Graphic design studio Dorothy has created a poster that illustrates the history of dance music culture using visual cues that reference the circuit diagram of a bass synthesiser.

A part of Dorothy's ongoing series documenting the visual histories of alternative music, including electronic music and hip-hop, the poster is arranged in the style of a mind map, with various names and scenes connected via a selection of bold, regular or dotted lines.
When creating the poster ? which they described as a "labour of love" ? the Manchester-based studio enlisted the help of Ian Mitchell, a graphic designer and regular member of the free party scene in the early 1990s.
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