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May 20th - Bedfordshire: Sunrise Promoting the warehouse party ethos to it's extreme, organisers Tony Colston-Hayter and Dave Roberts from Sunrise stayed out of town to organise "Sunrise 5000 - Once In A Blue Moon" in "requisitioned" aircraft hangar near Santa Pod raceway in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
When their guests purchased their tickets from ticket agents or records shops, the organisers also started to give out membership cards, which gave the bearer merchandise discounts and membership to all their parties, thus making them "members only" affairs.
By legally using this technical loophole on private land, the authorities are powerless to act so they set the wheels in motion for changes in the current law.
Upon arrival at the site in the early evening to set up, Sunrise's production crew discover that there are no usable toilets or electricity in their hangar, with a baying audience gathering in the distance and left with loads of dilemmas, the organisers only option was to take a very dangerous risk and ran a diesel generator [ with dodgy wiring ] next to a pile of old newspapers.
This party would also mark a pivotal point in the career of the rising up-and-coming Brighton DJ, Carl Cox, after hustling and receiving the Sunrise gig on the condition of her been the south coast ticket agents, Carl's girlfriend and would-be agent maxine is left out of the loop with the late timing of his breakthrough set.
On the morning after the successful night before, Carl seeked inspiration and set out to be the first in his field [ pardon ] to set up another record deck to play alongside the normal two deck configuration.
After setting up the deck in mid-flow, the DJ would then leave fifteen-thousand clubbers spellbound as "III Dex" controlled three decks in the mix, boldly using a technique that had never been attempted before, Carl's jaw-dropping performance suddenly elevated the "new-comer" into the echelons of the pro DJ circuit.
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