######| ## ##### ## ## ###### ###### #####| #| #| ## ## ## ## # ## ## ## #| ######| ## ####### ## # ## ##### ## ##### ####| #| ## ## ## ## ### ## ## #| #| ###### ## ## ## ## ###### ## #####| Underground Rave-magazine InterNet version Issue #3 Release date : 15th December 1994 (C) Megawatts 1994 EDITORIAL ######### Welcome to Planet-E issue #3 ! This edition is a little bit late due to the summer holidays (no InterNet activity) and because I had to wait for contributors (generally, University starts on end October...). But now, it's out :-) For, this issue, nothing very special. I have improved a lot the label list, I have taken some articles related to drugs (Sound Advice serie) in some Eternity (Uk rave paper zine) issues. I also used again Trap's xtc & lsd articles, coz I think they are useful and should be read by every newcommer. For the breakbeat fans pleasure, this issue is full of brekbeat reviews (some breakbeat fans seem very active on the net :-). But I hope to have more techno/house/ambient reviews in the next issue. For the people with modems out there, we have now a few 'official' distribution site (they can collect your articles/mods/pics too !!). This list will grow frequently. Look at the 'How to be a reporter' section for more details. Please contact us if you want to be a Planet-E distribution site too! However, the mag should be near you, coz of the worldwide spread... I think I should also give a short description about the structure of this ascii version. There are the main section (underlined by some '#' characters) and the sub-main sections are underlined by some '=' characters. The main sections are: Editorial / Event Reports / The Scene / The Club Reports / Record Reviews / General Information / Drugs Information / The reporter list / How To be a reporter / Thanks The record reviews are listed by alphabetical order. I suggest you to take a look with a fast scrolling at the scructure in the different sections and then, if you need to, use the 'Search' tool of your editor if you want to pass through some articles. Have fun! :-) For issue #4 I'll try to have some interview with some great artist/dj... I hope I'll manage to! Hope it could be out at mid February. Appologies to the people who have Amiga computers, coz of our enourmous delay for the issue #2. We are looking for people who could do that more seriously... But it should be ok. The PC version has just been started. It should be out in a few weeks. Check It Out! Remember, for those who have an InterNet access that the 'official' ftp site for the mag is hyperreal.com:zines/planet.e where you'll can find all the version of all the issues. Keep the vibe Alive and Rave On!! And send me some Stuff!! :-) Psyched / Planet-E editor / 14th December 94 EVENTS REPORTS ############## THE BELGIUM RAVE ================ Name; Belgium Rave Where; Keizershallen - Aalst - Belgium When; Thursday 7th July Organisation; B&W 2 Dance Halls - 1 Rave Zone - 1 Mellow Zone * Dj's - Jan (MCV - Illusion - Carat - Dance Opera Records) - Frank (Globe - Illusion - Dance Opera Records) - Tofke (Illusion - Globe - Carat) - Zzino (Montini - BCM) - The Bountyhunter (Bonzai Records - Montini - BCM) - Franky Jones (Mayday - Love Parade - Mystery Land - Bonzai Records) - U4EA (Montini - Rave Injection) - Bubba (Montini - Dance Opera Records) - Clif (Tienen) - Enzo (Tienen) - Yves Deruyter (Bonzai Records - Energy 94 - Cherry Moon) - Roel Reynders (Dream Your Dream - B&W - Planet Hardcore - Bonzai Records) - Joe C. (Bonzai Records - Blitz) - Marko (La Rocca) - The Fly (Bonzai Sensei - Mayday - Mystery Land - Extreme) - Deg (Mayday - BWP - Bonzai Records) - Paul (Cafe D'Anvers) - Yven (MVC Paal) - Dave Davis (B&W - Music Convention - SPA) - Jopan (WIF - Pure Dance) - Steel (Extreme - Montini) - Marco Bailey (La Scala - Dance Opera Records) - Joel (Rumba) - Dave (Qu - Planet Hardcore) - Franky (Cherry Moon - Illusion) - Sandy (Cherry Moon) - Phi-Phi (Boccaccio Life - Extreme - At The Villa) - Kevin (Balmoral - Illusion - Carat) - Kalpa (Music Man - Kalpa Records) - Philippe (Tam Tam) - Peter (Freak - Nota Bene) * Live Acts - Dream You Dream (Bonzai Records) - Jones & Stephenson (Bonzai Records) - The Bountyhunter (Bonzai Records) - Phrenetic System (Bonzai Records) This was supposed to be the biggest Belgium rave party, but they didn't succeed. (The Rave Explosion Part III is still the biggest) I guess there where about 5.000 people that night. As you look at the name 'Belgium Rave' and the dj. line-up you can see that all the dj's and live act's are from Belgium, a 100% pure Belgium rave. I arrived rather late (again :) around 00.00 Am. The first couple of houres when i was there were not that good, they played a little bit to commercial music (and i hate that!). I mean no 2unlimited or Capella, but a lot of wellknow Belgium stuff, mostly from Bonzai Records. I didn't hear all the dj's and i don't remember them all (the ones i've heard). * Roal Reynders You probably know him from 'Dream Your Dream' they scored lots of top hits. He is not that a good dj, he plays lots of wellknow things, things i've heard already 1000 times. He has earned his name because he's so famous with Bonzai under the name 'Dream You Dream'. * Yves Deruyter Fucking awesome! Really good music, perfectly mixed and again mostly Hardtrance, yeah! Watch out for him at Energy'94. * The Fly Played at bit the same style like Yves Deruyter. But i think he is not that a good mixer like Yves De Ruyter. Overall is was good. * Live Act Actually the same live act as on MAYDAY 6, except that they now played 5 songs i think, (in full lenght) and on MAYDAY 6 a couple of 10, but only a couple of minutes from a song, kinda like a little mix from all their successes. In the beginning lots of things went wrong, sounded funny! :-) I've heard some other Dj's to but i don't know who they were. Because at that moment there was no presentation anymore :( But they were some good ones between them! Especially the guy who played around 05.00Am. The music system: Really big! There where about 50speakers in the hall. On the flyer they said 'Biggest loud and light show ever seen at a Belgian House Party' i guess they were right! The quality of the music was also good, maybe a little bit to loud. Light System: Also very nice, 2 lasers, a lot of strobos, smoke-canons, spots... I think they used the system not good enough, with such an equipment they could do much better i think. Conclusion: not a bad party, but i think they played a little bit to commercial shit (or should i say 'wellknown- stuff'). After 3am it was really nice! All the kids with their Bonzai-Shirts were gone and the played very nice hardtrance stuff! Yeah! I wished it was the whole evening like after 3am :) The UnderTaker - Gent, Belgium TRIPLE X ======== Name; Triple X Where; WestGasFactory/Gasholder - Amsterdam When; Saturday 6th August 94 Organisation; Oscillate The first time I read about this event was sometime in spring when I was strolling around in a Dutch fido echomailarea (muziek.028). In august there would be a big cultural festival called 'Triple X' in Amsterdam which would include a kind of ambient/intelligent techno festival in a huge gastank. It wouldn't become 'just another rave' but when I heard names like Orbital, Sun Electric, Mixmaster Morris and Autechre, I had become 'rave-horny' enough to buy a ticket... After a relaxing 2 hours journey from Belgium to Amsterdam we finally found the site which was a big industrial site near downtown Amsterdam. We were 1 hour early so we sat down as we saw more and more people arriving, resulting in a large crowd before the one and only small entrance. Another remarkable thing that there were *loads* of English ravers (after all, Oscillate is an English organisation, which was a great thing for the general atmosphere, altough Dutch ravers are wild too :-) The entrance was opened at 23:00 but due to the bad organisation at the entrance we were only in after midnight :-( But after we entered the gastank, we realised that it was worth waiting ! The site itself was *faboulous* ! Imagine a 50 meter wide, 15 meter high cylindrical gastank with in the middle a large stage with loads of light, sound and big balloons hanging on top. In the meantime lots of visuals (flying fishes etc) were projected on the curved wall. In the back there was a lit- tle alley leading to a much smaller spherical tent where people were laying down, staring to live visuals by HEX or touching some magnificent 'ice-sculptures'. It made me think to those legendary Woodstock Trip-tents :-) For the music : as we entered there was already Pentatonik playing, not bad but merely a kind of warm up for the groups to come. In between there were anonymous Oscillate DJ's playing relaxing ambient and some intelligent techno (although they didn't listen to numerous request from friends to play some Mu-Ziq tracks :-) Now it was partytime: Higher Intelligence Agency hit the stage, I don't remember anything from it, it just remember it was the first group to set fire to the crowd. After those guys had finished I went out to check out the foodstands outside, this was very well done : a variety of exotic and vegetarian foods were available together with several obscure chinese smart drinks (things like dear tail extract :-) At least there were no hamburgers'n fries, a good thing ! When I re-entered the tank I also noticed a 'safe house' stand where you could get your 'E' tested to be a real one or obtain information and a 'black list' with dangerous fake pills. In fact this was a kind of hypocrite situation as there was a very tough check for drugs at the entrance but I think that such alternatives as this should be done at every major rave outside Holland. It saves a lot of trouble and accidents ! Orbital-time now ! I remember the two brothers coming up in the completely dark tank with headmounted lights, kicking off with a lot of new material from 'Snivilisation' as well as a lot of golden oldies like Impact, Remind and Halcyon (as the last track !!) Gosh ! It's no use trying to explain how good these guys are on stage. I saw a lot of great techno on stage including Cosmic Baby, Speedy J and The Drum Club but Orbital is the best I ever saw. No miracle that their live performance on Glastonsbury festival (a rock festival !) was voted as best one ! Go out and see them ! Another break to go outside and get fresh air which was the reason I missed a big part of Autechre, altough one of my favourites too. Great intelligent techno with complex robotic rythms. After them a lot of people left. It was about 5am and the first light was shining throug the entrance door (uuurgh, this is what I hate about summer) I had high hope on Sun Electric but it turned out they did a 'special ambient set'. Most people however were still full of energy and wanted some action because the music was extremely ambient. Luckily the guys from Sun Electric recognized this very well and threw off some extremely good hardtrance for the last 15 minutes of their gig. The last artist was Mixmaster Morris who did an excellent job in creating a spacy end-of-the-party atmosphere, making you leave with a smile :-) To celebrate the night we drove off to the seaside (only a 30 minutes drive from Amsterdam) to open a bottle of champaign on the beach and have a little swim (ravers aren't what they used to be :-) All in all I give this event a 9 out of 10, everything was very well organised, except for the chaos at the entrance. And maybe they should pay attention to the fact that there is always one place on the party were people can dance. I really like the concept of Oscillate, but people go out to move. Oscillate should offer the best of both worlds ! Dominique Poncin - Brussel, Belgium ENERGY'94 & THE STREETPARADE ============================ Name; ENERGY'94 House & Techno Festival and Streetparade Where; Hallenstadion and streets of Zuerich - Switzerland When; Saturday 13th August 1994 Org; E-Nergetic and Karma Sutra Oh dudes, I can't still believe so many people came up for this very good event. This kind of week-ends let one dream about it until next one, one year after! More people than previous edition but less good quality music: is that the price we have to pay to have more ravers ??! Ok, let me start ... I arrived with 2 friends of mine at Zuerich at about 3pm (the parade should be started at this hour) and we park the car near the main station (very hard to find some car parks in the city!) and take the tram. What a great feeling to see all these party people walking through the streets to join the meeting point of the parade (especially on the Bahnhoffstrasse, the richest street of Switzerland). It make you feel as you are in some kind of TeknoCity, and you would like it to be the same the whole year! Then we stopped and continue walking to join the parade. Obviously it hasn't started yet (at 3.15pm) and a lot of people were still joining there. This time, the location of the parade was near the lake, less closer to Zuerich's center (last year, the parade ran in Zuerich's core) but here, the streets are larger. We saw a truck who ran in the same way as us to join the place and the music and shouts at this time provided some excitement to everybody. It was a long time I haven't seen as many people wearing some mad stuff and I really enjoyed it. We stoped walking at about 300m of the place and waited the first truck which had already started moving. Waaaa, this truck provided some good stompin techno and I were already moving my body B*). Only a few people followed it coz a lot of other trucks had to follow. The 2nd truck played some garage and some gays & travestites were dancing and following it among some nice girls. I was very impressed by the quantity of persons who were still waiting on the place and we waited the last truck. I think there were 13 trucks in total. Only 1 house truck, several playing the Marusha/Westbam style (followed by a large number of people) one gabber truck and the last one (the biggest truck, with a very impressive sound-system) was playing some ... ... Breakbeat!!!! I was so pleased by that (ehhe, I'm break- beat fan for years!). I couldn't imagine all these people dancing and enjoying this music. Some mags are right: break- beat is getting more popular in Germany! So, I followed this truck for about 1 hour (we only ran 300m at this time :) and then we tried to walk until the first one. At this hour a load of citizens were looking the parade and it made me feel a little bit like in a zoo ;-) (but it was fun to see all those faces, eheh). Too many people were on the streets now and it was quite impossible to walk. We finally managed to reach the first truck which couldn't almost move due to the incredible number of people around it. As Zuerich hasn't any Carnival or something like that during the year, a lot of citizens were taking photos. We continued the parade until 7pm (and a lot of people were still there). It was time to eat something. Where?? hmmm... at McDonald's. Huh! sorry! I should say TeknoDonald ehheh :). Full of ravers, it's much better,no? ;*) 8pm. Time to go to the Hallenstadion (it's early I know, but it's the choice of the driver, and that's not me [respect, Terrorist!]). Tickets were already sold out at this time. And this year it was even more easy to get in than last year No more than 2 minutes queue. They made some searches but, unlike as written on the flyer and last year, one could bring in his camera. Before continuing let me write the line-up : DANCEFLOOR 1 (main arena) ------------------------- 6pm till 8.10pm : Some Swiss dj's 8.10pm - 8.50pm : Dj Tobias 8.50pm - 9.10pm : Confusion A (live) 9.10pm - 9.50pm : Robert Leiner hasn't appeared. DJ Noise has replaced him 9.50pm - 10.50pm : Jens Mahlstedt 10.50pm - 11.10pm : Genlog (live) 11.10pm - 11.50pm : Ralphie Dee 11.50pm - 0.50am : Yves De Ruyter 0.50am - 1.10am : Aurora Borealis (live) 1.10am - 2.10am : Westbam 2.10am - 3am : Gangsta 3am - 3.40am : Marusha 3.40am - 4am : Paragliders (live) 4am - 4.50am : T-Bass 4.50am - 5.10am : Mike Ink (live) 5.10am - 6am : The Prophet 6am - 6.15am : Perplexer (live) 6.15am - 7am : Loftgroover 7am - 7.40am : Hype 7.40am - 8am : Energy DANCEFLOOR 2 ------------ 6pm - 7pm : Toney D 7pm - 8.30pm : Rhythm Doctor 8.30pm - 10pm : George Morel 10pm - 11pm : Djaimin 11pm - 0am : John Aquaviva 0am - 1am : Robert Armani 1am - 1.50am : Dave Clarke 1.50am - 2.40am : Carl Craig 2.40am - 3am : Acid Jesus (live) 3am - 3.50am : Luke Slater 3.50am - 4.10am : Drax (live) 4.10am - 5.10am : Juan Atkins 5.10am - 6.10am : Robert Hood 6.10am - 6.50am : GFX 6.50am - 7.30am : Colin Favor 7.30am - 8am : Erik F There was also a large merchandising/ambient cinema chill-out hall with various ambient dj's including Katrien Klausing from R&S, Upstart the owner of Munich's Disko B label and Aquarium from Paris. I arrived at 8pm coz I thought there would be a big queue, but this year, there were different points for entry and the searches were quite quick. This year, unlike previous one, one could go in with cameras, drinks... So, finally, after some checks of the place, we have entered the dancefloor 1. The place hasn't impressed me so much this year, I wanted the same columns as last year with some strobos inside! But this year, the strobos were in 3 pyramides which were used as stage (the biggest - 10 meters height! - was used by the dj's and the others by the lives and dancers). Nice stage! DJ Tobias was playing, and I must say he was quite ok. Then Confusion A sucked and Robert Leiner - who I was waiting for! - hasn't appeared and Noise, the successful Swiss dj has played. I have only heard 10 minutes of him and then I left for the Ambient hall. I was a little bit tired coz of the street- parade and all the walk I have done to reach the car. So, I have sit on a chair and have a chat with some friends. Then I moved to the door at 11pm to have a meeting with Eye of the Shadow and Boomer (hi dudes! B-) from the DeRave and the IRC and some girls. I returned to the dancefloor 1 to check out the sound of Ralphie Dee. Some strong tunes, but nothing interesting. Then Yves De Ruyter played. I was waiting for him after all the good things I heard about him (ahah, The Undertaker ;-) In fact, he was *very* bad. He played almost some silly house. I was very disapointed. :-( After him, I have moved to the dancefloor 2 to hear Dave Clarke. This room was little (10*25m) and there wasn't anough lights and strobos. Dave Clarke started. He played, like the previous dj's, some house tunes. I expected acid! I waited 10 minutes to see if he change style but it was always house. So, I left to the dancefloor 1. The bad point is that just when I left he started playing some good acid! Eheheh, a friend has been right to laught about me ;-) I have just seen the begining of Westbam's set and I didn't stay for a long time there (I don't like him :-). I moved to the ambient hall and watch a little of Marusha's set there on the big screens. Hmmm, bad music. A friend told me she even stopped 2 or 3 times the music during her set and she has said "thank you" in the mic :-) That's a fucking thing to do! I moved to check out Acid Jesus. Hmm... that was nice! Nice acid. Nothing too hard and furious. It was quite nice. Then Luke Slater came. I was really expecting him, after hearing a lot of times a tape I have from him. In fact, I expected some really nice acid and he played a house set :-( Too bad. He even had an "Acid Park" tee-shirt! After him, it was time for Thomas Heckmann, the man behind Drax and Age. Waoooow!! His live was *really* live and totally experimental!!! I have never seen such a thing before! He played some patterns of his 303 (he has 4 303!) and he wrote some on the moment! He even played with his own built synth! I must say that sometimes, the sound fucked and the melodie weren't really good. But it was so nice to see and hear someone enjoying his improvisations and trying something really different that all these fucking DAT lives! Cool! When he finish I moved quickly to the dancefloor 1 to check out Mike Ink. I like him very well and the last time I saw him (at Cubik94) he made a really good live. This time it was a little bit too housey. Nice stuff, but not in the right moment I think. The prohet played a totally shit set, with a few mainstream shits. Anyway, I don't like him, but I expected some gabber. No gabber :-) The next one played the hardest set of the night! His name is loftgroover. Really hard stuff, a little bit of gabber too, but nothing too similar as all these 'thunderdome' shits :-) After him, the scratchmaster himself: dj Hype! In fact, he started his mix with a long scratch :-) I love breakbeat, and I liked his set, even if a few tunes where a little bit like old classics :-) I danced like a mad and a lot of people moved out of the dancefloor when he has started. Only some real breakbeat fans were really enjoying his set :-) When he finished, we left the party and weren't to the afterhours with Marco Zaffarano, due to the driver B-) Another great week-end was finished :-( In conclusion, the decoration was a little bit less good,the music was really much more commercial, the people was less friendly and crazy but there was more people than the previous edition. E-nergetic, please throw away all these fuckin_commercial_ mayday_dj's and let the energy93 music and vibe let turn again!! Now, I'm waiting The Tribal Gathering94 party and energy95 party... Psyched - Geneva, Switzerland / end August 94 ps: Thanks to Terrorist and hello to Stevan, Patrick, the Geneva Posse, Eye of the Shadow and Boomer! OCEAN OF DREAMS =============== Name; Ocean Of Dreams Where; Stockholm/Sweden (4000 sqm Warehouse) When; 30th September 1994 Organizer: Spectrum (DJ Bennie, DJ Term, Daniel Schmidt) Price: 130 Skr (about $17) 150 Skr at the door First some info about the sound- and lightequipment: * Electrovoice MT-4 40000 Watt * Multicolored Laser * High End Emulators * RoboZaps * Eagles * Strobes * UV Cannons and smoke of course! The DJs were Tim Taylor an acidproducer from London, Mono Junk, Wave Slave (Cari Lekebusch), DJ Bennie and DJ Term. The last three are from Sweden. They all played acid. Even if DJ Bennie is told to be one of Stockholms best hardtrance DJs, I couldn't hear any music that I would have called hardtrance. But i like acid so I didn't cry... :) It's just one thing that I don't like with this hard acid that is mostly played at raves in Stockholm, and that is all theese noises! It is just noises and it has no melody at all! Why do they play that shit?! I just love 303-loops with the "boingy" style that is so typical for the 303 machine. Why do this crap when you can make POWERFUL songs with a 303 ?! Arrival ------- There were direct busses going to the rave from central Stockholm every half hour from the beginning to 04:00, but we was forced to take a normal bus and the tube to go home after the rave. As it is used to be... :( When we arrived to the rave, we had to wait for a long while outside. They didn't have any special queue for they who already hade tickets and I thought that was very irritating. But when we finally got inside, we went happy again. hehe The Performance During The Night -------------------------------- There was nearly only acid played during the rave. Some Acidtrance, but the 303 was the most used machine.... :) At one o'clock there was a MAGNIFICENT laserperformance controlled by Daniel Schmidt. A great multicolored laser with all colors of the rainbow, was freaking around in the warehouse. Sinewaves, laserrays like rain over the crowd and some just outfreaked, supercool effects which can't be explained. They spouted smoke as hell out of the smoke- machine which made the performance even better when you were able to see the laserrays in the air! This performance was SUPERB! There were no really good music played until two o'clock. And it was quite slow (I like high BPM acidtrance....170 BPM is fine! :) ) until then. About 145 BPM I would gess. But at 2:23 (beep!) they started to play really good and fast acid! (Yeah! :) ) At 2:37 they started to play around a lot with the multi- colored laser. Fast "lasershots" all over the place! :) The rest of the time there were good and bad music off an on, but there were some goodies. As a whole the music was quite OK, but to few really pounding hardtrancetracks with good melodies... A friend of mine also played live on this rave. The group is called Slaughterhouse (Direct Drive Records). Their act wasn't announced on the flyer but they were only supposed to play one hour. I didn't saw their performance but Peter (my friend in the group) told me that it wasn't too good... :) They played the last half hour on the rave (07.30-08.00) and they were of course really tired. Due to the police they had to close at eight a clock in the morning and Slaughterhouse had to shortenen their performance with half an hour...they just forwarded their DAT-tape and pressed play...and it started in the middle of a track! :) But they just took it easy and kept going on like nothing had happened... hehe I didn't really understand why they had a DAT-player, when they had brought a set with synthequipment etc...but I suppose that they had some stuff played by the DAT and some stuff played by their computer... After all You can't bring ALL your stuff when you are going to perform. They play acidtrance of very good quality! I went home at half past five because then I was sleeping at the wall with the loudspeakers and got awakened by a friend who couldn't sleep at the speakerwall due to the guy next to him who bumped my friend's head with his hands all the time when he was jamming to the music... :) The strobes had been quite slow during the night but now they were flashing like hell! Cool! I could have been there some hours more...I was alert after my little nap!, but my friend wanted to go so we went home. It was F*CKING cold and it was raining when I got out from the warehouse...:( The Recordstore --------------- A record store (Spiral Tracks) was placed in a separate little (20 sqm) room on top of the toilets. They sold records, T-shirts and ravemagazines. They played really good music in this room but there were so much people, that it was hard to get a look on the records. After I had bought some magazines, I couldn't stand it and went out to the dancefloor again... :) The Smartbar ------------ I didn't examined the smartbar so I can't tell you so much about it. It had all kinds of smartdrinks, candy and lemonade. Due to I was quite hungry, I just noticed that they hadn't any sandwiches, and I had to buy two chocolate bars to appease my hunger. :) The organizers had written 22:00 - 10:00 on the flyer but I was told by Peter that they didn't have any license more than to six o'clock! But at eight o'clock the police had get tired of the rave and told them that they had to quit or they would be prosecuted...! This was a rather big rave for Sweden. About 1500-1800 people were there i think. I know that that is few people if you compare it with the rest of Europe, but for Sweden it's quite alot of people. :) As a whole it was quite a good rave. Big locale and great sound. But I would like more melodic hardtrance and faster tempo at the start with fast flashing strobes...then you can get in trance, and THAT'S COOL! :) GRADE: 7/10 Marcus Svenningsson alias YiPMAN - Stockholm, Sweden THE TRIBAL GATHERING 94 ======================= Name; Universe Tribal Gathering '94 Where; Muenchen / Germany When; 1st October 94 Location; Old airport Riem Organizers; Universe & Frankfurt Beat Prod. -* Line Up *- < Hall 1 - Starship Universe > 18:00 - 19:00 : Warm Up (New Talent) D 19:00 - 20:15 : Tom Novy (Munchen) D 20:15 - 21:30 : Dj T (Frankfurt) D 21:30 - 22:45 : Dave Clark (London) GB 22:45 - 23:15 : The Jeyenne (Koln) D - LIVE 23:15 - 00:45 : Carl Cox (London) GB 00:45 - 00:50 : Take Off Sequence! 