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Intensity
Sunday NYE 31st December 2000
Presented by mFi, Emerge and XS productions, a two room all ages event.
Krank
Corruption
Frantik
Fanatik
Hutcho vs Splinke
NVS
Dan Lucas
Muller
Rhino vs Mental |
Viper vs Ruffcut
Rob Fender
Freestyle
Frenze- vs Versetyle
Devo
Neurotic
Fuxxy
Weavy
Elhornet |
Tickets: $39+BF.
Venue: Swan Barracks.
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Science Fiction
Sunday NYE 31st December 2000
Presented by Delirium in conjunction with Spiral and Loaded Dice.
M A I N R O O M :
CJ Bolland LIVE (Belgium), Graeme Park (UK), DJ Heaven (UK), Christian Smith (SWE)
Plus: Chad D, Rudy, Kriece.
B E A T S N B R E A K S R O O M :
The Freestylers (UK), Laidback (UK), Rhibosome
Plus: Soundlab, Fat Fluid, Dirty White Boys, Clay & Adrian Sardi,
Smoulder, Gully, Miggy.
P L A S T I K T E K N O R O O M :
Adam Beyer (SWE), Joel Mull live (SWE), Honeysmack live, Dj Joel Mull (SWE)
Plus: MRW, Puff, Troy, Little Tom vs Warren 10, Kane vs Essx.
D R U M N B A S S S P A C E :
DJ Ink (UK), DJ Loxy (UK)
Plus: Echoic, Bjam, Greg Packer, Diamond D, Frantik, Shuey.
H O U S E B U D O I R :
Alton Miller (US)
Plus: Dan Stinton, Declan, Matt P, Martin L, James A, Ben M.
MORE INFO
Tickets: $85+BF up to & inc Dec 17, thereafter $99+BF.
Venue: Belmont Park Racecourse.
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Bass Odyssey
Sunday NYE 31st December 2000
TOM TOMS EVENTS present 2001: A Bass Odyssey a night of techno,
trance & tribal tunes.
Brad Raven (Melbourne)
Psi-fact
Triplex |
Simon P & fluoro77
Kaneda |
Website: www.tom-toms.com
Tickets: $20 donation to access main room.
Venue: For location info please call 0403325632 on the night
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Sundance
Sunday NYE 31st December 2000
On the eve of January 2001, the Leederville Hotel and Ragga Bone
are once again holding their kick ass NYE dance party, outside, under the sky.
Dirty Den
Saul Bliss
Sam Allen
Big Mac
Heppa |
Steve Mason
Dazz K
JJ
Lilly |
Plus a special recovery party starting at 6.
Tickets: $17+BF.
Venue: The Leederville Hotel.
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Basement
Sunday NYE 31st December 2000
The underground presents Basement NYE, an undiluted
night of deep house, techno, and shameless quirk from
the finest local talent.
Chris Reid
Special
Dave Clark
Chris Davey |
Josh Taaffe
Jason Burton
Ben Taaffe
Mystery Producer LIVE |
Tickets: $10+BF or $15 doorsale.
Venue: Players/Limelyte.
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Blackout
Saturday 16th December 2000
Presented by MFI in association with Emerge productions.
Ellis Dee (UK)
Witness the man who shaped the rave scene with the music he made
and the way he played it, he will be mixing the tunes that laid
the foundations of the music we know and love today.
M A I N R O O M :
Ellis Dee
Muller vs Elhornet
Mike L vs Rollo |
Dj Kaos (ACT)
NVS vs Fuxxy
Dan Lucas vs Frantik |
E M E R G E O U T S I D E A R E N A :
Greg Packer
Dan Stinton
Choice
Timmy T |
Krank vs Ralphski
Dazz K
Lumberjack |
Tickets: $28+BF
Venue: Swan Barracks Conference Centre.
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Adventjah
Saturday 9th December 2000
Presented by Spectrum.
Baba (USA)
Live Vocal
Peanut Butter Wolf & Dj Rome (USA)
4 deck set
Dj Will White (UK)
From the Propellerheads
James Holroyd
Official Chemical Brothers Tour Dj
Dj Jean (GERMANY)
The Launch
Captain Tinrib (UK)
Live
The Tidy Boys (UK)
Dave Lee (UK)
Mezzanine
Andy Passman (UK)
Naughty but nice/Republica
Kenny L
JJ
Joby
Bilbey
Nick Toth |
Dough Disco
Dan Stinton
Gully
Dj Army |
Tickets: $35+BF
Venue: Metropolis Nightclub.
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Delirious Summer Festival
Sunday 3rd December 2000
Finally Perth will see its own truly cross-genre daytime dance music
Festival. Sunday December 3 at the Belvoir Ampitheatre and Belvoir
Parklands electronic music meets the great outdoors.
MAIN STAGE:
Laurent Garnier LIVE; Josh Wink; Doc Martin; Peace
Division; Ransom
plus Raw Funk; Miggy and Gully; Fat Fluid and Deep City
PLASTIK TEKNO TENT:
Richie Hawtin; Space DJ'z; Billy Nasty; Cari
Lekebusch
plus Troy; Puff and Mrw
LOADED DICE/SCHEEMIN' BREAKS TENT:
Dom and Roland; Aphrodite; Freq Nasty
plus Rhibosome; JFOS; Scuba Crew; Frantik vs. Detonator; B'Jam vs.
Echoic; Greg Packer vs. Diamond D; Elle Rollo vs. Elle Hornet
CHOICE TENT:
Binary Finary LIVE; Andy Van from Madison Avenue; Jeremy
Healy; Sean Quinn
plus Chad D; Kriece; Rudy; Dirty White Boys; and Choice
MORE INFO
Tickets: $60+BF.
Venue: Belvoir Ampitheatre, Swan Valley.
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This was a very unique and well organised event, that was really enjoyed
by all - with features like the artificial beach that was a haven from the
heat, plus volley ball and soccer games and many other amusements like
the very popular moonwalker which all added to the brilliant atmosphere.
Bit of a nightmare running between arena's, but highlights of the
day were Aphrodite, Richie Hawtin, Laurent Garnier, Josh Wink, Andy
Van + more which we missed. There was a strong police presence due to
all the media attention, and a channel 7 camera crew taped some of the
techno tent. The dancing began late in the day and the huge ampitheatre
really got rocking when darkness feel, and it really was a unique
moment, when everyone came together for the last dance of the night.
Looking forward to the next one!
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Elysium
Friday 1st December 2000
Presented by Easy Tiger and Fireball in conjunction with Ragga Bone.
Slipmatt (UK)
Slipmatt is the founder of hardcore, the Don the Godfather. From
Raindance to Ibiza he's done it all. Say no more experience it again.
Leroy
Kevin
Marvel |
Menis
Rousa |
Tickets: $20 on the door.
Venue: The Drum Club.
There was alot of talk as of recently about hardcore being dead,
but this event sure proved to all that its defiantly still alive
and kicking hard.
Was a great turnout at the original home of hardcore with a very
up-for-it crowd, responding to Mc Kev's 'what are you here for'
question with a thunderous 'ardcore'. Highlight sets were
by Menis who raised the roof and DJ Slipmatt who did not disappoint,
also very tight sets also by the young guns Marvel and Rousa.
Respect to Easy Tiger, if this is a sign of whats to come, then we are
instore for a Gravity return.
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Pines 2000
Saturday 25th November 2000
This party has grown over the years into one of Perth's favourite
annual outdoors events. It has come a long way since humble beginings
and taken on a life of it's own to become what it is today.
No expense spared, bigger lights, sound and plus the Aurora Vortex
laser.
Muse
Dr Claw
Twitch vs Rin
+ guests |
Ondy
Al
Micah |
Tickets: free!
Venue: Maps to the secret new venue handed out between 8pm - 8:30pm on cnr King and Hay St on the night.
The Pines 2000 event was cancelled. The police and CALM were at the turn
off directing people back. It was a shame because it was looking like
a good turnout and we all were looking forward to it.
Last years bad media attention was the probably contributed. Perhaps next
year it will be a legal event and we can once again enjoy the pines.
[ Pines 2000 closure picture ]
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Recloose & Common Factor
Saturday 25th November 2000
Presented by Raw Funk.
Recloose & Common Factor (Detroit)
Recloose and Common Factor are two of the world's flyest electronic
producers. Their stylin' releases on Carl Craigs Planet E Communications
have led deep house and techno to funky new territories.
Richard Cambell (Melb)
Chris Reid
Declan
Dan Stinton |
Ben Jenke
Hamishmoo
Matty P |
Tickets: $20+BF.
Venue: Limelyte (Players).
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Lost the Plot
Saturday 11th November 2000
Celebrating the 21st birthday of the ever schwepervervescent
Geraldine.
Frenze-E
NVS vs Fuxxy
Frantik
Greg Packer & Leroy |
Hutcho
Kevin
Lumberjack
Menis |
Tickets: $10 on the door.
Venue: 458 Welshpool Road, Welshpool.
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Liberator 02
Saturday 11th November 2000
Presented by awarehouse.
Chris Liberator (UK)
Chris is consistently rated among the world's top 100 Dj's, by trainspotters
at Mixmag, Musik and Dj Magazine.
Choice
Micah |
Essx/Joel
Tigger |
Tickets: $17 on the door
Venue: Zanadu Nightclub.
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Perfecto Australasia Tour
Friday 3rd November 2000
Presented by Future Entertainment with Spectrum.
Paul Oakenfold
Dj's don't come muc bigger, any better or any more focused that Paul Oakenfold.
He is the past, present and future of house music.
Breeder
They make the tracks Sasha and John Digweed play.
M A I N R O O M :
Choice
Mark James
Breeder |
Sam Allan
Paul Oakenfold |
F U N K Y R O O M :
Doug Disco
Bilsby |
Dan Stinton
Joby vs Gully |
Tickets: $40+bf up to and including 29/10 then $45+bf.
