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Planet E #1 - Startup Window Status: planet e issue one by megawatts %Introduction *Welcome to Planet E * *Editorial *Welcome to Planet E * *How To Be A Reporter *Welcome to Planet E * *The Reporters list *Welcome to Planet E * *Credits %Event Reports *Energy'93 Techno Festival *Zuerich *28th August *One Year BonZai records *Affligen *1st October *The Rave Explosion III *Wieze *22nd October *Thunder Dome *Zuerich *30th October *An illegal party *Amsterdam *13th November *Belgica Wave II *Affligen *19th November *Hardware 4 *Melbourne *November? *Aliens *Melbourne *November? *BonZai Users Rave *Affligen *3rd December %The Scene *Icelandic scene * * *Italy and its trend * * *London techno scene * * %Clubs *Deep Space *London * *Megatripolis *London * *Ministry Of Sound *London * *Sabresonic *London * %Music Reviews *Sven Van Hess *Planet Jupiter 6 *on Global Cuts *Ohm - Tribal Tone *(Sabre of Paradise remixes) *on Hubba Hubba *Braincell *Hybrid EP *on Harthouse *The Jokers *Meitje *on John Doe records *Trance Europe Express cd * * %Drugs *Ecstasy *instructions for use * {Hello everybody!} Welcome to the 1st issue of the {{Planet-E}} mag! With this mag, we would like to provide you some articles of the whole planet (I should say the rave-planet). This mag is 100% international, 100% dance and 100% non-commercial. (I hope so!) We want to make it the most underground possible... We try also to make it the most international possible, because we think it's great to have some other points of view about rave-culture. {Rave-culture} is not only techno and hardcore, even if those two styles of rave-music are dominent in some countries; we want to follow the new way: the unity of dance-musicS. Even if in this issue almost all the articles speak about techno or trance, we want to speak about ALL the dance-musicS. I mean {techno/trance/hardcore/gabber/mellow/ jungle/house/garage/progressive house/ rap/acid jazz}... This mag is yours, every article which is related about non-commercial dance-music will be published. The views expressed in this mag are the views of the respective reporters and aren't necessarily shared by the mag and its staff (especially articles speaking about drugs). So, write what you feel... How to write articles? Read the 'How to be a reporter' section please. Please send us your comments, critics and the features you would like to see in futures issues! The next issues will be out {AS SOON AS WE HAVE ENOUGH GOOD ARTICLES}. So, it's you who choose when it will be out again! I'm waiting for your New Years Eve articles!! :-) Now, I would just say two words about the mag environnement. If you want to contribute to it giving us some pictures, some mods to put in, feel free to send them to us. But please, send us only {UNRELEASED} stuff. For sure, you'll be credited for that!!! We are waiting for your articles... I hope this mag will make you,non-ravers, feel inclined to go to a rave and see how great it is!! Finally, I want to say a BIG Thanks to all the people who have contributed to this mag: {Idea, Jam&Spoon and all the reporters!} And of course, thanks to all the readers and futur reporters too! :-) Ok, that's enough! Now, read the mag and enjoy it! (I hope! :-) {{{Psyched}} Planet-E organiser} ps: Of course, spread this mag!! ehehehee ;-) @END 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 internet email:{{{molari@eig.unige.ch}}} * If you live in europe... Send your article(s) to Psyched by {{{post address: Psyched CP 251 1233 Bernex Switzerland}}} by modem {{{Gonisoft BBS +41-22-7576573 Upload your article(s) to SysOp FidoNet: 2:301/320}}} * If you live in United States... 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Send your article(s) to Idea by post address: Planet-E 187 Railway Ave Kelmscott 6111 Western Australia @END Here's the list of all the reporters who contribute to this issue... {* KiLLraVen/MYSTiC * - Hoorn, The Netherlands email: robertke@htsa.aha.nl} {{* Acid/SKANDAL * - Milano, Italy email: bellinta@dsi.unimi.it post mail: Luca Bellintani via Belfanti 65/bis 46035 Ostiglia (MN) ITALY tel: 0386/31939 (+int.acc.code) }} {* Jam & Spoon * - Iceland email: kristjs@rhi.hi.is post addresses: Eggert (Jam) Kristjan (Spoon) Asbudartrod 11 Baejarholt 9 220 Hafnarfjodur 220 Hafnarfjodur Iceland Iceland Tel: +354-1-653409 Tel: +354-1-654132 Can also be reached at: Plastic Factory BBS +354-1-650183 } {{* Trap#14 * - London, England no info available for you ;-) }} {* Replicant 23 - - London, England no info available} {{* dj Anabiosis * - St Louis, USA no info available}} {* The UnderTaker/Tragedy * - Gent, Belgium post mail: The UnderTaker/Tragedy Damaststraat 58 9030 Mariakerke Belgium Can also be reached at: Suicidal Tendency BBS ++32(050)427306 } * Kim * {{- Melbourne, Australia email: 917318@edna.cc.swin.edu.au Post mail: Kim Hennig 20/177 Power St Hawthorn 3122 Victoria Melbourne AUSTRALIA tel: +61-3-8181657 }} {* Psyched/Megawatts * - Geneva, Switzerland email: molari@eig.unige.ch Post mail: Psyched CP 151 1233 Bernex Switzerland} @END I Would like to thank everyone for their contributions to the final release of this disk magazine. While most of the final work was done by me in coding this alot more work was also needed. So I will now credit all those worthy souls. {Psyched - for actually surprising me by actually getting some damn good articles and recruiting some great reporters. Not to mention a great mod.} {{Danc - for the brilliant interface and nice font. Keep it up!}} {Allah - thanx to you for formatting & editing the Articles, and with such speed!} Also a Big thankyou to all those BetaTesters during the production of {{{PlanetE}}}. While too many to remember or mention(!), you have ensured that the first release will work on 99% of Amigas!. Any Bugreports or Problems should be mailed to {{{Psyched}}} and they will be responded to depending on the amount of responses. {{{Idea/Megawatts}}} {coder/main organiser} @END Hello Everybody! On {24th August'93} a big house/techno festival called {{Energy'93}} was held in Zuerich (north-east Switzerland).It was the biggest rave event ever organised in Switzerland.The festival comprises the party itself and the Streetparade, which is similar to the Loveparade held in Berlin. Let me start by the Streetparade. On this day, the weather was not very good. A lot of clouds and the temperature was a little bit cool. But, fortunately, contrary to previous days, no rain! The Streetparade began at 3.30pm, and the meeting point was a square in the center of Zuerich, near the Station and the mercantile streets (big banks, smart shops,etc.). I arrived at 3pm at the Station and they were a lot of party people all over the streets! It was great to see all those people during the day! Finally, I was in the {Swiss-techno- paradise} !! :-) 3.45pm, the first float arrived; a much more people came from the neighbouring streets! Only a few people followed this float, the rest waited for others to following ones. About 15 floats followed, at five-minute intervals. Each float had different music, so, each person could find his own style (hardcore, trance, breakbeat, house, garage , techno, mellow) I, naturally, follow the breakbeat one! :-) There were a lot of curious spectators. It was funny to see how surprised they were! ahahah!! Yeah, more than 20,000 people were dancing on the steet, that's quite amazing!! Almost all the party dj's were on the turnetables to mix quite good music... The procession continued and joined the terminal point at about 7pm. Hehe, people were now ready to eat some food which would give them the extra energy for the party... The party officially initiated at 7.30pm and the first dj began his mix at 8pm. The place for the party was the Hallenstadion. It's Switzerland biggest indoor-venue! { The