00:50 - 01:20 : Cosmic Baby (Berlin) D - LIVE 01:20 - 02:45 : Mario De Bellis (Frankurt) D 02:45 - 03:15 : The Prodigy (London) GB - LIVE 03:15 - 04:45 : Laurent Garnier (Paris) F 04:45 - 06:00 : Dave Angel (London) GB 06:00 - 07:15 : Marco Zaffarano (Stuttgart) D < Hall 2 - Planet Of Cyberpunk > 18:00 - 19:00 : Warm Up (New Talent) D 19:00 - 20:00 : Felix (Munchen) D 20:15 - 21:30 : Hero Uda (Tokyo) J 21:30 - 22:45 : Miss Djax (Eindhoven) NL 22:45 - 00:00 : Tanith (Berlin) D 00:00 - 00:30 : C.J. Bolland (Antwerpen) B - LIVE 00:30 - 01:45 : Lenny Dee (New York) USA 01:45 - 02:15 : Paragnon (Frankfurt) D - LIVE 02:15 - 03:30 : Cirillo (Rimini) I 03:30 - 04:45 : T-Bass (Zurich) CH 04:45 - 06:00 : Jeff Mills (Detroit) USA 06:00 - 07:15 : Jens Lissat (Dusseldorf) D < Hall 3 - Tribal Temple Room > 18:00 - 19:00 : NM Space (Heidelberg) D 19:00 - 20:00 : Mr. Oz (London) GB 20:00 - 21:15 : Claude (Le Petit Prince) D 21:15 - 22:15 : Massiv (Munchen) D 22:15 - 22:30 : Darren Emerson (London) GB 23:30 - 00:30 : Underwold (London) GB - LIVE 00:30 - 02:30 : Dag (Frankfurt) D 02:30 - 03:00 : Spicelab (Frankfurt) D - LIVE 03:00 - 04:30 : Gayle San (London) GB 04:30 - 06:00 : Ritchie Hawtin (Detroit) USA 06:00 - 07:15 : Nicky Sprenger (Frankfurt) D 18:00 - 19:30 : Warm Up (New Talent) D 19:30 - 20:30 : Jody (London) GB 20:30 - 22:00 : Bismark (Bristol) GB 22:00 - 23:15 : Tin Tin (London) GB 23:15 - 00:45 : Paul Van Dyk (Berlin) D 00:45 - 01:15 : Exit-EEE (Dusseldorf) D - LIVE 01:15 - 02:45 : Fabio Paras (London) GB 02:45 - 04:15 : Sasha (Manchester) GB 04:15 - 05:45 : Kid Paul (Berlin) D 05:45 - 07:15 : Joe Jam (Frankfurt) D 18:00 - 19:30 : Warm Up (New Talent) D 19:30 - 21:30 : Dr.Atmo (Frankfurt) D 21:30 - 22:30 : Ad Visser (Netherlands) - LIVE 22:30 - 00:30 : Katrien Klausing (R&S - Gent) B 00:30 - 03:00 : Mixmaster Morris (London) GB 03:30 - 05:00 : Robert Leiner (The Source - Brussels) B 05:00 - 07:15 : Dr.Alex Peterson (London) GB 18:00 - 19:30 : Simon Shurey (London) GB 19:30 - 21:00 : Marc (Le Petit Prince) D 21:00 - 22:30 : Jim Knoch (Manheim) D 22:30 - 23:30 : Komakino (Frankfurt) D 23:30 - 01:00 : Good Groove (Frakfurt) D - Eye Q 01:00 - 02:00 : Earth Nation (Frankfurt) D - Eye Q - LIVE 02:00 - 03:30 : Mach One (London) GB 03:30 - 04:30 : Resistance D. (Frankfurt) D - LIVE 04:30 - 05:30 : Crazy Erg (Manheim) D 05:30 - 06:30 : Tranceformers (Manheim) D - LIVE 06:30 - 07:15 : Crazy Erg (Manheim) 00:00 - 01:30 : Special Guest 01:30 - 03:30 : Special Guest 03:30 - 05:15 : Special Guest 05:15 - 07:15 : Special Guest Now some of the things that I've heard and seen. * Dj T (Frankfurt) D (Starship Universe Room / 20:15 - 21:30) First time I've heard this Dj. Seems like the German ravers really like this Dj. He played some weird music, difficult to give it a name. Not a bad set. * Dave Clark (London) GB (Starship Universe Room / 21:30 - 22:45) The first big name behind the turntabels, and a good act to. Played the usuall stuff, techno. * Tanith (Berlin) D (Planet Of Cyberpunk Room / 22:45 - 00:00) YES, He made again a pretty awesome set! His set was in 'The Planet Of Cyberpunk Hall'. Lots of people were there during his set and the atmosphere in the hall was also superb, lots of smoke, a robot who was raving(?) between the people shooting with a lazergun and of course the style, brilliant hardtrance!! One of the best things I've heard that night. * Underworld (London) GB - LIVE * (Tribal Temple Room / 23:30 - 00:30) Nice act! Playing their biggest hits, tought I missed 'Rez' and 'Dark And Long' maybe it was because I missed the beginning (Tanith was still busy playing :-). * Take Off Sequence * (Startship Universe Room / 00:45 - 00:50) This was not a dj or an act, just a little show, to 'start' the rave. They played some samples from 'StarTrek' toghether with a little lightshow. Nice one, first time I saw them using their lasers, and togheter with The Comsic Baby Live act, the last time. What was wrong with the lasers,problems? (Can't image a mega-rave without lasers :) * Cosmic Baby (Berlin) D - LIVE * (Starship Universe Room / 00:50 - 01:20) Haven't seen the whole act coz I didn't like it that much, I've seen the beginning which was pretty nice (the combination from the music and the lights) but after a while it was kinda boring so I left. * Spicelab (Frankfurt) D - LIVE * (Tribal Temple Room / 02:30 - 03:00) I always wanted to see O.Lieb once life, this was my change. It was pretty nice, but I expected better, the act was only 30 minutes long and that's a bit short for O.Lieb, fans will also know that he loves to make long music-pieces, so 30 minutes is a bit short for him. Maybe it would be better if it was a live act from 'Oliver Lieb' and not from 'Spicelab' that way he could play what he wanted, and not only songs that came out under the formation 'Spicelab' but also songs from L.S.G., Paragliders, The Ambush... * Resistance D (Frankfurt) D - LIVE * (Mother Earth Room / 03:30 - 04:30) Nice act! But I dind't see the whole act :( I saw only half of it, but what I've seen and heard was really nice! It was one of the longest to from the party, 1 houre. * Laurent Garnier (Paris) F * (Starship Universe / 03:15 - 04:45) What can I say about this? :-) good! * Dave Angel (London) GB * (Starship Universe / 04:45 - 06:00) Heard this dude before, but it was a rather long time ago and i didn't remember it very well. Psyched call this dude a God, so I checked him out. Psyched: well you're right, he's cewl. Very nice techno sounds, all mixed very well togheter, tought I heard better in my life :) * Prodigy (London) GB - Live * (Starship Universe / 02:45 - 03:15) It was not my intention to go to this act, but when I arrived and Laurent Garnier normally should be playing these guys where still busy with their live act. Seems that it was THE act of the gathering. (didn't expect it, coz Prodigy is kinda commercial and not everyone like breakbeats). I heard some of their biggest hits and the crowd went totally crazy on their breakbeat sounds. After that normally Laurent Garnier should be playing, didn't know if he played right after them coz The Prodigy made a mess since their live act runned way out of time. * Jens Lissat (DusserlDorf) D (Planet Of Cyberpunk / 06:00 - 07:15) Also the first time I've heard this dude, he was the last one who played that evening (morning) in 'The Planet Of Cyberpunk Hall'. The Music was nice but he had LOTS of troubles with his tourntabels, the needles were damaged, so it was difficult for him to mix his records good, maybe the needles were damaged because Jeff Mills and Lenny Dee played before him on the same tables :) * Marco Zaffarano (StuttGart) D (Startship Universe / 06:00 - 07:15) I'm not sure if it was Marco Zaffarno, coz normally he played between 06.00 - 07:15am and he was the last dj. I was there around 07:45 so I guess it was him. Haven't heard much from him because my bus left at 8am :( But what i've heard sounded good. Many people were on the stage at the moment. The end was near :( * Dag (Frankfurt) D (Tribal Temple Room / 00:30 - 02:30) Haven't heard his whole set, I was just a bit to early to hear the live-act from Spicelab. What I've heard sounded good, tough I think it was rather commercial things like 'Quench - Dreams' and so on. 1. Starship Universe Room Lights: Normal spots, not even multi-color ones. Strobos Laser (Sometimes, but only 1 color laser (green)) Sound: Not that good, to loud. The soundsystem couldn't handle such loud stuff. Decoration: Very nice! Projections on the main stage Starktrek things, (Mr.Spock and so on), The Universe rocket... Nice things on the ceiling, (dunno what it was, but it was nice) airplanes to on the ceiling. This was also the only hall who had a host, Mc.Ribbs. 2. Planet Of Cyberpunk Room Lights: Spots, multi-color ones. Strobos Sound: Sounded good to me. Decoration: Nice, tought I haven't seen much from it since there was alot of smoke in there. A robot was there to, giving his show, it was really nice. He had a lasergun in his hand (red laser). To put it in other words, he really fitted in that room :) 3. Planet Erotica Lights: Normal spots. Strobos Sound: Good Decoration: Haven't seen much decoration there, only a few things. Haven't spend much time there, coz i didn't liked the music that much. 4. Tribal Temple Room Lights: Normal Spots, also a baloon where they projected things on. Sound: Good Decoration: Really nice! one of the best decorated halls. One of the smallest halls. Max Cap. 2000 people I think. Small note, it was VERY hot inthere :( 5. Chill Out Room Lights: Multi-Color spots Sound: Good, but not loud enough, the room was just above the 'Mother Earth Room' and you could still here the music from there, or maybe the sound in the 'Mother Earth' room was to loud :) Decoration: Nice, BIG fluo mushrooms on the ceiling. 6. Mother Earth Room Lights: Normal spots Sound: Good Decoration: None, atleast I haven't seen any. In the middle of the room their was a stair leading to the 'Chill Out Room'. 7. Ultraschall - Hall 7 Where the hell was that room?! Looked for it but haven't found it :( (The building was REALLY big :) Something about the place itself now. The whole place was really nice decorated, 'Startship Universe' had some airplanes on the ceilings, stark-trek projections... 'Planet Of Cyberpunk' had a really cyberpunk atmoshere and the robot was also very cewl, 'tribal temple' kinda jungle-decorated and so on... The only halls that were not decorated (at least i haven't seen any decorations) was the 'Planet Erotica' & 'Mother Earth room'. The lights were nothing special, just the usual spots, smoke canons, strobos... even no lasers! Except during the 'Take Off Sequence' and 'Cosmic Baby' live. 'The Starship Universe' was probably the most important room, very good dj's there, Dave Angel, Laurent Garnier, Dave Clark, Carl Cox... and it was the biggest room to, I think the room could handle around the 5.000 people. The other rooms where smaller. All togheter it was a VERY nice rave, one of the best I've been to. Pitty that it was so far for me, (850km) so when I arrived (around 8.30pm) I had already a bustrip from 12 houres behind me but it was worth it! There where other places to then those 7 halls, a market place were you could buy the usual rave stuff (Bad Mad cloths and so on) and a place outside were you could eat, drink and sit down. I even heard (but I haven't been there) that there was somekind of a little park to outside, with a little lake. The price of the drinks and food were not to high. The place outside was nice idea, because in some halls like the Tribal Temple Room it was REALLY hot and crowdy. The security was also good and I was very quick in. (1 minute :) Not like MAYDAY raves were you have to wait more then a houre to get in. In the building there was other stuff to like a little luna-park, Virtual Reality stuff... I don't know how many people were presented on the party coz they were so many halls but I think it must be around the 25.000. Many people were in one of those 7 halls but also lots of people were outside or just 'in the building'. All togheter it was a VERY nice rave. One of the best I've ever been to. I'm waiting for the Tribal Gathering '95! The UnderTaker, Gent - Belgium / Oct. 94 Hello, here's Psyched writing :-) After this good report I would like to add a few things that haven't been written by The Undertaker :-) First of all, I should say I was very impressed by the large entrance (hey, it's an old airport :-) and there were many points to get in, so, NO queue! (great! :) Then, when I entered the place (it was 11pm) from the Cyberpunk hall, the place was incredibly packed! We were completely lost and we've spend 30minutes to find the entrance for the next hall, the Merchandising hall... From there you could join all the starhip and the planet Erotica halls. Near the starship, there was a Big hall were one could drink (several bars) and play with a Virtual Reality game (!). Now, 2 words about music: everywhere the music was great! For example, i thought that the Planet Erotica would be only fucking lame garage :-) but till 3am it was slow acid and some great stuff. This hall wasn't decorated. There was only a big cage in the middle. The lights were good: a flow of smooths red lights! Heheh, it was erotic ;-) In the Starship, I could add that Zaffarano played a brilliant set! (I can rememeber a monotonous track he played during 15 minutes, but it was so hypnotic!). Other things I can add about music is that Gayle San was the revelation of the night!! She's from London and she plays often in the Club Uk-Final Frontier (Universe). She played some fucking good acid techno in the Tribal Temple. While she was playing, some mad dancers came on the stage with some awesome wearing and they bought a fucking great happy vibe! In the ambient room, Katrien klausing played the ambient I love particulary: acid ambient :-) ehhee... some slow 303 patterns without rhythm. That rulez! I have to find tapes from her! In the mother Earth room, I only saw the lives from Earth nation and Tranceformers. Earth Nation is kinda special: a fusion between rock/blues and techno. But I love their live! Tranceformers played some great acid stuff among with some more trancey stuff. OK, I have finished with the music :-) I just would like to say why the rave was even better than what I tought it would be: - A room (Mother Earth) has been added. It wasn't mentioned on the flyer! - You could get in the Ultrashall club too (in the location too, but it wasn't written on the flyer) - The virtual Reality game attraction wasn't previewed on the flyer. - The place was really unique and the total surface of it is certainly amazing. - The music was great everywhere and all the time you had something really great to listen to (this is quite exceptional at mega raves, no?!) As far as I heard, 25000 people attended the rave... You can find some pics a friend of mine has taken on hyperreal.com (probably on /incoming/universe, but perhaps they have moved them directory). The filenames are ttg94_*.jpg Psyched - Geneva, Switzerland ps: hello to Syncros, Eye of the shadow... RENEGADES ========= Name; Renegades Where; Toronto, Canada When; 8th October '94 i suppose the toughest thing is to try to get all these thoughts down in a coherent, ordered fashion...a difficult thing considering that toronto is (ahem) 12-13 hours away from my humble home in richmond, virginia. i am a bit tired. anyway, some background info for ya'll: renegades is (was) the latest party thrown by toronto's pleasureforce crew, with a dj lineup that was sure to make any breakbeat/jungle lover wet his/her pants: dj rap, jumping jack frost, ltj bukem, dj hype, trace, and more...you ask why i traveled all the way to canada? well, your answer is right there. this was my first time ever in canada, so it was pretty interesting to see how it compared to the states...nothing too drastic, but interesting nonetheless. this isnt a geography lesson, so i'll get to the party details: renegades was held in a huge empty lumber/hardware store, with two large rooms (jungle and house, sorta) seperated by a smaller area with vendors and such. and all this space wasnt wasted, either - with an estimated 5,000 kids there it was *very* crowded. and the sound? the systems were *huge*, definately earplugs- required in the jungle room. whats amazing is that, as loud as this system was (and it was perhaps the loudest ive ever heard), it still wasn't distorting. amazing. and the bass... well, to be honest the bass was brutal - the frequencies simply battered you :) the lights were nice, as well.... nothing too innovative but very well-placed and used. oh yeah, the music: well, don't expect me to give a report on the house/trance/ect area 'cause i really had no interest in hanging out there. what i did hear seemed very recogni- zible from the baltimore/dc scene, except with an mc. note to producers: mc's and house/trance do not mix. as for the jungle room, i'm gonna jump around a bit...bear with me. -when i arrived, the local dj's and mc's were doing their thing on the stage..nice, real nice. One of them (sniper, i believe) had some absolutely *amazing* records... unfortunately, his set was kinda stop/start (something i noticed a *lot* during the night). this is what i mean: he would put on a nice record, mix into something else, the mc would go "rewind", and the dj would stop the record and start the whole mix over from the beginning. i have a major problem with this. yeah, i know the record's nice and all that, but i have no desire to hear the same thing twice in a row...i want some sort of flow, and this set did not flow at *all*...none of the mixes went more than three records before the dj stopped and started a new mix...very annoying. THE DJ IS NOT A JUKEBOX. grrr. -for some reason, ltj bukem wasnt able to make it, and i heard unconfirmed reports that hype wasnt there either... i say unconfirmed because there was a guy there with striped pants and a shirt that said "hype" really big on the front.. unfortunatly, we had left to trek back to the states before i could find out. all the other dj's were there, though. -with my VIP pass (do not ask how i got it ;) ), i was able to go "backstage" and chat with/give tapes to most of the uk dj's. i'll say this, for a person who has people coming up to her saying "i love you" constantly (i counted 3 in about 30 minutes), dj rap was really cool and down-to-earth... i even found out what gear she uses in her tracks (akai s3000, atari 1040 w/ cubase, if anyone's interested). oh yeah, i gave her a tape, too ;) (hey, it worked for deee- lite...) actually, all the uk dj's and such that i talked to were really nice and attitude-free. -so finally, after a gabber set that seemed to last about a day-and-a-half, darren jay took the stage and things got *serious*. the hard beats came on.. and on....and on...and just didn't stop. i know that i'm asking for trouble by saying this, but i was hoping for something a little *more* from this lineup, something amazing and incredible that would leave me gasping for air. well, i *was* gasping for air due to the frenzied beats and high temperatures on the dance floor, but i have to stop short of "amazing" and "incredible". why? well, its a matter of different styles, really. or lack thereof: the selections for the night didn't really seem to stray from the format regardless of which dj was spinning...it was all hard from start to finish. nothing happy, very little trancy/uplifting stuff either (my own particular fave). now don't get me wrong, i liked what was played, but after a while i wAs hoping for a change of style ...which didn't happen. i was hoping that the music would take me to a different level (something which i get from a lot of the better mixtapes, so i was hoping for it here), but it didn't. by the time trace came on i was so tired (2 1/2 hours sleep the preceeding night) that i just wanted a rest. rap's set (which i thought was the best of the night by far...very smooth and a tad more musical than the others) had ended, and i thought that it was a fitting punctuation to my night. the main problem with renegades is the distance, i suppose.. after 12 hours of travelling, its a bit harder to be ener- getic on the dancefloor. but, as of now, canada is the only place to go to hear to hear top jungle dj's...i suppose chicago is getting some big names, but thats nearly as far distance-wise (maybe even farther). as far as east coast promoters getting involved in something like this, i might as well check on hell freezing over. if you ever do get the chance to check out a toronto party, by all means do it...if this was any indication, they know how to throw a party. :) jason/method one - Richmond, USA TECHNO 94 ========= Name; Techno 94 When; Monday 31st Oct. 1994 Where; Panishof - Borgloon / Belgium Organisers; B&B Productions and Ravers United - Hall 1 / Techno - Hardcore - Underground - Trancecore Dj's: * Mike Dred (R&S Records - Diatomic - London) * Xentrix (Energy House) * Bountyhunter (Bonzai Records) * The Fly (MAYDAY 6) * Tanith (MAYDAY - Berlin) * Tofke (MAYDAY 7) * Miss Djax (MAYDAY - Djax Upbeats - The Netherlands) * Yves Deruyter (The House Of House Cherry Moon - Energy '94) * Zzino (Reload Records) * Franky Jones (MAYDAY 6,7 - Love Nation '94) * G-Force (B&B) Live Act's: * Acid Junkies (Djax Upbeats - MAYDAY 6) * Acid Kirk (BWP Experiments - Reload Records) * Jones & Stephenson (Bonzai Records - MAYDAY 6) Presentation by V.J. Simone Angel (MTV) - Hall 2 / Trance - Mellow Dj's: * Nick (Nota Bene) * Marko (La Rocca - At The Villa) * Tofke (MAYDAY 7, Carat) * Frank (Globe) * Kevin (Balmoral) After Party At 'The Carat' Starts at 07.00 Am. Soundsystem : 40.000 Watt Lights : 100.000 Watt - Aircraft - Roboscans - Smokeprocessors PAR 64 Robocolors - Strobo's - Multicolor Lasers - PAR 56 Flower Lights - Microstars - Videoscreen with Rave Items. Many people tought that this was gonna be 'the' Belgian event of '94, they tought right... Since the organisation was in hands of 'B&B Productions & Ravers United' (B&B is just the short form for 'Bart & Ben', 2 guys from Belgium who gave lots of parties in 'Rave Zone Montini' a rather famous techno club in Sint Truiden, they also do flyers (if you can call their work flyers!) and Ravers United, just another rave organisation with members like Franky Jones)) I was a little bit afraid coz i tought it was gonna be a pure Belgian rave with lots of Bonzai stuff but it wasn't. They did a really great job there, except for these points * The organisation in the building sucked MAJOR! I had to wait more then an houre to get in and more then a 30 mins to get out! * There where 2 halls, but the connection between those 2 halls was a disaster, when you where in hall 1 and you wanted to go to hall 2 you had to go trough the main entrance (where 100's of people where waiting to get in) believe it or not but i took more then 20 minutes to get from hall 1 to 2, so when you wanted to take a look at hall 2, you were gone for about 40 mins. * The location was not really 'the perfect rave location'. When you wanted to take some fresh air outside you had to wait again more then 30 minutes to get in. The whole rave was waiting waiting waiting.... That's the reason why i missed some of the highlights of the evening like Tanith :-( (he was the reason why I was at techno '94 :) and Acid Kirk Live. * The temperature, WAY to hot, lots of people fainted that evening! Some positive points maybe now :) * It was really a great rave (except for that waiting and waiting and....) * Probably one of the biggest of Belgium, i don't know the right number of people who attended at 'Techno 94' but it must be someting between the 6.000 and 10.000. The whole place was really a MESS to get in and out. They weren't prepared for 6.000 a 10.000 people. Some comments on the Dj's and live act's * Miss Djax She wasn't on the line-up, I still don't know why she played maybe because the Acid Junkies did a live act but she did a great set, wicked 303 sounds mixed very well togheter. One of the best sets that I've heard that evening. * Yves Deruyter The creator of 'The house of house' and his new one 'Let there be house'. I expected a different set from him, usually in his local club (The House Of House - Cherry Moon) he plays mostly good hardtrance but now he played a bit commercial (at least for me :) songs like 'The House of House', 'Let there be house' 'Calling Earth'... To put it in other words, his own records and lots of Bonzai Records and Dance Opera stuff. * Bountyhunter He was one of the first ones that evening, if you are one of the first ones it's difficult to get the people on the dancefloor without playing some mega-hits but he did it well, after some songs the dancefloor was already in full motion and he could start playing some kewl underground stuff. * Mike Dred I'm not sure if it was him but i'm quite certain. He did a great set, mostly 303 sounds togheter with some of his own records mixed VERY well. * Acid Junkies (Live) Nice one, some things went wrong in the beginning (problems with the speakers) their music was really loud in the beginning. In fact the music at the podium was really to loud, i'm kinda deaf and I mean not deaf for 1 day. * Zzino The surprise of the evening for me, great set and excellent mixing! He even did the mixing technique that i've heard once on MAYDAY when Westbam was spinning, (i think it was westbam) mixing 2 records when scratching a third one. Watch out for this dude! * V.J. Simone I think I don't have to introduce this lady, know from The Party Zone on MTV. You maybe are gonna say, 'Whoa Simone at a rave, how commercial'. But I've seen the dudes from MTV on lots of raves. Simone at "Energy'94" and "The Love Parade 94", Carolin at "The Tribal Gathering '94", Steve Blame at "The Love Parade 94" Daviane at "Camel Airave" and now Simone again at "Techno '94" so what the hell, she did only the presentation. I think it's a nice idea to invite a host for a megarave like that you always know who's playing and who comes next and it's good for the ambiance. Conclusion A very nice rave but the location and the organisation inside sucked. If they are gonna do this every year (Techno '94, '95, '96...) it could be the mega-rave from Belgium. The UnderTaker - Gent, Belgium / 13th Nov. 94 THE DANUBE RAVE =============== Name; The Danube Rave Where; Linz, Austria When; 12th November 1994 Hi Dancers, my first mail to this list I think. I'm an expat in Vienna, been here 5 years and just thought I'd tell you about the most recent excellent raves over here: last Saturday nite in Linz for the 3rd (or maybe 4th) Danube Rave. We arrived about midnight after a 2hr train journey and thank god we'd bought our tickets before cos it was sold out. Sad for the poor sods who'd travelled all the way from Munich but good for the atmosphere inside. And it was a bit fuckin freezin to be hangin around outside. Well the location is like a labyrinth with one main hall and lots of smaller rooms. The only DJs whose names I remember were Dave Clark and Felix Da Housecat in the main hall and Speedio in the chill out room. The rest of the DJs I seemed to have danced thru without noticing that they'd changed - not that I was out of it or anything...! The atmosphere was amazing - almost everybody UP in some way or other and no piss-heads ruining the vibe. The music was really good - mostly newish stuff but some classics, mostly techno but bits of house in the main hall. I can't really put the event into words (can u ever)just WOW. Maybe the best ever rave? The only pain was the crush to get to the bogs, but there was lots of running water when you did make it there :=) . I left at 8am when somebody from San Fransico got on the decks (too slow) but the rave went on 'till noon with 2 after-hours in Linz but quite a few went back to Vienna to continue dancing at the Chatanooga. WOW. andE - Vienna, Austria / 15th Nov. 94 THE SCENE ######### SUMMER OF LOVE 94 ================= This summer has been quite c00l down here in Finland, there has been raves allmost every weekend at a club called ZOO.These events have got common name: Planet of Love and were organised by Elliot Ness a guy who bring techno to Finland. The sound systems were quite infisicant and lights, there were 10 roboscans and couple of power-strobos in the ZOO club , whats capacity is only 300 ppl, and some cool lightning like lasers and videoscreens on the hall of old-students-house. The line-up was great troughout the summer, many inter- national quests like: Laurent garnier, Derrick May, Jones & stephesson, Jeff Mills, The Orbital, Mijk van Dijk and Marcoz lopez (whose were playing at the Love Train, a rave train trough finland, where I sadly enough havent got change to go). Then I have to say that here things are little different than else where I know. Since there are most of raves that have international guest are legal and are held in techno or other clubs, you sometimes cant tell if its a rave or just a club night, difference is like a small here :-) Then because the Law says that clubs must shutdown at 04:00 we have those (mostly) illegal after parties. At summer we have just cool place called MAA (the earth) at the very centre of Helsinki(usually afterparty places have to be a way away(not a long anyway:) like place called the BAT, where radio city operates too, and one old factory where there have been events too). It was small basement, where a group of 'insiders' went after the legal raves to have fun till the midday. Some local DJs spinned cool hard groovys there allways and some guest even dropped in to have fun and play. It was quite a place of freedom, until one night when the police busted the place, witch is not common in finland .. this is kind of good palce to hold partys becouse police wont really do anything to em even if they somehow finds em, unless someone has complained to em something or so. Then one best thing at summer was those after parties at a small beach. Even that the the scene has been quite 'soft' thru the summer, there were one really HC party, at local rock&roll club called Tavastia, there werent many special guests, but the sound and light systems were totally dazing and hypnotic. The event were organized by local records store called MeZcaline. There was ruffnect playing too.. All i can remember abt this event is that it was cool and and my ears were ringing two days after :-) (I have to say that many 'real' raves before and after the summer have been hard ones as they should bee and have always been :-) ) after all.. I think that the scene in finland is small but STRONG and great.. thought it never could be anything like somewhere in center europe..but then this is Finland. :-) -in-Z-ka- - Helsinki, Finland / Oct. 94 WAREHOUSE IN COLOGNE HAS BEEN CLOSED! ===================================== Last friday the 29.7.94 the police busted the Warehouse/Cologne. With about 300 policemen (150 of them went inside) the caught 4 people with illegal drugs and powders that are not identified yet. All of them are out of prison again, because they were between 18 and 23 years old and it was their first time dealing with the police. But the owner and manager of Warehouse Jena remains in prison. The Cologne police was observing the Warehouse the last three months and it will never be opened again. Too bad, I really liked the Warehouse. Everytime I visted my family in Bonn I went to the Warehouse too, a lot of the Warehouse DJs and the Manager were supporting the Housenation from the begining of Acid in Germany. For the Popcomm '94 there were 5 special evenings planned with lots of guest DJs in the Warehouse. Because the Ballhaus/Bonn is closed at the moment too, there are no places left in the area Cologne/Bonn where you are able to listen to really good DJs and innovative music. (There are still a lot of techno and house clubs left, but these are only cheap clones to make money, "low spirit"). If this is the beginning of a new politic of Cologne, than it might be a begining for a new underground. Because one thing is clear: They can put us in prison, they can forbid our party, they can take our drugs away, but the music is in our mind and our mind is free, and we will never stop dancing, because the beat goes on and on and on and on .... rave on Christof - Tuebingen, Germany THE ANTI-CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL DEMONSTRATION REPORT #1 ====================================================== When; 9th October 1994 Where; London Just got back, well at about 7pm, from the Criminal Justice Bill march/demo in London. Wild wouldn't even start to describe it. I have NEVER in all my years of football + raving seen so many police in one place. Every side street in Oxford Street,Park lane, marble Arch area had a mini-bus full of riot police. Now normally these mini-buses, well the real police ones at least, do not have the wire grids down over the windscreens. All of these did. I watched at 5.00 as over 10 bus loads of Riot Police got out in Oxford Street and walked down towards Hyde Park. These guys were pumped and ready for action. They joined several hundered already assembled along Park Lane, facing Hyde Park. Why is it that the police can let a demo like this take place, can control it during the day, but come night-time, cannot work out how to end the demo ??? There was nearly trouble whilst I was there. A sound system on the back of a lorry was allowed up Park lane and around Hyde Park Corner. Both the van and the people following it were behind barriers. Suddenly the police decided that it was time to clear the road and so in went the riot police into Park Lane and the road around Marble Arch. They were followed by the mounted police. Some of the more extreme groups at the march (Class War, Anti-Nazi League etc) saw this as provocation and decided to turn on the police. These people were behind the afore- mentioned sound system. The started throwing sticks, stones, cans etc. and the normal foot police backed off, behind the mounted police. To their credit, the mounted police just stood there. They let the anarchists have their bit of fun, but didn't provoke the situation. As the sound system moved off again, the crowd followed. Deciding to leave at about 5.45 I found that the police had formed a line across the bottom of Oxford Street, and weren't letting anyone through. Their attitude was very negative against EVERYONE, including the poor tourists who wanted to know how to get back up Oxford Street. When I got home and watched the 7pm news on Sky, I saw that it had gone off in a big way. Having that many police in riot gear, and so many people, it is not surprising what happened. The main demo was peaceful, and the police seemed in good humour. It was only when they noticed that they were going to have trouble dispersing such a large crowd, and so sent in the heavy mob, that the trouble began. Some of the fault must also lie with the organisers for not making provisions for the end of the demo, and also for the element of society who go to this type of rallye just to cause trouble. Remember the last one, when some people tried to pull down the security fences around Downing Street. The Criminal Justice Bill is wrong, but there is a right way and a wrong way to oppose it. Causing a mini-riot in the heart of the West End is not the right way. Ian - London, England THE ANTI-CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL DEMONSTRATION REPORT #2 ====================================================== I suppose this is going to illustrate the typical problem of differing perspectives and differing opinions but I can't agree with Techno that the trouble at the anti-CJB demo yesterday was only exacerbated by the "more extreme groups at the march". This "usual anarchist element" (Met Police words) have been present at virtually every march I've ever attended, going back to 1980 and including demonstrations by the National Union Of Teachers for an 8% pay claim. If the police can't handle these two dozen or so regular loons then they're doing something wrong. There IS a time and place for Class War but this isn't it - it just provides ammo for the CJB supporters. I hate violence but I must admit I get a sick sense of satisfaction when things go horribly wrong for our Bimbling Boys In Blue. Yesterday was a showcase of British Police incompetence and by chance I witnessed three excellent examples. The lorry mentioned by Techno was the Megatripolis/Zion Train float, followed by a Transit van in camouflage paint, both playing (IMHO mediocre) rave/techno. These two were at the very end of the march, for some reason their progress had been deliberately delayed by a line of police walking in front of them. At Marble Arch/Hyde Park Corner, these two vehicles stopped, I couldn't see why but they APPEARED to be held up by police lines. About 100 of us were dancing about, and at this point the whole situation COULD have been defused in a low-key manner by letting the vans go into the park and about half-a-dozen constables politely asking us to move along please. However, out of nowhere riot police appeared about 5 deep at either end of the road with a single line facing us from the "hotel side" of Park Lane. The atmosphere became very heavy. Meanwhile people were pouring into the road from Hyde Park, attracted by the sound system and the confrontation. I expected a police charge, but it didn't come. The vans moved off TOWARDS Hyde Park, leaving about 100 of us sur- rounded by this huge army of bemused police. After about 20 minutes we got bored (new police tactic - bore us off the streets) and followed the vans. They were about 200 yards further up the road, very slowly moving towards the park. This time there were no riot police here, they were still back down the road surrounding the remaining few people (by now virtually the only people left were journalists and tired tourists sitting on the grass). But there were about 10 mounted police and they appeared to be preparing to advance into the crowd around the vans. Several protestors moved among the horses, feeding them handfuls of grass (of the lawn variety), patting them and chatting to the police riders who seemed quite happy and (dare I say it) friendly. The vans moved off again, and protestors closed the road in front of the horses with crowd barriers. This was turning into Carry On Copper - where's Sid James and Babs? The mounted police backed off and let the vans continue with a reduced police presence, and that was the last I saw of them. The best was yet to come. We retired to MacDonalds (OK OK I know I know but those chocolate mikshakes - mmmmmmmm) and about 5pm decided to walk to Victoria and get the bus home. As we left MacDonalds about ten Met vans pulled up and 50 or so riot police got out. After much jostling and shouting amongst themselves they decided to form two lines 10 feet apart on our bit of pavement and block Oxford street both ways. Leaving myself, my girlfriend and about two others in the 10 foot gap (I felt well protected surrounded by those hunky men and women). This caused great inconvenience - to shoppers. Added to which ONE of the lines was being strict and the other wasn't. This was hilarious. While one line was refusing to let shoppers towards Marble Arch and telling them that Oxford Street was being blocked, the other line kept letting people AWAY from Marble Arch through the backs of the strict line who were shuffling aside and apologising in that English way. All the while, people kept asking riot police the usual tourist questions - if they knew where there was a Midland cashpoint, how to get to Buckingham Palace, what the time was etc etc and the police were going along with it! The two police lines started to communicate - "What are you doing?" "Stopping people coming through here and you're supposed to be doing the same" " Are you sure?" "YES!!" "Oh! OK then". At this point it was noticed that there were 4 people "in the gap" (owing to our screams of laughter, wiping tears from our faces, clutching our sides etc) and we were asked to move on. We carried on toward Victoria. Half way down Park Lane we saw the mounted police charge demonstrators in the park but didn't see the buildup to this so can't comment on what started things. All I know is that the police seemed to be charging into an absolute SEA of people to very little ef- fect. This happened several times - the police regrouped, charged, the crowd scattered, got angry and wound up, and chased the horses as the police regrouped. It looked like a game to me, a pointless but very dangerous game - if ONE mounted police officer had been dragged off/thrown off, the mood of the crowd was such that we would now be hearing about fatalities, not injuries. Eventually the mounted police retreated and the crowd chased after them - straight onto the coaches waiting to take them home, exactly as MP Jeremy Corbyn said on the news. That was all we saw, don't know what happened later on. I personally think a lot of the trouble was not orchestrated but inflamed and utilised by the police to engender support for the CJB. Someone wanted this to happen. There were about the same number of people on the previous march, low-key police presence and no trouble. Oh dear, no head- lines, no Drugged-Up Ravers Invade London Violence! So this time there had to be a show - and there was. A sick sense of satisafaction, but also sadness. The CJB won't just affect me, it will affect my parents who love walking and picnics, my sister-in-law when she walks her dogs in the Gloucestershire farmlands, respectable middle- class protests against village school closures, people with a little tape player playing repetitive beats at a summer barbecue. And if there's one group of people who are going to hate this Bill, for whom life is going to one long round of confrontation and petty charges, it's the police. They should be allowed their own anti-CJB demo - I bet there would be even more marchers than we can put on the streets. JP - Swindon, England ANOTHER SMALL BELGIUM SCENE-REPORT ================================== The scene is really improving now, finally there are some independent semi-underground raves coming up beside the ordinary commercial club circuit. But let me explain the general situation : the house-scene in Belgium is mainly dominated by clubs. Personally this is a very bad thing, not because of the clubs but because of their owners, mainly elderly people who only converted their club to a house-club because 'house is fashionable and a good thing to earn lots of money' Even this should be perfectly allright (we live in a world of free trade after all), but the thing I don't like is that those owners don't know a sh*t about raving, don't have any taste for good things and after all are very conservative. If they got something, they are very anxious to try new things. Instead of that they squeeze what they got like a lemon, till they got all the money out of it. Don't get me wrong, there *are* clubs with a progressive policy but they are exeptions. In this commercial circuit there are never or seldom raves outside those clubs, if you have to beleive their flyers, there are 5 raves each week- end, instead these are just ordinary club evenings with a guest DJ from another club which is after all not that exciting :-\ You can identify 2 different kinds of those commercial clubs : (1) hardcore/trance clubs which are influenced a lot by Bonzai (2) progressive/garage clubs which are much better but I don't like them either because of the snobbish audience and the mainly boring music (garage is ok for 30 minutes but after that it becomes boooooring) Main problem in these clubs are well known, high prices for drinks (I hate to pay 3$ for a softdrink or beer), snobbish people and environment (little blinking lights and mirrors everywhere) I visited several German clubs which are really different: OK, prices are just as high but people are very open-minded and you don't find yourself in a 'starship-enterprise- environment'. The Omen is a parking garage and the Warehouse in Cologne is a concrete bunker :-) Besides that they have new DJ's every week, there's never anything like routine... Once again there are some exceptions from time to time, a team whose parties are called 'Rave Explosion' get from time to time some foreign DJ's to Belgium to play on their club- parties or once a year in a big hall (last year they got Laurent Garnier, Jeff Mills, etc) For me the only alternative are the smaller underground raves organised by a bunch of independent organizers who teamed together to a group called 'Chain Reaction'. Each month they do a big rave in Brussels with some of the best local DJ's like DEG and D-Jack. Besides that they do some smaller parties but there aren't promoted very well, so you may find yourself together with 10 other ravers on a party :-) For the music itself,Belgium is quite known for R&S, Bonzai, Dance Opera, Frank De Wulf, etc... Once again you have crap and quality. Bonzai for example is regarded in Germany as a famous under- ground label but in fact it's quite fake... In Belgium, you can't get out without seeing a 16 year lad on his moped wearing a Bonzai-Tshirt, besides that they have a very dominant role on those so called club-raves proclaiming that they are 'underground' while they produce very commercial tracks (they even got one of their tracks in the hitparade between Jam&Spoon and 2U). The climate has become so bad that real underground people use 'subground' instead of 'underground'. Nowadays the quality-standard for underground raves is that the less Bonzai-Tshirts, the better a rave is :-) About Dance Opera, I can be brief: just another attempt from a semi-major to get some money from the so-called under- ground. On the other side we got R&S which can be ranked amongst other worldfamous labels who mantain a very high quality like Plus8, DJAX, Warp or Guerilla. R&S also has its own ambient label 'Apollo' putting out a lot of good artists like Biosphere and Robert Leiner and licensing guys like Mixmaster Morris. The funny thing about R&S is that 90% of their artists are foreigners, so don't beleive stories about Belgium-the-techno-country (besides Front 242 and the com- mercial geniusses behind 2Unlimited, there's little to see :-) One of the few Belgian artists on R&S is CJ Bolland and even his parents were born in England... If you don't believe me, grab a Bonzai-compilation and an R&S compilation (for instance their latest In Order To Dance 5). If you listen to the Bonzai CD you hear a lot of boum boum with some crazy sounds on top of it done by 5 dif- ferent artists at most and that's it ! Compared to IOTD5 from R&S (full of high quality artists like Mu-Ziq, Mike Dred, CJ Bolland and Biosphere) Bonzai is utterly commercial crap. Dominique Poncin - Brussel, Belgium THE FREE PARTY 94 REPORT ======================== Hi Ravers, I thought I'd just let you all know how Free Party 94 was here in Vienna. It was held on Saturday (8.10.94) in protest at the local council and police trying to shut down every rave that they heard of. They also shut down at least 3 clubs within a month although they weren't exactly my taste - at the best yuppie-ravers. But that wasn't the point - they were in general getting more and more aggressive to us ravers although we're guilty of nothing except maybe being a little too loud and maybe taking a few toxic substances. ;-) But nothing to harm anyone else really. Well it was planned to start at 14:30 on the Ring in front of the opera and there were supposed to be lorries from as many youth cultures as possible as basically everyone was a lot pissed off with the authorities trying to ruin our fun just as the night life here had (at last) matured. MTV apparently had a report saying they didn't expect that it would be a success with such little time to organise (about a month I guess which isn't that much considering its the first one of its kind in Vienna and the bureaucracy here is murder). Well at 14:30 there were about 300 people so it looked as though it was going to be a flop and and MTV were going to be right. The security/organisers looked like outnumbering the ravers. Well a few minutes later the streets were full, don't ask me how, it just happened. And the first lorry appeared: Farm Rave (techno) with (I think) DJ Rokis playing :-) All hell was let loose and soon the street was moving as one with ravers quickly taking up any spare places on the lor- ries to dance. The next lorry was my favourite - Emotion & Silver Raves joined together - with a mate of mine, Reiner, DJing - dunno his DJ name. He was excellent anyway. The sound quality amazed me. The next was XXX. Fucking excel- lently loud & hard gabber & hardcore. For the next hour I didn't notice any other lorries as I was too busy running back & forth between these lorries saying Hi to the Family I knew and dancing (partly to keep warm and partly because all three of the lorries were playing great tracks). In about 3/4 hour we'd made it to the Mariahilfestrasse. Here I took my first look from the top of one of the tree supports at how big the parade had become: I looked down towards the opera (about 600m) the road was *totally* packed with lorries surrounded by masses of moving bodies. Looked amazing. At about 3:30pm the first lorries reached Heldenplatz and stopped and people picked the lorry of their choice and danced for another 3 hours. The police stood & watched - at the most hastling those who wanted to drink some alcohol, which was banned - obviously to promote the use of drugs - sensible police planning again ;-) After managing to actually sweat in the freezing wind I decided to take a look at the rest of the parade. The first thing that I noticed was that there was a friendly atmos- phere at all of the lorries (even the HipHop one where a lot of the people in the scene here are reknown for being elitist, aggressive and basically assholes). At this time some people had obviously given up because of the cold as there were a few gaps between the lorries. By the time I'd got to the opera I'd past the following lorries (apart from the first 3 where I'd been dancing):Blackmarket (soul/funk), 33/45 (techno), Fut & Oarsch Club (techno - Pomelo in fantastic fancy dress), and then one with a live metal-ish band, one with a live jazz group, an indie/goth lorry (danced a bit to Sit Down remembering the first raves) 2 HipHop ones, Arena (hardcore, on a bicycle!) and probably some that I've forgotten. So, although the majority were techno most other cultures were at least represented. And this made the atmosphere somehow magical and definitely not the same as LoveParade or Energy94 - to see Gothics, Metalers, soulboys, homeboys and ravers all dancing on the same stretch of tarmac. At 6.30pm the music started stopping as I think the police were getting bored with no arrests and absolutely no trouble. I think that anybody who was on anything had organised it before as I saw no drugs being sold, which probably mightily pissed off the police. The lorries started moving off to lots of cheers and whistles - everybody had had a great time. Then everybody suddenly realised that in the fun they'd lost the people they'd come with and so it was at least another hour before the streets were cleared. Also everybody seemed to have made the same plan: "if we get seperated then we'll meet at the entrance to Heldenplatz" as this area was packed at 7pm with everybody looking a bit lost in the dark! Afterwards were raves at Flex (quite new location by the canal that the police are also trying to shut down), Kunstwerk and the one we went to a bit out of Vienna: Xtasy. Xtasy was Xcellent: In a large factory with the loudest sound system I've ever heard - you couldn't stand next to it no matter what you'd taken! The DJs I remember were Miss DJAX, Patrick Pulsinger, Thomas Heckmann and the live act were Acid Junkies. All were pretty good. It had exactly the right amount of people, cost ATS200.