Venue: Metropolis Nightclub.
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Resin Reunion
Sunday 29th October 2000
All Scallywags massive it's time for a once off resin reunion.
Viper vs Rufkut
Skelly
Judith Elund vs Adam Kelly |
Frantik vs Detonator
Mike L vs Elle Rollo
MC Method |
Tickets: entry is free.
Venue: Scallywags Bar.
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M.O.S Clubbers guide to...Summer
Saturday 28th October 2000
Presented by Delirium in conjunction with Spiral and Ministry of Sound.
Chicane Live (UK)
Chicane is none other than Nick Bracegirdle. An 8 piece band complete wth
percussion and vocalists.. a must see.
Fergie (UK)
Come hear the fresh face of hard house.
DJ Declan Kelly play & Dave Jackson (MELB)
Fumiya Tanaka (Japan)
Fumiya Tanaka is Japan number 1 techno DJ; his distinct style has
earnt him accoladeds from such techno artists as Jeff Mills and
Juan Atkins.
Eric Powell (UK)
He was there at Day 1 and continues to rock the biggest clubs and parties
around the UK and world.
M A I N R O O M :
Chicane Live (UK)
Chilli Hi-Fly (Aus)
Chad D |
Fergie (UK)
Rudy vs Dave Jackson
Kreice |
D E E P R O O M :
DJ Declan (MELB)
Declan
Martin L |
Simon Caldwell (AUS)
Dan Stinton
James A |
T E K N O R O O M :
Fumiya Tanaka (Japan)
Mrw
Troy |
Eric Powell (UK)
Puff
Michael Bishop |
Tickets: $50+bf.
Venue: Belmont Park Racecourse.
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What a night.. 12,000 people packed into the maze of a venue, with
the biggest cue (2) I have ever seen.. The night was total mayhem,
with people trying to catch a glimspe of everything over the 4 levels.
When we arrived Chilli Hi-fly were working in the main room nicely, whilst
a level up the atmosphere was electric with Troy in the Tek room working
up a sweat, Troy's set was my personal favourite of the night, with
relentless tech beats and slick mixing to match. The match awaited
live set of Chicane made most drop down to the ground level, but after
playing a chilled selection most returning back to something a bit harder.
Tanaka with his mixing and minimal selection was a bit of disappointment, but the
local's & Powell more then made up for it. The closing hours of the night, there
was still atleast 70% of the people going strong. Fergie worked the main
room into a frenzy, with each track increasing the BPM, were he was
actually playing hardcore tracks, interesting hearing hardcore in
the main arena for a MoS party, but everyone more then loved it.
Once again a top night and one of the best vibes. Its wicked
knowing that Perth can get 12,000 people events now.. Its only going
to get bigger.. Bigup Delirium.
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Jungle Insurgency
Friday 20th October 2000
Amenest International fundraiser - all proceeds help fight the fight for
human rights.
Mike L vs Klay
Andrew Vranjes vs Adrian Sardi
Elle Rollo vs El Hornet
Echoic vs Bjam |
Dan Lucas vs Muller
Greg Packer vs General Justice
Krank vs Diamond D
Frantik vs Mystique |
Tickets: $10 entry.
Venue: The Drum Club.
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Danny McMillan
Saturday 7th October 2000
Presented by Geisha and Offworld.
Danny McMillan (UK)
Danny McMillan is a member of the nu skool breaks elite.
Big Ear Chad
Mallinder |
Saxon
Echoic |
Tickets: $25.
Venue: Geisha.
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Tribal Beats
Friday 6th October 2000
The Drum Clubs presents an Adelaide special.
MPK (Big Dog Records)
MPK plays a variety of drum and bass, preferring to work the crowds
through varying styles with a focus on hard funk and a hint
of jump up beats.
Toga (Quarantine Crew)
Toga has quickly come to the forefront of the Adelaide drum and bass
scene.
Mark 7
Recently been nominated in the National Dance Music Awards
for "Best New DJ Talent".
Viper
Frantik
Detonator & Adrian Sardi |
Klay
Rufkut |
MC's: Method
Tickets: $10 entry.
Venue: The Drum Club.
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Digital 2000
Sunday 1st October 2000
Presented by Delirium in conjunction with Spiral and Loaded Dice.
Judge Jules (UK)
Along with Carl Cox and Sasha; Judge Jules is widely regarded as one of the UK's
biggest DJ's.
John '00' Flemming (UK)
John '00' Fleming is the UK's newest trancemaster.
Sean Quinn (MELB)
Sean returns after his impressive set at the Ministry of Sound Club
Nation Tour.
Derrick Carter (Chicago:USA)
Derrick Carter is without doubt one of Chicago's finest DJ's.
Surgeon (UK)
Surgeon has been lauded as the best new techno producer in years.
James Ruskin (UK)
James Ruskin represents the new and dynamic face of UK techno.
Umek (Slovenia)
An inspiring Dj and producer who has emerged with his own techno
blueprint.
Valentino (Slovenia)
Valentino is the newest DJ abd producer superstars to come from Slovenia.
Konflict:Rob Data/Kermal (UK)
Konflict are producers Rob Data and Kermal, a future force in the
drum'n'bass scene.
Phats and Small (UK)
In a last minute surprise UK funky house act Phats and Small have been added.
C H O I C E : M A I N R O O M
Judge Jules
Sean Quinn
Chad D
Phats and Small |
John '00' Flemming
Kreice
Rudy |
S T A T E S I D E : F U N K Y H O U S E
Derrick Carter
Declan
James A |
Martin L
Dan Stinton |
P L A S T I K : T E C H N O
Surgeon
Umek
Troy
Michael Bishop |
James Ruskin
Valentino
Puff
MRW |
L O A D E D D I C E : D ' N ' B
Konflict
Echoic vs Krank
B'Jam vs Diamond D |
Clay vs Elle Rollo
Mystique vs Andrew Vranjes |
Tickets: $35+BF up to & incl 24th Sept, then $45+BF.
Venue: 393 Murray St / Frostbites.
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This was always going to be huge from the start, with 10 internationals
it was a sellout. When we got in we had a walk about, around all the rooms,
alot of effort was put in, especially with the chillout room which had special flooring
put in, and lots of bean bags and soft cubes.
All the Dj's I saw had good set's, the highlight set's were Judge Jules,
Sean Quin, Derrick Carter, Umek and
Valentino.
Digital 2000 had a wicked atmosphere, everyone there was there to party
hard, all the rooms were comfortably full and a huge number of people were
there until 8am.
Respect to Delirium for a wicked event, with so much variety and international
Dj's.
Review By Petar Ceklic.
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The Final Drop
Sunday 1st October 2000
Presented by Ragga Bone, The absolute Final Drop will launch a thousand
memories.
Rachel Harvey (London)
She was resident Dj at DC's for a staggering six years, playing
guest spots at the Sydney Mardi Gras, Aqua, James St, Berlin.
Winnder of best Dj and Most popular club Dj in 1994.
MC Plum (Syd)
He was Perth's first WA MC champion.
D C ' S :
Rachel Harvey
Lilly
Steve Mason |
Big Mac
Dirty Den
Space Ace |
G R A V I T Y :
Leroy
Sniper
Dair
Hutcho |
Menis
Kenny L
Kevin
Freestyle |
Tickets: $20+GST+BF.
Venue: 105 Francis St.
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Gatecrasher Global Sound System
Friday 29th September 2000
Presented by Future Entertainment, Carlton Cold & R2D.
Tall Paul (UK)
The 98/99 "Muzik" Dj of the year and consistently featured in the top
20 of DJ Magazines "Top 100 Dj Poll" each year.
Anthony Pappa (MELB)
Melbournes own Papa now ranks in the top 40 Djs of the world.
Robbie Nelson (UK)
He is one half of the successful Irish production team 'Agnelli & Nelson'.
Taylor (USA)
One of the most inspiring bew school Djs today, being Americas answer
to Sasha.
Mal Wickham
Ricky
Joby vs Gully |
Doug Disco vs Alex Mcc
Paul Bilsbey |
Tickets: $45+GST till 2nd Sept then $55+GST.
Venue: Metropolis Nightclub.
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Sunburn
Friday 29th September 2000
The Drum Club presents a hardcore special event.
Frenz-e
Subsonic
NVS vs Fuxxy
Skelly |
Freestyle
Hutcho
Leroy & Menis |
Tickets: $6 entry.
Venue: The Drum Club.
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Mickey Finn
Saturday 23nd September 2000
Presented by Scheemin' Productions in association with Geisha and Loaded Dice.
Mickey Finn (UK)
One of the original jungle forefathers. Mickey Finn has become a prominent
icon of the modern drum'n'bass era.
Echoic
B'Jam
Mike L |
Adrian Sardi
Mathew Vranjes
Smoulder |
Tickets: $28+BF.
Venue: Geisha.
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Technet 2
Saturday 23nd September 2000
eFusion presents 'Technet 2' - After a packed out night for the premiere of Technet in August, we now have the sequel. Again we have gathered the cream of local dj talent.
Puff
Choice
Blair |
MRW
Jayd
Mike Barker vs Adam Kelly |
Tickets: $10 on the door.
Venue: Zanadu Nightclub.
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Tyrant
Friday 22nd September 2000
Presented by Spectrum and Future Entertainment.
Craig Richards / Lee Burridge
One of the best dance albums so far this year is 'Tyrant', mixed by dynamic duo
Craig Richards and Lee Burridge.
M A I N R O O M :
Craig Richards
Mal Wickham
Gully |
Lee Burridge
Choice |
S K Y B A R :
Joby
Rudy
Doug Disco |
Dity White Boys
Riki |
Tickets: $18+GST.
Venue: Metropolis Nightclub.
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Code Breaker
Saturday 16th September 2000
Presented by Looney Choons.
Michael Bishop
Troy
Puff
Dan Stinton |
Dr Gonzo
Hamishmoo
Johnny Round |
Tickets: $10 on the door.
