In honour of our 21st birthday, Resident Advisor has published Sacred Spaces, a limited edition book containing love letters to dance music experiences across the world. The softcover book, printed in Berlin, collects stories from 26 key players in the electronic music industry, including writers, DJs and producers. These contributors share precious moments that take readers from Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy's spiritual epiphanies during The Loft's fabled New York parties to DJ Nobu's transcendent experiences at his Future Terror parties in his hometown of Chiba. Among the other essential figures who offered their stories within the book's 216 pages are Octo Octa & Eris Drew, Stacey 'Hotwaxx' Hale, Gabriel Szatan, GAIKA, Roísín Murphy, KMRU and RA's Editor-In-Chief, Whitney Wei. François 'K' Kevorkian, of Prelude Records and Deep Space fame, provides the foreword for the book, and he also contributed to RA2122 celebrations with a special four-hour RA podcast.

There are seven editions of the book, each representing the seven different cities in which we have housed RA offices: Berlin, New York, Tokyo, Sydney, London, Los Angeles and Manchester. The unique book covers that make each edition special were designed with Berlin creative studio HelloMe graphic design.

Sacred Spaces also features exclusive artwork from Turner Prize-winning UK conceptual artist Jeremy Deller, who has contributed significantly to club culture through his impactful acid house documentary, Everybody In The Place, which explored the political and cultural context of Britain's rave scene in the '80s. For the book, Deller provides the above project which reads, "I lost my mind at ____ and I don't want it back."

Among the writers in Sacred Spaces is Brixton-based musician GAIKA, who provided a poetic love letter to the art of promoting, describing the various dance floors he built fantastical experiences with as "my laboratory, my training ground, my home and my prison. For more than a decade, nightlife was, and still is, my provider and protector."

RA sourced the photos throughout the book from London's Museum of Youth Culture, an online gallery dedicated to archiving the cultural and social movements architected by youth in the last century. The photos, many depicting moving figures shrouded in fog, capture the communal synergy and ephemeral bliss found in the most transcendent club nights.

Sacred Spaces was designed and printed in Berlin by HelloMe, an international creative studio defining contemporary culture. The studio delivers creative direction, design, visual strategies and engaging experiences for brands in fashion, art and culture. Headed by creative director Till Wiedeck, the studio team works closely with protagonists from all cultural sectors to develop progressive work that transforms business and shapes contemporary culture.

Worldwide shipping begins December 8th, and all seven editions can be pre-ordered here. The first 100 people to buy the book across this weekend will also receive a tote bag with their purchase.