-, but sadly had no cloakroom and the toilets weren't big enough! It finished at 7.00am with an afterhour in Chatanooga, but I had to be at a wedding at 10:00 so it was home for a shower and change for me! I expect it was really good as 999% were live, and the DJ line up was brilliant. Anyway to summarise about 15000 people turned up to the parade, despite fucking ice cold weather so the first (and maybe last) Free Party was definitely a success. MTV was WRONG! A big WELL DONE to all involved. andE - Vienna, Austria JUNGLE SCENE IN NORWAY ====================== Hi to all, Its not easy to live in jungle fandom here in Oslo. Hadn't I had my input through this list I'd sure as nutt lost it. Thought I'd let ya know whats up with the scene here in Norway. Basically there is Oslo, capital, where raves are good and authorities dont bother too much (compared to England and US.) Jungle things are supposed to happen here too but only recently have more people started to catch on. As you know, the whole business of the scene sort of hangs together, with promoters shops djs submedia recordbuyers partygoers. Already like 2 years ago jungl tunes were on the radio, parties, and shops, a little. It should have been nuff to get the `snowball' rolling.. but that hasnt happened `till now. 2 weeks ago, Simon Dee (UK) spinned a wicked jungle set for ca 100 dancing people in the `small room' at a 800 people rave with Illumination in the main room. The same thing is happening this weekend. It seems jungle's not ready to go big at parties..YET.. However.. in the quite-big city Trondheim, the jungle scene has existed small & underground for a long time..again due to `pioneering' by devoted people. Now there's like a reggae /jungle vibe pub/club, full 7 days a week. The owner imports jungle plates for 400 pounds a month (reputedly..) and people are getting into it. Things havent really come loose yet here in oslo record shop-wise. I have a hard time aquiring decent records. There are some cdees, and the occasional vinyl jungle collection. The `good' 12"s are like torn away... (hehe) (if anyone got a good `fresh jungle vinyl' offer for me then mail me..:) Myself I'm getting into the dj biz at the moment. I've been helping arranging parties with some other folks.. (ever heard about Zone Productions?) and I was asked if I could spin some. :-) lucky.. now all I need is the SL1200s. Peace to all junglist massive! Havard Alshus a.k.a dj Harold Lloyd - Oslo, Norway Oct. 94 MANCHESTER'S SCENE ================== Supposedly the home of house music in the North of England, if you ask people about Manchester, they are likely to come up with one or more of the following: the Hacienda, New Order, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, 808 State, etc. The whole 'Madchester' scene really took off in 1989 (as I moved up, by coincidence). But that was five years ago - has time stood still, or is there more than just the hype? At the moment, you can't seem to move in Manchester without coming across another new night starting up. This seems like a tradition, since the city has a massive student population, which enjoys clubbing as much as the locals do. However, the recent mass of 'student nights' seem to rely on cheap beer, unknown DJs, and promoters who know nothing about dance music. However, the venues stay the same, even if promoters come and go. Perhaps the most famous is the Hacienda, which became arguably the focal point of northern clubbing in the late 80s when Mike Pickering and Graeme Park were residents at 'Nude' on Fridays. Graeme Park now takes control of the Saturdays along with Tom Wainwright (with the eclectic John McCready downstairs in the Gay Traitor Bar), while Mike Pickering plays just about everywhere BUT manchester when he's not being a pop star with M-People. Fridays is now called 'Shine', and has guests most weeks (eg Todd Terry, Farley Jackmaster Funk, etc). Every last Wednesday of the month is 'Flesh', the north's biggest gay night, which goes on 'til 4am (as do Fridays and Saturdays most nights). However, the Hac has had its share of problems, being closed down by the police and closing itself on more than one occasion, as the result of gang and gun violence (which happily, is the exception rather than the rule these days). It also has a cafe which serves meals during club nights, at reasonable prices - the food's quite good too! 'Flesh' is only one of the many nights which serve the gay community. In fact, Manchester has its own Gay Village in the heart of the city, with clubs and bars that are part of the clubbing scene. Perhaps the best known is the Paradise Factory, which was formerly the headquarters of the now- defunct Factory records (which had New Order, Joy Division and Durutti Column on its roster). With a dancefloor, balcony level and the infamous loft, this venue has seen some of the best nights in Manchester since opening, including LuvDup's 'Jolly Roger' in 1993. At Equinox on Bloom Street, Manumission rose from nowhere to DJ Magazine's number One club in the UK at the start of this year, before heading to Ibiza this summer (with a secret new years eve bash planned back in Mcr). For a drink and a chill-out rendezvous, Manto bar is open all day and from 03:00-07:00 on Saturday night/ Sunday mornings. Other clubs worth checking out if you're up here include Home and Sankeys Soap. Home is on Ducie St, about 100m from Piccadilly station, and hosts LuvDup, Foundation, Seconds Out (next one's seeing the return of Sasha to Mcr - with a 4hr set rumoured!!), and Discovery. Most of these are house and derivatives, but the odd jungle night takes place, as well as hip-hop and all things phat via the Fat City crew. If the last is more your thing, then check out Hoochie Coohchie's nights, currently at Sankeys Soap on Fridays, which are now done in association with JockeySlut magazine. This venue is a converted mill just outside the city centre, with a rather cool open-air forecourt and a long main covered area with stage at one end - this club has some good bands coming up,including A Certain Ratio and Boots Collins. It also has a cafe serving world food, but I don't know what it's like. Perhaps one of the most under-rated places is the Boardwalk, again just out of the city centre (but only 250m from the Hacienda), but well worth finding. Dave Haslam hosts "Yellow" on Fridays (funk, disco, soul, etc) and "Freedom" on Saturdays - recent guests include Jon Marsh (the Beloved - the only time he's DJ'd in Manchester), Slo-Moshun, Pete Heller (Boys Own), etc. It's only 5/6ukp on Saturdays, making this the best value in Mcr on a Saturday night! There are also plenty of places to buy the records you hear in the above clubs: the most famous is probably Eastern Bloc on Oldham Street - across the road is Vinyl Exchange, which stocks the best range of second-hand music in Manchester, wirth some bargains as well as some very rare collectors material. Also check out Manchester Underground on Fennel St and Fac City records in Afflecks Palace, Oldham St. (I think Spin Inn has re-opened just off Market St, but I'm not sure - they were very good for hardcore/jungle). Also good for all non-commercial stuff is Piccadilly Records on Brown St, as well as all the major record superstores on Market St. Radio stations: Piccadilly Key 103 is the biggest, but plays commercial shit - avoid (even Stu Allen's 'rave' show is crap). Kiss 102 came on air in October, and is still finding its feet, but has some very good shows in the evenings. There are also some very good pirate stations, eg Soul Nation 104.6, but these come and go - just keep checking the radio FM dial! I've lived here for over five years, and, as you can probably guess, I love this city. If you're not a UK resident and make a trip to the UK, you should make the visit if you enjoy clubbing and dance music in general. It's about 2 1/4 hours by train from London, easy to get to from most of the UK, and well worth the visit. Andy S - Manchester, England / 25th Nov. 94 THE CLUB REPORTS ################ THE CHERRY MOON, IN BELGIUM =========================== * THE HOUSE OF HOUSE - CHERRY MOON * (Gentsesteeweg 144 - Lokeren - Belgium) I think everybody will know this club by now since the home dj 'Yves Deruyter' scored a major hit with 'The House Of House - Cherry Moon Tracks Volume I' (Out on Bonzai Records) and now with his new one 'Let There Be House'. The club is already quite old. I used to go their almost every week ages ago. Before Bonzai Records even existed, the beginning of house/acid music, the end of New-Beat. In that time the home dj was 'The Fly' (Wellknow from Bonzai Records and lots of mega-raves like MAYDAY 6, Mystery Land...). The reason why I was going there every week was because one of my favourite places 'The Boccaccio Life' was closed. The Boccaccio was a really famous place in that time, the place where New Beat was born and since the Cherry Moon was not far from the Boccaccio I started going there. But from the first time I was in the Cherry Moon I knew that this place would be 'the' place to be in a few months, and I was right. After some weeks more and more people came to there, people who I've seen every week in the Boccaccio and so on. After 1, 2 months Bonzai was born and since the boss of Bonzai 'The Fly' was dj in the Cherry Moon it was the place to be, kinda like the Warehouse in Germany. Every week more and more people came to there, even from abroad Belgium, France, The Netherlands... But like every good club who atract lots of people from everywhere and stays open till 10.00 or later, it has to close his doors. The people knew that they would close it in a few weeks and the last weeks before the closing were really insane, to many people. There were lots of times that you have to wait more then 30mins to get in and once in it was almost impossible to stay there for more then 2 houres without fresh air. It has been closed for 6 months. Since the home Dj 'The Fly' had no local club anymore he started playing in 'The Extreme' a new club in Belgium who has been the new party place for 6 months. After the Cherry Moon was back open (first day had more then 5.000 ravers!) they started with some really great parties, with dj's and live act's like Dave Angel, Robert Armani, Leo Annibaldi, Jeff Mills, Laurent Garnier, Daz Saund, Marusha, Dick, Hardfloor, PCP, Union Jack, Oliver Bondzio, Roland Casper, Franky Jones and the list continues. It was even better then before, more proffesional if you ask me, not the normal club nights anymore with every week the same dj's, but more variation like it use to be. The Fly stayed playing in The Extreme and they had a new local Dj, Yves Deruyter. Sound System: Good, maybe a little bit to loud, but i think it's everywhere a bit to loud :) Light System: Also very good - Multi Color Lasers - Strobos (sometimes even blue ones) - Multi Color Spots - Normal Spots - Smoke Cannons - Flashing Black Lights - And some other stuff The Place: The Cherry Moon can handle around the 2.000 ppl. It's pretty big and it has only 1 floor where they play Hardcore/Hardtrance, I really miss a Trance floor here. The entrance is 200Bf, that's around 6 Dollars. It's open on Fridays and Saturdays (sometimes on sunday to) from 22.00Pm and they must close their doors at 05.00Am. Resident Dj's: Yves De Ruyter (The House Of House) Stefaan (Kaos) Franky (Cherry Moon) The UnderTaker - Gent, Belgium / 12th Nov. 94 THE EXTREME, IN BELGIUM ======================= * EXTREME * (Brusselbaan 411, Affligem - Belgium) This is a rather new club, people discovered this club when they closed The Cherry Moon and the home Dj 'The Fly' started playing here. This is a place where they give lots of pure Belgian raves with Belgian Dj's (The Fly, Franky Jones, Phi-Phi, The Bountyhunter, Tofke...) mostly these parties are on a friday. I used to go their rather much when the Cherry Moon was closed, it's not bad, but i like to hear some other dj's to. They give lots of parties there with always the same dj's ofcourse some other ones to like (Miss Djax, Eliot Ness, Mate Galic, Ritchie Hawtin, Paul Cooper, Mike Dearborn...) but mostly Belgian dj's. Sound System: Really good! One of the best I've heard. Light System: Also very good - Multi Color Lasers - Multi Color Spots - Strobos - Smoke Canons - Flashing Black Lights The Place: The place is really big, it looks very big from outside but they didn't used their space good i think. The place counts 3 floors, when you come in you have the first floor, where you have the pay-deck, cloak-room and a stair that leads to the 2nd floor. On the 2nd floor is the dancefloor and the bar and on the third floor is again a bar and lot of seats, it's the same music on the 2nd and the 3rd floor, on the 3rd floor their is just a big open place in the middle. The place can handle around the 2500 - 3000 ppl and the entrance is around the 6 $. Resident Dj's: Friday: The Fly (Extreme, MAYDAY6) + Guests Open from 22.00 till... Saturday: The Fly (Extreme, MAYDAY 6) Tom (Extreme) Open from 22.00 till... Mondays: Phi-Phi (Extreme) Open from 23.00 till... The Undertaker - Gent, Belgium / 13th Nov. 94 REPORTERS OPINIONS AND STORIES ############################## A TRANSLATION OF A ROTTERDAM HARDCORE TUNE ========================================== Hi there ! In last issue of PLANET-E, I saw an article written by DJ ANABIOSIS/USA. He wrote something about the record "MIETJE" (not mEItje) and said he didn't knew what it ment. Let's clear it up for all you house-freaks that don't speak Dutch. Indeed, like ANABIOSIS expected, the song can be offending to some people. The word 'MIETJE' is something like the English word 'FAGGET'. Well I won't say more... I've tried to translate the text of the song which can be found on 2 versions (the Radio Version isn't that offending). Oh, before you continue reading, I'd like to quote another part of the cover: ! WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DAMAGE THAT MIGHT BE CAUSED BY LISTENING TO THIS RECORD !'.. Just to make shure... tried to keep it riming but that wasn't possible at all times.. well let's reveal the mystic text of the song "MIETJE" HARDCORE HORSE-DICK, I'M GONNA CALL YOU FARMERS-PRICK, DUCK SICK, YES YOU SUCK IN HOLLAND WE JUST SAY 'KLOOTZAK' <- something like ASSHOLE ONE TWO GET OFF MY TIP NOODLE STUPID CROSS-EYED CHICKEN I WON'T SALUTE YA, EVEN GREET YA I'M GONNA CALL YOU A FUCKING MIETJE I AM SICK AND I'LL GET SICKER I AM GONNA CALL YOU A FUCKING 'FLIKKER' <- FAGGET but then more offending DOG-HEAD, SUCK THEM DICKS FOR NOTHING, YES, 'VOOR NIX' <- for nothing in Dutch, coz it rimes YOU'RE A FOOL, YOU'RE A FOOL SO SHUT UP, 'HOU JE SMOEL' <- shut your face I WON'T SALUTE YA, EVEN GREET YA I'M GONNA CALL YOU A FUCKING MIETJE Right... let's finish with some background information, the song is created by PERNET & ERIK DE KONING... That last guy also was the sencond hand of the formations: "GOLDEN DELICIOUS" (Mellow: You Belong To Me), "OBSCURE FM" (Hardcore: Michael Jackson Is In Heaven Now), "KING DALE" (Hardcore: UTTER UTTER). I also heard on a radio show which he co-produced on a local station in Rotterdam, that he was doing a huge MIX on CD with the PERNET guy so that one should be out right now I guess... tILL nEXT tIME ! [<=tEAK/sKIDrOW^hOTC=>] - The Netherlands August 94 ------ ps: I found it was fun to have a translation of a gabber tune, coz a lot of them has quite the same kind of language :-) psyched SOME NEWS FROM THE NETHERLANDS ============================== DJ MARK VAN DALE [2nd part of: KING DALE, OBSCURE FM] [GOLDEN DELICIOUS] Has just opened a RECORD SHOP named "TURBULENTIE MUZIEK" named after the house-program he presented together with ERIK DE KONING. It's located in GOUDA/HOLLAND and I hope it will be very succesfull ! The radio show is now beying hosted by ERIK CROSS (Mellow DJ) and another person which I don't know. For people in Holland: ---------------------- If you live near ROTTERDAM, try to find STADSRADIO ROTTERDAM (Cityradio Rotterdam) on the 94.6 FM frequency and if you found it you can listen to the house-show TURBULENTIE on Friday night between 20:00 and 01:00 hrs. If you can receive RADIO 538 (I don't know if people OUTSIDE of Holland can receive it yet.. they had some plans to do this) you should listen to it every FIRST Saturday of the Month because there will be One-Hour live Mellow mixes between 22:00 and 07:00 the other morning ! (only interrupted by commercial breaks). GREETINGS fELLOW-hOUSE aDDICTS ! [<=tEAK/sKIDrOW^hOTC=>] - The Netherlands August 94 RECORD REVIEWS ############## BREAKBEAT ========= EP Title; - Artist; Concrete Junglist Label; Lloydie Crucial Concrete Junglist (Lloydie Crucial) - no label, so I don't know the title, but its in the same vein as the others, swingbeat jungle or whatever you care to call it - the 2 tracks vary only in their basslines (one mellow, one ruff), an average track, nothing outstanding - good use of vocals, but intensely annoying dms & boneman X 'lighter' samples... check it first... Rick - Leeds, England / 22nd Oct. 94 EP Title; Apollo 9 Artist; Jo Label; Awesome records Jo 'Apollo 9 / Murder' (awesome promo) - ah yes, one of the cuts of the week, apollo 9 is similar to r-type(bad computer samples...hehe), but after the big (and sometimes messy) intro it drops into serious fast n dark drum&bass, absolute stormer - plus the flipside is excellent as well,what sounds like a cut up anthill mob sample starts the track before a huuuuge bass guitar bassline drops, absolute belter of a 12 - just buy it.... rick - Leeds, England / 11th Oct 94 EP Title; Armed & Dangerous (Goldie Mixes) Artist; Cutty Ranks Label; RCA This weeks bargain find, 99p from the local clueless shop. Didn't think it was out yet, but is hardly worth the hype it has been given...2 mixes from Goldie, using what sounds like very slightly timestretched vocals (or pitched down), nice breaks (not rough enough) and occaisional nice guitar and 70's type orchestral sounds...its just a 'nice' 12 inch...best mix of the 2 is the beef bass mix (2nd of the 2) with a heavy use of that 70's break..nothing special at all, just another average ragga remix...and more home-listening than the others...but then again, it was definately a bargain at 99p... Rick - Leeds, England / 22nd Oct. 94 EP Title; Ganjaman / Studio One Lik Artists; Krome & Time Label; Terrin Vinyl ref 3 Not too different to 'The Licence', and equally deserving of the rewinds - same style of tune, mellow drums-good vocal sample-hard as hell drum&bass+ruffneck basslines etc. If you are a fan of 'The Licence' you will most definately like this...the flipside is similar, with a roots reggae intro (anyone remember the Dream Warriors' 'Ludi'??? well its the same sample...) dropping into heavily chopped drums interspersed with bad boy vocals. Both contain the now standard time-stretch and flange effects on both drums and samples. Top notch tunes, not played out as much as 'Licence', and the sample is better...thumbs up... Rick - Leeds, England / 29th Nov. 94 EP Title; Can't hold back/Moving on strong Artist; Asend Label; 2nd Movement First release on the 2nd Movement label - hopefully all of them will be up to this high standard, 'can't hold back' is in the same style as 'what kind of world' - strings, drums, strings, drums...but not saying that it isn't a fucking top-notch tune, using vocals from that tune that goes 'when you hold me do you dream does it seem etc' (from lots of old skool happy stuff), the flipside is the bollocks, mad mad bass and timestretched 'send for da new gun' vocals - absolutely tearing... Rick - Leeds, England / 24th Nov. 94 EP Title; Cheeba 94 Artist; Project One Label; Rising High Promo As the intro says 'this is dedicated to the niggaz that was down from day one', the originators (along with the Shut Up & Dance Crew) of the jungle sound, and yes it *was* called jungle back then, are back with an absolutely tearin remix, 3 mixes included (no info on whether its just a Rising High re-release, or whether Mark Williams has done it himself...), anyway - all the mixes contain the necessary elements of a good choon...ruff&ready ragga talk (very throaty, could be Apache ??!?!), lots of time-stretching, ass moving basslines, something for all the crew - even the original 'I like to smoke marijuana' samples from the original mix. nuff respect due - search it out, going out to the originals. Rick - Leeds, England / 27th Nov. 94 EP Title; Coffee Artist; DJ Trace Label; Lucky Spin This is a good tune. Sampled 'coffee' vocals and a big phat drum selection, great big bassline and huge stepping breaks - gradually builds into an uplifting string breakdown - just buy this tune, 2 mixes to choose from... massive respect to Trace for this one... Rick - Leeds, England / 24th Nov. 94 EP Title; Control Artist; Intelligent Minds Label; Intelligent minds A: Control B: Voyage Forever Real even though the so-called "intelligent" style of jungle/ drum&bass/hardcore/whatever is my personal favorite, i still have a complaint with some of the records out there. why do some artists assume that an "intelligent" track is some kind of excuse for weak beats? this is my problem with this record - the synths and atmospheres are excellent, but the beats blend into that atmosphere a bit *too* well for my liking. Score: 7/10 jason/method one - Richmond, USA / 27th Nov. 94 EP Title; Control EP Artist; Mental Power Label; Formation ref 12047 a side: dream sequence b side: 1) unknown intelligence 2) cool n' sexy for this, ill start with side B first (you'll see why in a minute). "unknown intelligence" is a very nice track, with lots and lots of ultra-trancy synths and a decent beat. "cool n' sexy" is quite a bit harder, with very mashed up beats and a lot of attitude, but is still useable if you're into that sort of thing. so far so good, right? well, flip the rec over to "dream sequence". this song is so amazingly bad i can't really describe it here. lets just say it uses the absolute corniest, cheesiest synth on earth...ugh, yuk. (gee,i wonder why they didnt play this side over the phone?) all in all, the two tracks are good, so i guess this could be a worthwhile investment... score: 6.5/10 (side b) 1/10 (side A) jason/method one - Richmond, USA / 5th Oct. 94 EP Title; Cus Cus Artist; Simon Templa Label; - One side is crappy jungle shit, while the other is ragga tinged drum&bass, bit fast, but worth it for the lovely 'Barbarella' style 70's drop in the middle...if it used this sample throughout I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it - but as it isn't I would listen to it first... Rick - Leeds, England / 22nd Oct. 94 EP Title; Dezire Artist; Notorious Label; Production House ref 70 Notorious 'Dezire / Raw Material' (PH Division #70) - top top 12, absolutely the bollocks...produced by DJ Devine (of scratching fame) and Essence, two corkers...the A side is a slow ragga jungle number, in the same vein as 'sweet vibrations' (ie a slow tune), good stuff...but the flipside cuts it for me...very fast, very ruff...bits of vocals, mad b-lines and best of all a big nutty scratch break...its a headstrong tune, nothing groundbreaking...but definately worthy of a purchase.... Rick - Leeds, England / 12th Nov. 94 Compilation Title; DJ's Unite Vol 1 Album Promo Artists; various Label; Basement records Another bargain find, a 12 with the exclusive tracks from a forthcomin cash-in album (hehe), a 2 tracker with an A-Zone remix of a DJ APhrodite tune (can't remember the name), but it uses a happy style of breaks, phat basslines and a lovely set of bleeps that come in now and again...an absolute corker. The flipside is a remix of Phantasy & Smooth's 'Dream On' which isn't that different from the original - but is a well produced ruff drum&bass sound... Rick - Leeds, England / 22nd Oct. 94 EP Title; Dream Sequence (B2B Remix) Artist; Mental Power Label; Formation 5 Excellent remix, nice open string/vocal breaks blend into too fast (as always...B2B trademark) drum & bass, very well produced, a top-notch drum&bass tune if there ever was one.. the flipside uses Robbie Dee (DJ Taktix...) so its pretty annoying, but the bassline is a waist winder....highly recommended... Rick - Leeds, England / 26th Oct. 94 EP Title; Dred Bass Artist; Dead Dred Label; Moving Shadow Dead Dred 'Dred Bass' (Moving Shadow) - played out played out boooooring, its just a case of owning this tune now - could never get away with playing it in a set and staying fresh...confined to the classics box...nice remix by Andy C and Ant Miles, different bassline, and nice filter/time- squash (hehe) sound on the opening vocals... Rick - Leeds, England / 26th Oct. 94 EP Title; Dred Bass (remixes) Artist; Dred Dead Label; Moving Shadow X. dred bass (b2b remix) Y. dred bass (manic one remix) the first time i heard the b2b remix of this, i was standing in front of a speaker stack in toronto (for "renegades", in october). i was kinda zoning out when this huge, crushing, mutated bassline *thing* comes roaring out of the speakers. "what the hell is that???" i thought to myself, and promptly filed the sound in the back of my head, not knowing who it was untill it came through the headphones at music now (expensive washington dc record shop). i know that this has been derided by a lot of the UK'ers on the list for being an obvious attempt for commercial success. being from the US, i don't get any of that. what i do get is a huge bassline roaming through, to be perfectly honest, a pretty mediocre song. and the manic one remix, which lacks the bassline, is mediocre period. i had doubts about getting this, but i knew that after hearing it in the store that the bassline would ricochet around my head until i bought it anyway....good decision. score: 6/10 jason/method one - Richmond, USA / 5th Nov. 94 +++++++++ Dead Dred 'Dred Bass Remixes' (Those Dubplate pirates, Movin Shadow) - oh great. Back2Basics Remix - Jason Ball gives this a proper remix, in other words its not the same as the original (see flipside)...starts with the vocal loop, and the original bassline, before cutting into a very strange bassline remix...its a weird one...very similar in structure, but that bassline makes it worth buying... Rob Playford Mix - remix?? yeah right...sounds to me like the original track with less drums....am I going mad... where's Mickey Finn's remix....another 10". I hope so. (sic) (Average) Rick - Leeds, England / 1st Nov. 94 EP Title; Energy Artists: The 2 G's Label; Juice Box ref 24 Bit of a lucky find this one, was in the bargain basement bin, and MixMag happened to review it, so I thought I'd check it out - apparently its A Guy Called Gerald & Goldie, so you know what it'll sound like already, good female vocals (treated in various ways throughout the track), big strings and an old-skool type breakbeat, its a very smooth tune, and should go down well with anyone who's a fan of reinforced stuff. The flipside (Isobar Remix), uses a very jazzy riff, which I thought would initially be annoying, but its a very good remix - like it a lot... definately worth buying... Rick - Leeds, England / 19th Nov. 94 EP Title; Exer-Size EP Artist; Roni Size Label; V Records ref 7 Including two long-awaited tunes 'timestretch' and 'phyzical'...'timestretch' has female 'give it up' vocals, helicopter style drum loops and a very nice bleepy bassline, just rolls on