Venue: Zanadu Nightclub.
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Dj Lee vs Marcus Intalex
Friday 15th September 2000
Presented by Loaded Dice.
Dj Lee
Having held residencies alongside Buken and Fabio at the infamous
Speed, Dj Lee can also be found touring Europe and the US extensively.
Marcus Intalex
He has been playing the UK circuit for quite some time, watchout
for a unique set featuring the deeper sound of Drum'n'Bass.
Dj Presha
Subtronix, NZ.
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Adrian Sardi vs B'Jam |
Tickets: $23+BF.
Venue: The Drum Club.
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Heresy 2
Saturday 9th September 2000
Presented by M.F.I and Submission.
Cause 4 Concern (UK)
Cause 4 Concern are a collective who've been involved in dance music
for the last decade, with a string of high quality releases on their
own label 'cause 4 concern' abd aspects sister label 'perspective'.
Greg Packer
Krank
Muller vs Mystique
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Frantik vs Viper
Internatty
Dan Lucas vs FBI |
MC's: Method, X-essive & Interjecta
Tickets: $22+BF
Venue: MFI Warehouse (131 Claisebrook Rd, East Perth).
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Superclub Series
Saturday 9th September 2000
Presented by Oblivion 303.
Les Ryder (UK)
Les Ryder is a Liverpool born DJ spinning for Cream since 1994, he is
without a doubt the most versatile turntablist on the Cream Agency.
M A I N :
Saxon
Choice
JJ |
Chris Reid
Les Ryder
Rudy |
S U B - S C I E N C E :
Bjam
Echoic
Diamond D |
Andrew Vranjes
Greg Packer
Merlin v Gusto |
Tickets: $25+BF, Student Disc $20+BF.
Venue: Metro's Perth.
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Elektrick
Saturday 2nd September 2000
Delirium, Spiral & Agent Mad present this special
3-room event.
Global Underground/Nu Breed Room:
Danny Howells(UK)
Undoubtedly one of the UK scenes brightest new stars.
Plus: Chad D, Rudy, Kreice, Declan.
Cyan Room:
Laidback (UK)
London's phat beat champ.
B[If]Tek (Sydney)
The funked up retro-futuristic live act.
Plus: Echoic, Dirty White Boys, Gully Smoulder.
Mellow Mellow Bar:
Martin L, James A, Dan Stinton, Clay, Adrian Sardi.
Tickets: $30+bf+gst, $38(inc gst)+bf after 27 Aug.
Venue: Redheads Nightclub.
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Dj Liz Millar
Saturday 2nd September 2000
Presented by Geisha and Naked.
Liz Millar (Melb)
Fusing a professional DJ career since 1989, Liz has worked with everyone
from Carl Craig to Basement Jaxx. Liz is Australia's number one female
DJ.
Mallinder
Rudy |
Saxon
Dan Stinton vs Declan |
Tickets: On the door $15, members $6.
Venue: Geisha Nightclub.
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Planet Love
Saturday 2nd September 2000
John Robinson (Japan)
Japans trance, progressive house god, headline @ Tokyo dome to 50,000.
Trixta (UK)
Spooky, Sunny Side Up, godfather to UK underground.
Tickets: $19+BF - On the door $21.
Venue: Zanadu Nightclub.
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States Of Dance
Saturday 26th August 2000
Efusion present this Big Beat/Drum n Bass night.
Abel El Toro
Returning for his Sony CD release 'States Of Dance'.
As part of his nationwide tour.
Echoic
Greg Packer
Blair |
Adrian Sardi
Mikey M
Sneak-e |
Tickets: $11+bf
Venue: Zanadu Nightclub.
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Plastik
Saturday 19th august 2000
Presented by Delirium.
DJ Rolando (Detroit USA)
One of the later recruits to the label, Rolando (aka
the Aztec Mystic) became one of the most important
figures in the UR organisation after two releases: his
Aztec Mystic Mix, which compliled all of the label's
brightest tracks in a stunning compilation; and his
"Jaguar" single, a leftfield dance hit that became a
flashpoint for UR's anti-major label stance.
MRW
Troy & Michael Bishop |
Puff |
Tickets: $30+bf+gst
Venue: Zanadu Nightclub.
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Euphoria
Saturday 19th august 2000
XS Productions present a
special opening night of this new fortnightly club.
Billy Bunter (UK)
Always at the cutting edge
of the UK rave scene. Bunter will supply the freshest NRG/Hard House, Trance
and Hardcore.
greg packer vs frantik
freestyle vs dirty den
fuxxy vs nvs |
hutcho vs mental
leroy vs menis |
Tickets: $24+bf+gst
Venue: Gilkison - 45 Murray St Perth.
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Wax Off 2
Friday 18th August 2000
Emerge Productions and True Light & Sound return in
2000 to bring you the one you’ve all been waiting for,
Wax Off 2. Placing 2nd in the 1999 Hypnosis Dance
Awards for best all ages dance event.
hutcho & splinke
kev
neurotic
frantik & klay
fuxxy & nvs |
greg packer
el hornet & muller
johnny round & ryan d
lumberjack |
Tickets: $19+bf+gst
Venue: Rolloways Leisure Centre 352a South St O'Connor.
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Life Cycle
Friday 11th August 2000
Presented by MFI and Submission.
Featuring:
DJ Stash (UK)
Unlike most other internationals visiting Perth lately,
Stash is not a producer who now spins he is purely a
DJ first and foremost.
Support:
Krank vs Speare
Internatty vs Amnesia |
Mike L vs El Rollo
Dan Lucas vs Muller |
Tickets: $14+bf
Venue: 105 Francis St.
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31 Records Tour
friday 4th august 2000
presented by Loaded Dice. This is also the launch night of Greg Packer's
Interphase Recordings with his debut album.
featuring:
doc scott (uk)
He plays for all the major
breaks/Jungle/Drum n Bass promoters in the UK and
now runs his excellent '31 Records' label and holds a
resindency at the Metalheadz nights with MC Justiyc.
support:
krank vs mystik
bjam vs echoic
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greg packer
diamond d vs frantik
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tickets: $18+bf
venue: Players / Limelight.
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sensation
saturday 22nd july 2000
Featuring ALL of the locally based award winners from the Hypnosis 99 Dance Awards this promises to be a night of quality music straddling the dance music spectrum from happy hardcore to uplifting house and dark drum and bass to hard techno.
featuring:
scott brown (uk)
His second visit to Perth this year sees the Evolution Records head honcho headlining the bill at Sensation. Responsible for classics such as 'Now is the Time', 'Technophobia'( otherwise known as Power to the People) and the timeless 'Power of Love', Scott's seemingly unending ability to churn out quality tunes on his labels (Evolution, Mainframe, Twisted Vinyl etc.), has earnt him gigs in throughout the UK, Europe, USA, Japan, Canada and Australia.
support:
dair
greg packer
mrw & puff |
hutcho & kevin
leroy & menis
dirty den & dazz k |
tickets: $27 + bf + gst
venue: bridge theatre.
Woohoo, Scott Brown returns for another healthy dose of hardcore
mayhem!! I arrived shortly after attending the gabber/hardcore night
"Railroaded" (which was pretty cool), and DJ Dair was on decks playing
some good old classic happyhard tunes to warm things up, as the crowd
started to build up both inside and out. Dirty Den and Dazz K lowererd the
tempo a bit but still kept things stomping along with their own brand of
uplifting house and trance, making way for Greg Packer who played a
crazy set as usual, with Interjecta making his mark on the mic. Then, once
again sending the people of Perth into a hardcore frenzy, Scott Brown
started to pound his unique trancecore sound into the room. There were a
few bits which i thought could have been better (He actually dropped a
hardcore version of "Blue" by Eifell 65), and the sound-system was
SHOCKINGLY loud and distorted when you stood anywhere nearby them...
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but everything went right when he suddenly stopped the music and DJ Kev
announced that he would be playing (for the first time ANYWHERE in the
WORLD) the 2000 remix of NOW IS THE TIME!!! Everyone went absolutaly
bananas, and things only got better from there, as he started dropping
some absolutly WICKED gabber tunes, it just kept getting harder and
harder untill it was full 100% Rotterdam gabber just POUNDING away, I
was in heaven I can tell you. I was even allowed to get up on the mic to
say a few words, but it was his last song apparantly so I had to jump off
stage pretty quick so that he could finish up the set (oh well!) The rest of
the night is kinda mushed up because my ears were HURTING from being
so close to the speakers all night so far, so I only popped in and out
occasionally to see how things were going. The last DJ (Puff? MRW?)
played some WICKED tunes to finish things off, even dropping some old
hardcore stompers at the end to send everyone crazy one more time. I
loved this event purly because it gave me a chance to stomp to GABBER
for once, there's nothing quite like it hehehe. Respect to Easy Tiger krew
for this one, keep them coming!
Review By Adam Brown.
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pulse:tasch-e's goodbye
saturday 8th july 2000
This is in aid of raising some money for tasch-e's aunty who has cancer and
requires chemotherapy.
featuring:
puff vs. mrw
hutcho vs. karnage
Johnny Round vs. Ryan |
greg packer
The Kuntz Krew
Lumberjack |
tickets: $5 door charge
venue: to be confirmed.
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eraser
friday 30th june 2000
presented by mfi in conjunction with groove therapy.
featuring:
dj bailey & mc flux
dj baileys fierce mixing style and veratile attitude towards
a crowd makes his dance floor vibrate worldwide
support:
adrian sardi
frantik
dan lucas |
mystique
viper
klay |
tickets: $20+bf
venue: drum club (zanadu).
