Immersive VR exhibition brings UK acid house history to life

Taking place as part of Frequencies, a series of events and exhibitions at London’s Barbican Centre exploring “the sounds that shape us”, In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats is an immersive VR experience that transports listeners back to 1989, into the heart of acid house and UK rave culture at its prime. Here, after trying the experience herself and visiting the adjoining Feel The Sound exhibition, Diane Smyth speaks to creator Darren Emerson about the genesis and development of his “living documentary”