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%Introduction
*Welcome to Planet E
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*Editorial
*Welcome to Planet E
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*How To Be A Reporter
*Welcome to Planet E
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*The Reporters list
*Welcome to Planet E
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*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
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*Italy and its trend
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*London techno scene
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%Clubs
*Deep Space
*London
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*Megatripolis
*London
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*Ministry Of Sound
*London
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*Sabresonic
*London
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%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
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%Drugs
*Ecstasy
*instructions for use
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{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
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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
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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
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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
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{{{PlanetE}}}. While too many to remember
or mention(!), you have ensured that
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Amigas!. Any Bugreports or Problems
should be mailed to {{{Psyched}}} and they
will be responded to depending on the
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{{{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