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soulfuric
saturday 24th june 2000
presented by mfi.
techno room (18+):
hmc
as proclaimed by dj magazine the godfather of australia's dance scene.
voitek (live)
having produced since 1993, melbournes voitek anderson has fast
established himself on the global techno scene.
troy
johnny round
dan stinton |
hamishmoo
rudy
mrw |
all ages:
usual suspects
the usual suspects emerged as the force in the drum & bass community
in mid 1998. This performance will be their first visit to australia,
dont miss this as they hit you with a high-octane, white knuckle ride
into the sonic senses.
greg packer
mike l
muller |
echoic
devo
krank |
tickets: $24+bf, $29+bf after 16/06.
venue: entertainment centre (wellington st).
As most people probably found out a little too late, this event was moved
to the Globe at the last minute instead of being at the Entertainment
Centre, but it was still a good night amongst the venue confusion.
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It was a
bit of a chilly night, but that was contrasted by the enormous heatwave
that bashed you in the face when you walked upstairs to the all-ages Drum
and Bass room, it was like a sauna in there!! Because it was so amazingly
hot, I never really hung around long enough to hear more than 10 minutes
of anyone's sets, so I can't really comment that much on each DJ, but the
crowd really seemed to enjoy it (even if it did take them a while to get into
it). The Usual Suspects played a thundering set which I really enjoyed, but
they seemed a bit pissed off with the decks skipping constantly... I popped
into the 18+ Techno room for about 10 minutes at one stage and everyone
was going bananas to MRW at that point, very nice setup in there!! There
were LOTS of new people at this rave, but everyone was having a good
time (except for the heat), which was good to see from this often jaded
scene. A great night, respect to MFI for finding a new venue at such short
notice!
Review By Adam Brown.
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volume
friday 23rd june 2000
presented by eFusion, 2 floors of pumping sounds anchored in the middle of the Swan River. Sets
sail 9.30pm.
featuring:
abel el toro(syd)
sneak_e(byron bay)
hitek lolife
blair & mike |
choice & jayd
qube(live)
pete b |
tickets: $29+bf
venue: floating aboard the Crystal Swan function centre.
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abstraction
friday 23rd june 2000
presented by cyan and loaded dice inconjunction with zoom artist management.
featuring:
ltj bukem
ground breaking dj, inpirational musician, record label entrepenuer,
club visionary. the man who took the drum'n'bass concept from small
venue off london's charing cross road the global stage.
mc conrad
mc conrad has come to be a defining element in the drum'n'bass scene.
support:
greg packer
b'jam
doug disco vs mike l |
sardi
clay
mc method |
tickets: $28+bf
venue: drum club (zanadu).
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cosmosis
saturday 17th june 2000
awarehouse goes head to head with reload once again.
featuring:
cosmosis
cosmosis has earned an enviable reputation as one of the most consistent
producers of twisted, funked up underground electro trance in the last ten
years.
support:
lilly
big mac
jayd |
dirty den
choice |
tickets: $12 on the door
venue: zanadu.
Whoa what a splendid night of psy/goa trance. This event was well worth
going to and it was a well supported one.
Getting there I mainly saw clubbers instead of the usual trance crew. then
as time progressed so did the amount of ravers. I didn't really get into
any of the early sets which i think were done by the reload crew.
2am approached and it was time for cosmosis. they are renouned for their
live act but i think they only were mixing and to my surprise i only saw
one dj. where was the other? but never mind because instead of his
shecduled 2 hour set he added half an hour extra which was welcomed by the
masses. he played most songs from his own label and they went down really
well.
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his style was so twisted, so dark it was a delight to hear the music being
pounded out. the set was fast and furious leaving little time for the
people to rest. a really good set from him.
next up was jayd who picked up where cosmosis left off. i thought this was
nearly as good as cosmosis set because i have never heard a dj scratch
while pounding out goa/psy trance. his scratching was cream and it mixed in
with the songs like salt and pepper(dont ask me where i got that from!!)
Choice was up on next but i didn't catch all his set because was well worn
out but from wat i heard before i left he kept the frantic pace going.
Overall this was an excellent night and too bad it was 18+ cause the
underages couldn't get to go =P
Review By Fuxin 'ardcore thang.
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bad company
friday 16th june 2000
presented by loaded dice.
futuring:
bad company
bad company emerged onto the perth scene sometime last year and proceeded
to release tracks for prototype, virus & renegade hardware which became classic
cuts. they arive in perth for the first time, to unlease their
uncompromising sounds.
support:
clay
diamond d
greg packer
method |
krank
echoic
sense |
tickets: $18+bf
venue: drum club (zanadu).
well last night truly rocked tha fuxn house with the boys firing so many dubs i creamed
my pants. good night had by all and a great vibe through the whole place. method was
mad and interjecta rhymed well also... it was a pity the mic was low cos that woulda
made the night complete. big shout outs to all the boys, ballawood crew, SOR-C, kuntz
and all the other freaks
Review By sinistah.
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ascendence
saturday 10th june 2000
our mission: unite the crews of perth in a night of cosmic trance
corrosive acid bangin techno & abrasive beats.
your mission: to eperience the dawn of a new era and ascend with us
to a higher level.
futuring:
psi - fact
dr claw
hutcho
muller |
micah
johnny round
mike g
mike l |
tickets: $10+bf
venue: 393 Murray St (upstairs).
Yeah not a bad turnout for this one, with lots of fresh faces around to
witness the mind-bending acid-trance and the upfront Drum and Bass
tunes. This was held in the TOP floor, which I'd never been to
before, and it was a bloody nice arena! I was kind of coming and going
throughout the night, but the DJ's seemed to be alternating sets between
the Trance and the DnB, with WICKED tunes being played all night. Hutcho
started to pick up the pace a bit at the end of another one of his awesome
Trancecore sets with some brain-smashing GABBER, dropping the classis
"Your Mutha" by DOA as his last tune, everyone went bananas! We even
got a bit of the microphone action from Gareth, twas cool! Last up was Dr
Claw with some good old stomping hardcore beats. This party reminded
me of the events held in the warehouse attatched to the side (which has since been demolished), in the respect that there were lots of
kids everywhere, everyone seemed to be having a great time. Hopefully
there's gonna be more partys in this part, it rocked.
Review By Adam Brown.
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madhatters gets lost in space
sunday 4th june 2000
this annual event is perths only fancydress dance party and after five years
is still going strong.
front room house beats:
big mac
lilly
emmanuel
jayd
space ace |
dirty den
steve mason
nathan
choice
kriece |
back room hardcore & 4-beat:
leroy
dair
hutcho
sniper |
menis
kevin
splinke
corruption |
recovery party @ the viper room from 6am with djs dazz k, saul bliss & kulture.
tickets: $15+bf
venue: 105 francis street.
A very well supported Madhatters, especially considering the 2 other big events
on the same night. Excellent atmosphere with alot of extravagant customes like,
the Medic man, Octopus Lady, Cat woman and others in the general space theme.
Both rooms had Madhatters decor, and the place was covered with bean bag balls. Good sets by all,
and another sucessfull Madhatters. Check the pictures!
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sonik 2000
sunday 4th june 2000
2 years ago in a field far, far away "sonik" was born... a collaboration
of massive proportions; it set the standard in multi-room underground
events.
delirium, spiral, rythem bug and loaded dice bring forth a fresh selection
of live and dj action over 4 rooms.
p l a s t i k t e k n o r o o m :
claude young (detroit;usa)
mrw
troy |
puff
michael bishop |
c h o i c e h o u s e r o o m :
"evil" eddie richards (fabric/the end)
pure science live
chilli hi-fly (MoS)
r h y t h m b u g r o o m :
the freestylers (uk)
rhibosome live
dirty white boys
mallinder
jeff be! |
echoic
bilsby |
l o a d e d d i c e r o o m :
fierce (uk)
matrix (uk)
greg packer
echoic
b'jam |
sardi
billy diamond
diamond d |
tickets: $30+bf upto & incl may 28, thereafter $37+bf.
venue: 393 Murray St.
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independance
sunday 4th june 2000
Spectrum (new Age of Dance) return with another 3 room huge event.
featuring:
john kelly (uk)
dave chambers (uk)
groover terminator (syd)
kasey taylor (melb)
sean quinn (melb)
dave kirkpatrick (syd)
support:
riki
doug disco
joby |
kulture
boggie man
gully |
tickets: $35+bf
venue: metro's.
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calibre
friday 26th may 2000
this weekend at calibre is going to be huge.
featuring:
splink-e
freestyle
kevin |
leroy
krank |
tickets: $7 on the door
venue: Metro's (top deck).
a very good turnout, and how wouldn't it be with free entry and drinks
throughout the night. my first chance to check out the top deck venue,
and its defiantly well setout, with a large lighting truss running all
around the big marquee venue with copious amounts of scanner lighting
and nice decor with a real intimate feel, plus nice strong heaters
at the back and a good sound system coming from 4 corners of the room.
good sets by all, plus a rare sight, with dj krank playing an oldskool
set special. nice to see calibre in full effect, and having a hell of
alot more people then the main arena, respect, big things are coming
with nationals djs on the horizon and some special nights planned,
check it out.
Review By Petar.
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wet musik vs trancemit
saturday 20th may 2000
presented by delirium and wet musik.
trancemit:
wet musik live:
tickets: $14+bf
venue: players nightclub.
Excellently supported nite, with mrw and puff getting the crowd moving,
the real action began 1 onwards. The Wet boys took over at around 2:30 and started it off hard and they kept it there, with players looking sweaty and packed. These two were interesting to watch, constant EQ attention and 3 deck mixing, akin to 'space dj'z'. Wicked atmosphere all night, as is synonomous with Trancemit parties. Looking forward to the next one..
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calibre
friday 19th may 2000
Finally a new weekly hardcore club opens in Perth, every Friday.
featuring:
ben
menis
kev |
flaunt
leroy
rino |
tickets: $7 door charge
venue: metropolis - top deck.
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hard afro
friday 19th may 2000
presented by bass agenda and resin crew, showcasing 2 of hard afro's releases.
featuring:
simon vs skelly
rufkut
frantik
viper vs klay |
echoic
adrian sardi
detonator
smoulder |
tickets: $6 door charge
venue: zanadu.