party place was composed of 3 dance floors : DANCEFLOOR 1 MAINHALL : Techno, Trance, g-hardcore DANCEFLOOR 2 TRANCE-TUNNEL : Trance, Ambient DANCEFLOOR 3 GARAGE-GALLERY : Garage, Underground CINEMA: science-fiction & cyberspace The mainhall is in fact a big cycle-racing track!! The cinema, cloak-room, and other various stalls were in a big outside hall totally up to standard for throwing parties!! Waouw, I was in a real dream!! } Now it's the time to speak about dj's and music! {{ MAINHALL: MC ORSON X (Brighton) ELECTRIC INDICO (Vienna) KENNY LARKIN (Detroit) LAURENT GARNIER (Paris) DJ NOISE (Bern) TEKJAM (Zuerich) GANGSTA (Zuerich) MAX DURANTE (Rome) LENNY DEE (NY) DJ TOM (Frankfurt) DJ HELL (Muenich) DJ EDGE (London) FRANKIE BONES (NY) T-BASS (Zuerich) JEFF MILLS (Detroit)DJ JEFF (Geneva) COLIN DALE (London) DR MOTTE (Berlin) DAVE ANGEL (London) DJ MAO (Zuerich) }} { Live Acts: A.UTOMATIC S.OUND U.NLIMITED (Rome) ILLUMINATE (London) STRUCTURE (Cologne) APHEX TWIN / POLYGON WINDOW (London) SOURCE (Antwerp) ARPEGGIATORS (Frankfurt) 303 NATION (Frankfurt) } {{ TRANCE-TUNNEL: DJ GFX (Zuerich) DJ AQUARIUM (Paris) SVEN VATH (Frankfurt) MIXMASTER MORRIS (London) APHEX TWIN (London) LAURENT GARNIER (Paris) }} {{ GARAGE-GALLERY: 8 Swiss dj's including DJAIMIN (he made a hit called 'Give you') }} Isn't the list quite a-m-a-z-i-n-g ?!? If you know the dj's you must admit that it's almost impossible to do better! :-) At 9pm, when I arrived, the mainhall was already full at about 70% of its capacity. The light was almost inexistant (there were only big fluorescent frames with objects on it directed towards the crowd). The scene was quite big and the dj was on a kind of pyramid (to give the impression he's a god! :) with a big screen (20*8 m) behind him! The dj's and the lives, because they were very numerous in the mainhall, changed every 30 minutes!! Let's continue with a chronological review. { *** DJ Noise - DJ Jeff - Gangsta **** yep, Swiss dj's... I can't tell you a lot about their set because I wasn't on the place early enough :) { *************** DJ Tom *************** Not too bad, but I expected more from him (never listened to him before) as he comes from Frankfurt... But it was fair. } *A.Utomatic S.Ound U.Nlimited (live)* Hmmm... what I could say?... It sucks!! Yeah, the music is hardcore, but bad and boring hardcore (it's only chaos). They had their own MC, and she was quite bad! (no feeling). { *********** Electric Indico ********** Right now, it was 10pm when she start. Yeah, she was the only women dj in the night... Not very good. } ************ Max Durante ************* Perhaps you know he's the producer of Automatic Sound Unlimited on ACV records. He played also bad hardcore, but technicaly, the mix was ok. Don't move your ass to hear him... { ********* Illuminate (live) ********** Right now, the music had really change, the party begans really. The light show was coming to grow up. Illuminate do jungle tunes without the breakbeat!!!Just a techno beat. Very cooool. Hehe, the last tune was a 'full'jungle one, yeah, the breakbeat comes (I was waiting for it! :-) } ************* Colin Dale ************* Everybody knows him!! One of the techno leaders in the UK... As usuall, he played great techno. The lasers begans to move at this point. { ************ Kenny Larkin ************ Nothing special... It was techno from detroit.... nice. } *************** DJ Hell ************** All the german people were waiting him... hehe, lot of shouts when he began. He made an intro, so 30 minutes were short for him.. He played some cool trance. { ********** Structure (live) ********** Getting more acid with them! A great live!!! } ************* Jeff Mills ************* Now, it was time for the god! In facts, I didn't know exactly when he begans (1.30am) because he mixed so well his first record with the last tune of Structure !! The light show (laserstorms) was GREAT at this time! He put the ravers in a real trip with his hardtrance. And his mix was quite superbe! He changed everytime the records. He didn't let one more than 2 minutes, and in less of 6 secondes, he can set the pitch and put the 2 rhythms together!! In facts he was the only dj who tried really to do a spectacular mix. His scratches were really amazing(he just did one fault, but who cares?!!! :-) To resume,I can just say one thing: he's probably the best underground dj worldwide! { ************* DR Motte *************** This famous dj (he's created the Love Parade) didn't play the best side of german techno/trance... Yeah, not a great moment in the party, but not too bad :-) (I mean he's not a great dj) } *********** Frankie Bones ************ He played techno, nothing more (hmmm... sincerly, I can't remember his set very well :) { * Aphex Twin/Polygon Windows (live) * The fifth first minutes were slow (and boring), and then the music cames hardcore, but also noisy. I expected more from them! One (with A.S.U.) of the badest live of the party :( } ************* Lenny Dee ************** Quite hardcore (the hardest of the night, with Max Durante). Less noisy than Durante but still boring. At this time I was upstairs on the ledges, admirating the most beautiful seeing one could hope! There were a lot of laserstorms. There were 6 columns 2*2m and 8m height placed on the dancfloor's circumference. Inside there were strobos!!! One of the best visual effect I ever saw!! { *********** Source (live) ************ Yeah, I love Source! Really very good techno (I think they are one of the best techno composers). All the ravers were raving (it's the best word I could find! hehe).It was really a great trip,believe me! } ************* Dave Angel ************* A very clear mix. And he played very good deeptrance... yeah, he's one of the leaders of this style of music in Europe (I could say on the planet!), why do you think UK ravers tell about him 'Is he a man or a god?'!!! { *************** T-Bass *************** This one is a international swiss dj (he played in knowledge/London, in some German and Parisian raves). He played the more commercial stuff at the party (I mean commercial in comparaison with the other sets!). } ******** Arpeggiators (live) ********* Another group from Frankfurt! Yeah, I hope you know them!! If not, go to buy their lp's!! Simply excellent!! (no other comments are necessary! :-) { ********* 303 Nation (live) ********** And another one from Frankfurt! A less good as Arpeggiators but very good too! } ************** DJ Edge *************** Cool techno... At this point, they are less people on the dancefloor, it seems that a lot are gone in the ledges to wait the afterhours :-) { *************** DJ Mao *************** Swiss local dj. I can't really remember... } ********** Laurent Garnier *********** The last set of the party... I was waiting him, because I like his cool mixes, good deeptrance. But I prefer a little more Dave Angel (perhaps,because they were more people on the dancefloor when Dave Angel played :) { ************************************** MC Orson X was really great! (That made me remember all those MC's on my british hardcore tapes!!! :) }} I can't tell you more about the other halls. I was 1 minute in the TranceTunnel, but it was far too warm! A lot of people were in there(waiting for Sven the Guru! ehehehe). And I didn't go in the Garage-Galery, because I know already the dj's in it and I don't like them at all!! (hey, I not made 300km to hear fucking garage and underground!!!) I didn't go to an afterhour, yeah, I was really shattered. There were 2 afterhours organised with the festival from 6am to 2pm. One garage- underground, and a techno/trance one with Sven Vath, Laurent Garnier, DJ Hell, Jeff Mills, Colin Dale, DR Motte, Gangsta and Noise!!! And after these you could go to another techno afterhours (not organised by the same ones) from 4pm to 