amidst string breaks and cold fresh air 'ooohs'. Nice tune but not quite up to 'phyzical' - the jazzy drums build and the bass gets heavier until it drops into a distinctive bassline stepper...most of you will recognise this - as its been dubbed since about June... definate anthem... Rick - Leeds, England / 27th Nov.94 LP Title; Face Of The Future Artists; various Label; Breakdown Face Of The Future LP (Breakdown) - been waiting for this for a long time, 8 new remixes/tracks and 4 deletions (hehe..johnny 92 of all tunes...memories) mostly my pascal or sponge (or both), but there are collaborations with Alex Reece and Goldie (trendy name-dropping..hehe)...all of it is total top-notch drum & bass...from the outright nutty 'Raw Basics' (major headfuck) to the absolutely awesome 'Sax Fiend' (worth buying the album for - honest!!!), something for all the cru...compilation of the year.... Rick - Leeds, England / 26th Oct. 94 EP Title; Feel The Magic Artist; Sophisticated Bad Boys Label; Suburban Base Whoah, hectic tune... bad ass b-line, heavy assault of fast & ruff drums, the odd vocal snatch and string break, but otherwise this is pure nutcase drum&bass, great for dancing, but its hardly ground-breaking - the flip has a mix of this in a mellower vein using Dillinja's 'Deep Love / Sovereign Melodies' guitars to full effect..also included is another mad fast tune, just drums, b-line & vocal samples - shelf life of about 2 weeks...check it out before you buy... Rick - Leeds, England / 24th Nov. 94 EP Title; Firing Line / ??? Artist; Droppin Science Label; Droppin Science ref 3 Great 12, 60's style organ intro (lazy summer style...nice one!), the same drums as on 'riots' - continual 'get ready on the right, steady on the left' samples, the guitars from Primary Source's 'Smile', lots of Star Trek noises and one hell of a tumbling bassline...adding up to an essential tune... The flipside is of just as high a quality, big bouncey bassline, male crooning vocals, similar 60's style organs and lots and lots of effects on the drums. In my top ten of the year by a long way....thoroughly recommended... Rick - Leeds, England / 29th Nov. 94 EP Title; Form & Function vol one Artist; Studio Pressure Label; Photek This has taken me *ages* to get hold of, and I don't doubt that most of you have got it already...one side is slow, mellow-ish drum&bass, while the other is heavy heavy, no prizes for guessing the most appealling track - but both are very well produced, and a breath of fresh air for the drum&bass scene...search it out (but don't take as long as I did...) Rick - Leeds, England / 22nd Oct. 94 EP Title; Greetings Artist; 1/2 Pint Label; Jetstar distributed white label Hmmm, not sure if I like this one, definately got to be in the mood for it. Sweet reggae/ragga vocals over an average sounding breaks track (mid-tempo), bogling bass and very wet sounding strings...its a very positive sounding track (all Jah and that...) - depends on your mood, one minute its a dirge, next your winding your body...guess its the vocal style... (Average) Rick - Leeds, England / 1st Nov. 94 EP Title; Guilloteine Artist; SMF Label; Rugged Vinyl SMF 'guilloteine (Ray Keith Mix) / How many ways' (Rugged Vinyl Promo) - good dark drum & bass - definately worth picking up this 12 - slowish rolling breaks and rumbling basslines. Guilloteine has some very nice chopped up effects in the mix, the usual 'machine gun' drums etc, 'How Many Ways' is a bit stop-start, but the nice 'let me count the ways' timestretched vocals lift it above the other drum&bass cuts...check it rick - Leeds, England / 11th Oct. 94 EP Title; Gwarn / Snaggal Artist; 3 Disciples Label; Flex ref 4 Everyone must know 'Gwarn' by now?? its the one with echoed 'gwarn....gwarn' 'all dread' samples - can't miss it... excellent mix of jungle basslines and hard drum&bass - seems as if the bassline gets harder through the song...good tune...the flipside is highly mixable - 'all girls brok out' MCed intro, daft giggling, a *very* strange drop out (has to be heard - its fucking great), the usual bad boy dread talk, and swingbeat girls...tuff tune.nice one. recommended... Rick - Leeds, England / 27th Nov. 94 EP Title; Hectic remixes Arists; Ramos, Supreme & Sunset Regime with Dj Slipmatt Label; hectic ref 006 a side: 1)sunshine (the pa kua mix) 2) journey (fusion mix) b side: 1) crowd control (dj slipmatt remix) 2) gotta believe (heaven mix) uhm, well, this isnt gonna get quite the blubbering review i gave omni trio...remember what i said above about ordering on the phone? well, anyway, this starts off with "sunshine (pa kua mix)", which is perfect if you like dusty old circa 91 synths and pianos set to a 4/4 techno beat :P the next track, "journey", is much more in touch, with uplifting pianos and an actual, you know, breakbeat. unfortunatly, the production is *horrible* and the beats are very low and muffled...not something i could tell on the phone. "crowd control" starts off very basic, adds a cheezy synth, and goes nowhere from there. "gotta believe" is the best track on this, a nice blend of good vocals and nice hands-in-the- air pianos....very happy and anthem-y. if you like that sort of thing, this rec might be worth it just for this song. score: 4/10 jason/method one - Richmond, USA / 5th Oct. 94 Ep Title; Hello Lover Remixes Artists; Hype/Andy C/Dj Trace Label; IQ ref 3R Three pretty good mixes, but after listening to all three in a row they will all sound pretty similar ;^) Hype's Mix - the obvious favourite, gentle breaks with female moans/hello lover samples lead into an extremely hectic, ruff n tuff basslined drum&bass anthem. love it. check that big phat bassline - up to Hype's high standard... Andy Cs Mix - amazing chopped up drum intro builds up to the Andy C sound, big cymbol crashes and hard hard drum&bass - a short floating string break is soon destroyed by the heavy drums...good stuff DJ Trace's Mix - after the drum innovation of the last two, Trace's choice of drums leaves little to be desired - as the mix title suggests it rolls along nicely - luckily there is a really good scratchy sound towards the end, giving it a touch of redemption... Rick - Leeds, England / 27th Nov. 94 EP Title; Inner City Life Artist; Metalhead Label; ffrr/london A: Inner City Life B: Jah This one has been so ultra-hyped that it's kind of hard to seperate the actual song from all of the speculation...but is it the masterpiece that people have made it out to be? well, not really. don't get me wrong, "inner city life" is smooth and beautiful, the closest thing to a "real song" in my record crate. maybe that's the problem. for all of it's orchastration and scope, "inner city life" is regulated to armchair-only listening status...it's not very danceable and would be really hard to fit into a set, but then again it sure is pretty :P Score: 8/10 jason/method one - Richmond, USA / 27th Nov. 94 +++++++++ Not a patch on Roni Size's remix, but a well produced classy tune, and judging by the flyposting, release delays and general hype Charlamagne'll be doing her 'I've got the key' on TOTP...great...but in my eyes it does live up to the hype easily...floaty stuff indeed...the flipside is, unfortunately, a bit crap...and I was lead to believe that the flip to this was going to be the epic 'Timeless'... apparently there are 4 Hero & Tek 9 mixes to follow... Rick - Leeds, England / 24th Nov. 94 EP Title; It's Not Over/Better Day Artists; Seduction & Dougal Label; Impact ref IMP028 It's Not Over : Starts off with the usual main synth riff and female vocal of "You belong to me, I believe in what God intended, it's not over". Some piano, 4/4 drums and string sounds. Nothing special really. Better Day : Again 4/4 drum (but then Happy Hardcore would not be the same without it) and main synth start us off with little bits of that SMD #1/#4 drum pattern (but then Happy Hardcore would not be the same without it). Then the piano happens and does that bring back memories, it's the main part of Starlights Numero Uno (Italian dance number from `89, oh no come to think of it, there is another "classic" rave tune I missed off my history list ;-) Matt E - London, England / 18th Oct. 94 EP Title; Jazz Note Artist; DJ Krust Label; V Records Long time coming, and definately worth the wait - nice pulsey riff, over a deep skanking bassline and scatty jazz-style drums, very deep and certainly worth the readies...unfortunately the flipside is quite a nutty fast drum&bass number - the jazz influence is there, but it is much too fast for this style of tune...otherwise this is an absolutely slamming 12... Rick - Leeds, England / 24th Nov. 94 EP Title; Knight Raver/Show Me Artists; Ramos, Supreme & The Sunset Regime Label; RSR Recordings ref RSR 002 I decided not to get involved in the Happy Vrs Jungle because I don't like Jungle events and I don't think i could handle a Happy Hardcore event if it means I don't get tunes like Dread Bass, The Licence, The Terrorist etc... Anyway two happy tunes to choose from: Show Me (The Window In Your Soul) : Has a 4/4 beat but is not Techno like the Dougal stuff which seems to be coming out. It has real sung words as well (could this be the real future of "Happy" tunes?). What else can I say piano, slightly farty main synth (but not chessy) and some nice chords changes. There is something wrong with the way the snares loop though. If you listen carefully towards the end you can hear the bass line of whatever they sampled it from and then it suddenly stops but just before it should so it sounds slightly cut short if you know what I mean? Knight Raver (Tommy Cooper Mix). Don't know why it's called the Tommy Cooper Mix but then there you go. I am sure the snares at the beginning are sampled from "Music Box" by Dj Ron but then maybe not. 4/4 again with a main synth and a piano bit in the middle, but then it would not be the same without it. The interesting thing is there is not a single vocal in it, and it still works. Happier than the flip side but does not have the "hook" that the other side has. Matt E - London, England / 2nd Nov. 94 EP Title; Lift Me Up Artist; Future Primitive Label; Knight Force ref KF 026 Tracks; Lift Me Up / Infect Me It comes in a plastic bag!!! 'Infect Me' is a standard piano affair with a nice bit in the middle with oriental sounding riffs and some thunder for some reason. Has a chipmunked "Infect me with your love" sample and loads of little scratching bits throughout the song. 'Lift Me Up' reminds me of Ganga man on Slammin Vinyl, probably because of the broken up drums at the beginning and spin back bits. Unfortunately it is not in the same classic league as that but never the less it is an uplifting piano thing with a cheeky bit in the middle that samples the House Crews "Euphoria - Ninos Dream". Not too much to write home about. Perhaps Vibes & Wishdokta will work their magic like they did with We're Flying (which may make it to my number one spot in the years top tunes!). Oh this is the tune which also has the "Been from one side of the Galaxy" and all the stuff about the force from Star Wars. Matt E - London, England / 2nd Nov. 94 EP Title; Lonely Artist; D'Cruze Label; Suburban Base An oldie that has grown on me, so I decided to pick it up.. its just a beautiful track, excellent use of orchestral samples and occaisionally timestretched vocals...before dropping into mellow drum&bass... it sound nicer if its pitched down - so isn't really for the hard-heads... recommended... Rick - Leeds, England / 22nd Oct. 94 EP Title; Loving Artists; Lewi Cifer/Brainkillers Label; Kemet ref 12 Kemet Presents 'Loving' (Kemet 12) - two mixes to choose from, Lewi Cifer or Brainkillers, the Brainkillers simply being ruffer and harder...anyway, they both start with the pipes/guitars bit from Goldie's Cutty Ranks Remix, a touch of female vocals, ragga chat and a bassline not too disimilar to the one from 'Agony'...usual high class Kemet stuff, deserves countless rewinds...buy! Rick - Leeds, England / 15th Nov. 94 EP Title; Midsummer Mist/Feel Good Artists; Vibes & Wishdokta Label; Asylum ref 004 Midsummer Mist : This is a tune (obviously). Starts with nice girlie vocal "ohhh ohhh laaa laaa laaa" before a "gun shot" type sound and the tinkly harp sounds and drums start. Still can't work out what she says but it sounds like: "When eggs will flow, I'll take it to you" which is obviously not what it says. Has a bloke with an accent in the middle say "Oi start this one again, right". Feel Good : This is another one of those 4 to the floor happy tunes that are doing the rounds at the moment. Sounds very similar to one of the tracks on Ravers Choice 1. Lots of piano and female vocals proclaiming "It feels so good" not as good as Midsummer Mist which is happy without the cheeseness. Matt E - London, England / 18th Oct. 94 Title; Omni Trio Vol 5 "Soul Promenade" Artist; Omni Trio Label; Moving Shadow ref 51 x side: 1) living for the future 2) ghost rider y side: 1) soul promenade 2) soul freestyle ok, ill get this out of the way first: omni trio 5 is abso- lutely brilliant! all four tracks are very useable, espe- cially "soul promenade", which definatly earns a place among my fave tracks of 1994...nice, complex beatwork meshes with a very uplifiting, moody synth breakdown. all of the tracks on OT 5 definatley fall into the more "musical" category, with lots of piano fills, synths, deep strings, and so on. "living for the future" combines piano with deep strings, for a rich trancy feel. "ghost rider" is very mellow, with a minimalistic beat which relies mostly on the gently rolling bass and a really nice bell-like synth. "soul freestyle" is a stripped down version of "promenade" that sounds vaguely electro for some reason. all in all, omni trio 5 is much more focused than omni trio 4, and should be a "must have" for anyone into this style. score: 9/10 jason/method one - Richmond, USA / 5 Oct. 94 EP Title; Only You Artist; Nookie Label; Reinforced records Nookie 'Only You / Celebrate Life' (Reinforced) - oh yes... at last...mellow pianos and Omni Trios 'ohhhh baby' vocals make this sound like a remix of the last Omni Trio 12, doesn't matter because its fucking ace...rollin along at a slowish pace, strings and pianos are the order of the day on both sides... destined to be an anthem, but still not quite up to 'sound of music'...maybe he should've stuck to happy....anyway, the only downside is both tracks are on the forthcoming album, so is it worth buying until then.... give it a listen I think so.... Rick - Leeds, England / 15th Nov. 94 EP Title: Original Nuttah Artists; Shy FX & Uk Apache Label; SOUR ref RMX8 Three mixes to choose from unfortunately all with Uk Apachie shouting on. Potential Bad Boy keeps bits of the original drums but replaces most of the versus with a different drum pattern. Booyaka Crew have to win for the "most amusing introduction for a song by Shy Fx & Uk Apachie" category. Starts off with a Bhangra sitar and drums before the real drums start. I would really like to see the reaction to this at a jungle event =) Basically all the same words but different bass line and again less intense drums. The Sitar comes back in towards the end as well. ;-) Both of these mixes are both rather short. T Power gets the longest mix as he has a whole side to himself. I presume this is the one Dom heard on Dub plate as it has similar machine gun type drums that Dread Bass has (once it gets started anyway) no massive bass though ;-( This has a chord bit in the middle that would have added something to the tune if it had been a bigger part of the remix. Matt E - London, England / 2nd Nov. 94 EP Title; Original Nuttah Remixes Artists; Shy FX & UK Apache Label; SOUR Three mixes of this pop hit (hehe) to choose from... T-Power Remix - The vocals are heavily treated/chopped up, and it sounds very promising to start off with...a dark helicopter STYLE breakbeat intros the track before going totally loopy in the middle...trouble is a really really shit noise (from the 80s....) bangs in whoah! my needle is lifted and I can't be arsed to listen to the dirge anymore... Potential Bad Boy Remix - Aaah, thats better, ruffer than the original, although very similar in structure - better drums, better bassline, and the excellent vocals...pity you can't really play it anymore :^) Bhangra Mix - hate bhangra, but I guess it does the job... T-Power Mix - as long as you mix it out before that noise its good Potential Bad Boy Mix - Above Average Rick - Leeds, England / 1st Nov. 94 EP Title; Over You Artist; DreamTeam Label; Joker Not sure if this is the 'yeah man' remixes that were supposed to be released this week, as I haven't heard the original....but anyway, this is an absolute top-notch 4 tracker - all tracks are hard drum&bass with the 'yeah man' (Over You) track being the favourite for its mad bass- line, I will undoubtedly play this one to death... Rick - Leeds, England / 22nd Oct. 94 EP Title; Really Love You/Sky High Artist; Dj Dougal Label; Die Hard ref DH002 A1-Really Love You : Starts off with very techno sounding drums (4/4 and Cymbles) before introducing the snares. Has a really crap "r-rr-rr-really love you" vocal which gets on my nerves at the moment but will probably grow on me like all these things do. Happy piano but not really much else going for this track. Sort of track you would turn your car radio down if it came on ;-) A2-Sky High : Starts off with "Is anybody out there" computerized sample before kicking in with a Slipmatt style cut up drum pattern. Usual main synth sound belting out a repetitive happy riff. Whips the main chorus vocal from Hype Go-Go's "high" but it has different piano arrangement. Matt E - London, England / 18th Oct 94 EP Title; Remix Records & Knite Force Remixes Part One Artists; various Label; Knite Force ref 27 Its been a long time since I've had edam with my drum&bass, makes a pleasant change...Slipmatt gets to grips with Jimmy J & Cru-L-Ts 'Take Me Away', adds dairylea to the riffs amongst the current happy trend of breaks/techno plus superb hands-in-the-air vocal drops, and extra cheddery pianos...good stuff, even better is the Slammin Vinyl touch on Future Primitive's 'Lift Me Up', ah yes, thats how I like my happy - ruffed up a bit, chopped up drums, bad ass basslines, chipmunk vocals, wensledale riffs and top-notch pianos...a must-have for the happy crew... Rick - Leeds, England / 27th Nov. 94 EP Title; Remixes Artist; Lick Back Organisation Label; Suburban Base Lick Back Organisation 'Remixes' (Sub. Base) - The 'Maniak Musik' remix is the one from D&B Selection 2, and is pretty similar to the original, except it is ruined half way through by some shitty pipe effects....yuk...Kenny Ken gets to grips with 'Ruff N Rugged', no bullshit,just drums...lots of them, has the same feel as Kaotic Chemistry's Illegal Subs - a rewind or drum sound after each drum loop...nice one! a touch of strings here and there, and the odd vocal sample - otherwise this is more D&B...check Kenny Ken,ignore the Lick Back... Rick - Leeds, England / 26th Oct. 94 EP Title; Remixes 2 Artist; 4 Horsemen Label; Tonedef 4 Horsemen Remixes 2 (Tonedef) - 'Drowning In You' is remixed this time by Phantasy & Aphrodite, big sweepy into and light drums precede a big bassline and standard drum&bass stuff...nothing new, basic crowd mover...flipside is a steve gurley & yomi remix of 'We Are The Future', and is the bollocks, cut up intro vocals, live sounding drums, dubwise bassline, and absolutely corking piano/guitar/80's samples - much better than the last lot of remixes, and they were pretty cool....check it Rick - Leeds, England / 26th Oct. 94 EP Title; Revelations Artist; Ron Tom Label; Metamorphosis Records Another good tune, an original idea as well, mid tempo bassy breaks mixed with girly vocal bits, deep love organ samples and majestic gospel soul touches - in between the odd gunshot its a very uplifting track, one for the ladies (as they say). The flipside is more ragga flavoured, with what sounds like buju banton toasting, and a superb (sorry - superb) orchestral drop out - definetely worth checking this out... (Above AVerage) Rick - Leeds, England / 1st Nov. 94 EP Title; Rollers Convention 1 Artist; Dj SS Label; Formation records DJ SS 'Rollers Convention 1' (Formation 5) - wahey, the best record on Formation in a long long time, all tracks are very good - all in the usual techno drum&bass style of SS, but this time he seems to have found some more instruments (hehe), best tracks are those on the A-side, (intro & united)... the only disconcerting thing about it is his nipper on the front in a man utd shirt....check it rick - Leeds, England / 11th Oct 94 EP Title; Rollers Convention Part 2 Artist; Dj SS Label; Formation 5 4 tracks, of which 3 are usual Formation techno-drum&bass fodder, if you like everything else on Formation you will already know these...hehe...luckily 'Morning Time Selection' is here to restore my faith...a brilliant chime led mellow drum&bass tune, that sounds nothing like DJSS and should really be on Good Looking Records - recommendations don't really come higher than that.... (Morning Time Selection - Above AVerage, plus you get another cute picture of SS'sprog...hehe) Rick - Leeds, England / 1st Nov. 94 EP Title; Roots Rock/Fire Artist; Red Light Label; Red Light ref 3 Red Light 'Roots Rock / Fire' (Red Light #3) - Another one thats been a long time coming...Roots Rock is simply an expansion of the roots vocals from the abysmal 'Wow Yeh', with a bit of bad boy chatting thrown in for good measure.. its okay, but not outstanding...'Fire' on the other hand is a wicked wicked tune, bad ass basslines, ruff drums, and timestretched vocals that sound like they were recorded in a toilet...hehe...plus there's a moody dark bit of buzzing in the middle - hurray! good tunes!!! but roots rock is a bit dodgy depending on your mood...otherwise *thumbs up* Rick - Leeds, England / 15th Nov. 94 EP Title; Run From De Sound Clash Artists; Formula 7 & Easy bass Label; Quayside ref 15 Formula 7 & Easy Bass 'Run From De Sound Clash / Essence' (Quayside 15) - oh yes!!! hard hard drum&bass with a touch of junglism...timestretched & echoed intro vocals with a gentle drum&bass precede a big fat bogle bassed drum tune, the bass changes, the vocals keep coming in and out... drum&bass at its best... the flipside (essence) is a smooth but hard d&b tune, nice stuff, but not as good as the other side...buy this... Rick - Leeds, England / 15th Nov. 94 EP Title; Selecta Artists; Half Breed & Redneck Label; 24K Gold Ignore the A-Side and head straight for the flipside, 'Lazy Sunday' - majestic orchestral pipe breaks, punchy bass line drums and a very mellow outlook make this a top top tune, even though it sounds really sad (boo hoo sad, that is... hehe) - I like this one a helluva lot, especially the way it makes you want to get rollin....hehe (Above Average) Rick - Leeds, England / 1st Nov. 94 EP Title; Shine Artist; Torchman Label; Faster Faster Records A *really* nice 12, very trancey in outlook; using a heavy bassline consistently through the track giving a trance feel, with ruff sounding (bad quality) slow breaks...every now and then it comes in with a timestretched "shine" vocal and a nice bleepy melody - it is easily one of my favourite tunes of the last month or so...play it to death kids... Rick - Leeds, England / 22nd Oct. 94 EP Title; Six Millions ways to die (Final Mixes) Artist; Uncle 22 Label; Strictly Underground Despite being on the shittiest label in the UK (hmmm...nice cover boys...also nice to see you've released your only decent tune since M-D-M 'Move Your feet), anyway, its just the 'exclusive' mix from hardcore junglistic fever #1, similar to the original, but the are faster drums, a timestretched bit in the middle, and its not as creative... The dub-technitions mix on the flipside is firstly fucking fast, mixes up the bassline, and just really updates it since the original release over a year ago...worth buying, if you can face the embarressment of that cover.... oh dear... Rick - Leeds, England / 15th Nov. 94 EP Title; Southern California Artist; Concrete Junglist Label; Lloydie Crucial Concrete Junglist 'Southern California' (Lloydie Crucial) - another swingbeat sampling affair (am I the only one who likes this sort of stuff??), top notch vocals from (apparently) tony! toni! tone!, but over use of 'sweet vibrations' drums...its another one for the crossover guys' n gals, but those vocals are very nice...mellow mellow... Rick - Leeds, England / 12th Nov. 94 EP Title; Sureshot/Inna Strength Artists; Dj Solo + Dj Rossie Label; Fx Recordings ref FX002 Second release from Fx Recordings, the company that brought us Sweet Vibrations. Unfortunately neither tunes are quite as good as that. Sureshot : This is a rolling jungle/Drum & Bass tune but faster than something like Omni Trios Rollin Heights for example. Has a nice tinkly piano type sample in the background and some soft vocals in the middle. Intelligent junglist? Inna Strength : To be honest this was the track I listened to in Our Price when I bought this 12". The only problem was they played it at 33 1/2. Anyway, it did not turn out the way I expected it to at 45rpm but it is my favourite of the two. Faster than Sureshot this has a nice melody thing at the beginning and towards the end. I am beginning to find it increasing hard to try to describe this sort of tune (does it show?). Matt E - London, England / 18th Oct 94 EP Title; Stay Clam (Foul Play Mix) / So Fine Artist; DJ Pulse Label; Movin Shadow ref 52 Foul Play can keep their remix as far as I'm concerned, dark and moody intro, spooky strings and eerie effects precede a Champion Sound rip-off...sorry, style, drum&bass outing... heavy heavy bass - its okay, but nothing special... Flip over for the real shit...why this isn't the X Side I don't know...amazing tinkly bits and beautiful sweeping strings, deep basslines and a slow stepping bassline... very reminiscent of the ALex Reece tracks on Metalheads... this is the bollocks... Rick - Leeds, England / 27th Nov. 94 EP Title; The Elemental Artist; T Power Label; SOUR ref 009 Beware the beast man for he is the devils pawn, alone among God's primate's he kills for sport or lust or greed, yea he will murder his brother to possess his brothers land, let him not breed in great numbers for he will make desert of his home and yours, shun him, drive him back into his jungle lair... God knows where this comes from but it sets a nice atmosphere for a very slighty "helicopter" style drum pattern with dreamy strings and piano that is The Elemental (Sociospective