and ‘90s — AZEEMA

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Daytimers were underground Bhangra and bass-filled raves that took place in broad daylight across the UK. Thousands of Desi youth would attend these parties as a way to break from conservative family traditions in the 1980s and early 1990s. They also paved the way for female DJs and performers from

Remembering Daytimers - the secret South Asian day raves of the ‘80s and ‘90s DJ Ritu at a Daytimer event in the early ‘90s - collected by Mira Makadia for the Museum of Youth Culture Words by Safiya Bashir, edited by Shayma Bakht I thought I knew about most of the major underground rave cultures in the Western world. I’d read about the legacy left by Hacieda - an iconic Manchester nightclub, and the growth of ‘Madchester’, which dominated the musical scene of the North West in the 1980s. The documentary, Paris is Burning, proved that ballroom subculture could carve a safe space for African Am

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