2am!! Yeahm, you could party until Monday morning hehe. { Conclusion: Really the best party I never been to (but you expected that, huh?! :-) Raving by day on the streets is also a different thing, it's quite exciting, really. For me, it was surely the best party ever held in Europe (except UK of course :). The people were really cool (German ravers are cool!), the crowd was dancing continuously. About 24,000 people were at the party! a-m-a-z-i-n-g! My last words : YOU MUST COME TO ENERGY'94 !!!!!!! } {{{Psyched/Megawatts - Geneva, Switzerland}}} @END For the ones who are from Belgium, I don't think I've to introduce this label, for the others, Bonzai is the biggest and absolutly the famoust record label here in Belgium, so it's rather normal that there where many(too many) people presented at the "1 year Bonzai party" Like I've said before, the party was at "The Extreme" and for the ones who know that dancing, it's to small for such a party. (maximum capacity for 2500 people). We've had to wait more then half an hour to get in, but it was worth it!! When we were finally in we've had our 12 inch. Yes, that's right. The first 1000 people who arrived at the party got a 12 inch with some new Bonzai recordz, called 'The Anniversary Rave' ofcoz. { The Dj's that night were... - Lenny Dee (Industrial Strenght - New York) - Paul Elstak (Rotterdam Recordz) - The Fly (Bonzai Recordz (the BIG boss of Bonzai recordz) - Franky Jones (Cyberdelia - D.M.C.) - The BountyHunter (Bonzai) - Deg (Bonzai, B.W.P. Experiments, Rave Explosion) - Frank (Zolex, Globe) - Franky (Cherry Moon) - B.B.Bell (Say No More recordz) And warming up by Dj. Steel. } I can't tell much about this party, coz they didn't say who was playing the recordz, I mean there was no presentation, too bad. There was also a live act, from "Dream Your Dream" (from the very famous Bonzai record, better know as jjjjiiiiiihhhhhaaaaaaaa)(The same guys gonna do a live act on MayDay 5 !!) The live act was pretty good, nothing special to say about this one. I suggest if they organize a "2 Year Bonzai Recordz" party, that they do it in a much larger place, coz it was really too small! But after all, it was one of the better rave parties in Belgium. { Conclusion ---------- Nice party but they were to many people for such a small place like "The Extreme". } {{{The UnderTaker/Tragedy - Gent, Belgium}}} @END {"Maybe you've read it somewhere, maybe you've heard it from your friends, but we can tell you, it's true! The Rave Explosion is back with an event everybody was waiting for. This time we will be presenting an unbelievable international line-up of live acts and DJ's, a cristal-clear sound system, a fully animated laser and video show, the most technically advanced visual effects and the ultimate in decoration (a Voodoo Illusion) created by Fred Coutsiers (El-Deco). For those who want to cool off or have a little chat in a cosy atmosphere, we will create a special chill-out room with music played by the best ambient-wizardz from the legadary R&S label. We want that you, ravers from everywhere, also take part in the creation of a magical atmosphere. Therefore, we will provide you fun games,painting and clothing stalls, gyroscopes, jumping castles and much more... But don't forget to bring on the essential thing: {YOUR SMILE}. With a spirit of togheterness, harmony, infinite peace and tranquility, we will transport you together trough cosmic galaxies to your ultimate destiny! You're about to discover a world of happiness, atmosphere and great music. Youri & Gregory - 1993 THIS RAVE WILL EXPLODE YOU MIND. DON'T MISS IT!"} This part above is taken from the flyer from "The Rave Explosion Part III". Pretty impresive eh?? So, I decided to go there... { ** The Dj's ** -------------- On the MAIN STAGE => Techno - Trance - Hardcore} {{ ** Jeff Mills ** ---------------- (Axis, Detroit/USA) -------------------------------------- One of the best Dj's I've ever seen!! He is really amazing... I think there are no recordz he plays longer than 1 minute, and he mixes all the 'one minute' parts perfect. He was also one of the best Dj's on MayDay IV. (If you've been to Mayday 4, I think you already know enough) One of the top Dj's in the world of house if you ask me!}} { ** Blake Baxter ** ------------------ (UnderGround Resistance/Detroit-USA) -------------------------------------- Also a Dj's from Detroit, since there were some technical problems when he was playing, some things went wrong, but after a couple of minutes everyting was back ok, (for a couple of minutes heheh)} {{ ** Laurent Garnier ** --------------------- (Fnac Music / Paris) -------------------------------------- He was the last Dj that played that evening and was absolutly the favourity Dj.When he played his first song (Melody - Beat your heart out) the crowd went totally crazy, and I mean CRAZY !! He played too more 'commercial stuff' if you compare it with the songs that the other Dj's played. I mean no 'Usura' 'Dance 2 Trance' or '2 Unlimited'but songs like, "Wake Up" and "Beat your heart out". Togheter with Jeff Mills he was the favourite Dj of the evening.}} { * Yves De Ruyter * ------------------- (Bonzai Recordz,Cherry Moon/Antwerpen) -------------------------------------- Not as good as he used to be if you ask me. Since he had also a lots of technical problems many things went wrong. These where the Dj's I've heard, there where more Dj's like - Dano (Dreamteam - Amsterdam) - Deg (BWP, Rave Explosion - Brussels) and the Source Live (R&S Recordz - Sweden) But I haven't heard them since I've arrived rather late, and I've spent some time in the 'Chill-Out Room'} {{ ** The Chill Out Room ** ------------------------ Nothing special to say about this..Maybe just one thing, it was very cold there!! The music was good, the lights where not so good since all the best stuff was in the 'Main Stage' Hall.}} Maybe some details now. - The service was good, but VERY expensive! - They've had many technical problems during the evening, especially problems with the music. - And the sad thing about 'The Rave Explosion III' was, that they closed the place at 05.00 Am, don't ask me why ?! Normally 'The Rave Explosion III' was from 9.00 Pm until 08.00 Am, and then there was an after party in 'The Cherry Moon' but at 04.50 they said that they must close at 05.00 Am, and that there was an after party somewhere else, (somewhere in Brussels, sorry forgot the name) - There were about 7000 or 8000 people (not bad for a little country like Belgium, I think it was the biggest rave ever held in Belgium) - The presentation was also very good. Ok, enough about that. In my opinion 'The Rave Explosion III' was very good, one of the best parties I've been to (togheter with "MayDay IV", "The Big Cyberdelia Rave" and "1 Year Bonzai Party") I should say 'Come To The Rave Explosion Part IV' !! {Conclusion ---------- A very good party with very nice music. One of the Belgium biggest raves !! My score for this one is "9/10" } {{{The UnderTaker/Synergy Design - Gent, Belgium}}} @END hi everybody! When I saw the flyer of the party, I was immediately decided to go there, for one reason: Carl Cox and Loftgroover (Colin Dale was on the flyer also,but he came not) will be at the party!! I could suppose there will be some british hardcore (breakbeat,if you prefer), and when I hear that, I'm coming mad!! (unfornately, british is extremely rare here in Switzerland and in other countries also(hehe except UK,but you know that :) The party was held in the old military barracks, in the center of the city (that's very cool in Zuerich: almost all parties are in the center-city). The organisators are XTATIC, dissidents of ENERGETIC, who organized Energy93 (as you suppose it, they are the best organizators in Switzerland). It was supposed to be a 24hours party (Saturday 8pm to Sunday 8pm) but I