Mix). On the flip we have Chasin A Dream (Blue Narcissus Mix) & The Elemental (Forbidden Zone Edit) which is just a shorter version of the A Side. Chasin' is more of the same with the same sort of echoed beeps that one of the tunes had on the previous EP. Has a sample that I think comes from Star Wars "I have been from one side of the galaxy to the other, seen a lot of stuff"..."there is no mythical force controlling my destiny" which is quite amusing because this is used in the Future Primitive tune as well, must be something to do the the rerelease of the Star Wars films on video ;-) Not as good as the last T Power EP, "This is not reality" but The Elemental is still a nice listen to tune. Matt E - London, England / 2nd Nov. 94 Compilation Title; THE JOINT II Artists; various Labels; Moving Shadow + Suburban Base A. 1) deep blue "the helicopter tune" (rufige kru mix) 2) d'cruze "lonely" 3) cloud nine "blissful ignorance" (tango remix) B. 1) boogie times tribe "my soul" (roni size & krust remix) 2) blame & justice "anthemia" (origen unknown mix) 3) kings of the jungle "jungle theme" (exclusive remix) C. 1) renegade feat. ray keith "something i feel" (2 bad mice remix) 2) lick back organization "ruff n rugged" 3) omni trio "nu grooves 94" (deep blue remix) D. 1) mickey james "nice n deep" (exclusive remix) 2) e-z rollers "rolled into one" (droppin science remix) 3) flex & fats "somebody" (exclusive remix) if nothing else, the joint II is a way to redeem myself after missing out on all those moving shadow remix ten-inchers... the joint II is a definate example of balance, as in that some tracks are great and some make me cringe. the highlights: rufige kru's interpretation of the helicopter tune (by far the best version, IMHO..), e-z rollers, cloud nine (though i agree that the hey hey hey sample is played out), the crisp drumming of d'cruze, and the amazingly gorgeous female vox on lick back orginization. the lowlights: those beautiful female vocals soon get crushed by an overly choppy and ugly drum beat, with the obligitory ragga shout going "ruff and rugged". kings of the jungle has it's moments, but as a whole the "exclusive remix" is sloppy ...the original is much better. deep blue's omni trio mix, for lack of a better word, simply sucks....it drains out whatever was cool about the original. the same could be said of the "exclusive" mickey james remix...the original was much nicer. the joint II doesn't seem to be as "together" as part one was, but then again you get a whole slew of cool tracks to counter the bad ones. it's worth the money. score: 7.5/10 jason/method one - Richmond, USA / 5th Nov. 94 EP Title; Two On One Issue 7 Artists; Roni Size & Krust, Jmj & Ritchie Label; Moving Shadow ref 201-7 x side: roni size & krust "withchcraft" y side: jmj & ritchie "deep bass 9" well, i simply had to get this, considering that i'm really into jmj&ritchie. so how does it work out? well, though "deep bass 9" isn't quite as cool as "hall of mirrors/case closed" were when i first heard them, it still is a decent track - trancy drum & bass with the whols synth/female vox bit. if theres one problem i have with it,its the played-out "bass" sample...thats a pretty small complaint, though. the roni size & krust track, however, is pretty awful...very strange and uninvolving, and what the hell is up with that electric guitar sample?!? the beat is pretty lame, too. score: 7/10 (jmj&ritchie) 3/10 (roni size) jason/method one - Richmond, USA / 5th Oct. 94 EP Title; Two On One Issue 8 Artists; various Label; Moving Shadow ref 201-8 X. essence of aura "northern lights" Y. foul play "cuttin' close" sporting a spiffy mint-green motif, the latest piece in the moving shadow "two on one" puzzle hits the public with not one, but *gasp* two good tracks....after the middling issue 7, it's a nice change (especially at $9.95....goddamn expensive record store). "northern lights" isn't at first all too different from a lot of the ms tracks floating around...easy feel, female vocals, rich strings...the whole bit. but it does have a sense of focus that, after a few listens, set it apart from similar attempts. very nicely done. the foul play track isn't quite as straightforward - it starts off with a truly bizzare ethnic flute/horn/ something introduction that *whew* finally leads to a very smooth track, with innovative synth work and a truly amazing soul vocal breakdown. someone on the list said that this track can't even compare to foul play IV...if that's true, i better start saving up :) score: 9/10 jason/method one - Richmond, USA / 5th Nov. 94 +++++++++ Foul Play - 'Cutting Close' : Starts with a really strange woodwind/bird/strange person wearing brown trousers and yellow tie accompanied by woman with long skirt and sandals, usually appearing on the sort of music programs you watched at primary school who used music to "express" themselves. Has a nice "feel so good so much it makes me cry" sang very moaningly in the middle but considering how good Foul Play Vol 4 is this is complete crap, IMHO. Essence Of Aura - 'Northern Lights' : Nice strings, nice rolling snares, nice girly "woooaaahh"s, nice peppermint green sleeve, nice quality pressing... actually piss taking aside this is rather a good tune (better than some of the other 2 On 1's anyway). Has tinkly bits and piano so I can not say anything nasty about it! Thank God there is only one more in this bloody series. Out of the eight released so far the only decent tunes have been Outcry, Thru The Vibe, Northern Lights and Fury. At least the picture looks kinda good. Matt E - London, England / 2nd Nov. 94 +++++++++ Two On One Volume 8 (Movin bastards Shadow) - one of the best 2 on 1's yet, featuring the toast of Melody Maker... Foul Play, and those former happy terrorists Essence Of Aura...both tracks are heavily on the mellow tip... EOA come up with bouncey steppers percussion, girly wails and excel- lent harp sounds near the end...full marks...Foul Play begin with one of the best intros I've heard in ages, beginning a heavily precussive (wooden percussion??) but still mellow tune - with a top mellow piano break towards the end...buy buy buy (Above Average kids - go out and buy it...) Rick - Leeds, England / 1st Nov. 94 EP Title; Volume Four Artist; Foul Play Label; Moving Shadow ref 49 Foul Play Volume Four (Movin Shadow 49) - despite it being a bloody good tune, it is a bit off that all 3 versions were released on the same day (Original and 2 x 10" remixes)... If you want to be cash conscious then just go for Remix part one (the black one...), as its the best one...anyway, here goes Original Mixes...'Music Is The Key' nice vocals, but a bit over the top in places, it builds up nicely but then comes to a bit of an anti-climax when the breaks finally kick in (you expect a big bastard bass line, but no....), it just ambles along nicely - no offence to anyone. 'Being With You' - the majority of this tune is just mellow movin shadow drum & bass, with the chinese feel of the remix that has been caned on dub...big bassline, the odd bit of vocals near the end, but after hearing the remixes first this was a big disappointment.... Remix 1 - 'Music Is The Key (Omni Trio Mix)'...aaah, thats better, big majestic intro (strings pianos, guitars and stuff), and only the best bits of the vocals, and a more substantial beat...top notch stuff. It sounds very sad (as in boo hoo), so not really one for the dancefloors 'Being With You (Foul Play Mix)' - The tune I was really after, the gorgeous far-eastern intro, and the best vocals in a long time, just fucking marvellous...buy buy buy *anthem* Remix 2 - 'Being With You (E-Z Rollers Mix)' - Hyper-On Experience if you want to name drop, anyway, a very bleepy mix, a big rollin tune, definately the most mellow of the 3 sheets, very nice indeed...the flip is a new tune called 'beats track' and is a boring 'intelligent' tune that I won't be playing much... So basically its worth having all the tracks, but personally Remix 1 is the one to go for...but it shouldn't really be over 3 10"s, and no-doubt the Top Buzz mix *will* be released, but in about 6 months...oh well, its only money... Rick - Leeds, England / 15th Nov. 94 EP Title; Wanted/Kunta Artist; Shut Up & Dance Label; Shut Up And Dance Someone said to me that Red Light were SUAD in disguise, well if they're not one is ripping off the other, two very ruff gunshot/bleepy/'m-a-s-s-i-v-e' tunes, one sampling a variety of old reggae tunes, to give a very nice vibe (even though it sounds like a lot of other stuff around at the moment...hehe), but the star is the flipside, probaly heard by many people out there in the big smoke over the summer, uses the pipe intro from one of the tracks from 'black meaning good' (Rebel MC), and is more than likely from an old reggae track - instantly recognisable, and ruff as fuck.... worthy of many rewinds... Rick - Leeds, England / 19th Nov. 94 EP Title; Watch the people (Dj SS mix feat. Warren G) Artist; Tarzan Label; Running Records Tarzan 'watch the people (DJ SS mix feat. Warren G [??])' (Running Records) - hmmmmm...I thought 'feat. Warren G' - but obviously because his 'watch all the people them dancing' sample is featured...quite a cheesy start, which totally put me off, but it builds into a very nice slow ragga jungle workout...I like it a lot, despite stinking of edam...equally swiss is the flipside, starting with nice vocals from 'ribbons in the sky', but going into a mix of 'no no no you don't love me...' etc luckily not too many vocals, can imagine all the crossover crew going nutty for this....but not me...check it, its okay... Rick - Leeds, England / 12th Nov. 94 EP Title; What Kind Of World/Promise (Remixes) Artists; Asend & Ultravibe Label; Back 2 Basics Not so much remixes, but beefier versions, 'What Kind...' seems more uptempo than before, and has more bass behind everything (strings & drums), the vocals are cut up a lot, and the drums madder - altogether more danceable than before and not so stop-start. 'The Promise' undergoes similar treatment, except big lighter gaps are added between the vocal/drum breaks...again, better than before. The big treat is the 'PA Mix' of 'What Kind...' the *best* drum programs I've heard in a long time (bit of a B2B trademark...), amazing machine gun drum intro drops into an extremely danceable, if a tad fast, drum & bass outing. Purchase at all costs.... Rick - Leeds, England / 26th Oct. 94 EP Title; Yeah Man Remix Artist; DreamTeam Label; Da Joker Hurray - been waiting for this one for a while, top notch drum & bass, similar intro to the original, even though it sounds a tad too fast (pitch it down before the breaks, kids), then the time stretched 'yeah man' vocal (should've been stretched more...) - real bad boy drum&bass, wicked b-line, the occasional string break and cut up drum loop... highly recommended...the flipside is pretty good, but a tad slow compared to the a-side...nice bassline though... (Above Average by loads...) Rick - Leeds, England / 1st Nov. 94 TECHNO / ACID / TRANCE ====================== EP Title; Anti EP Artist; Autechre Label; Warp ref WAP54 Tracks; A Lost Djarum B Flutter Picked this one up yesterday on a whim, without a pre-buy listen and it turns out to be pretty damn good. The gimmick of course is the Anti-Criminal Justice Bill bit. Quite clever really. The cover is sealed with the sticky info label with a warning that some of the tracks contain repetitive beats; and breaking the seal and playing them may result in prosecution under the Bill. However one of the tracks _Flutter_ has NON-repetitive beats so you can play this one as loud as you like, wherever you like. But with a (mock?) disclaimer stating that you may need a musicologist and a lawyer on hand to prove this to the police (conjouring up some amusing scenes). As for the music... _Lost_, the first track doesn't do much for me at all bog standard _Incunabula_ stuff, chords with a bit of percussion. The real stormer is _Djarum_. This is the one that Autechre played live at the Megadog here, the one that filled the dance floor and sent everyone skipping/ bouncing about like hyperactive 8 year olds who've just necked a tartrazine/speed/acid mixture. It's got a really deep almost echoey sound. I like to think of it being 'embossed' if that makes any sense. A totally addictive slow pianoey melody creeps in over this bassy sound and loads of top fast scrapey percussion, which weaves in and out...I love it. _Flutter_ on the face of it sounds like a recipe for disaster, with it's non repetitive beats, this after all is not what dance music is about... But it actually works really well and is also one of the few records you can play at 33 and 45 sensibly. It starts off with these raw stumbling (err, not one to beat mix) beats, then has this embarrassing cheesy melody (better at 33) then more percus- sion and finally a deep bassy 'growl' noise. Once the melody is 'hidden' under everything else, this track really takes off, very skippy. It also sounds VERY much like AFX stuff, at both speeds, with those mad beats and the arrangement...almost uncanny. And it finishes with the most ridiculously long fade ever, must be several minutes. Check it out! greg 3 0 3 - Newcastle, England Album name; Apollo Label; Apollo (a sublabel of R&S) For the ones who don't know Apollo here's a little information about this awesome label. Maybe some real ravers (:-)) know R&S records, another label from Belgium who brings more quality music, i mean music from The Aphex Twin, Cj.Bolland, The Source, Dj.Hell, Dave Angel... They have started a Sub-label called 'Apollo' who brings more ambient stuff, on their first compilation, you can find some songs from R&S who are remixed into an ambient song, like "Kinectic" from "The Golden Girls" and "I Love You" from "Electrotete" and which are out on 'Apollo'. 10 Songs on this one... Kinetic : Golden Girls (David Morley Remix) The original was nice, but this is also very nice! Starts with the wellknow sample that you hear alot in the Enigma-Songs. After 4.30 minutes you hear the Kinetic melody (finally :). This song is 8:14 long but it's GREAT! Model 500 : The Passage Not really an ambient song, sounds more like a combination of Trance and ambient, it's to hard for ambient but it's a good one. David Morley : Evolution I know that begin-sample but don't know from which song. A good song, again rather hard for ambient. Biosphere : Cloudwalker Oh Yes! AWESOME! i love this song, pitty it's only 5 minutes long :( You can find this song also on the 3Lux3 Compilation. Aphex Twin : X-Tal Again a good song from the Aphex Twin, with a hard stamping beat (weird eh for ambient :) With some vocal samples in it, nice one! Atlantis : Paradise (Part I) Whow, simply brilliant! Pure ambient for more than 10 minutes! You can find this song also on the 3Lux3 Compilation, but under another name 'Heard Of Space - Drawn' Eletrocete : I Love You (The Orbe Remix) The original song was just great, and now it's remixed by The Orb, nice piece of work! David Morley : Calibration Starts with some vocal sounds. Nothing special to say about this one. Love Craft : Intelligent Universe Not bad, a bit boring. Neuro : Mama (Justin london mix) The remix of the original song 'Mama' which was really very nice! The remix is not that good, i think the original was much better. Well if you are an Ambient fanatic go for this one! If you're into Gabber, leave your hands of it! (8.5/10) The UnderTaker - Gent, Belgium EP Name; Chasing Golden Planets EP Artist; Harmon Eyes (A member of the group Slaughterhouse) Label; Loop/Sweden Tracks; 4 The first is a quite monotonous trance song... Some soft 303 basses in the background and a trance arpeggio going on and on... A very soft melody, but I don't really like it. Track two is more like real acid. Plain 808 and 303 stuff. Not too fast but very good. You can really get into trance to this monotonous melody! Classic, psychotic acidtones! Track three is a faster, psychotic and GREAT acidtrancetune! I think it's a Juno 106 with a lot of echoes and a 303 with its typical sound. Normal trance drums...ticketicketick...:) Track four is a VERY GOOD ambienttrance song with a really nice echoing Juno 106 loop going on and on with filter- sweeps, choirvoices and irregular soft ambient drums. It's just sounding so PERFECT! I can tell you that this guy from Sweden will get far in the ravescene! GRADE: 9/10 Marcus Svenningsson alias YiPMAN - Stockholm, Sweden 26th Oct. 94 EP Title; DataTrax Vol 2 Artist; GTO Label; React 3 techno tracks and 1 interesting breaks track (the lead track!), called 'Jabba' it is obviously techno tinged, but the breaks are spot on, and way fast, theres a bad boy bass, strings, gunshots and a good stomping bit near the end...one cool track, but only for us techno kids... (Above Average) Rick - Leeds, England / 1st Nov. 94 HOT TRACKS Trap's summer selection ---------------------------------- {oooh, steamin!} A quick rundown of some techno tunes definitely worth checking - first, the uptempo stuff; the 12" double pack remixes of the Paragliders' "Paraglide" (original also good), and the "Focus" e.p. by FLF (quite old now), both on Rising High U.K. Tri 19's "Morse Code" also good, a bit more underground-sounding than the above, also the new & excellent HMC e.p. "Scientific Functions" (Juitempo acid house with lots going on in the background; and of course the new Cosmic Baby e.p. if you like a little bit of Euro-ey dancey trancey techno. More midtempo, groovy classy techno by 3E O G (Psychick Warriors of Gaia), called "Out Now!", sounding quite Belgian; "The Germ" e.p. has some of the maddest music on it i ever heard, kind of like the JB's horn section on crack, also worth a check is. Trap#14 - London, UK / mid-June 94 Album Title; In Order To Dance Volume 5 Artist; Various Label; R&S Records Format; Double Cd (Also out on Mini-Disc) After 4 brilliant 'In Order To Dance' compilations R&S Records strikes back with volume 5. First I want to give you the tracks-list. = Cd 1 = * Mike Dred Macrocosm * Quadrant Infinition * Future/Past Jam Packed * M-ZiQ Phi*1700 [U/V] * Speed Jack Storm * Outlander Shades Of Perception * Biosphere Seti Project * Teste The Wipe (5Am is synaptic) * 69 Rushed * Phylyps Trak * The Source Experience Voices Of The Spirit * The Aphex Twin Polynomial G = Cd 2 = * In Sync Subway Route (Edit) * Kenny Larkin Soul Man * Point Blank Meng's Theme (Original Mix) * C.J. Bolland Austral Body * Luke Slater Spadang * Sensurreal From Subversive Territory * Sonic Solution Turbulence * Dave Angel Abyss * Carl Craig At Les * Speed Jack C.T.C. * Frank Dewulf Vs. > T.Quest As you can see a pretty impressive list of artists, no doubt about it that this is a brilliant compilation! Some comments on a few from the tracks on this compilation. * Mike Dred / Macrocosm - 08:34:03 * This is brilliant, a beatiful acid-trance masterwork! The acid melody is quite simple and changes from time to time from tone, but how else do you want to make a (hard)trance piece without using a repetive melody? The whole track is very good composed not only the acid-line but also the background samples, the hihat's, the beats... GREAT song! * Speed Jack / Storm - 08:04:25 * Hardtrance for the mind. A very well composed tune, clear beat with the melody on top of it and on the background a sample from which the frequency changes every time, good song. * Carl Craig / At Les - 08:07:12 * Weird one if you ask me. It's a pretty slow trance tune (around the 120Bpm) with a pretty simple melody the hihat's and ofcours the rest you need to make a decent trance tune. The weird thing about this tune is that the melody doesn't run correctly with the beat and that's what it makes so special, listen a few times to this and you really will love this. * Speed Jack / C.T.C. - 08:15:19 * Speed Jack again for the 2nd time on this compilation. The samples and the style are a bit the same as his other song on this compilation 'Storm', again a clear beat, hihat's and again that weird sample on the background that changes from frequency all the time, I love this one, hardtrance forever! * Point Blank / Meng's Theme - 07:15:01 * Togheter with 'Turbulence' from 'Sonic Solution' this is probably the best know song from this compilation. A very nice trance tune who is released on the 'Brave New World' label. I've only one thing to say about this, Great! * Austral / Body - 07:24:18 * This song is taken from the forthcoming album called 'Electronic Highway'. It's difficult to give this song a 'style', coz you can find lots of styles in it, some techno parts, some breakbeat parts and there are even some acid parts in it. All togheter it's a really nice piece, maybe a little bit difficult to dance to, but who cares. All togheter i think this is a brilliant compilation, it's difficult to give the Cd 1 style because you can find alot of styles on it like Hardtrance, Trance, Breakbeats, Techno but for the ones who love the work from R&S, C.J. Bolland, Dave Angel, Aphex Twin, Mike Dred, Sonic Solution and the rest, well I suggest, buy this with your eyes closed! R&S Records: Limburgstraaat 82 9000 Gent Belgium Tel: +32 9 2242148 Fax: +32 9 2237373 Electronic info: Dialectrique BBS : +32 2 2451196 Dialectrique E-Mail : prombaux@ulb.ac.be The UnderTaker - Gent, Belgium / 13th Nov. 94 EP Title; Seas of tranquility e.p. Artist; Dave Angel Label; Rotation Records A good value four tracker, starting with the *excellent* "Shallow Waters", kind of deep vibey up-beat techno with tight funky Hardfloory beats with acid and saxophone sounds drifting in and out of the mix. Very uppy, and the kind of tune heard when the party is at its' best - classic tune, the song i bought the e.p. for. Second is "Lagoon"; in the same general style but far more breezy and swooshy with off-beat house rhythms, not nearly as much variety as "Shallow Waters". Classy but not exciting or outstanding... Third is "Jellyfish"; more patented Hardfloor up-beats to start with, then going into more uppy underwater synth fx and blippy groovy bass, quality happy dancey track with more technoey elements later. Good tune, bright and breezy and sure to keep people Fourth is "Abyss"; again upbeat with even deeper aquatic fx and quite a trancey, dreamy feel, good for the end of the night but still very danceable. In short, an e.p. that will serve any house Dj well, quality stuff as ever from Dave Angel! Trap#14 - London, England - 14/6 Album Name; The Dance Opera Trip II Label; Dance Opera (Belgium) Beglium ravers certainly know this one, but maybe a little explanation for the foreign ravers who don't know this label. 'Bonzai Records', and 'Dance Opera' are the leading forces of rave-music in Belgium. 'Bonzai Records' brings a rather hard (and commercial) style and it's certainly commercial since they now started a new sub-label called 'Bonzai Jumps' who brings songs "la" 'Dream Your Dream"- Style. 'Dance Opera' brings more Hardtrance stuff (Yeah!). On their new compilation you can find the biggest successes of the last months from this Belgium label. - CD.1- * System D. : Transfusion A real hit for the moment in Belgium, if you ask me this isn't Hardtrance after all, sounds more like Hardcore, but who cares, it's an asskicking tune! * Asphyx 2 : XTC-Allarm (The Remix) The Remix from 'XTC-Allarm' a song that was rather popular a time ago, they better putted the original version on this cd, coz it's much better. * Illusion II : Angel House (Asphyx Trance Mix) Also the remix from 'Angel House'. Good remix, the original song was also very good, but a little bit to boring for me. They have done a great work with releasing this remix. * La Mancha : Dance Opera Trip Hm, just a normal song i should say, beats, hihat, strings, rave-sequences.... not bad. * Dj.Frank : The Bass Yard Nice one, something completly different, a very hard stamping beat and a very simple melody, good song. * Dj.Bubba : Take Control Don't like this one, it's to much. A very weird bass-line, stupid melody and the whole song isn't composed correct if you ask me.. (there is something wrong with it, if you know what i mean :) * The Aloof : Mind (intrumental) Not bad, more the music to play on the background. Adams & Krimson : Gods Of Space Just the normal style of Adams & Krimson, suxx :) Funtopia : Do you wanna know I'm still wondering what this song is doing on the cd. it suxx MAYOR! Illusion 3 : Helana's Fantasy The 3rd song of Illusion, a bit noisy but not bad.. Time & Space : Stereo Atmosphere Yeah, a real trance song, very easy composed. Just a string, a beat and a hihat all mixed up with the wellknow 'Phaser' effect. Rezoid : Total Attack (on trance) That first sample sounds familiar to me, almost (or maybe) the same as the samples Bass/Silents used. Can't tell much about this, just a normal song i should say The Deadalus Project : The Gap A combination of an acid and hardcore rave tune, good one. - CD 2 - Dj.Bubba : The Unknown Future Again a combination of some acid-sequences and a pumping rave-bassline, nice. Airscape : Jafar Wizard (Magic Mix) A rather slow and empty song with some strings mixed up with the vibrato-effect. System D. : Black Magic The second one from System D. on this compilation. Again like the first one a very good one! These guys are great! Aspyhx II : Heaven's Gate (The Other Side) Starts nice if you ask me, the beginning sounds a bit like the beginning of 'Artic Trance'. The rest of the song is also not bad, real hardtrance, more from this please! Lazonby : Scared Cycles Empty song, boring... Suxx. Dj.Frank : More The beginning sounds the same as 'Invasion' of Robert Armani, maybe it's the same. The whole song is good, but there are some stupid parts in it, like the first 3 minutes, the rest of the song is good, again nice hardtrance. S&F II : Factory A weird one, but i like it! Sounds exactly the same as the music 3 - 4 years ago, yes, New-Beat! Rather slow, hard beat, easy melody.... (Is New-Beat back in ? :-)) Celcius And Candela : Galaxy (Trans Mix) 'Everywhere i go, you go with me. You're in my mind, my XTC' A typical Celcius and Candela song, don't like their style, it's to normal :) Control DC : Speakeasy Another typical Control DC sound, don't like their style also, they always use the same samples in all their songs. Ok, it's maybe good for one time, but not for all songs! The Deadalus Project : Extatic Sounds like a typical Belgian hardcore tune, good one! Jump on this! Bassliner : Acid Shadows (space mix) I like this one, an acid song. With a sample they have ripped from the very old song from 'Robert Armani' called 'Fire-Allarm', a normal bass-line with acid sequences and the sample from Fire-Allarm who fades in and out, nice piece of work! Infidus : A Mental Atmosphere (more bass mix) Difficult to say something about this song... You should hear it, i kinda like it. Dj.Rope & Marco Bailley : Spice Boring song, i should say 'learn to compose' :) Well, this cd gives you a perfect view of how 'Dance Opera' sounds. They say that they are specialised in Hardtrance, but in my eyes they have a lot of songs that aren't hardtrance, more Hardcore like (Transfusion - Illusion III - Black Magic - Extatic Trance). Not a bad compilation, give it a try! (7.5/10) The UnderTaker - Gent, Belgium GENERAL INFORMATION ################### HOUSE & TECHNO LABEL LIST ========================= This list was originally taken (in issue#1) from the part#3 of the version 3.2 of the PULZE list created by T-Onyx / KYBERIAS. 