“My close friend Steve Moran has died (Sept 2022). His story has not been documented because he was a favoured DJ for one of Manchester's gangs who brought the first e's to Manchester and later created the Parliament venue. Some of the experiences I shared with him found their way into my work as a Playwright and Poet. I asked Steve to mix live for my play "Excess XS" at Contact Theatre in 1992, the first theatre play about the rave scene and the first to use a DJ mixing live.
Steve also created the tunes for my short film about the rave scene, "Dancing in the Ruins" (Tiger Lily Films), in 1997. The film premiered in a nightclub as the closing event of Kino Film Festival in Manchester, attended by Tony Wilson. The film went on to be screened at the I.C.A. in London, where we were invited to take part in a post-show discussion as part of their archive.
Steve had a wicked sense of humour.”
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Steve also created the tunes for my short film about the rave scene, "Dancing in the Ruins" (Tiger Lily Films), in 1997. The film premiered in a nightclub as the closing event of Kino Film Festival in Manchester, attended by Tony Wilson. The film went on to be screened at the I.C.A. in London, where we were invited to take part in a post-show discussion as part of their archive.
Steve had a wicked sense of humour.”