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yummy 2050
saturday 6th may 2000
it's time to dust off the space suit and refuel the jetpacks..
featuring:
phil smart (sydney)
the only australian dj to be included in the dj magazine 1999 "top 100
dj's in the world" poll.
support:
mrw vs puff
kriece |
big mac
lilly |
tickets: $10+bf
venue: zanadu.
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gallery.2
saturday 6th may 2000
swinging / innovative / stylish house
featuring:
3 piece live set
mather herbert (uk) aka Doctor Rockit
with
phil parnel & dani siciliano
support:
declan
dtm |
mallinder
bilsby |
room two:
t-mac
bebo
kate moss |
paul gamblin
scorchio
rok riley |
tickets: $20+bf
venue: gallery 2 @ art gallery of wa.
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random logik
saturday 29th april 2000
presented by teknoscape in conjunction with unity and evolution records uk.
featuring:
scott brown (uk)
scott brown is one of the biggest names in the hardcore scene. scott has also
hit the charts a number of times with his band q-tex and he had produced
tracks for labels all over the world. scott is in massive demand all around
the world and regulary playsat all the big events in the uk. missed his
set at sonik 98? dont make the same mistake again, as scott brown is truely
an awe inspiring dj/producer.
support:
mike e(nl)
kevin
mrw vs puff
neurotic |
greg packer
freestyle
hutcho
leroy vs menis |
mc's: method, interjecta, kevin & assassin.
tickets: $28+bf
venue: p.i.c.a - dark performance space. 51 james st, perth.
What a night this was. It has been quite a while since there has been a
huge hardcore rave but it came back with a bang in the form of Random
Logic. I have been waiting for this rave for quite some time and Im sure
most have too.
Having never been to the PICA venue and hearing peoples view about it I was
quite nervous to say the least. Up on entering the venue there was quite a
crowd at the front and I thought to myself that it was a good sign that the
event will fill to capacity.
Went through the front and you had to go down some corridors and stairs to
enter the main room. My first impression of it was that it seemed pretty
small but going more down i could see it was a fairly decent sized venue.
It was nice and as the name describes it DARK.
First up on the decks I saw was Leroy vs Menis playing a nice seletion of
bangin' hardcore which really got the crowd going. I was quite annoyed at
missing out on Neurotic's newstyle gabber set but heard it was a really
good set.
The crowd was quickly settling in as MC Interjecta's own words introduced
"perths premier Dj Greg Packer" came to the decks. He played a nice solid 3
decks set of dark drum n bass and the masses were loving every moment of
it.
Then as 1 o'clock approached the place was rammed solid from front to end.
The moment all the punters been waiting for had came. Kev introduced the
one and only SCOTT BROWN from Scottland. He played a fuckin' nice banging
set of happy hardcore dropping new tunes from his recently released cd.
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Dropping vocal hardcore like "everytime i close my eyes" to the more
trancecore/freeform stuff like "Yeah Oh Yeah, From the underground, Pilgrim
and Pilgrim 2000" to the more bouncy hardcore like "I don't need no body"
made famous by Prodigy.
He even dropped some of his own classics like "Now
is the time" and "Power of Love 98". After that he got into the more
hardcore gabberish stuff to finish the nite off in fine style. Undoubtly
the set of the nite. What was nice to see was after his set he took the
mike and started thanking the crowd in his wonderful scottish acent which i
loved :P .
Kev was up on next and continued the vibe with some more happy hardcore
which kept the crowd happy. Still it was a strong crowd up for it(Perth has
a habit of dying out after an internationals set). Next up was the man from
Holland which I have never heard of but was eager to see..MIKE E. He was
playing drum n bass but I thought this must of been the weirdest set I have
ever heard in my life. At the start it started with drum n bass then all of
a sudden I hear a classic hardcore song: TOYTOWN!!! being mixed into it. I
was thinking did it say drum n bass or hardcore. He let the whole song play
through then all of a sudden it went back to drum n bass. This happened on
another occasion but with a hip hop or rap song. Wow. Thats all i had to
say to that.
Hutcho was up next for some old skool. Crowd was dwindling but picked up
later towards the second half of his set. Nice one though and MR W vs Puff
rounded off this wicked fantastic nite with some techno.
All in all this was one of the best raves and surely an event you would be
sorry to miss.
Review By 'ardcore thang.
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honey smack
saturday 29th april 2000
presented by delirium with cyan..
featuring:
honey smack (melb)
a legend in the melbourne electronic scene; he is probably the most
exciting live act to emerge in australia in years.
support:
tickets: $18+bf
venue: 393 Murray St.
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gatecrashers
monday 24th april 2000
presented by spectrum 'new age of dance'.
global sounds:
scott bond (uk)
binary finary(live)
sam allen |
matt hardwick (uk)
sean quinn |
drum'n'bass:
illicit
klay vs sardi
karnage |
mystique
greg packer
hutcho |
funky house:
ricky
bilsby
joby |
doug disco
boogieman krack
gully |
tickets: $35+bf.
venue: metropolis perth nightclub.
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grooverider + mc gq
sunday 23rd april 2000
presented by the drumclub.
featuring:
grooverider + mc gq
grooverider has played at ever big drum'n'bass event and is
currently signed to sony's "higher ground". he also has his
own lavel "prototype". don't miss the man known as the godfather
of drum'n'bass.
support:
finesse
klay vs viper
kaiser vs internatty |
detonator
adrian sardi vs greg packer |
tickets: $28+bf.
venue: drum club (zanadu).
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one more drop
sunday 23rd april 2000
for one night only the old crew will unite and take you back
to a time when 105 francit street reigned supreme
as perth's premier dance club.
front room:
steve mason
lilly |
dirty den
big mac |
back room:
leroy
greg packer
hutcho
dair |
menis
kevin
sniper
splinke |
tickets: $12+bf.
venue: 105 francis St (taipan room).
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perthquake
friday 21st april 2000
we cordially invite you to come join us as we celebrate in perth's
own magnificence.
featuring:
leroy
dair
freestyle
greg packer
adrian sardi |
menis
kevin
hutcho
internatty
kaiser |
tickets: $15+bf before the 25th of March, $20 thereafter.
venue: details released here on the night and also @ the perth entertainment carpark at 8:30pm.
the hellenic was the venue, with around 200 people at the map meet, upon
arrival, the venue looked wicked, decor, lights and booming sound.
getting the crowd started was dj dair, who mixed the latest happy traxs,
then it was dj adrian sardi, which was apparently his first time playing
to an all ages crowd. intially starting on a jazzy tip, and soon realising
that the crowd wanted the dark hover-bass tracks, so he realigned and
gave it to the people, mixed supurbly.
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greg packer was up next, which was possible
the best set on the night, playing 93 oldskool, which absolutley tore down
the place, in addition mc kev was really going mental, and the atmosphere was
wicked. dj kev had a great set, technically brillant and playing all
the new happy stuff that people havn't had a chance to hear for some
time, with (suprise) mc kenny l providing the hype. Respect going out
to fireball productions for putting on a quality event!
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interphase
friday 21st april 2000
feel the vibrations on a cellular level with emas.
featuring:
sensory overload vs schlerb
emmanuel
kreice
tigger |
qube
choice
hawkeye
jeremy |
tickets: emas members $11, non members $14+bf
venue: bridge theatre - cnr beaufort & aberdeen st.
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lunasea
saturday 15th april 2000
presented by mfi and sumission.
featuring:
atom 1 (syd)
he has been there since the start of the break beat sound and held numerous
residencies and released tracks of some wolrds most upfront labels.
mpk(adl)
the mad junglist will nlow perth away with his selection of killer d&b tracks.
support:
greg packer
krank
viper
muller |
muystique
frantik
klay
dan lucas |
tickets: $17+bf
venue: bridge theatre.
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optimum
saturday 15th april 2000
presented by junglist productions and calibre.
featuring:
dj ink (uk)
invited by kemistry and storm to play at the
infamous 'metalheadz' sessions, and he has been
ever since. in addition he has been producing for his
own label architecture and others.
support:
bjam
big t
diamond d |
echoic
adrian sardi
greg packer |
tickets: $5+bf midnight $8 after
venue: calibre.
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plastik
friday 14th april 2000
delirium and nexus presents from detroit usa..
featuring:
jeff mills
jeff mills is quite possible the best dj in the world... fames for almost hurculean dj sets and skills..
jeff mills dj style is truly unique... averaging 50 records in an hour, and incorporating ispired
effects and drum patterns on a 101, a sight that can only really be appreciated
by being there.
juan atkins
the term 'spacey' can not be more aptly applied to anyone but the originator
of techno. a veritable legend in his own lifetime; juan aktins has gone
on to release music exclusively on tresor including 1998's awesome 'skynet' and
continue djing the world over, the masters innovation won't rust, his music
and djing continuing to remain ahead if its time, contemporary and classic.
support:
troy
michael bishop |
puff
mrw |
tickets: $28+bf
venue: zanadu nightclub.
the night started early for the eager crowd, before midnight zanadu
was nicely full.. troy, mrw and puff worked the crowd well, hungry
for the tech beat, the crowd was the most up for it crowd i've seen
for a while. jaun akins was the first feature dj to take control of
the lime decks. playing a varied style from mellow funky sounds to harder
tronics and back again, at this point the crowd was at its peak, and
then the man most came to see, the Mills stepped up, and got straight
into it with his trademark detroit style, and the place errupted.
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Everything he did, the crowd cheered to and interacted, a special
projection screen was setup upstairs displaying this incredible set.
Alot of people were contemplating whether this is possible by a mere
human, as his energy and speed of mixing was mind boggling. His drum
machine attics was a sight to see, Jeff Mills warped and flanged
the beats as he so desired, and was an man soley commited to the
music, not looking up, his sole purpose was to make everyone's body
rock with his amazing 3 deck mixes and drum machine, he really showed
why he is considered the worlds best dj, playing a 3 hour set, the
atmosphere was intense, one of the best events, wicked time had by
all, hopefully it won't be too long until he returns...
