Romford's Mega Mega exhibition to open at former Time & Envy venue

Boogie Times record shop was opened in 1989 by Danny Donnelly with a bank loan secured shortly before his 18th birthday. Suburban Base was founded as a record label by Donnelly, and its name was brainstormed on the day of the Rumbelows Football League cup final on 21 April 1991. Sesame's Treet by Loughton locals Smart E's was released by Suburban Base and reached No 2 in the UK singles chart in July 1992.

Suburban Base became the first independent UK rave label to open an office in the US, on the corner of Hollywood and Vine in Los Angeles, in 1994. Donnelly discovered DJ Marky, a DJ working in a São Paulo record shop, whose track LK became one of drum'n'bass's biggest UK hits. Boogie Times carried on into the 2000s after a record seller from Gravesend bought it from Donnelly.

Todd Edwards performed at Time & Envy in Romford on New Year's Day 2003. Time & Envy closed for good in 2024 and the empty venue will now host the Mega Mega exhibition. The Mega Mega exhibition in Romford is titled Mega Mega: Romford's Suburban Sound Revolution and takes its name from Underworld's lyric. Katherine Green is the curator of the show.