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Send an email to with "help" in the subject. Most of the files are in German :-( Psyched INTERNET RAVE MAILISTINGS LIST ============================== So, here's the mailinglists related to the rave scene as far as I know... My list is a little bit old and I'm not on all those lists, so I can't guarantee all E-mails are still the sames. But it should be ok. There are several lists I forgotten but I haven't enough info about subscribing and I haven't time to test them, so, if you have any corrections, know new lists, please contact me! If you want to know all about music mailinglists, send an email to . psyched German Techno, House & Rave mailinglist --------------------------------------- The DErave list is finished! But maybe another guy will restart it elsewhere. I'll give you more information if it happens... UK Dance mailinglist -------------------- To subscribe send an E-mail to with no subject and 'subscribe uk-dance ' in the body of the mail. For any question, send an E-mail to the admin of this list at Discussions about new records, new record stores, some club and rave reviews too. Very turned into 'intelligent' techno, so if you want to chat about breakbeat, it's not the good list. Breakbeat mailinglist --------------------- To subscribe send an E-mail to with no subject and 'subscribe breaks' in the body of the mail. For any question, send an E-mail to the admin of this list at A load of mail related with new records, dj's. THE list if you're a jungle fan! (yes, breakbeat here is to be taken in the meaning of jungle/breakbeat/old school hardcore/ darkness music) Scandinavian Club Scene mailisting (SCS) ---------------------------------------- This is a brand new list. To subscribe, send en E-mail to and state that you wish to subscribe to the list (it's not (yet) automated). North/East US rave mailinglist ------------------------------ To subscribe send an E-mail to with "add ne-raves " in the body of the mail. The admin is San Francisco and the Bay Area rave mailinglist ----------------------------------------------- To subscribe send an E-mail to with no subject and 'subscribe sfraves' in the body of the mail. For any question, send an E-mail to the admin of this list at . Southern California rave mailinglist ------------------------------------ To subscribe send an E-mail to with no subject and 'add socal-raves' in the body of the mail. For any question, send an E-mail to the admin of this list at . South-East US mailinglist ------------------------- To subscribe send an E-mail to with no subject and 'sub SERAVES ' in the body of the mail. District of Columbia US raves ----------------------------- To subscribe send an E-mail to with no subject and 'sub DCRAVES ' in the body of the mail. Admin is Australia rave mailinglist -------------------------- To subscribe send an E-mail to with (i suppose, but not sure) "subscribe ausraves" in the body in the email. Admin is Rave Up North (RUN), Easter-Canada rave E-zine ---------------------------------------------- To recieve RUN, send an email to with "subscribe" in the subject. COUNTRY CLUB LISTS %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Belgium Underground Club List ============================= written by: The Undertaker - Gent, Belgium / 13th Nov. 94 Hardcore - Trance ----------------- * Champou Watermolenweg 100 Wichelen Dj's: Divi Spike * Balmoral Brusselsesteeweg 791 Gentbrugge Open: Sunday morning at 06.00am Dj's: Kevin Philipe Traikos * Carat Liersesteeweg 125 Bouwel Open: Sunday morning at 07.00am Dj's: Tofke (Mayday 7) Frank Jan Franky * Dixie's Pauwelslei Brasschaat Antwerpen Open: Friday & Saturday * La Bush Route Nationale Tournai Courtrai Open: Friday & Saturday * Scalini Zonhoven Open: 21.00 till 07.00 Dj's: Dimitri Axana * CocoLoco Passlsesteenweg - Buitingstraat 145 Beringen Paal Open: Friday & Saturday From 21.00 Sunday from 18.00 Dj's: Sandy Philip * The House Of House - Cherry Moon Gentsesteeweg 144 Lokeren Open: Friday & Saturday at 22.00 Till 05.00 Dj's: Yves Deruyter (Energy '94) Franky Frank * Extreme Brusselsebaan 411 Affligem Open: Friday, Saturday and Monday Dj's: The Fly (Bonzai, Mayday 6) Tom Phi-Phi * Globe Stabroeck - Antwerpen Open: Friday & Sunday at 20.00 till 03.00 (Open Soon At 06.00Am !) Dj's: Yves Deruyter (Energy '94) Tofke (Mayday 7) Frank * Holy Ghost Mont-Garni Sirault Open: Friday Dj's: At The Villa Dj-Team * Megahouse Illusion Mechelsesteenweg 382 Lier Open: Friday & Saturday Dj's: Jan Tofke (Mayday 7) Kevin Franky * Montini Tongersesteenweg St. Truiden Open: Friday & Saturday Dj's: Zzino Bubba UE4A Franky Jones (Mayday 6,7) Bountyhunter (Bonzai) * Qu Bredabaan 863 Brasschaat Open: Friday & Saturday Dj's: Dave Killer Jack Ghost * La Rocca Antwerpsesteeweg 384 Lier Open: Friday, Saturday & Sunday Dj's: Eric Marco * Planet Hardcore (CLOSED!) Grootzand 129 Dendermonde Open: Friday & Saturday Dj's: Dave Franky Tofke (Mayday 7) Mellow - Trance - Techno ------------------------ * Cafe D'anvers Verversrui 15 Antwerpen Open: Friday, Saturday & Sunday * Mirano Rue de Louvain 38 Brussels Open: Saturday * Cirao Waregem Open: Friday, Saturday & Sunday Dj's: Phi-Phi Nicolas Fred Martin * The Fuse Rue Blaesstraat 208 Brussels Open: Saturday From 00.00 Till 08.00 Dj's: Pierre Quinten Trish * The Enterprise Dance Ship Complex Palladium Open: Saturday From 22.00 Till 12.00 Dj's: Phi-Phi Adolph Laurent Warin Manu X * L'Arena Quai Des Pniches 49 Brussels Open: Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday Dj's: Thursday: Steve Cop (Sonic Solution, R&S) Friday : Phi-Phi Saturday: Nicolas Benoit Sunday : 100% Isis Santanas UK CLUB GUIDE LISTING HELP =========================== Type of music which are listed in the Club listing are: HH - Hard House, DP - Deep House, P - Progressive, G - Garage, J - Jungle, BB - Breakbeat, DS - Darkside, HC - Hardcore, TN - Techno, T - Trance, SO - Soul, RG - Rare Grooves, PI - Piano, A - Ambient, M - Mellow, HA - Happy House, OS - Old School, JA - Jazz, FN - Funk, T - Trance, DI - Disco, AC - Acid, DA - Dance Any problems contact Oracle Nationwide Promotions on 021 3841916 Warning! Here types of music are understood as there are called in UK and may have some different names in some other countries! Note that UK regional phone numbers have recently changed! psyched UK CLUB LIST ============ Taken from the great magazine "Eternity". Compiled by Oracle Nationwide Promotion (UK) LTD. If you have any problems you can contact Oracle on 0121 3841916. If you have info about new clubs or corrections to make to the ones listed, please contact me. Respect to Eternity magazine! The phone number here have the new regional numbers, and for the cities of Bristol,Leeds,Leicester,Nottingham and Sheffield, the new regional numbers which will be applied FROM >15th April 1995 Churchills - Banbury Thurs - G/H/P 8pm till 1am - œ2 Tel: 01295 254296 # BERKSHIRE > After Dark - Reading Thurs Fortnightly - All Dance 10pm till 6.30am Tel: 01836 716982 > Cumbers Club - Reading Thurs - Jazzy Grooves 9pm till 2am - Free B4 10/œ2 Tel: Not Supplied > Lush - Simpsons, Bracknell Fri - P/H/DA 10pm till 6.30am - œ5 B4 11/œ4 memebers Tel: 01276 678741 > Mirage - Windsor Sat - H 10pm till 6am - œ12 Tel: 01753 856222 # BRISTOL & BATH > Blue Mountain (Cup Of Tea) Thurs - JA/FN/DI 9pm till 2am - œ2.50 Tel: Not Supplied > Blue Mountain (Feed Me Good) Fri - JA/RG 9pm till 2am - œ4/œ4.50 Tel: 0117 9420341 > Booyaka - Bristol Fri - J/BB 9pm till 4am - œ6.00 Tel: 01374 424215 or 01727 721107 > Bower Ashton Poly (Night Vision) Sat (One a month) - HH/HA/P 8pm till 2am - œ5/œ4 Tel: Not Supplied > Bristol Poly (Oblivion) Sat (One a month) - TN/HC 9pm till 2am - œ4.00 Tel: 0117 9763904 > Hub Club - Bath Tue to Sat - HH/HA/G/M/P 9pm till 4am - œ4 week/œ5 Fri-Sat Tel: 01225 446288 > Lakota (Fish Dude) Fri (One a month) - P/HH/HA/G 9pm till 4am - œ6 B4 10.30/œ8 Tel: 01831 493455 > Lakota (Vibesalive) Fri (One a month) - TN/HC/HH 9pm till 4am - œ6 B4 10.30/œ7.50 Tel: 01931 493455 > Lakota (Lick) Fri (One a month) - H/G/P/DH/HA/HH 9pm till 4am - œ5 Tel: 0117 9244993 > Lakota (International) Fri (One a month) - HH/HA/P/TN/HC 9pm till 4am - œ5/œ6 Tel: 0117 9244993 > Lakota (One Love) Sat (One a month) - HA/H/P/G 9pm till 4am - œ6 B4 10/œ8 Tel: 01850 519654 > Lakota (Fever) Thurs - HH/HA/P/DH/G/M 9pm till 2am - œ2 Tel: 0117 9244993 > Lakota (Duck You Sucker) Sat (3 in a month) - HA/HH/P/G/M 9pm till 4am - œ5 B4 11/œ7 Tel: 0117 9244993 > Mandrake Club - (Flybaby) Wed - H/G 10.30pm till 2am - œ3 Tel: 0117 9277438 > Ritzy (2010 Alive & Kicking) Tues - J/BB/TN/HC 8.30pm till 2am - œ4 B4 11/œ5 Tel: 0117 9227177 > Stateside - Bristol Fri - HC/J 9pm till 4am - œ6/œ8 Tel: Not Supplied > The Depoe - (Ruff Neck Ting) Fri - J/BB/TN 8pm till 4am - œ4 Tel: 0374 191632 > Thekla (Club Biscuit) Thurs - HH/P 9pm till 2am - œ4 Tel: Not Supplied > Thekla (Club Destiny) Thurs - HA/HH/DH 9pm till 2am - œ3 B4 11/œ4 Tel: Not Supplied > Thekla (Positive Energy) Fri - J/BB 8.30pm till 2am - œ4 B4 11/œ4.50 Tel: Not Supplied > Tokyo Sex Whale - (Trinty) Bristol Fri (2 a month) - TN/HH/P 9pm till 4am - œ5 Tel: 0117 9424180 > Tropic (Back on Track) Fri - M/SO/FN 9pm till 2am - œ3/œ4 Tel: 0117 9249875 > Tropic (Fudge) Thurs - TN/HC/HH/P 9pm till 2am - œ2.50/œ3 Tel: Not Supplied > Tropic (Orgy In Rhythum) Fri - JA/AC JA 9pm till 2am - œ4/œ4.50 Tel: 0117 9249875 > Tropic (Nothing Special) Thurs - HH/HA/G/M/P 9pm till 2am - FREE Tel: Not Supplied > Tropic (Psycho Tropica) Wed - AC/TN/HC 9pm till 2am - œ3/œ4 Tel: Not Supplied # CAMBRIDGESHIRE > Junction - Cambridge Sat - P/H/M 10pm till 3am - œ4 B4 10/œ6 Tel: 01223 412600 > Oscars - Clacton Sat - H/TN/T/G/HC/BB (4 rooms) 8pm till 3am - œ6 Tel: 01255 421115 > Paradise, Dance Hall - Newmarket Fri - P/H 9pm till 2am - œ5/œ7 Tel: 01638 560333 # EAST ANGLIA > 151 Club - Gt Yarmouth Sat - HC/H 8pm till 2am - Free Tel: 01493 651272 > Dance Paradise - Gt Yarmouth Fri - HC 8pm till 1am - œ8/œ10 Tel: 01502 511913 > Oceans Rooms - Gt Yarmouth Sat - HC/H (2 rooms) 8pm till 1am - œ7.50/œ8.50 Tel: 01493 667890 > Scrupples - Gt Yarmouth Sat - H 9pm till 1am - œ5.50/œ7.50 Tel: 01493 651272 # ESSEX > Club Dukes - Chelmsford Mon - HC/G/H 8pm till 2am - œ1 B4 10/œ2 Tel: 01245 281395 > Hotsy Totsy Club - Ilford Thurs/Fri/Sat - JA/FN/P/H 9pm till 1.30am - Depends on night Tel: 0181 503 8877 # HAMPSHIRE > Rhythm Station - Aldershot Fri - HC 8.30pm till 2am - œ6 Tel: 01850 790170 or 0252 626515 > The Pier - Hastings Fri (Monthly) - HC 9pm till 6am Tel: Not Supplied # KENT > Arcadia - Leys Down Fri - HC/G 9pm till 3am - œ5 Tel: 01795 428752 > Capel Club - Folkstone Fri - HC/G 9pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: Not Supplied > Dreamzone - Folkstone Sat - HC 8pm till 2am - œ5 Tel 01233 628054 > High Wire - Harlow Thurs - H/P/G/HC 8pm till 2am - œ4 Tel: 01279 428933 > Garden Of Eden - Margate Fri - HC 7.30pm till 1am - œ5 Tel: 01893 48066 # KINGS LYNN > Aydens Head - Kings Lynn Sun Fornightly - H/G/TN 7pm till 11pm Tel: 01553 767562 > Boomshanker - Kings Lynn Fri - Various 10pm till 5am - œ5 Tel: 01850 612810 > Hyper Bolic - Kings Lynn Fri - HC/G 9pm till 7am - œ5 Tel: 01553 766771 > Lust - Kings Lynn Thur Fornightly - H/G/TN 8pm till 2am - œ2 Tel. 01533 767666 # LINCOLNSHIRE > Creme De La Creme - Skegness Sat (Monthly) - G/H/P/HH 8pm till 2am Tel: 01754 610414 or 01754 610316 > Nicesensations - Drill Hall Lincoln Sat (Twice Monthly) - P/H/G 11pm till 8am - œ10 Tel: 01522 524789 or 01831 221015 > Pleasure Dome - Skegness Sat (Monthly) - J/HC/H/A/HA 9pm till 2am - œ8 members/œ10 Tel: 01754 610414 > The Old School House - Lincoln Fri - G/H/P 10pm till 1.30am - œ3 members/œ4 Tel: 01522 567310 # LIVERPOOL > 051 Club - Liverpool Fri/Sat - PI/TN 9pm till 2am - œ5/œ4 Tel: 0151 7099586 > Baa Bar - Liverpool Wed - SO 10pm till 2am - œ1 Tel: Not Supplied > Beat Bar - Liverpool Thurs - H 10pm till 2am - œ3/œ1 Tel: Not Supplied > Berties Bar - Liverpool Tue - DA 9pm till 2am - œ1 Tel: Not Supplied > Buzz - Liverpool Mon - SO /Thurs/Fri/Sat - H 10pm till 2am - œ3/œ4/œ5 Tel: Not Supplied > Club X - Liverpool Monthly - G/H 9pm till 2am - œ3 Tel: 0151 7093737 > Coconut Grove - (Club Usless) Liverpool Sat - HC 9pm till 2am - œ4 B4 10/œ5 Tel: 0151 2206969 > Cream - Liverpool Sat - H/P 9pm till 2am - œ4 Tel: 0151 7080945 > Drome - Birkenhead Thurs - H /Sat - PI/TN 9pm till 2am - Thurs œ2/Sat œ7 Tel: 0151 6661977 > Hard Dock - Liverpool Sat - TN 10pm till 2am Tel: Not Supplied > Kiss - Liverpool Thurs/Fri/Sat - H/DA 8.30pm till 2am - œ2 B4 11/œ3 Tel: Not Supplied > Mardi Gras - Liverpool Tue/Fri/Sat - H 10pm till 2am - Thurs œ2/Sat œ7 Tel: 0151 7085368 > Nation - Cream, Liverpool Sat - H 10pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: Not Supplied > Ruperts - Birkenhead Thurs - H 10pm till 2am - œ2 Tel: Not Supplied > State - Liverpool Mon/Fri/Sat - PI/H/DA 9pm till 2am - œ3 B4 10/œ4 Fri/œ5 Sat Tel: 0151 2364616 # LONDON > 321 Club - Ealing Broadway W5 Sun - H/P/G 3pm till 1am - œ5 Tel: 0181 8400616 > Astoria - W1 Sat - HC 11pm till 7am - œvarious Tel: 0171 4349592 > A Way Of Life - N1 Sat - HC/J/P/G (2 rooms) 10pm till 10am - œ13 Tel: 0171 6134770 > Cafe De Paris W1 - Relish Sun - G/H 12pm till 12am - œ5 Tel: 01860 895317 > Club 2000, The Coliseum - SW18 Sat - HC/H/G 10pm till 8am - œ6/œ8 after midnight Tel: 0181 5247282 > Club Classic - W1 Tue - H 8pm till 3.30am - œ3 members/œ5 Tel: 01428 919612 > Club Telepathy - Wax Club E15 fri - HC 10pm till 6am - œ8 Tel: 01850 488618 > Club UK - SW1 Sat - G/H 10pm till 6am - œ10 Tel: 0181 8770110 > Club UK-Universe-The Final Frontier SW1 Fri - TN/T/H 10pm till 6am - œ4/œ6 Tel: 0181 8770110 There are actually rumors about Final Frontier changing location soon > Deep Space - EC1 Fri - TN/T 10pm till 6am - œ8 Tel: 0171 6103106 > Delirium - EC1 Mon - AC/TN 10pm till 6am - œ3/œ5 Tel: 01850 916110 > Desire 93 - N18 1st Sat of Month - HC/G 9pm till 6am - œ10 plus booking Tel: 0181 5247282 > Electribe - E8 Sun - HC/T/P/G (3 rooms) 7am till 7pm - œ4 B4 12/œ5 Tel: 0171 9164033 > Eurobeat 2000 Thur - TN/T 10pm till 3am - œ4 members/œ6 Tel: 0181 4504506 > Fitness Centre SE1 - Club Tokio Sun - H/G 11pm till 6.30am - œœ6 Tel: 0181 4789736 > Garden Club W1 - Club for Life Sat - G/H 10pm till 6am - œ12 tel: 0171 4973150 > Gossips W1 - Job Club Fri - T/P/H 10.30pm till 3.30am - œ6 Tel: 0171 434448 > Heaven WC2 - Under The Arches Fri/Sat - G/P/M/HH 10pm till 3.30am Tel: 0171 8395210 > High & Dry - W1 Mon - JA/FN 10pm till 2.30am Tel: Not Supplied > Innersense, Lazerdrome, Rye Lane - SE15 Sat - HC/J/G/H 10pm till 7am - œ12 advance/œ10 members Tel: 0171 7325047 > Knowledge - SW1 Wed - TN 10.30pm till 4.30am - œ6 Tel: 01850 376236 > Labrinth E8 - Club Nite Fri - HC 10pm till 6am - œ10 Tel: 0181 5247347 > Labrinth E8 - Double Dipped Sat - HC 10pm till 6am - œ10 Tel: 0181 5247347 > Lazerdrome - SE15 Sat - HC/J 10pm till 7am - œ10 Tel: Not Supplied > Marquee W1 - Fusion Sat - HC 11pm till 6am - œ8 Tel: 0171 7382336 > Ministry SE1 - Open All Hours Fri - T/P/H 12pm till 8am - œ12 Tel: 0171 3786528 > Ministry SE1 - Ministry Of Sound Sat - G/H 12pm till 10am - œ10 Tel: 0171 378652 > Orange at Camden Place - NW1 Fri - HC 10pm till 6am - œ10 Tel: 0181 8458255 > Orange At The Rocket - N7 Sat - HC 10pm till 6am - œ10 members/œ13 Tel: 0181 8458255 > Paradise N1 - Dance Elevation Fri - HC 10pm till 7am - œ8 Tel: 0171 7382336 > Poddium SW8 - Londinium Sat - H/G 10pm till 6am - œ10 Tel: 0171 7203609 > Promised - W1 Fri - HC/G œ8 B4 11.30/œ19 after/œ5 after 3 Tel: 0171 7129506 > Pure - E8 Sat - HC 10.30pm till 6am - œ5 Tel: 01494 484349 > Raw Club (Thunder & Joy) - W1 Sun - HC 10.30pm till 6am - œ7 Tel: 01831 616303 > Rock Garden W1 - Big Medicine Sat - G/H 10.30pm till 6am - œ8 Tel: 0171 3815476 > Soundshaft W1 - SLAM Sat - P/H 10.30pm till 3.30am - œ7 Tel: 0181 547 0113 > Sunday Roast - SW1 Sun - J 10pm till 4am - œ8 Tel: 01836 266112 > SW1 SW1 - Rude Fri - G/H 10.30pm till 6am - œ10 Tel: 0181 9749533 > The Fish - W1 Sat - HC 10.30pm till 6am - œ5 Tel: 0181 4506923 > The Jungle Shack, The Arches - SE11 Fri - HC/J 10pm till you drop - œ7 Tel: 01374 487743 or 0181 9471716 > Turnmill EC1 - Trade Sat - T 3am till 3pm - œ10 Tel: 0171 2503400 > Zone Fri - HC 11pm till 3am - œ5 Tel: 0181 8084179 # MIDLANDS > Antics - Vibe, Coventry Fri - G/H/P 9pm till 2am - Free B4 10/œ4 Tel: 01203 630877 > Antics - Sirius, Coventry Sat - TN/HH 8.30pm till 2am - œ4.50 Tel: 01203 516350 > Bakers - Birmingham Sat - P/H/G/M 8pm till late - œ8 Tel: 0121 6333839 > Bonds - Birmingham Sat - P/G/H/M 10pm till 2am - œ7.50 Tel: 0121 6330397 or 0121 6436045 > Capitol Club - Viva, Coventry Fri - H/HA/HH/P/G/TN 8pm till 2am - œ7 (over 21) Tel: 01203 364237 > Capitol Club - The Talk Of The Town Sat - H/HA/HH/P/G/TN 8pm till 2am - œ5 (over 21) Tel: 01203 364237 > Chiba - Coventry Fri - G/T/TN/HH 9pm till 2am Tel: 01203 552929 > Dielectric - Leicester Fri - HC 8pm till 2am - œ7 Tel: 0116 2517536 or 01850 907263 > Fun - Birmingham Sat - P/H/G/M 10pm till late - œ7 Tel: 0121 6223871 > Harmony - Birmingham Sat - P/H/G/M 9pm till 2.30am - œ7 Tel: 0121 6223871 > Liberties - Birmingham Fri - P/G/H/M 10pm till late - œ6 Tel: 0121 4544444 > Marco Polo - Birmingham Sun - P/G/H/M 8/9pm till 4/6am - Free Tel: 0121 666 7032 > Pandemonium - Birmingham Fri - HC 9pm till 2am - œ6 members/œ7 Tel: 0121 6437788 > Pimp - Wolverhampton Fri - P/H/G/M 9.30pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: 01922 711619 > Quest - Wolverhampton Sat - HC 9pm till 2am - œ5 members/œ6 Tel: 01902 711619 > Snobs - Birmingham Fri - P/H/G/M 9pm till 2am - œ3 B4 11/œ4 Tel: 0121 6435551 > Spank - Birmingham Tue - P/G/H/M œ1 B4 10/œ2 Tel: 0121 6439492 > Tressings - Birmingham Mon - P/G/JA/FN/M 9pm till 2am Tel: 0121 2362366 > Underground - Leicester Fri/Sat - H 10pm till 2.30am - œ6 Tel: 01831 211869 > Wobble - Birmingham Sat - P/G/H/M 11pm till 7am - œ8 Tel: 0121 2366362 > XL's - Birmingham Thur - P/H/G/M 9pm till 2am - œ2.50 Tel: 0121 6439433 # MID WALES > Blag - Hereford Sat - H/G 8pm till 1am - œ4 Tel: 01432 277330 > Emotion - Hay On Wye Sat - HC/H/TN/T 8pm till 8am - œ10 Tel: 01432 352415 or 01831 188655 > Naughty But Nice - Wormlow Fri - H 8pm till 1am - œ3.50 Tel: 01432 267378 > Zodiac & Genisis - Wormlow Fri - HC/H/T 8pm till 1.30am - œ8 Tel: 01432 352415 or 01831 188055 # MILTON KEYNES > Phoenix Park - Milton Keynes Fri - P/HH 9pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: 01908 223422 > Razzells - Bletchley Fri - P/HH Not opened yet when it was published Tel: Call Oracle for Info (end of article) > Sanctuary - Milton Keynes Fri - HC/J/P/G (2 rooms) 9pm till 7am - œ7 B4 11/œ12 Tel: 01908 368984 # NORTHANTS > Equinox - Rusden Fri - HC/J 9pm till 6am - œ12 Tel: 01234 781610 or 01831 656342 # NORTH WALES > Merlins - Colwyn Bay Thur - P/G/H/M / Fri - HH/TN/J/BB 10pm till 2am - œ2.50 members/œ3 Tel: 01492 534929 > The Clash, Downtown - Rhyl, Clwyd Fri - J/HC/TN/BB / Sat - P/G/H/OS Tel: 01745 351861 > The Ocogon - Bangor Fri - G/P/H / Sat - H/P/HH/HC/G 8pm till 12.30am - œ3 to œ4 Tel: 01248 352500 > The Octagon - Bangor Wed - H/M/HA/A/P/G 8pm till 12.30am Tel: 01248 352500 # NORTH WEST > Angels - Burnley Fri - HC / Sat - H 9pm till 2am - œ5 members/œ6 Tel: 01282 35222 > Bowlers - Manchester Sat - All Dance 9pm till 2am - œ10 Tel: 0161 8737388 > Carlos - Burnley Sat - All Dance 9pm till 2am - œ6 Tel: 01282 869185 > Club Royal - Bolton Fri - H 9pm till 2am - œ4 Tel: Not Supplied > Empire - Morcombe Fri/Sat - H/HH/G Fri - 9pm till 4am / Sat - 10pm till 8am Tel: 01524 832284 > Hacienda - Manchester Fri - M/G / Sat - H Fri - 9pm till 2am - œ6 Sat - 8.30pm till 2am - œ10 Tel: 0161 2365051 > Legends - Warrington Fri/Sat - All Dance 8pm till 2am - Fri - œ5/Sat - œ8 Tel: 01925 36658 > Manathan - Blackburn Fri - All Dance 9pm till 2am - œ6 Tel: 01254 682241 > Maximes - Wigan Sat - H/HH 8pm till 2am - œ10 Tel: 01942 39717 > Monroes - Blackburn Fri - All Dance 10pm till 4am - œ5 Tel: 01254 887678 > Mr. Smiths - Warrington Mon - HC 9pm till 2am - œ2 B4 10/œ4 Tel: 01925 414801 > No.1 Club - Manchester Fri - M/G / Sat - All Dance 9pm till 2am - Fri - œ5 / Sat - œ8 Tel: 0161 8326187 > Park Hall - Chorley Fri - All Dance 9pm till 2am - œ7 Tel: 01257 452090 > Roxy - Bury Mon - HC 9pm till 2am - œ3 B4 10 Tel: 0161 7631951 > The Pier - Wigan Fri - H / Sat - T/All Dance 8.30pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: 01942 30769 # OXFORDSHIRE > Arena - Oxford Thurs - J/BB / Fri - HH 9pm till 2am - œ4 Tel: 01865 776786 > Latinos Thurs/Fri - H/G 9pm till 2am - œ4 (Fri free B4 11) Tel: Not Supplied > Minchery Tavern Fri - G/P 9pm till 2am - œ4 Tel: Not Supplied > Park End - Oxford Mon - HA/P/G / Fri - HA/P/G/HH Sat - H/P/G/A 9pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: 01865 250181 > The Covern Sat - H/G/HH/HA / Sun - J/BB/DS 9pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: 01865 242770 > The Covern II - Oxford Wed/Thur - DA / Sat - TN / Sun - HC 9pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: 01865 242770 > The Venue - Oxford Fri/Sat - HC 9pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: Not Supplied # SCOTLAND > Adrenalin - Dunfermile Fri - BB/TN/HC 9pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: 01383 621658 > Bunker Promotion - Kirknewton Fri - TN / Sat - H/G - Under 18 8pm till 1am (Under 18 - 6.30pm till 10.30pm) Tel: 01506 883034 > Citrus - Edingburgh Fri/Sat - H/P/G 10pm till 4am - œ5 Tel: Not Suppplied > Cubik - Edingburgh Fri/Sat - Various 10pm till 3am Tel: 0131 2252564 > Dementia - The Word - Stirling Fri - TN/HH 9pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: 01259 769154 > Hangar 13, The Esplanade - Ayr Sat - HH/TN/HA 8.30pm till 2.15am - œ6 Tel: 01292 265489 > Mayfair, Sauchichall - Glasgow Sat - TN/HH/HA 8pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: 0141 3323872 > Metropolis - Ayrshire Sat - HH/TN/HA 8pm till 2am Tel: 01294 68187 > Pure - Edingburgh Fri - TN/HC 10pm till 5am - œ5 Tel: 0131 5573073 > The Boo Yaa - Stirling Fri/Sat - HC 9pm till 2am Tel: 01383 721833 > The Carlton Studio - Edingburgh Fri/Sat - TN/HH/HA/HC 9pm till late - œ5 Tel: 0131 5573759 > The Fubar - Stirling Fri/Sat - TN/HH/HA 8pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: 01786 472619 # SHEFFIEL, NOTTS, DERBY, MANSFIELD > BPI Touch Box - Nottingham Sat - TN 11pm till 2.15am - œ4 Tel: Not Supplied > Kool Cat - Nottingham Fri/Sat - H/G 10pm till 2am - œ3 Tel: 01602 501251 > Leadmill - Sheffield Fri/Sat - H/G 9pm till 2am Tel: 0114 2754500 > Le Palais - Sheffield Fri - H/G / Sat - HC 9pm till 3am - œ3/œ5 Tel: 0114 2799022 > Micros - Nottingham Sat - H/G 10pm till 2am - œ4 Tel: 01602 301104 > Occasions - Sheffield Fri/Sat - P/G 10pm till 3am - œ4 B4 12/œ5 Tel: 0114 2726487 > Progress - Derby Sat - H/G 9pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: 01332 381169 > Renaissance - Derby Sat - H/G 10pm till 2am - œ8 Tel: 01782 714224 or 01782 711404 > SADMAC - Sheffield Fri - P/DIY / Sat - HC/J 11pm till 8am - œ5 Tel: 0114 2796664 > Venue 44 - Mansfield Sat - H/G/HC 10pm till 6am - œ8 B4 12/œ9 Tel: 01850 866051 > Venus - Nottingham Fri/Sat - P/H/G/HH 10pm till 2.30am - œ6 members/œ8 Tel: 01602 410780 or 01602 526580 # SOUTH > Maddisons - Bournemouth Fri - HC/T/TN/P Tel: 01850 834106/7 > Main Source - Bournemouth Fri - H/G - œ4 Tel: 01202 317277 > Nobles - Bournemouth Fri - T/TN 9pm till 2am - œ5/œ6 Tel: 01305 761609 # SOUTH WEST > Boxes - Exeter Thur - HH/H/HA 9pm till 1am - œ1.50 B4 10/œ2.50 Tel: 01392 59292 > Claires - Torquay Fri - G/HA/P 9pm till 1am - œ2.50 B4 10/œ3.50 Tel: 01803 292079 > Face 2 Face - Torquay Fri Monthly - H/P/G 8pm till 8am - œ8 B4 10/œ10 Tel: Not Supplied > Hideaway - Torquay Mon - HH/SO/P/H/A/T 9pm till 1am Tel: 01803 296450 > KAOS - Barnstable Sat - HC/H 8pm till 1am - œ5 to œ10 Tel: 01395 266208 or 01271 42244 > The Academy - Portsmouth Fri - T/P / Sat - H/TN 8pm till 2am - œvarious Tel: 01752 251478 > The Warehouse - Plymouth Fri - HC/TN / Sat - G/H 8pm till 2am - œ10 Fri/œ3 Sat Tel: 01752 224200 > Verbeer Manor - Collumpton Fri - HC/H 8pm till 2am - œ2 B4 10/œ3 Tel: 01392 422355 or 01884 33312 > Volts - Exeter Wed - HH / Sat - G 9pm till 1am - œ6.50 Tel: 01392 211347 # STOKE ON TRENT > Delight - Newcastle-U-Lyne Sat - P/G/HC/M 8.30pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: 01782 213838 or 01831 321196 > Golden - Hanley, Stoke On Trent Sat - P/G/H/M/OS/A 9pm till 2am - œ8 members/œ10 Tel: 01782 213838 > Kinetic - Stoke On Trent Fri - P/J/HC/G/OS/HH/BB 8pm till 2am - œ8 members/œ10 Tel: 01782 321611 > The Gallery - Newcastle Sat - H/HH/G/HA/OS/HC 9pm till 2am - œ6 Tel: Not Supplied > The Hippodrome - Newcastle Sat - P/G/M/OS/HA 9pm till 2am Tel: Not Supplied # SURREY > After Dark - Check Point Charlie, Reading Thur (fortnightly) - T/TN 8pm till 2am Tel: Not Supplied > Cape Fear (Chertsey View Club) Thur - HC/T 9pm till 1.30am Tel: 01932 344967 > Farnborought Recreational Centre Various Night One Offs - 2 rooms 9pm till 6am Tel: 01252 370177 > Rhythme Station - Aldershot Fri - HC 9pm till 2am Tel: Not Supplied > Sub Culture - Leatherhead Sat - P/HH 9pm till late Tel: Not Supplied > The Main Suare - Camberley Sat (fortnightly) - P/T 9pm till 2am Tel: 01276 61404 > The Upper Deck - Guildford Fri - T/TN/P 9pm till 2am Tel: Not Supplied # SUSSEX > Empire - Bognor Regis Fri - TN / Sat - H 8.30pm till 2am - œ7 members/œ8 Tel: 01850 339026 > Escape - Brighton Thur/Fri/Sat - H 10pm till 2am - œ3 B4 11/œ4 Tel: 01273 775987 > White Sugar - Bognor Regis Fri - H 9pm till 6am - œ6 Tel: 01831 820370 > ZAP - Brighton Thur/Fri/Sat - H 10.30pm till 2.30am - œ6 Tel: 01273 775987 # WILTSHIRE > Brunnel Rooms - Swindon Fri - HC/P/HH/OS/J/BB/G 9pm till 3am - œ3 B4 10/œ5 Tel: 01793 531384 > Goldiggers - Chippenham