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bushido
saturday 8th april 2000
presented by junglist productions and calibre.
featuring:
sardi
echoic
diamond d |
krank
packer
finesse |
tickets: $5 b4 midnight, $8 after
venue: 393 Murray St.
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dj ink & billy diamond
saturday 1st april 2000
presented by loaded dice.
featuring:
dj ink (uk)
invited by kemistry and storm to play at the infamous 'metalheadz' sessions, and
he has been ever since. in addition he has been producing for his own
label architecture and others.
billy diamond (uk)
he has been playing on the uk circuit for the past 8 years, he has heald
residencies at brightons bass d and sphere.
support:
frantik
echoic |
b-jam
diamond d |
tickets: $18+bf
venue: 393 Murray St.
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cream
saturday 25th march 2000
presented by delirium in conjunction with agent mad & spiral.
featuring:
paul bleasdale (uk)
paul is one of the best respected and enduring uk djs. his djing career
started in '92, when he took up residency at cream in the infamous back
room. due to his talents and instinct for a good funky house tune, he
has become one of the uk's hottest dj appearing regulary as part of creams
world tours and the essential selection tours with radio 1.
support:
tickets: $27+bf
venue: pica darkroom/fuel bar & cafe.
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fruit
friday 24th march 2000
presented by elemental and breakneck speed division.
featuring:
matt vs kayla with mc kray
matt and kayla certianly have an impressive track record and are in big deman. they have
appeared on triple j's mixup a record four times, and played at the bdo boiler
room around the country for two years running. they last played in perth to over
1700 people; dont miss their exclusive appearance.
support:
greg packer
b-jam
adrian sardi |
echoic
diamond d
krank |
tickets: $12+bf
venue: zanadu nightclub.
an intimate and up for it crowd greated the syndey d'n'b trio. warming things
up on the newly relocated dj consoles was b-jam, krank and greg packer, which got the crowd into gear for the long
awaited for matt & kayla, who took the controls for a ruff ride. The
hover-bass was best felt on the dance floor with the bass box's unleashing
the basslines. matt & kayla played an excellent set with the intesity always
in top gear, especially with the unique mc kray, who mc'ed throughout the night.
respect elemental and breakneck speed! (check the pics)
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peaking duck
saturday 18th march 2000
presented by mfi in conjunction with submision.
featuring:
ruffnut (melb)
exclusive 2hr set, fresh from playing some of the best party's throughout
the east coast with with some of the biggest names in the business.
support:
greg packer
echoic
frantic
dan lucas |
muller
krank
internatty |
mc's: interjecta, assassin.
tickets: $14+bf
venue: 51 james street, northbridge.
Arriving early and having a look around a venue I'd never been in before, I proceeded to go into northbridge with a few friends and came back at 11ish, when the crowd had started to pickup a little bit more, a lot of people chose to sit outside around the steps etc.
Dan Lucas was on the decks when I got back playing some jumpup, the one thing I noticed was the sound system was probably a bit to big for that small room, as my ears where hurting from being in there, I went outside again to catchup with a few people, running into some old school friends etc, seems to be happening a lot of late.
Came back inside to catch a bit of Packer & Echoic's set, very dark and hard, probably a little bit to much for the younger crowd, following them was Frantik, who's set was probably the best of the night, I thought anyway, dropping a lot of fresh tracks, the crowd was still going strong for the main attraction they'd come to see, that being, DJ Ruffnut from melbourne, his set was good, but probably not for the all ages crowd, he went from jazzstep tracks to dark tracks and back again, never really sticking with the one element.
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Muller followed Ruffnut, I believe Muller is one of Perth's underated DnB DJ's, every set I've seen him play has always been complete class, defintly a young DJ to watch out for, I listened to his set from outside, and as per usual it was slick mixing and tune selection.
Up next was Krank, and I was tired and left at this point, all in all, a wicked night, big up's to M.F.I for another great party, looking forward to Lunasea with Atom1 playing.
Review By Jamie Darville
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rennie pilgrim, ed rush & optical
friday 10th march 2000
this huge event presented by
loaded dice & ragga bone.
featuring:
rennie pilgrim
rennie was name no.1 beats remixer and TCR was named no.1 best breaks label
in 1999.
ed rush + optical
to any drum'n'bass fan these names are sunonymous with the cutting edge sounds
of the genre. having had releases on every major label and a back catalogue that
looks like a track listing of every d'n'b dj's box, this overdue visit to perth
is finally here.
support:
dirty white boys
diamond d |
greg packer
echoic |
tickets: $28+bf
venue: zanadu nightclub.
Now I have to admit straight away, these 2 men are my favourite producers, so my review may be slightly biased.
A lot of people in the Drum N Bass community of Perth have waited a long time to see this duo make a visit to Perth, so this was probably one of the biggest nights on the calender this year for a lot of people, both men have made a large impact on drum n bass and this was one you didn't wanna miss if you liked the hard and upfront sound.
When I got to Zanadu, there was nu skool breakz being played, and Rennie Pilgrim was going to be on until 2am, not a huge fan of nu skool breakz, but I did enjoy his set, and he did play some classic tunes like Dominator.
Time did seem to fly though, and before I knew it, it was 2am, and Ed Rush & Optical where ready to tear it up, Ed Rush started the assult, the first hour of their set was unmistakeably good, with some excellent mixing, and a few dubplates, probably not as many as most punters expected, but can't have everything,
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it seems though after 3, their set did go downhill, which was a shame, I don't know if they'd had a few to many drinks or what, but for the last hour it seemed neither of them bothered mixing, and when they did, it was bland and boring, which was a huge contrast from the beginning of their set where every tune was cut up.
All in all it was a good night, and I was just happy to of seen them play for the first time, it was nice to hear some of the new virus tunes as well like ressurection & pacman, absolutely tear out tracks, they finished their set on the same note as fierce though, playing the Sonar remix, from the soon to be realeased prototype LP I assume.
Review By Jamie Darville.
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renaissance summer ball 2000
sunday 5th march 2000
presented by delirium in conjunction with spiral.
renaissance main ballroom:
main room
dave seaman(uk)
dave seaman is one of the most well-known uk club djs. at 32 years old dave
seaman is one of the uk dj's & producers that can say they have been there
since day 1.
sister bliss(uk)
sister bliss started her musical caree at age 5 as a pianist. her love of music
ignited in '87 whe she hit the decks and never looked back all over the uk
and internationally.
plus:
chad d, dave jackson, rudy, kreice
coastal breaks warehouse
outside warehouse
adam freeland(uk)
he is the man who has come to represent the nu-skool breaks sound.
friendly live(syd)
originally based in oerth, and now living in perth friendly returns to
perth as the newest signing to jive recordings offshoot silvertone.
plus:
echoic, greg packer, dirty white boys, smoulder, percussion by jeff be!
plastik techno space
frostbites
richie hawtin(canada)
richie hawtin is quite simply one of the most influential artists in
electronic music in the world...
plus:
mrw, puff, michael bishop, troy
tickets: $30+bf up to & incl feb 28, thereafter $37+bf
venue: 393 Murray St.
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Getting to Renaissance fairly early to hopefully avoid huge lines (ala Mad Hatters Ball) I noticed there was people everywhere anyway, from the start this looked like it was going to be a huge one, and it defintly was, I started off in the plastik room, hoping it wouldn't get to packed for Richie Hawtin, but by 2am It was uncomfortbly packed, and I left, and went into the main room, to see sister bliss, now I have to admit, her set was a little bit to much Gatecrasher'ish, but it was still good, enough to keep everybody stomping, after sister bliss I thought I'd go back to the plastik room and see if it had cleared out any, but not to be, Richie Hawtin was still keeping the crowd packed in there, so I wandered back and went in for Dave Seamans set, his was a little bit more upbeat pumping trance, not as cheesy as sister bliss's, and the crowd was defintly responding like so, with everybody going hard right till the last beat, after Dave Seamans set, I was buggered and decided it was time to leave.
Other noteworthy sets on the night, where Greg Packers and Adam Freeland's nu skool breakz sets, both enjoyable sets, and anybody who didn't see them missed out.
Review By Jamie Darville.
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grind
sunday 5th march 2000
end summer with a smile technotainment style.
all ages room:
4-matt
greg packer
in-e-fect
rino |
hutcho
kevin
freestyle
chris |
licenced room:
spiar
internatty
diamond d
dan lucas |
carnage
rino
mental
fanatik (live) |
mc's: method, assassin, presha, corruptor & interjecta.
tickets: $18+bf
venue: the factory (413 murray st).
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peshay
friday 3rd march 2000
proudly presented by ragga bone.
featuring:
peshay + mc moose
peshay got his break at one of the legendary genesis raves at roller express.
peshay began making his own musin in '91 with baby k.
the sound was hardcore and later thay year pershay tore up the scene with
"the too dope ep" with bizzy b. since then peshay has gone from strength
to strength.
support:
greg packer
gusto
klay |
finesse
merlin
detonator |
tickets: $18+bf
venue: the drum club.
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roger sanchez
friday 3rd march 2000
proudly presented by boss events in conjunction with shine.
featuring:
roger sanchez
support:
craig obey (syd)
joby |
sam allen (melb) |
tickets: $30+bf up to & incl feb 27th thereafter $35.
venue: redheads nightclub.
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monkey 'planet of the bass' australian tour
saturday 19th febuary 2000
In a very special double bill; Melbourne clubnight Monkey in conjunction
with Delirium and Spiral present a big night.
featuring:
DJ Heaven (UK); Dave Chambers (UK)
support:
tickets: $24+bf
venue: zanadu nightclub.
this event was huge, 1800 people packed into zanadu, dj puff was setting
the speed early on, with a slightly more mellow selection to his usual.
