Marco Brusadeli, from Bergamo in northern Italy, has officially set a Guinness World Record (GWR) for the largest collection of rave flyers. Over the span of 24 years, he amassed more than 113,000 flyers from events across the world.
113,012 Flyers Accepted by GWR
Although Brusadeli’s total collection stands at 119,897 flyers, Guinness World Records recognized 113,012 of them due to specific guidelines. For Brusadeli, receiving the official title is a “dream come true.”
A Quarter Century of Electronic Music History
“This collection represents more than 25 years of electronic music history and its contemporary art,” Brusadeli explained. He credited DJs, promoters, graphic designers, and collectors from around the world for contributing to what he describes as a “global project.”
Collecting Since 1991
According to GWR, Brusadeli began collecting in 1991, peeling rave flyers from the walls of nightclubs during his travels across Italy. He continued to gather them for the next 24 years, stopping in 2015.
An Unofficial Museum at Home
Every flyer Brusadeli collected was carefully stored in organized folders inside a dedicated room in his home in Cisano Bergamasco. The space became what GWR described as an “unofficial museum for the largest collections of nightclub flyers.”
Flyers From Around the World
The archive includes more than 40,000 flyers from Italian clubs, parties, and raves, over 11,000 from the UK, and tens of thousands from global events. Genres represented in the collection range from house and techno to hardcore, drum ’n’ bass, trance, and EDM. Flyers are arranged in drawers sorted by country, event, and size.
A Lifetime’s Work
“I’m sure that this is the largest collection in the world because I’m trading with major flyers collectors worldwide and nobody [has] so many different ones,” Brusadeli said. He emphasized that his project was never motivated by money but by passion for the culture.
Inspiring the Next Generation
“I have worked for more than half of my life to create this collection for no [monetary] reasons,” Brusadeli added. “My hope is that my passion could inspire new generations to learn more about the wonderful history of the ‘house and techno revolution’.”