Fri - HC/H/HH/J/BB/DS/TN/OS 9pm till 2am - œ5 Tel: 01249 656444 > Tekno Tribe - Swindon Sat - TN/HC 9pm till 2am - œ3 B4 10/œ5 Tel: 01793 480258 > The Fruit Club - Swindon Fri - HC/H/P/G 9pm till 3am - œ3 B4 11.30/œ5 Tel: 0181 7463338 # WORCESTERSHIRE > Druids - Worcester 1st Tue - M/P / Thur - HC 9pm till 2am - œ3 B4 10/œ4 Tel: 01299 896566 > Full Of Beans - Bromsgrove Sun - D/TN/H 7.30pm till 10.30pm - œ0.50 Tel: 01527 35238 > Indulge - Worcester Sun - TN/T/G 7pm till 10.30pm - œ0.50 Tel: 01905 23050 # YORKSHIRE > Alpha, KU Club - Huddersfield Fri - H/TN/P 10pm till 2am - œ3.50 members/œ4 Tel: 01484 518331 > Arts Centre (Played Out) - York Mon (fortnight) - AC JA/RAP 9.30pm till 2am - œ3.50/œ2.50 Tel: Not Supplied > Back to Basics - Leeds, Music Factory Sat - Various 9pm till 3am - œ6 members/œ8 Tel: 0113 2449474 > Ceasars Palace (Delightful) - Hull Fri - TN/H/P 9.30pm till late - œ6 Tel: Not Supplied > Corn Exchange - Leeds Sat - P/HH/H/G 9pm till 2am Tel: 0113 2528202 > Cuba Cuba (Leisure World) - Bridlinghton Fri - HA/P/H 9pm till late - œ10 members/œ12.50 Tel: 01723 365072 or 01262 606715 > Degray Rooms - York Fri (Monthly) - TN / Sat - HH/TN 9pm till 2am - œ3.50 Tel: Not Supplied > Happy - Leeds, Music Factory Tue - Various 9pm till late - œ3 members/œ4 Tel: 0113 2750234 or 0113 2461922 > Kick (Leisure Drome) - Howden Sat - TN/P 9pm till late - œ7 members/œ10 Tel: 01860 568235 > The Gallery - Leeds Sat - P/H/TN 8pm till 2am - œ4.50 Tel: 01836 682213 > The Orbit - Morley (Leeds) Sat - TN/T/P/HH (2 rooms) 8pm till 2am - œ8/more if live PA Tel: 0113 2528202 > The Warehouse - Doncaster Sat - TN/P/H/HC/BB 9pm till 3am - œ10 Tel: 01302 322199 > Up Yer Ronson - Leeds, Music Factory Fri - P/HC/BB/G 9pm till 3am - œ3 members/œ4 Tel: 0113 2470480 NORTH-EAST CANADA TECHNO & HOUSE CLUBS LIST =========================================== This list is taken from the zine Rave Up North (RUN) published by Francois Dion. Here are the contact info if you want to get in touch with him... Big Thanks to Francois! Raving Up North C.P. 278 Saint-Lambert, QC Canada J4P 2N8 run@hyperreal.com http://hyperreal.com/~francois [Lundi - Monday] > Montreal, PQ House Monday @ Hard Rock Cafe (1458 Crescent) Acid Jazz & Techno @ Passeport (4156 St-Denis) Techno @ La Storm (151 Ontario E) [Mardi - Tuesday] > Montreal, PQ Acid Jazz & Techno @ Passeport (4156 St-Denis) [Mercredi - Wednesday] > Montreal, PQ Acid, trance & tribal @ Le Loft (1405 St-Laurent) Techno @ La Storm (151 Ontario E) Dance, Rave & House @ La Track (1584 Ste-Catherine E) [Jeudi - Thursday] > Montreal, PQ Progressive House @ Angel's (3604 St-Laurent) [Vendredi - Friday] > Montreal, PQ House @ Angel's (3604 St-Laurent) Trance & Hard House @ K.O.X. (1450 Ste-Catherine E) Deep House @ Le Beat (802 Ste-Catherine E) Techno, trance, tribal, dance @ Metropolis (59 Ste-Catherine E) Deep House @ Royal (251 Ste-Catherine E) Dance, Rave & House @ La Track (1584 Ste-Catherine E) [Samedi - Saturday] > Montreal, PQ Underground House @ Le Beat (802 Ste-Catherine E) Dance, Rave & House @ Metropolis (59 Ste-Catherine E) Happy House @ Royal (251 Ste-Catherine E) Acid, Deep House @ Angel's (3604 St-Laurent) House & Tribal @ Sky Club (1474 Ste-Catherine E) [Dimanche - Sunday] > Montreal, PQ Techno Vitamin DJ Team @ Foufounes Electriques (87 Ste-Catherine E) House Jam @ Opera (3523a St-Laurent) Dance, Rave & House @ La Track (1584 Ste-Catherine E) DRUGS INFORMATION ################# ECSTACY - INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE ============================== The medical research for this article is taken in the main from one of the same title appearing in Encyclopedia Psychedelica by Dr. George Greer, and also from many other sources, including the practical experience of myself and others i have talked to. ** It is intended to help those who will take the drug to do so safely, not to encourage or condone casual use! ** MDMA SCIENCE ------------ 3.4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA, or "E" is a psy- choactive (mind affecting) substance, usually found in the form of a white pill, with or without a small logo embossed upon it, but can also be found in liquid form, and "tab" form (a small square of paper soaked in liquid E). It has been shown to alleviate certain psychosomatic symptoms, and has also been demonstrated to help in the treatment of some mental illness, epilepsy, depression, etc.- under the guidance and supervision of expert therapists. However, as all research (official and otherwise) is banned throughout most of the Western world, no research on long-term use has been completed, although research is now being restarted in the USA, as well as LSD research in Switzerland. As far as physical side effects go, no serious ones have been proved (from a single dose), any reported minor ones (e.g. wide pupils) going in a couple of days. However, some research has shown that upping the dose does not greatly increase the experience (i.e, take two and you won't necessarily feel twice as good, after about four it doesn't make much difference, you are just incresing the risks of side-effects). It should not be taken by people with the following conditions; high blood pressure, heart disease, bouts of heart or circulation trouble (e.g. heart fibril- lation or "flutters"), hyperthyroid conditions, sugar diabetis (mellitus), hyperglycaemia, glaucoma, diminished liver functioning, actual or possible pregnancy, or during breast feeding. Also, it should not be taken with anti- hystamine or bronchial treatments for hay fever or asthma (including cold cures), diet pills, caffeine, and above all Betablockers. It would also be wise to avoid use at the same time as anti-depressants, as well as other psychoactive drugs. Psychologically, if you have suffered from any mental problems in the past, including panic attacks, avoid E. If not, reoccurence of the symptoms can occur (called an "E panic"). ** Most importantly, be mentally ready for anything, turn off your mind, and don't try to fight it because you can't! ** For this reason, NEVER EVER spike someones drink with E (or any other mind altering drug - people have been admitted to hospital after hallucinating vividly from being spiked with marijuana), as if you are not ready for it, it can induce a panic with can lead to heart failure, even if the person has taken it in the past, with no ill effects. Possible side-effects include tightening of muscles (especially the jaw muscles), exhaustion following the expe- rience for one or two days after, the urge to vomit, shivering, sweating, speech impediments, rolling eyes, widening of the pupils, walking difficulties, nervous blinking, headache, fainting, distorted vision and geometric visual hallucinations. Blood sugar levels, pulse rate and blood pressure may rise or fall and the ability to withstand pain are also reported (a friend of mine stubbed out a fag on his finger and didn't realise until the day after). Emotionally, the main side effects can be anxiety, depression, lack of concentration or constructive thoughts altogether, which can all occur during or after a session. PERSONAL E ADVICE - TAKING E ---------------------------- 1: NEVER DRINK ALCOHOL WITH E!!!!!! That's how people die from it, usually from either dehydration or heart failure. 2: Take it with people you can trust, your best friends. 3: Drink water to stop dehydrating, and if at a rave take a break from the dancing every hour or so for 10 minutes, or you risk total body fatigue or heart failure. 4: Drink a pint of milk or eat some dairy products the day after, as E takes calcium from the body, and prolonged use (every weekend for a year or two) has been reported to induce brittle bone disease. Also, don't arrange to have your grandmother round for tea as you may well not feel in the mood. If possible, stay with the people you took it with the day after, to "come down" nicely and talk about it. PERSONAL E ADVICE - GETTING E ----------------------------- 1: IT IS ILLEGAL TO SELL OR SUPPLY E IN THE UK, AND MOST OF THE REST OF EUROPE. IN THE UK IT IS A "CLASS A" DRUG, THE SAME AS HEROIN. Whether right or wrong, this is the law, and YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!! 2: E is more dodgy now than ever before, it is hardly ever pure MDMA these days, and is often pure MDA, which is more harmful to the body. Some E's (such as some "Lovehearts") are cut with Ketamine, which can be found in pure form as "Disco Biscuits" - this stuff is generally thought of as nasty; effects can include total paralysation at high doses, as well as paranoia, rolling of the eyes, inability to speak or do much else except sit there off your face, really - not very nice. Some E's, often having the word "brown" in their name, are cut with heroin ("brown" being slang for H), sometimes referred to as "smack E's". They are becoming increasingly common in the UK. Some are also cut with Speed, LSD or Cocaine. So basically, if you are going to try E, buy it off someone you know or a type that has been recommended by a friend - but beware, E's of the same name can often change in ingredients from batch to batch, the first often being good quality to gain a reputation, the subsequent batches being crap. THE FINAL WORD -------------- In summary, look after yourself, 'cos the dealer cer- tainly won't! Don't drink alcohol on it, try to drink a pint of water an hour if at a rave and dancing, and take a break every now and then, and you should be OK. Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK alone have had blinding times on the drug, and their have also been a handful of reports of E-related deaths, but if you follow these instructions the possible harmful effects should be minimised - but be prepared for suprises, 'cos every E is different and you never really know what is in that pill. It may even be stlg15 worth of aspirin! If you want to read up on E some more, "E For Ecstacy" by Nicholas Saunders is widely available in the UK and is impartial and unsensationalised. It also has a lovely glittery cover, and costs about eight pounds, so you and some mates could club together and buy it. Trap #14 - London, England *** L.S.D. - INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE *** ======================================= Before we go any further, let me just state that neither I, the editor or the distributor of this magazine condone either the USE, SALE or DISTRIBUTION of L.S.D. or any other illegal substances. The manufacture, possession and distribution (either for money or free) of LSD is illegal in the whole of Europe and the United States! In the U.K. LSD is a "Class A" drug - the same as heroin. However, I feel that people are still going to experiment with L.S.D. as it is comparitively cheap compared to any other illegal drug. It can also be very dangerous and psychologically damaging, so in the spirit of freedom of information and "prevention is better than cure" what now follows is a brief history of and guide to the safe use of psychedelic drugs generally but L.S.D. in particular. ITS APPEARANCE & DOSAGE ----------------------- LSD, Acid or Trips usually come on small squares of paper call "tabs" with a little design on the front, from which the batch gets its name, i.e. Purple Ohms, Penguins, Strawberries, Exploding Test-Tubes, Sunbeams, Gorbachovs, Heavenly Keys, Ferns/Fractals, Red Dragons, etc. Very occasionally in comes in "microdot" form - LSD enclosed in a small crystal that has the benefit of keeping it fresh for much longer. A tab of LSD will decrease rapidly in strength (from its average of about 75 microgrammes, under half the strength of an average tab in the 1960's) if it is exposed to light, heat or moisture when it can drop to about 25 microgrammes, and chlorine in tap water destroys LSD completely - while it is still on the tab. So, you are never sure of how strong the tab will be, even if they are from the same batch - this is a dangerous aspect of the drug, in that even if you just want a bit of a "trippy time" you may end up undergoing a really major internal experience you are not prepared for. Generally speaking, the higher the dose the more intense the trip - a dose of 25 mcgms. can be similar to being stoned off cannabis or drunk; 75 - 125 mcgms. can affect internal thoughts and feelings and will distort and enhance sights, sounds, smells and physical feelings for about 8 hours, while a heavy dose of about 200 - 250 mcgms. can result in major hallucinations, and changes in thoughts and feelings. At this dose the experience can last for up to 12 hours which is why careful planning is called for. At about 400 - 450 mcgms. there seems to come a saturation point where the experience neither lasts longer or is any stronger. Healthwise, large doses of LSD can send people into shock, and prolonged periods of dancing can cause injury or death from dehydration and fatigue. If at a rave drink a pint of water an hour and take breaks so as not to over-strain yourself. Have breaks at the same time with your friends so you can make sure you are all OK and chat about how you are feeling. Look after each other. In real emergencies, tranquilisers can be administered by doctors to calm the experience, but this should only be necessary in extreme cases. LSD affects your nervous system directly, and is not damaging to your body in the way tha cocaine or heroin is. Nor is it physically or psychologically addictive (that is, you will not become ill if you never take another trip again, no matter how many you have taken before). But what it does do is change the way you look at reality, and that can be much more dangerous in certain circumstances. "GOOD TRIPS" AND "BAD TRIPS" ---------------------------- The first thing to say here is that there is no such thing as a "bad trip" in the way that you can have a "bad E". An E can (and often is) cut with cocaine, heroin, ketamine, anti- hystamines, caffiene, etc. But a trip is a trip, pure LSD, and the only thing that varies is the *strength* of the dose. For example, if you feel more energetic off one trip than another, it means either one was stronger than the other, or you moved about more when one was "coming up" than the other. Chemically, trips are all the same. But, the golden rule is: DO NOT TOUCH LSD, "E" OR ANY OTHER PSYCHEDELIC DRUG IF YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS, ANY DOUBTS ABOUT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH OR HEART PROBLEMS This is very important! So if acid varies only in dose, what causes "good" & "bad" trips? SET and SETTING. SET means the way your are feeling in yourself before you take the drug. If you are feeling at all depressed, insecure or lonely DO NOT take acid. If you take acid on the spur of the moment, "because it is there" you are more likely to have a bad one because you are not prepared for what may happen. Even if you have tripped before, the human mind is such a complex organ that no-one knows for sure how it all works, and each trip can differ widely. SETTING means when and where you take the drug. If you must take acid, take it with your closest friends, in a place where you will not be disturbed, and make sure you have no worries about getting to food or drinks, or being cold, etc. For more details on this see "Planning a Trip", below. In summary, here are the main rules for taking LSD; 1: DO NOT TRIP ALONE! Do it with your most trusted friends, in a place where you will not be disturbed. 2: NEVER "SPIKE" ANYONE'S DRINK WITH LSD, even if they are experienced with the drug - this can cause the onset of panic attacks and bad trips. 3: DO NOT TRY TO CONTROL THE TRIP - once underway, do not fight it. Instead try to "go with the flow", turn your mind off. 4: If at a rave drink a pint of water an hour and take breaks so as not to over-strain yourself or dehydrate. This is how most people die from Acid and E. 5: DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER LSD - alcohol is a depressant, and you do not want to be depressed on acid. PLANNING A TRIP --------------- The most important thing to realise here is that you can never plan a trip totally as each "session" is different. Having said that, if you try to safeguard yourselves against dangers you are far more likely to have a better time and not harm yourselves. Firstly, the "set" - certain people are more suited to tripping than others; those who are by nature more trusting, religious/spiritual, calm, open, courageous, curious, imaginative, warm and creative are more likely to have positive experiences. In contrast, those who constantly need to be in control of a situation, or are overly concerned with their appearance, distrustful, cynical, narrow-minded, paranoid, cowardly or cold are less likely to have a good time. That is not to say that someone who expresses one of these characteristics should never trip, but if it is recognised then plans can and should be made to handle any emotional reactions that occur. And now on to the "setting" (with experienced and/or prepared trippers, the setting is less important - but with novices or the ill - prepared the setting, especially the actions of others, matters a great deal) : - Who do I trip with? If in a relatively confined space such as a house, up to five people in total is recommended, but a total of 3-4 is preferred. If at a rave it doesn't really matter, but stick with your best friends. ** The most important thing is to trust yourselves and each other absolutely **. If there is anything that is unsaid between you that may cause problems (e.g "does she think I fancy her?", "did he tell so-and-so about that private thing?" etc.) get it out in the open well before the trip so none of you will get paranoid about it. - Trip with someone who has done it before. Talk to them about what it is like and the sort of things you can expect. Read books on psychedelics and similar religious experiences. Then you will be more likely to react calmly if the unusual happens. - Trip in a place where you will not be disturbed or distracted, free from unexpected visitors and telephone calls, etc. Trip in a familiar place, where food, light, non-alcoholic drinks, music, cigarettes, privacy, bedding etc. is all available - in short, sort out all the mundane hassles so you have nothing to worry about when you are tripping. - Leave the day after the trip free of commitments so you do not have to worry about tomorrow or how you will seem to other people. As for the people you trip with, they are all on the same stuff as you, so don't worry! Forget about how you look or are acting - you will all be doing unusual things so don't let that worry you! - Dropping it: a medium dosage of LSD, as outlined above, will take 20-30 minutes to start coming up, but this will vary according to the setting - in a rave it well may come up very fast, because there is so much there to bombard your senses. One regular tab usually takes about 45 minutes. If someone feels sick, it is probably because they are nervous - LSD does not make you sick. Talk to them, take them outside for a walk, or do whatever may calm them down. Reassure them and they will be OK. - On it: do not try to control it. Do not try to think about it. Instead, your job is just to look at things and listen to things - turn your rational mind off, have fun, go with the flow and relax! Also, keep a friendly check on each other - ask each other if you are OK, and if anyone is feeling a bit emotional, or worried reassure them and generally calm them down. Remember, if someone gets pretty bad remind them that they are tripping, it is not real, and that the acid will wear off and everything will be back to normal afterwards. - Afterwards: the next day, it is doubtful you will have slept much! Have a wash, something to eat and spend the day with your friends, doing nothing strenuous, but just keeping together if anyone wants to chat about it. Don't try to analyse it too much yet. Relax and unwind. A BRIEF HISTORY OF L.S.D. ------------------------- d-Lysergic acid diethylamide - 25, or LSD, "Acid", "trips" etc. was invented accidentally by the Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman in 1943 (as recently celebrated on the "50th Anniversary of LSD" compilation album on Source records). Legend has it that he was researching painrelievers for pregnant women when he absorbed some of the drug through the skin of his fingertips. A few minutes later he felt a bit ill, so he proceeded to ride home on his bicycle where he experienced the first acid trip ever. The drug was then researched for its uses in treating mental illness (especially schizophrenia), depression, etc. until it leaked out to the public in large quantities in the U.S.A. in the late 'sixties, when it was duly banned. All research was similarly brought to a standstill in the West, until fairly recently. * * * * * If you need confidential advice or information about any aspect of drugs then try contacting "Lifeline", 101-103 Oldham Street, MANCHESTER, M4 1LW or phone 061 - 839 2054. Look after yourselves and don't take unnecessary risks! Trap#14 - London, England / May 94 SOUND ADVICE : G.B.H. AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH ========================================== Street Tip : G.B.H. - Grevious, bodily harm G.H.B. - True name: Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate Price : œ5 - œ10 a cupful œ10 - œ15 a capsule What is it? : Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate: It comes as a clear liquid and is often sold as liquid 'E'. It is not XTC. It is made up of solvents and caustic soda. History : G.H.B. was developed in America (surprise, surprise) as an anaesthetic. It happends on a natural tip as a fatty acid in the body in very small amounts, and is also found in certain fruit. During the 80's it was used by body builders as a growth-hormone stimulant, where later it was banned. It recently came back as a part of the Californian dance and club scene, it is rumoured and came to light by the media after the implication in the death of River Phoenix. Highs : Euphoria, relaxation, hallucinations and immunity to pain. Increases your sex drive, so always carry your rubbers!! Lows : Amnesia, loss of muscle control and muscle spasms, low blood pressure, weight loss, fits, vomiting, vertigo, respiratory problems, uncontrollable drowsiness. Symptoms of overdose include the above as well as slowing the hearth, seizure, coma and resipratory arrest. AWARNESS : 1) GBH is often sold by the cupful from plastic bottles, or in capsul, so it is difficult to regulate the dose. 2) Because it is made up by money making amateurs who don't give a shit, 1 batch is very different from another. 3) GBH can kill. 4) It might do nothing at all. 5) The effects vary depending on how it is mixed up. 6) It might make you want to have sex with anyone, even strangers. 7) Like most of the dance scene drugs, don't buy from strangers. Final message: Stay sexy, stay sharp, stay safe!! Lee J. Penman / Kenny O Aymer SOUND ADVICE : KHAT =================== Street tip : Khat, qat, Quat, Mirra. Price : œ4 for about quarter of a pound in weight. What is it? : Found in Yemen and other parts of Africa. It is a plant that is laced with a natural amphetamine. It is usually sold in bunches of twigs wrapped in leaves. Highs : Up to six hours, depending on method of taking and mood. Leaves of plant are normally chewed. Lows : Paranoid psychosis, can cause weight loss and can make user more susceptible to other diseases. Tip : Because khat is normally used in the Somalian country we don't really hear about it. But it is here and like all other drugs has destroyed people lives. Lee J. Penman / Kenny O Aymer THE REPORTER LIST ################# Here's the list of all the reporters who have contributed to this issue... * The UnderTaker / Tragedy - Gent, Belgium * email: thomas.vidts@rug.ac.be post mail: The UnderTaker/Tragedy Damaststraat 58 9030 Mariakerke Belgium Can be reached at Suicidal Tendency BBS ++32(050)427306 * Christof - Tuebingen, Germany * email: damian@myplanet.tue.sub.org * Teak/Skidrow - Amsterdam, The Netherlands * * InZka - Helsinki, Finland * * Dominique Poncin - Brussel, Belgium Fidonet: 2:292/812.20 email: an83403@anon.penet.fi * Greg 3 0 3 - Newcastle, England * email: G.L.Eden@newcastle.ac.uk * Jason/method one - Richmond, USA * email: LEDERJASO@urvax.urich.edu * Ian - London, England * email: techno@iosys.demon.co.uk * JP - Swindon, England * email: nicholls@case.co.uk * AndE - Vienna, Austria * email: rigby@siemens.co.at * MattE - London, England * email: mc6@ukc.ac.uk * Rick - Leeds, England * email: csc2ral@sun.leeds.ac.uk * Yipman (Marcus Svenningsson) - Stockholm, Sweden * * Havard Alshus a.k.a Dj Harold Lloyd - Oslo, Norway * email: haavaral@ifi.uio.no * Andy S - Manchester, England * email: stonea@sun.com.mmu.ac.uk Massive Respects ! HOW TO BE A REPORTER #################### Please write your articles considering that the readers aren't all fluent english speakers (me too!), so write COMPREHENSIBLE english please! And think you are speaking to foreigners, so, they don't know a lot about your scene... Now, here are the ways to be a reporter: Send your article(s) by Psyched's internet email: molari@eig.unige.ch post address: Psyched CP 251 1233 Bernex Switzerland PC formatted disk is prefered The 'Official' Distribution Sites --------------------------------- These BBS have all the issues of the zine. To enter the Planet-E area (the only way to d/l and u/l stuff) please login as 'planet-e' and give the password 'planet-e'. Then you'll manage to d/l each issue of each version of the zine. ONLY these 'official distribution' sites will collect articles/modules/pics for the zine. This list will certainly grow to cover the maximum countries possible. 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Psyched .... Planet-E editor THANKS ###### I would like to say BIG THANKS and hello to: for the label list T-Onyx/Kyberias, Terrorist, Brad Cleveland, Mark L. Caro, Christian Jakubaszek, Mike Hoehn, the UK-Dance crew, Dan Nigrin, Mike Brown all the contributors for this issue, past issues, and future issues (keep the good work, dudes!) ! all the people who has (and who'll) send me sound modules or pictures. all the spreaders, distributors of Planet-E (especially KiLLraVen!) The people involved with the computer versions (amiga and - for the future - the PC), even if you are a little bit slow ;-) Everybody who raves, produces music and organise raves with the good spirit. and Massive respect to the breaks crew! Keep the vibe alive! Psyched... Planet-E editor