Dave Chambers was the first international to strut his stuff, by that time
the club had fully packed in, Chambers going hard 4 to the floor with his selection.
This event had a great vibe, a very up-for-it crowd, great response to all the
dj's. Heaven kept up the speed next, then brought it down a touch then
straight back up, playing the classics and some quite different rock
convert songs. Wicked night partying with the MoS dj's...
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platupus
saturday 19th febuary 2000
presented by awarehouse, the combined artists of platipus.
featuring:
union jack, terra firma, art of trance & pob
support:
plus local guests
tickets: $21+bf, $28+bf after Feb 12.
venue: Bridge Theatre.
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dj ratty
saturday 19th febuary 2000
Junglist and Calibre unite to present this special Jungle night.
featuring:
DJ Ratty (UK)
ratty has just been on a rampage of a tour ripping shit up in the us
and canada playing his dark and uncompromising selection of
driving & in ya face beatz.
support:
james mason
adrian sardi
krank |
bjam
echoic |
tickets: $15+bf
venue: Calibre.
To a lot of people, their vision of an international DJ is that of a
jet-setting, big headed, coke snorting, womanising egomaniac. Sometimes,
this stereotype can be true. However, in the case of DJ Ratty, nothing
could be further from the truth. Bear in mind the fact that this is the
man who tore it up at all the classic Fantazia parties in the early
nineties, the man who (almost) singlehandedly defined the dark jungle genre
with his trademark sets at the Edge in Coventry and Pandamonium in 93/94.
While nowadays the term 'dark drum and bass' is thrown around as a
hallmark of what is hip and cool (a bit like Tommy Hilfiger or Ralph
Lauren), back then, Ratty was a true pioneer. Which makes the fact that
Ratty is such an honest, down to earth and eager to please international DJ
all the more refreshing.
We arrived at Calibre just as B-Jam was beginning one of his trademark
smooth sets which were a feature of the old Gravity nightclub on Friday
nights a few years ago. The change from the slightly industrial feeling
backroom to the very impressive frontroom, certainly aided the
promoters in acheiving a good environment for the punters to enjoy the
sounds of the future. This is perhaps the first time that a night soley
dedicated to the sounds of drum and bass has occured in the frontroom, and hopefully won't be the last. It worked particularly well
for two reasons, I believe. Firstly, the music itself sounded awesome
coming from the excellent sound system that is an integral part of the
front room. Without belittling the back room, the main room has perhaps
one of the most exciting setups of any Perth club. Not only was the sound
outstanding, but the lightshow was second to none. Secondly, the crowd
fresh to this room seemed to enjoy the experience. There was no sign of
any of the pumped up 'roid freaks in tight black shirts (no offence to
anyone like that of course), like the old nights at the Globe. It's the
seediness factor which had become prevelant in the front room which spoiled
my previous visits there. All in all, the surroundings were perfect for a
great night.
B-Jam wound down a very effective set which laid the foundations for a
young man whom I've heard a lot about, but I'd never quite gotten around to
seeing DJ. Adrian Sardi is a DJ who comes with a hearty endorsement than
none other than Greg Packer (that's good enough for me). I can now see
why. Every now and then, you hear a DJ who just makes sense. That might
seem like a strange statement, but I'm sure anyone who has heard him play
will understand. I'm often sceptical about the term programming, for DJ's.
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Whilst it is great for a set to be a 'journey', I personally beleive that
the most important thing is the dancefloor. Well, Mr Sardi did both. And
well, very well. His set progressed from funky, almost jazzy yet danceable
drum and bass, through to the blood and thunder dark fare which is
currently so popular on the dancefloors. As the hour of Ratty's entrance
came closer, Adrian Sardi lifted the stakes and implored the dancefloor
respond, which they did with great zest.
As Ratty stepped up, the buzz amongst the now heaving crowd was quite
obvious. What Ratty proceeded to do over the next couple of hours,
probably ranks as just about the finest live set I've ever heard from a
touring international DJ. He chopped, cut, scratched, pasted and faded
just as a top hip hop DJ would, all to the upfront sounds of drum and bass.
This was no ordinary set, and the crowd were just aching for every scratch
and mix. When he finally dropped a copy of the all time classic 'Champion
Sound' updated for the new millenium, the rewinds came thick and fast.
Ratty finished his set at somewhere near 4am, without losing a single soul
from the dancefloor, everyone I'm sure, feeling that there money was
already well spent. The night however, did not finish there. DJ Krank
proceeded to keep the dancefloor heaving until DJ Karnage and DJ Finesse
finished off the night back to back with a set of up-front killers.
In summary, this was an unbelievable set from an international and Ratty
has certainly firmly eastablished himself as one of my all time heroes.
All I can say is, check out the CD when it becomes available.
Review by: Kevin
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the drum club
friday 18th febuary 2000
presented by raggabone.
featuring:
DJ SS & MC Warren G (UK)
ss is one of the uk's finest dj/producers and one of the founders of
formation records.
support:
klay
frantik
q-ball |
viper
jay
rosko |
mc's: method & ruffkut
tickets: $25+bf
venue: zanadu nightclub.
I didn't attend DJ SS last year while he was in Perth, but listened from the outside, and in my opinion it was a disapointing set, but I decided I would go see what he had to offer this year.
I arrived early at Zanadu, with Klay back and playing atmospheric, following Klay where Frantik and Viper back to back, playing a nice hard set and setting the tone for the dancefloor, Frantik also throwing in a couple of his own tunes for good measure.
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Up next and playing the set prior to SS was Qball, hem played a very deep and dark set, and it got the dance floor moving, then SS stepped up, the place started to fill, his selection and mixing was brilliant and Zanadu was rammed, SS was suppose to play from 2 - 4 but he played for near on 3 hours to a absolutely packed floor, WarrenG was on his side the whole time hyping the crowd, only real downside, was WarrenG called way to many rewinds, and after 2 hours it became annoying when every few tunes was a rewind.
Aside from that, a great night was had by all.
Review By Jamie Darville.
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heresy
saturday 12th febuary 2000
presented by mfi in conjunction with submission.
main room:
echoic v's bjam
mystique
frantic
muller
dan lucas |
greg packer
diamond d
krank
jj |
under the stars:
dave jackson
dan stinton
roller crew
johnny round |
rudy
adam 12
paul raphael
tim |
mc's: interjecta, ruffcut, method.
tickets: $13+bf
venue: 131 claisebrook rd, east perth.
I arrived at about 11 and went in the huge warehouse, it was looking pretty empty, but it was still early, shortly after I arrived, Greg Packer stepped up onto the decks, shortly after this, the massive laser and light show was put on, and it was massive, quite possibly the best lighting rig I've seen at a rave type event, a psychadelic setup, that covered the warehouse walls, it provided a atmosphere inside the main room, which stayed there all night, I didn't spend to much time in the warehouse, but I did hear sets from Greg Packer, Muller & Frantik and they where all dark and wicked, I spent most of this night catching up with people and talking but it was a lot of fun.
On a side note, I could still hear the music clearly from the main room at the Perth train station.
Review By Jamie Darville.
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wild west
saturday 29th january 2000
back in the day happy hardcore & jungle used to be under one roof.
now the time has drawn the two styles apart, we dedicate this
special event to show the new and remind the veterans of how it
used to be in the early days of hardcore breakbeat music.
featuring:
hutcho
splinky
kev |
menis
leroy
finesse & rewind |
tickets: $8 entry, $5 before midnight
venue: 393 Murray St.
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dj fierce
saturday 29th january 2000
loaded dice presents dj fierce, drum n bass touching down.
featuring:
dj fierce
he is a dj and producer high in demand all around the globe. his releases
have torn dancefloors apart worldwide.
support:
b-jam
adrian sardi
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greg packer
diamond d |
mc's: method, interjecta & assassin.
tickets: $17+bf
venue: grosvenor performance areana.
Upon arriving and being greeted by several familiar faces I was warned of sweltering conditions inside of The, Grosvenor, but nothing prepared me for the heat as I entered the venue.
It must have been at least 50 degrees celcius, when I got in and rising.
Apparently Grosvenor was suppose to fix the air conditioning, so It wasn't Loaded Dice's fault.
Greg Packer and Adrian Sardi where going back to back when I got in, both with mixing to perfection and, Lots of dark hard tunes which had a few of the true hardcore dancing,
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their set was 2 hours and finished at, 2, with the pale young DJ Fierce stepping up behind the decks, everybody tried their best to dance despite the awful conditions inside.
DJ Fierce played a swag of hot dubplates with everybody waiting to see what was next, eventually at 3:30am MC Method announced if everybody wanted to we could move to Calibre and Fierce would finish off there.
So arriving at Fierce the sweaty massive waited to hear the news, with the verdict being No Fierce due to the fact of Wild West being on, a majority headed home, but several hung around in hope he would be on later, at about 5am, someone from Calibre announced Fierce would in fact be playing from 5:30 to 6:30, and he surely did, tearing it up with some rough tunes the early morning massive went hard till 7am.
Review By Jamie Darville.
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mixmag australia tour
tuesday 25th january 2000
based in london, mixmag is the worlds biggest dance music and club culture
magazine. it has been running in one form or another for 12 years &
consistently addresses the big and small issues.
stateside house room:
masters at work (ny:usa)
masters of work have developed a knack for sending records that seemed to have
little club potential to the top of the dance charts.
support:
dave jackson
declan
martin l |
rudy
dtm
dan stinton |
plastik techno room:
cj bolland live (belgium)
cj bolland has been quite simply onr of the most influential and prolific
artists in electronic music.
ben sims (uk)
known as the producer behind the huge "killabite" releases, he has travelled
the world, playing in japan, detroit, canada and love parade.
support:
mrw
troy |
michael bishop
puff |
choice room:
dan solo (uk)
alan chamberland (uk)
support:
tickets: $35+bf up to & incl jan 16 thereafter $45+bf.
venue: 393 Murray St.
