Episode 42: SIULI KO

In this special collaborative episode with Dance or Die, Holly Dee sits down with Siuli Ko in the Netherlands. Siuli has been integral to the Dutch free party rave scene since its late '80s acid punk beginnings. From fronting the noisy DIY group MINIGOD to organising some of The Hague’s first basement raves, Siuli was a rebel youth with a diehard love for music and bringing people together beneath the blinding flash of a strobe. Whilst living in one of Holland’s most famous squats and self-managed social centres, Blauwe Aanslag, she organised the infamous Acid Planet parties in the basement where Unit Moebius and the Bunker label forged their cantankerous acid techno punk sound. Linking up with the newly exiled Spiral Tribe in the early ‘90s, she helped establish the Network 23 distribution network, selling records out of her home and on the European teknival circuit, and launching her own labels Grijs and Nocturnal State a.o. to support local talents. Four decades in, Siuli is still playing vinyl and raving, bringing years of free party praxis into her current practice producing multimedia exhibitions and festivals in The Hague. Hosted by Vivian Host (aka DJ Star Eyes). For more info and extras, visit Ravetothegrave.org or Instagram @ravetothe.grave.