don't know when it stoped :) (but WHO wants to be in the same hall 24 hours?) For several dj's in this party, it was their 1st performance in Switzerland. The flyer wrotes:'The former military facility will be transformed into one huge dancefloor.It will show you a cybernetic vision of our world in the year 2350'. Generally,experiences said me to not believe the flyers, but this time, it was ok :-) When I arrived, it was about 9.30pm (after 3.30 hours travel!). The barracks were very big (a big rectangle with a big court in the center) but only the right part was used, hmmm... it was a hall about 25*100m. Not so big, but enough to put 4000 ravers in it! This time, I believed the flyer, because it was really a vision of the future, perhaps only my own vision of future :-). Hmmm, how could I describe that? I should say that: when I entered, I couldn't see the faces of the people 2m around me! A lot of smoke!! A lot of UV too, and some nice strobos!! The ambiance was very glaucous!! When I arrived, the hall was 50% of its capacity. They said also in the flyer 'multiscreen videoshow', yeah, in facts, there weren't giants screens,but multiscreens: a screen was composed by four 70cm screens, and there were 4 of those 'big' screens. But it was ok. I couldn't see the faces of the dj's because some lights (and lasers) were behind him, and with the smoke, there were simply dark faces :-) OK, now I give you the guest list (you was waiting for that! ehehe :) {dj's: CARL COX (UK)* LIZA N'ELIAZ (BELGIUM)* MANIAC (CH) LOFTGROOVER (UK)* T-BASS (CH) PROPHET (HOLLAND)* PARA DB (CH) C-H-T (GERMANY) TEK-JAM (CH) MOGUAI (GERMANY)* NAUGHTI (GERMANY) { and the lives: GENLOG (GERMANY) CONFUSION A (SOLID PLEASURE CONTINENTAL) (GERMANY I suppose) }} CH = Switzerland if you don't know that :-) and the * means performing first time in Switzerland. Colin Dale was supposed to come but he didn't :-( ok, now, let's go with a chronological review: {************** MOGUAI **************** I think it was him (not sure at 100%). Some 'normal' trance, like the one you could hear at a good party :-) Nothing, very special... { *************** T-BASS *************** Yeah, I know him. He's an international Swiss dj. Usually he plays some well known german trance, but this time he really impress me! He played more than usually on the underground way. He played even some breakbeats!! This was great,people! Really, a better set than Moguai. } ************** NAUGHTI *************** He comes from a little (?) club called 'Ohne-Worte' in Ulm, Germany. I heard it one time only. It was at the Streetparade. Yeah, I remember him well: he was the only dj who played some breakbeats!And of course, I followed his mix almost all the afternoon :-) One more time, he impressed me! He played some loud hardtechno, very great mix, and he played also about 15 minutes of pure jungle (his set remained one hour). It's not useful to say you we were only about 20 to 30 ravers moving like mads on his jungle tunes! Yeah, in Zuerich, as in France, Germany and everywhere (excpet UK, one more time!:-) people don't like breakbeats very much (some try to dance on but it seems they can't find the beat!). But I adore them! ehehehhe One of the best sets I heard for a long time! { *** GENLOG + CONFUSION A (lives) **** hmmm, I thought it would be better. In facts I heard Genlog 10 minutes and I've go out to search some Red Bulls (some multivitamin drinks which are illegal in Switzerland) to take more energy :-) Energy was important, because I knew that the hardest will come: Carl Cox, Loftgroover and Liza N'Eliaz! When I came in, the 2 lives were finished. } ************* CARL COX *************** I have a tape from him and I must say it's not very good. So I only hoped he'll play some breakbeats, because the techno on the tape was bad. Shame on me! He played a lot of techno and some great one, waooooow! I was on my knees!!! Hard and sometimes acid: that was his beautiful set! Certainly, he played also some jungle (pure UK breakbeats, to resume) ehehe, with that, I were in paradise!!! You can't imagine that, I waited 6 months to hear some jungle in a big party! The mix was also great (I don't think he used the 3 decks this time :( Conclusion: send me some tapes from him!! :-) ahahaha { ************ LOFTGROOVER ************* He played some hardtechno too, harder than Carl Cox set, but also more boring. Not great as Carl cox, but cool. } ************ LIZA N'ELIAZ ************ People, this is one of the wicked dj I ever heard! In facts, she's the wicked Female dj I never saw! :-) She played some wicked, not with loud basses, but speed hardcore. It's rare to hear no-boring hardcore, but this time it was! And the Zuerich crowd was getting mad! waoooow! great! Last but not least, the mix was perfect! What a crazy girl!!! { ************** PROPHET *************** This one comes from Holland (Mokum records). hmm... after a great set like Liza's one, it was very hard to do better. This one was far worst. Yeah, he played some more commercial stuff (but still hardcore stuff). I don't mean commercial,but it wasn't 100% underground too, as Liza set. I heard him 15 minutes and then, with some friends, we went to find the afterhours. Loftgroover (and we thought Carl Cox too, as Colin Dale wasn't there) was one of the dj's (they were the only 2 dj's of the party who were afterhours-dj's and have finished their sets at the party).The afterhours had to be in a club called Exit (usually a garage club), but when we arrived, there were nobody outside. Strange... We rang and a guy camed to tell us the afterhours were canceled, because not enough people were there. In facts, all the ravers were still at the party!eehehhe It was a shame, because we prefer to hear Loftgroover and Carl Cox than Prophet and the other Swiss dj's! :-( We tried to go to other afterhours places (not'official' ones from this party). After 30 minutes past to turn and turn with the car (it's hard to drive in this city!), we decided to turn again in the barracks. } ************** Tek-Jam *************** Now, Tek-Jam was playing. It was about 5.30am. Not a great set, simply some too usuall deeptrance. The people was getting slowly out and after an hour, when there were 50% of the people left, we decided to go out... {{ Conclusion: A great party,but I excepted that.Could it be different? When some UK's top dj's are there, it couldn't be a bad one! I was very impressed by Carl Cox, Naughti (hope he'll be bigger on the international scene!) and Liza N'Eliaz (a friend heard her 2 weeks later in France, and he said me she played lame and boring hardcore! hmm...quite strange!!...). My rate: an easy 9/10 }} {{{Psyched/Megawatts - Geneva, Switzerland}}} @END Sorry dudez, but I have no flyer info about this party, I kinda rolled into it. It didn't plan to go to this party, due to circumstances beyond my control 8-* I ended up there... { It appeared that the party was held on a industrial field in the North of Amsterdam. We got a lift from a guy who was standing behind Central Station in Amsterdam (we were supposed to get on a party/pendle bus that was driving all night between the party place and Central Station but we just missed it and got an offer from this guy). He told us that the party was scheduled to last until 07:00 hours in the morning... { Soon we arrived and outside was a big square formed by dots of lights spinning in the air, turning and turning. Now that was cool! This is what we were looking for, the place was thumping and you could hear the massive sound coming from the entrance. } Once inside we were frisked and we had to pay US$ 17.50 to get in plus US$ 2 to get our coats safe :( But once we were passed the security the sight was awesome! The party place was a large hall (75 meters long and 30 meters wide if not more) with some concrete pilars in the