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vibes on a summers day
sunday 23 january 2000
presented by offworld productions.
main stage:
faze action (uk)
disco influenced deep house taking in africa, latin, jazz, classical and plain
old fasioned funk styles, they will deliver an energetic funked up 8-piece live house set.
ashley beadle
adam freeland
norman jay
the scratch perverts
support:
general justice
rok riley
scorchio
declan
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bebo
matty p
rhibosome
ku ling brothers |
fat fluid umbrella lounge:
the scratch perverts (uk)
tim "love" lee
mc trey (syd)
mr tsang(syd)
support:
bilsby
nathan j
selekt |
pawel
funk tank
dtm |
loaded dice casino royale:
john stapleton (uk)
dj ransom (melb)
support:
echoic
mike l
internatty |
bjam
mystique
vranjes |
tickets: $55+bf
venue: belvoir amphitheatre, swan valley.
Saturday afternoon and rumours were rife. Vibes was moving to an indoor venue in the city, Vibes was cancelled. The storm clouds had everyone worrying, and in an unusual twist scalpers were selling tickets way below cost price for fear of the gig raining out.
Impressively enough, the fact that the weather held all afternoon and evening seemed to add an extra element of cheer to the event. The only repercussion was the high level of anti-water pistol sentiment; these toys were frowned upon, with many groovers entering into a state of high panic whenever a rogue water drop happened to hit them. Overall, bubble guns were much more in vogue.
The Vibes tribes had an array of funky 'tings to split their time between. There were three main areas, the Main Stage, the Fat Fluid Umbrella Lounge, and The Loaded Dice Casino Royale. There were also skaters, stalls, and the popular inflatable Lynx Tent, which featured a fine selection of generally anonymous jocks, keeping the bar area chilled right out.
The day began with General Justice, whose positive vibes proved a perfect introduction. The Fat Fluid lounge fired up with Nathan J delving into his dusty collection of breaks, and with Urban Breaks' Mr Tsang, and Funk Tank to follow, it was time to find a deck chair and feel the bottom end. The bottom was there for all to beholds in the Loaded Dice tent, as Mike L's tight fusion of d 'n' b and breaks preluded Ransom's tight set of chunky beets. This lead into John Stapleton's train wrecked selection of eclectic warblings. Not as bad as it sounds, honest.
Next up on the Main Stage was the Milk Crate Crew, whose tastes ranged from disco-edged funk to the occasional hip-hop lyric, a diversity of sound that was popular with the stream of people now beginning to arrive. It was Raw Funk, though, who first imbued that happening Vibes feel into the amphitheatre. Raw Funk are a collection of DJ's who offered the crowd everything from light funk to soulful sounds to vocal house all in a row. Thanks to them, the mood of the day started to amp up and buzz with that energetic electro feeling...
The Scratch Perverts pounded onto the stage, knocked out the crowd with
some hard basslines and got the first real dancefloor moments thumping with
some choicely-placed Beastie Boys action. A popular and original set full
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of, you guessed it, some excellent examples of scratching. Their post-mainstage
set in the Umbrella Lounge provided more technical entertainment for those
with an itch to scratch, vying for pole position with Trey, who gave her
reclining audience a verbal lashing with Perth DMC, Selekt on the cut.
Rhibosome took off on the main stage with an opening sound that was all disco before continuing on their unpredictable eclectic way. With some smooth DJ mixing and sequencing, and impressive live percussion on stage, Rhibosome held the crowds attention easily, making way for mainstage highlight Ashley Beedle. A lot of people seemed to be waiting for Ashley Beedle and his set, which was scheduled to be one of the longest mainstage performances. His eclectic sets are backed up with the timing and technique of a master, and his furious Latin percussion elements gave way to rarer grooves without losing momentum.
The Ku-ling Brothers continued along their groove-based path, impressing the crowd with their live electronic sound and laidback atmosphere. Full credit points to Melbourne DJ Phil Ransom, whose scratching brought a fresh taste and extra edge to an already strong set.
As the sun was setting everyone's favourite man took the stage. Norman Jay was the king of Vibes; he offered everything danceable to the crowd, from hip-hop to reggae in one smooth blend of sound, and they loved it. The view from on high was one of colour and groove as thousands of people took to the grass-based dancefloor below. His mixing has improved, but Norman Jay seemed to give the crowd little more than what they were expecting.
Next up was the live crew Faze Action, who offered a Morrocan funkfest of Samba style rhythms that changed the atmosphere to one of lazy evening moves, with the crowd mellowing comfortably. Their live format was an ideal way to provide more immediate interaction with the rapidly growing crowd, but was tainted slightly by the lack of live strings, which were produced electronically, so this characteristic element barely differed from the album cuts. Check out their latest LP, Moving Cities, and see what we mean. There were some highlights though, like the first strains of their Plans and Designs hit, In The Trees, and the totally likable character of Zeke Manikwa on vocals.
Adam Freeland seemed a low key choice for wind-up DJ. Everyone expects a festival to end with a frenzy of hardcore dancing and Freeland's breakbeat choices didn't quite match this expectation (and it seems, ill-deserved reputation), as well as the fact that the sound for his set was far from loud enough. But overall it was still a strong effort that obviously impressed people; the finale saw the stage crammed with enthusiastic funksters, and he was more than happy to accept the present of a fresh banana from a well-satisfied dancer.
Overall, the weather held and the people who came were rewarded with a day of eclectic sounds that more than satisfied any punters appetite for outdoor grooving. Don't take events like this for granted, Perth. You won't find many like them in your travels.
Review by: gillian o'meagher & gareth richardson from Zebra Mag
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the drum club
friday 21st january 2000
ragga bone presents a new weekly drum'n'bass night on fridays.
featuring:
kenny ken & mc fearless (uk)
kenny ken has built up his reputation and skills from
the early days of the rave scene. he has his own label
called mix 'n' blend, this is his fourth visit to perth.
support:
mike l
adrian sardi
krank |
diamond d
internatty |
tickets: $19+bf
venue: zanadu nightclub.
Mercifully, there was no queue for entry on this miserable rainy night; walking into the thunderous sounds of Diamond D, one's first thought was "This is a sick club for a jungle night." The venue leaves little to be desired, it's great to have drum and bass somewhere other than a large room, although it is a bit of a neck-crane to see the DJ from the dancefloor.
Carrying on from D's pulverising biz Adrian Sardi took the warm-up spot and eased into Low Rider from Ganja Kru, one of the least frantic tunes to be heard this night allowing some breath to be caught. Pretty soon though, Adrian snuck up with the hard mix, once again giving the crowd want they wanted. Certainly the crowd was rocking although with some of the reticence that seems to characterise Perth d'n'b international events before the headliner steps on.
With the battle cry going up from MC Fearless at 2am, Kenny Ken got right in the mix, but not before two odd needle jumps, one necessitating a reload. Fearless also paid immediate respect to fallen comrades with an 'RIP Stevie Hyper D!' Kenny has been at the top of the pile for a while so he's been able to push his take on the sound in the direction he wants, while paying heed to the fact that people want tear-out tunes when they come to see him.
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This set was an extension of the sounds that were developing through his set here last year. Gone are the wobbly wild bass pitching and overt hip-hoppery; instead relentless growling sub-bass with really toughened up breaks informed the majority of his set. Thrown in was another remix of the SS classic Lighter, as well as the Andy C dark defining tune Valley Of The Shadows, which had maximum impact.
Fearless kept up a torrent of off-kilter exhortations to boogie, which verged on gobbledygook at times, but could still be deliriously fun. Thank God for the reasonably minimal number of reloads, which should only ever be called by the crowd. And the mixing was tight, ticking like a time bomb, no question about that. Overall Kenny showed that he can infect a party with the energy of his music, and continue to develop his style to keep it fresh. Wicked party, let the Drum Club roll.
Review by: joshua rhodes from Zebra Mag
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auxilliary
saturday 15th january 2000
from the people who have brought you events such as wax off and droppin' breakz, comes auxilliary.
storm promotions wishes to invite the faces of old together with todays
nu-skool ravers to witness their new trend of underground raves.
featuring:
splinke
greg packer
frantik
puff |
internatty & kaiser
fanatik
hutcho & kev
mrw |
mc's: interjecta, method & frenz-e
tickets: $15+bf
venue: bridge theatre - 146 beaufort st.
Auxilliary was one of the first all ages events of the new millenium, with a all star local lineup, including a comeback from P.A Fanatik.
The night kicked off with Splink-E playing a old school set to get everyone into the mood for a long hard night, and he delivered the goods as usual, following Splink-E was Internatty & Kaiser playing back to back ragga jungle, with the dancefloor still alit from Splink-E the bouncing ravers continued on until Greg Packer took over on the decks, with everybody cramming in for his set it looked like the police may of wanted to close it down for overcrowding, but once everyone was back in it was fine, and the night continued with Greg tearing the place apart as usual, setting the stage for the comeback of Fanatik.
Fanatik started with a calm intro, then worked into some gut wrenching dark drum n bass, and finally finishing with some gabber to get everybody stomping.
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Following Fanatik was one of perth's up n coming drum n bass Dj's, Frantik, starting his set with one of his own labels (that being Hard Afro) tunes, playing everything from jumpup to darkside he had the crowd moving, dropping a dubplate from local perth producer Static, and then finishing with one of his own tunes.
Next up was Hutcho & Kev back to back with some melodic trance, working their way into some hardcore, and finishing with some stompin trancecore.
Rounding off the night was Puff and Mrw, playing separate set's of relentless techno, the dancefloor was still going hard right until Mrw's very last tune.
Review by: Jamie Darville.
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overload
saturday 1st january 2000
proudly presented by technotainment concepts, new years day all nighter.
featuring:
mental
4-matt
freestyle
rino
leroy |
internatty
hutcho
menis
kevin |
mc's: presha, interjecta & corruptor
tickets: $12+bf
venue: 413 murray st perth.
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