SYNTHETIC CULTURE …. Post-war Britain … from the art colleges and Carnbaby street there developed amongst Britain's youth an extraordinary hybrid of Media, Fashion and Pharmaceuticals.
In the mid 60s the mod generation began to be THE significant cultural phenomenum. Stephane Rayner was a mod from Leicester whose career began with a late 20th Century 'Purple gang'.
As part of a firm he drove down to Soho on Wednesday and Thursday nights delivering Duraphet - - Speed, legendary Black Bombers with a time release effect that surged gently throughout a whole weekend keeping you going from Friday night into work on Monday morning without a nod or a wink Cans of 1,000 yellow dexidrine, batches of Frenche Blues, the delicious Purple Hearts … frolm these beginnings
Stephane Rayner began the BOY label at his shop "Acme Attractions" on the Kings Road in the late 70s.
Film maker, musician and cultural imagineer Don Letts was there in the Kings Road establishment as was Jeanette Lee who went on to become an partner in ROUGH TRADE.
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| Stephane Rayner in Redchurch st E1 |
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| portrait of the man behind BOY by ©2014 Paul Roundhill |
nothing about genesis p orrige or Peter Christopherson? bollocks
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