middle. The whole place was filled with smoke and the sound was LOOOOUUUDDDD! It was exactly what you could expect from an illegal party... tremendously cool! There was not much light, but the light that was there was enough, a few spots (coloured) two strobo's and one sun-flower. { From the minute we got in until the minute we got out they only played hard hard hard hardcore, there was not _one_ slow song! I gues the average BPM was 200 or more! They played stuff like "Fuckin' Hostile" by Lenny Dee and "Bigger and Bolder"... I can't tell you all the D.J.'s that were there because I have no flyer of the party, I don't even know the name of the party. But DJ's playing were: Menthal Theo & Charly Lownoise and 100% Isis (female D.J.!). } It isn't hard to imagine that soon my buddy and myself were jumping and raving around the building, really getting into the thumping sound of the drums and wicked sounds you could hear! Although the place was crowded, there still was enough space to do some good raving, it was not like Hellraiser that you danced against each other. You had about one meter around you to dance. They played the hardest and toughest numbers after each other and it was hard to stop, but eventually I had to quit because I really could do nooo more. I went to the side to lean against the wall and check out the babes! ;-) { And where there babes! Several girlies were doin' some serious raving and didn't hide too much of theirself and they didn't mind you watching either. There were one or two really good-looking girls, the ones that make you go 'duuuuuuhhhhh... can I eh... can I ehh... can I ehh... offer you a ehh.. drink?' Hehehehe... too bad though that most of them brought their boyfriend with them :( Ah well, I didn't come too find a luxious girl for some action, but to blow my mind out! } Now you foreigners out there must be wondering what was happening behind the scene, esspecially the drugs,'cause this is after all The Netherlands! (How do you mean, 'prejudiced'?) Ahhh... it wasn't much, nothing more than your usual party in Holland; people take some Speed or XTC and have a great time! But you had to watch out for the security, if they catched you havin' some stuff, you would lose your stuff! I girl next to me got three pills taken away, that is almost worth US$ 40! I myself had not taken anything 'cause my supplier was ill (no, really :-/) and I don't buy stuff on parties 'cause then you don't know what you get! { Later on the evening there was a live performance by Menthal Theo and Charly Lownoise. Men, that sounded cruel! The played live but it sounded exactly like the singles as I remember them, they play extremely well and do it with a lot of fun. They played "El Gallinero" by Ramirez and some other famous stuff of them. People were really flipping on their performance, myself included! I started dancing again and didn't stop for quite a while... but eventually there is an end! Together with my friend I got some drinks and there we met two guyz from Alkmaar, not far from where I live. They told us that the plug would be pulled at 6 o'clock... lame! So we decided to get our coats while things were still quiet at the wardrobe and get back home! Easy said, easy done. } The organisation was excellent 'cause outside a touring car was waiting to get us back to Central Station (and that was no luxury, the weather sucked major!). { Now that I look back to it I must say that this was an excellent party and had a little extra because it was an illegal one. This concludes my party report and I hope you liked it. {{RaVe WiLL NeVer DiE! KiLLraVen/MYSTiC - Hoorn, The Netherlands}}} @END {The Guest List -------------- "The Belgica Wave II" only invited Belgian Dj's, here's the list - Dj The Fly (Extreme-Bonzai Recordz- (Ex)Cherry Moon) - Dj Frank (Globe-Exterme- (Ex)Jerry's WareHouse- Antler Recordz) - Dj Marko (La Rocca - La Chapelle) - Dj Double B (Extreme) - Dj Stephane (Music Man - World Party II - Two Pieces) - Dj Rezi (Music Man - IT) - Dj Roel Bonzai Recordz -(Ex)Jerry's) - Dj Marko Baily (La Scalla - Blankenberge) - Dj Jopan (WIF recordz - Bonzai recordz) - Dj Dave (Luik) - Dj Peter (Tienen) - Dj Christophe (Globe - La Luna) { The Live Acts ------------- - DREAM YOUR DREAM (BonZai Recordz) These two guys have already give their show at the EXTREME on the first of October at the "BonZai Anniversary Rave". (They are also one of the live performers in the next MayDay!) They have already created the following hitrecordz: Dream Your Dream, Dreamland, Belgica Wave Part I, Traxcalibur, Belgica Wave II. - Krid Snero (Say No More Recordz) This guy is the creator of the remixed giant hit "White Line". For the first time in Belgium live on stage the master of the pumping hardcore KRID SNERO. So as you know this will be his debute on stage in Belgium this is a unicum and a privilege for the EXTREME and the BELGICA WAVE. }} Ok, now my opinion about The Belgican Wave II. When we arrived at the party-place "The Extreme",we were very surprised only 3 cars where on the parking place! So, we waited a couple of minutes in the car. After a couple of minutes more and more cars arrived, so it was time to get in. The entrance was 300bfr, when we were finally in the dancing, we stand for another surprise, there were only 20 people in The Extreme, so we waited again (I think about an hour) and then it began. Oh boy, there where more than 1500 people showed up in that hour.) All togheter I think there were about 2000 people at the party place. { Now for the music, I can't tell you which Dj has played good or bad since there was no presentation, I only know "Stefaan" (Music Man) and I can tell you he played VERY good, very good songs and and excelllent mixing- techniques. - The live performances: were also good, Dream You Dream was very good and also Krid Snero too (altough "Dream Your Dream" where the favourites) - The lights: nothing special to say about this, just the normal lights you can see every week in the Extreme. - The Crowd: VERY good, almost everybody was on the dancefloor dancing and flipping all night long... { Conclusion; A very good party, we just arrived a little bit too early :-) (9/10) { The UnderTaker/Tragedy - Gent, Belgium}}} @END After many hours of setting up the doors of Hardware finally opened. As expected there was a huge turnout and many were hardcore ravers who hit the dancefloor all night. The twin head laser entranced its audience until the unforgiving rays of dawn hit (yes I forgot My sunnies). Good looking Jumping Jack (from Sydney) pumped the trancing tunes out to us and made sure that insanity had arrived before Richie Rich hit the turntables. It was a brilliant night and the crowd loved it but I felt that some took it too hard.I definetely see another hardware in the distance..... Maby next Janurary. {{{ Kim - Melbourne, Australia}}} @END As we journey into the underground we are sprung upon by Alien. When strolling in we come across the extremely comfy chill area!!!! With its stinking seats and massive matresses which suited this atmosphere to a T. Tall glass walls seperate this from the intensity of the colourfull sweaty bodies that moved to the full-on hardcore sound of techno on the steamy yet packed dancefloor. The DJ's easilly maintained the hype until the sun came up and way beyond. Then there was the infamous rooftop chillout with the gravity defying ladder which proved to be a bit tricky. The venue, actually being some residence, was ideal for the insane which was definetelty a night of happy memories and total madness!!!!! I am definetely looking forward to the next Alien. Will you indulge???? {{{ Kim - Melbourne, Australia}}} @END {The Guest List -------------- - Cj Bolland (The Rave Signal - R&S Records) - Miss Djax (Djax Up Beats - The Netherlands) - Robert Leiner (The Source - Sweden) - The Fly (Extreme - BonZai Records) - Deg (BWP Experiments - BonZai) (This is the only Belgian Dj who'll play on MayDay 5) - Franky Jones (CyberDelia - BonZai Records) - BountyHunter (BonZai Recordz - Rave Zone Montini) - BB Bell (Extreme - Say No More Records) { The Live Acts ------------- Only 1 live act this evening, "Phrenetic System" Well, after the succesfull "BonZai Anniversary" Rave, "The Extreme" decided to do another BonZai party, well here it is, "The BonZai Users Rave". Well, as you can see on the guest list, very good dj's, so this must be another terrific BonZai party. } The Dj's -------- - B.B.Bell; hmmm nothing special to say about this one, played good. - Miss Djax; Hmmm not really my style of house-music she played. - Bountyhunter; Not as good as he used to be. - The Fly; Wwhhoow very very good !! Excellent (it was about time they not played some "good" recordz :-)) - Cj. Bolland; Great! - Robert Leiner, Franky Jones, Deg (Haven't heard them....) { The Live Performances --------------------- - Phrenetic System Nice! one of the best live acts I've seen. } Conclusion ---------- Well, like every BonZai rave in The Extreme there were again too many people for such a place (The Extreme can only handle 2500 Ravers). I think there were more than 2500 Ravers hehehe. At a couple of moments I even have had some problems with breathing :-). I find it strange, The Rave Called "BonZai Users Rave" but I've heard only 2 or 3 BonZai Recordz ???? Like every BonZai rave I'm gonna say the same.... The Extreme is just too SMALL! My Vote for this Rave: 7.5/10 {{ The UnderTaker/Tragedy - Gent, Belgium}}} @END {CLUBS: At the moment there is only 1 decent club here in Reykjavik, it is called the Rosenberg Cellar (due to the fact it is under the ground) is used to be a part of a quite big club called the moonclub which was the hottest club for some time about 2-3 years ago. In Rosenberg they play Trance/Techno and people in there are in the 18-25 years range. Another quite cool club is called Ingolfs Cafe. That is the ONLY garage club in the whole iceland and the dj there is the only garage dj in the contry. In that club most of the people snob are, it is not the underground style as Rosenberg. The third and the least is a club called Casablanca. There the dj (called Bigfoot and I wont mention him again :=) ) plays much too commercial music for our taste but there are quite a lot of people who go to Casablanca every weekend. But the TOP of this 3 club list must be THE ROSENBERG CELLAR, if U are travelin in iceland contact us and we'll take U there, it is only a 200-300 people place but it is an experience to be there on a good night. { RAVES: Recently there have been almost no 'illegal' raves here but last year (summer of 1992) we had plenty, but since the police are so fuckin aggressive on us about the raves people dont have the guts to hold 'after parties', as they are called now, because of the trouble they can get into. } DJ'S: There are some VERY good dj's here in Reykjavik. I'll list 'em out in no particilar order. Gretar G : Techno/Trance Arni E : Techno/Trance Margeir : Garage Maggi 'lego': Techno/Trance Dj Psycho : Techno/Breakbeat Agzilla : Breakbeat/RaggaHardcore Dj Mercedes : Trance/Ambient/Acid Jazz Thossi : Acid Jazz/Funk Hendrik : Techno/Gabber Leon : Varies The Dj's mentioned above are the more known ones here. I'll skip the young upcoming dj's that we'll hear from in the future. { DRUGS: As in most contries (I think) extacy is popular but unlike most contries it is VERY hard to get and VERY expensive ('bout 30-40 lbs.) Easier to get is offcozz Amphetamin and in the fall it seems like everyone is eatin mushrooms, which for most ppl are free. People also smoke Hash and Marijuana which is fairly cheap. I dont think there are alot of people here that use cocaine due to the fact it is sold at and ridicilous price, I think :) ('bout 100 lbs pr. gram). And another very much used 'drug' is 'Rush' or 'Pops' which people sniff and it makes your head dizzy for about 1-2 minutes, great to use with the mushrooms and 'E'. } BANDS: There aren't alot of people who create music here but there are some. Bubleflies are the latest to do somethin worth noticing but they play Acid Jazz which isnt that popular here(Dj Mercedes is one of the main men there). Dj Mercedes also released the first 12" Vinyl that the icelanders released, along with his friend, it was a breakbeat white label and the band was called Ajax. Agzilla and Leon have released a tune on Reienforced label (breakbeat offcozz) and then there was an EP released in April/May with 3 bands,Gangland(that is us), Spaceman Spliff, and Passive aggressive. 2 years ago the bigest record company here in iceland released a compilation with dance music from the so called 'underground' people here in iceland but it wasnt very good. Rumours say that a group that Maggi 'lego' and his friends are in is gonna release a cd soon(it is the BEST ambient music I've heard). And Gretar G and friends :=) are gonna release a 12" vinyl soon. { FOREIGN VISITORS: We have had some people come here from the UK to play for us. Late in 1992 Adamski and Mr.Monday camed over but their equipment didnt come from New York so that was a disapointment, they only played some 5-6 tunes from a DAT (how lame can they be???). Baby Ford was better when he camed here in Jan/feb '93. He came with all his equipment :=) and it was a great night! :=) Ray Keith came in april and dj'ed the saturday night, with loads of people havin fun :=) and Dj Shakra has been here some 3 times or sumthin and is gonna come again. Freaky Realistic played a failure concert here on 20th of October but few people showed up and it was a failure. The things I have mentioned are only the ones that have been recently but in the past there have been other visitors (but I wasnt old enuff to be there :( ). } RECORD SHOPS: There are two 'underground' record shops here, Thunder Records and Hljomalind. There U can buy and order almost anythin U want.. :) but since I dont have any money to buy records I dont spend alot of time checkin 'em out. :) hehe.. { RADIO STATIONS: There have been 'bout 4 radio stations that have had people playing the finest music available :) but on all the 4 stations there have been the same guys playing, that is my friend here Spoon and his friend. Now they are playing on a station called the X (fm 97.7) and there they get most of the previously mentioned Dj's to play a 30-40 minutes set and then 'the dj of the night' get's to play from 23:00-01:00. { Jam & Spoon/M.D.M.A (aka Sound Evolution) - Iceland}}} @END Christmas is near and the discos are preparing to welcome Santa Claus. The last 25th december into the Pascia in Riccione there was a cool crib with strange actors like Madonna's double in place of Our Lady and the 3 Kings carried gold, Chanel (the perfume) and beer. Ah.. Jesus was black! This year ouf of the Pascia there will be a big X-mas tree with a lot of condoms and slogans like "No War". In Rimini is born a new club called ECU European Dance, a mix of all european fashions, it can to give hospitality to 3000 people and The MTV is its sponsor. Tina Turner'll unveil this new local where you'll be able to look some fashion shows (do U know the Ministry of Sound in London ?) and "live windows". { * 3 NEW DISCOS TO VISIT WHEN * * YOU'LL BE THE ITALY * ICS (Disco Dinner Club) - Castrocaro(FO) It's builded into an old medioeval castle and you can find a lot of music kinds; on Monday '80 and '90 disco music; on Friday, Saturday and Sunday medioeval shivers with underground, funky and acid jazz. Il Maneggio - Romagnano Sesia (NO) 3 rooms to dance trend music like garage and underground. Hippodrome - Magliano Alpi (CN) 3 differents rooms with 3 differents kinds of music, the smallest with trend music (underground and rap), the medium with