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Records - 1989
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borosix.co.uk → Rave History → 1989 → Page 12
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September 9th - London: Genesis Wayne Anthony, Andrew Pritchard and Keith Brooks of Genesis crack open a huge deserted warehouse in deepest east London as they attempt to host their latest party, "The Empire Strikes Back". The venue they "selected" could approximately hold up to ten-thousand guests and with the building having a sixty-foot-high ceiling, it's just the right height for fairground rides!.
As the battlelines are already drawn because Genesis' party collides with the "arch nemesis" Biology who are also holding their party on the same night, the organisers kick-start their infamous PR machine into overdrive. By the time Genesis get around to hosting the party, the organisers will have produced three different types of rave flyer and a special promotional sticker which in turn helps them to sell more tickets than their bitter rivals.
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By six in the evening, the Metropolitan Police become the hunters as they locate and swoop on the venue and arrest the lighting crew who are all caught red-handed preparing the party. Sometime later, Wayne and his team approached the venue and were shoocked at all the commotion, the police were all over their site and the man who owns the fairground rides was surrounded by police officers, they decide to make a hasty retreat.
With all their production equipment tied up in the police raid, this leaves Wayne and the other partners with no other option but call off their party and join up with their "arch nemesis", Biology. Signaling the defeat, Genesis leave messages on their information hotlines giving out directions to Jarvis Sandy's party in Meopham, Kent.
Wayne and the other organisers lose "thirty large" on this party.
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September 9th - Meopham: Biology - Panorama As forecasters predict that Jarvis Sandy's plan to hold his "Panorama" gathering on the same night as the Genesis party as a risky strategory to make in more ways than one, Jarvis and Biology don't see the date clash as a hindrance as they knew their faithful will come to their party in the rolling countryside near Meopham, Kent.
Reports state the party site and it's surroundings were stunning during the day, but as it poured with rain allnight it made the party very treacherous underfoot. The organisers are also unprepared for the worst as there was hardly any shelter to protect the guests from the elements. Despite the conditions, everyone at the the gathering still had a good time with around four-thousand people in attendence.
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September 9th - Croydon: Humanity For one night only, the team from a new organisation called Humanity have built a cunning plan to take over a warehouse in the sleepy commuter town of Croydon, Surrey.
In the days leading up to their first gathering, the organisers went to extreme lengths to avoid the local authorities in a bid to make their party a memorable one for their crew and guests. Starting with a blank canvas, the organisers totally cleaned out the building, commissioned two eye-catching backdrops by a talented new artist on the party scene called Pez, installed a thirty-thousand-kilowatt soundsystem and rigged up a light and laser show, right under the noses of the local old bill.
Not stopping there, the organisers booked a solid DJ line-up including Fabio, Grooverider, Steve Bicknell, Trevor Fung, Dem 2 and Micky Finn. As Humanity's party was reaching their full capacity, the organisers are delt a nasty suprise as their party is taken over and raided by the local police who have also come prepared with attack dogs, a very swift ending to what would have been a classic party.
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