sperimental music and the biggest with fuck music (revival). { * THE MOVEMENT OF THE MOUNTH * In Italy the first thing you must have care is your look; every kind of music has combined a kind of fashion. So if you decide to go to dance you must find a right dress. These are the TREND music and fashion. The new italian style is a meddly of techno sounds and beat house. The house is not died; it's shelved. A new sound is born, bad and melodious in the same time (like Robin S.) My personal enjoyment is the HYPNO-HOUSE, strange and paranoid resonances, maybe a bit singular, but it's very involvement. } * THE BEST 10 DISCOS OF NOVEMBER * 1) Prince - Riccione 2) Pascia - Riccione 3) Gasolyne - Roma 4) Cocorico - Riccione 5) Exodus - Porto Maggiore 6) Matis - Bologna 7) Sesto Senso - Desenzano 8) Hollywood - Milano 9) Echoes - Misano Adriatico 10) Peter Pan - Riccione {{{ Acid/Skandal - Milano, Italy}}} @END Well, while dance music in general gains still more popularity, certain aspects of it get forced more under- ground. The springing up of so many new artists can only be good for the scene as it keeps it moving on - if some aspects of the rock community did this, perhaps it wouldn't be so boring! Most of the big rave organisations in the UK have now gone bust, are very quiet, or the people behind them have moved operations overseas, notably the USA. Exceptions include Raindance, who held an illegal rave during last summer,and Fantazia are holding a rave somewhere in the north of England. { Over the summer,three 30,000 capacity events were scheduled; Big Love, Dreamscape and Fantazia, but the latter two failed to obtain liscences, Big Love having a meagre 12,000 attendance. This was the final straw for Universe, who are supposed to have gone into liquidation - but are also organizing friday nights at London's Club UK in January. All this does not mean hardcore is dead, tho' - it is now dark, underground, hard and fast - check out AWOL at the Paradise CLub on Saturdays, or Club Labyrinth in Dalston, who are currently hosting some '89 revival events in an attempt to recapture that old buzz. { Jungle pretty much rules as far as pirate radio is concerned - Kool, Format, Rush, Impact, Index etc. are breakbeat only territory, Pulse F.M. still having the most musical variety, but still little techno. This is partly due to Kiss F.M. hosting two weekly techno shows, Colin Favor & Colin Dale, but both have just been halved to two hours each. On Friday nights, the only allnight techno venue is Deep Space, with Sabresonic finishing at 2:00 a.m. most weeks, both clubs doing very well even though their times overlap. All this as the Aphex Twin (or Polygon Window, A.F.X, etc.) finally storms the national charts with "On",the first "intelligent" techno artist to do so. So what the hell is going on? } Well, it seems to me that there is a definite split in techno forming at the moment - the hard, HARD stuff is going still further underground, and can be heard at Tribal Energy and Spiral Tribe parties (dirt cheap, a must!), with DJ's like Az-Tec, Liberator sounds, Mr. Oz, etc playing. Then we have the "intelligent" techno much loved by NME, including artists such as Sabres of Paradise, Reload, Future Sound of London, B12,Black Dog, and of course the Aphex Twin, gaining increasing media attention and musical credibility. { There is also a new breed of sample-heavy techno-funk emerging from acts like FSOL and Reload,which could well attract previous followers of garage, hip hop and old ravers. Wonder what the Bomb Squad would think of FSOL? Anyway, enough reading of the tea-leaves, on with the news! } Big newcomers this autumn are without doubt the Sabres of Paradise, with their own group, record label and club, Sabresonic. The man behind all this is none other than Andrew Weatherall, producer of Primal Scream along with Alex Patterson of the Orb. The Sabres of Paradise debut album is definitely in the "intelligent" mode, ranging from near-ambience to dub, to straight-up techno. No nosebleed stuff, just good tunes, "Smokebelch II" already a techno classic. { "Deep Cuts", the Sabres of Paradise label compilation album carries this track, as well as clubby techno to songs with a real ravey vibe, not that "intelligent", and definitely having wide appeal. } Along with them came the re-appearance of the Future Sound of London (FSOL), after silence following their massive "Papua New Guinea" and a deal with Virgin Records for stlg200,000, as well as appearing under the name Stakker in the meantime, creators of the "Humanoid" anthem. They came back with "Cascade" on October 25th, a 31 minute tune (thankfully split into five parts) that is magical; made up of weird noises, sparkling melodies, crackling breakbeats and a strange mix of analogue, ancient sounds and modern electronica. They have also presented two (at least) shows late at night on Kiss FM, 3 hour continuous chillout monsters, with no ad breaks, hundreds of samples, drifting in and out of tunes, melodies, beats and ambience, all with definite cyberpunk and multimedia influences. This shit is extreme, on the edge of the new music. Album out in January. { Reload also experiment with multimedia, their debut double-album "A Collection of Short Stories" coming packed with exactly that, a little book of cyber-tales that can be read in time with some of the tracks. In the same mode as FSOL, but with their own flavour, one half of the Reload duo was the Aphex Twin's origional partner, and indeed there are Reload remixes of AFX's "On" out now. Their album is excellent, one i know i will listen to many times, it ranges from cyberia to blissful, massively credible techno-funk, to the eco-stomp of "Mosh". It is a definite milestone in techno, and the short story idea works well, too. It is out on Infonet Records, who will be releasing a compilation double-album "Useability Now" in mid-December, have heard the preview on Colin Dale's show, and it sounds very good. } As does the new GTO album, which not only features their own brand of stomping techno but also the odd bliss tune, which no doubt will have a wide appeal to the old rave crowd from the Carl Cox school of techno. { More new vinyl definitely worth a look is the remix album of the Shamen's "Boss Drum", featuring mixes by Ritchie Hawtin, FSOL, The Irresistable Force, and others. On the subject of the Shamen, Mr.C's Plink Plonk records goes from strength to strength after its first release in January this year. The emphasis is very much on the music, signing already publicised acts under pseudonyms so that hype does not effect sales (Rephlex records follow a similar policy). The latest release is "Germination" by Underground Science, but be quick 'cos Plink Plonk tunes are snatched up very quickly in some of the cooler techno shops around! { Trap #14 - London, England}}} @END Deep space has two rooms the aim being to create two different musical vibes - one room is usually harder in a more acid trance style while the other is more ambient intelligent experiment effort. Resident DJ's are Colin Dale and Colin Favor, marc and josh, brenda russell recent guests have included Aphex Twin, John Aqua Viva, Baby Ford, Dave Angel the list of quality names goes on and on... The emphasis is definately away from drugs and pretentiousness (A good thing in my opinion) and the entrance fee is six pounds which is very good for an all nighter. My only gripe is the decor which is non existent. {{{ Replicant 23 - London, England}}} @END - stlg5/stlg3 concs, at Heaven, Thursdays 8-3 a.m. On the first (free) night of this event at Heaven 2000 people had to be turned away! It is the only club i know of where they have a lecture at the start of the evening in one room. Subjects have included topics such as LSD, "scientific proof of life after death", chaos magick, quantum physics, Paganism in Britain, etc, all the kind of stuff you wish they taught in school! Terence McKenna should be speaking here in the Spring. Also here are blanket stalls selling underground magazines, books, tapes, jewellery, etc. It is billed as "the future perfect state", and is tied up with Fraser Clark and the rest of the evolution posse, creators of Encyclopedia Psychedelica amongst other things, it's a whole culture in a club. Music is varied, tribal house to acid techno in the main hall, with a good "ambient cauldron" too (well, Mixmaster Morris looked like he was enjoying it!). It's... different!!! Check it out, miles of smiles, if you are losing your ego you won't find it here. {{{ Trap #14 - London, England}}} @END Definately the best venue in London with a wicked PA this club has got much better recently. There seems to have been a change in door policy, the pretentious types being turned away and the emphasis is on cool people who like to really party. Sad vicks sniffers and split skirters don't bother! They also invested some of our fifteen pounds in some new decor, which is about time i'd say! The music policy is deeply progressive chunky funky techno house that bumps and grinds and is really cool to dance and trance to - Keep it up MINISTRY ;-) {{{ Replicant 23 - London, England}}} @END - every friday somewhere nr london dungeons. Walkin into Sabresonic is like walking into a blackhole (maybe) the venue is is an average sized cellar-like affair, the sort of seedy dive you know you're gonna love ;-) Sabresonic is Andy Wetheralls club, but for the first couple of hours we are warmed up by an accomplished guest Dj playing deep deep house... meanwhile the club fills quickly until it's rammed to capacity with punters who have only one thing in common - they r there to dance and keep on dancing. { When Lord Sabre wields those wheels of steel you know abput it! the sound is loud the trippy visuals effective and the musik Funkin blindin "more mood swings than Liz taylor on detox", " the only rule is that there are no rules" { This is not a club that is brimming with peace love and harnony, but its not for the miserable either... Hard music for hard times and a bit of a pick up joint maybe but the Sabrettes with their sleazy grins appreciate the good things in life; Sex drugs and Tribal acid techno house - then its 2:30 and time to move on, the night has hardly begun but we've done Sabresonic - from here we shall scatter throug- hout london like a virus spiralling out of control on a trance mission to spread the Knowledge (but KNOWLEDGE is another story). { Replicant 23 - London, England}}} @END Three tracks in all. Planet Jupiter 6 is solid trance. Very pleasant but nothing more. Tropical Aftermath has a fast-paced discoey beginning. Then--2 or so minutes in--WHAMMO--a beautiful ambient break. The beat picks up again but the disco is gone and you are in trance dance heaven. Then the disco returns, but the trance stays. Ambient exit follows. Track 3, Opium Bliss is strong tribal trance. So, outta five stars, I give it *** and 3/4. (I'm a geek for the 3/4, I know, but it doesn't quite get a four. If that disco had been dropped, that's another story) {{{ dj Anabiosis - St Louis, USA}}} @END Many of us know and love the original Tribal Tone. But how overplayed did it get? And it's already had remixes prior to this(which I haven't heard). But wait a f---in' minute!!! This is HOT! Is this the same song? Did they put the wrong stamp on the vinyl? One mix is a gorgeous wind-down-to- the-ambient-at-sunrise-with-your-body- sweaty- warm-and-relaxed tribal trance monster. The other two are energy- packed aural mountains. They sound like they were recorded in a HUUUGE temple. And hey. Don't be offended. It's ok to get down in the house of your Supreme Being/s(or whatever that temple is for). ***** outta ***** {{{ dj Anabiosis - St Louis, USA}}} @END 3 trax. Time Is Suspended (that's IT! No more school for you). OK just Time Is Suspended--no remix title. Somewhere in the 150s, this is pounding acidish trance with cybals everywhere like bubbles in the whitewater rapids of a deep, small river. And damn--the sexy fairy of that river occasionally surfaces with heavy breathing and a whispered word (I dunno what it is, tho), weaving her magic and drawing you into the water. Sorry heterosexual women. It's a female voice. A cool track no matter what sex the voice, tho. Next track--Shapechanger: Less absorbing than the previous track. More of a mover. Cool ambient break changes the mood and the stomping beats turn into floating beats. The last track is Nimrod. Look out cuz it's got an ACID AMBIENT INTRO!!! Trancey acid or acidy trance. Give it the label you want. Oh yeah, and it's got changing tempos. **** outta ***** {{{ dj Anabiosis - St Louis, USA}}} @END Up first(well, at least this is the side I played first) is Arrow of Death--'ARDCORE? YES?! 'ARDCORE! YEAH! Ok, so this song is boring when taken in its entirity, but in a small dose, it'll RIP THEM DISTORTION LOVIN' HEADS APART. And I'm liking the sample, too. "The Black Arrow of Death" <-- in a sinister voice "Yeeeeeaaaahhh!!!" <-- sounds like the ye-hah of a cowboy except the cowboy in question just shit bricks! OK so it's stale when ya read it. Just hear it for yourself--then tell me it's not funny. { Final Countdown--minimalist run-o- the-mill hardcore. Avasi-dodo--Long, drawn out schoolbell, beats, static, beats, sample. "What the fuck is that?" "I dunno." Dull hardcore, I say. My roomie tho, loves this track, and has images of a dj playing it without listening first and freaking out when the static pops up and all the other noises vanish. { Mietje--3 versions to chose from Remember how Arrow of Death left them skulls' innards? Well, you can pity whoever has to clean up after this song's thru... Whereas Arrow of Death was good in small doses, this aughta be taken full-strength. Childish lyrics which might offend some, but hey, the rave version doesn't have 'em (unless of course Mietje is a reall bad word in Holland--but i dunno what it means). ****1/2 outta ***** { dj Anabiosis - St Louis, USA}}} @END Just a quick one on the best compilation of the year.... Trance Europe Express. It's a 2 CD set including a 192-page book featuring interviews with all the artists featured on the record and some record companies like Guerilla and Eye-Q. { Artists include for example: Orbital, System 7, Spooky & Billie Ray Martin, Black Dog, Orb, CJ Bolland, Moby, Drum Club, Sabres of Paradise, Barbarella(S.Vath) just to name a few. The Cd's contain 24 tunes and nearly all of them are faultless. This package is easily the best value for money as you get the book and the 2 Cd's at the price of one CD! { The book is really good. The interviews with Moby, Sven Vath, Orb and all the others are just great info for all us dance addicts out there. } Our(Jam&Spoon/M.D.M.A) faves on this disk are the tunes: Persuasion - Spooky & Billie Ray Martin (unbelieavable tune!) Semi-Detached - Orbital (just plain Orbital) Celestial Symphony - Scubadevils (one of the hottest tune in the country right now) Majestic (Millwall mix) - Orb (kings of ambient) Move - Moby (beautifully mellow) N - Trance Induction and nearly everything else on this CDs :) { Our rating: 10/10 } So if you don't own this best compilation of the year then you better go and get yourself a copy. You won't regret it! {{{ Jam & Spoon/M.D.M.A. (aka Sound Evolution) - Iceland}}} @END 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 psychoactive (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 fibrillation 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 Beta-blockers. 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 experience 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 certainly 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}}} @END