Records - 1990



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June 9th - Ryton-On-Dunsmore: Amnesia House

Summer takes a turn for the better for the new partnership at Amnesia House as they get approached with an unlikely business proposition from an unlikely source. Fearful of another long summer of illegal parties, the local authorities start to liaise with the organisers at Amnesia House with the view of them becoming the first legally recognised party organisation in the Midlands area.

 

Amnesia House are also handed another stroke of good fortune as they stumble on a brand new venue that would be ideal for their needs, after consulting with the authorites [ who agreed they wouldn't need a entertainments license ] all systems are go!. With the long-standing buzzword on the party scene been "memberships" and the obivious advantages they can bring, Micky Lynas starts to host a mailing list for their organisation.

 

The organisers are in a "win-win" situation as the people on their mailing list are entitled to become fully paid-up members of their organisation, therefore by-passing licenses as private "members only" parties do not need any licenses using the present legal framework. The only down-side of this agreement is that the ticket office [ no "pay on the door" ] is more than three miles away from the venue...

 

Aiming to blow their opposition out of the promotional water, the organisers set up their new blueprint by only booking the cream of UK's DJ talent to compliment their rosta of local residents, at a worthwhile cost to their punters. After ratifying and getting the go-ahead from the authorities, Bambam, Kieran and the rest of the team begin to host a series of parties at the Sky Blue Connexion [ part of Coventry City's training complex in Ryton-on-Dunsmore ] near Coventry, west Midlands.

 

 

 

June 16th - Blackburn: Revenge

With the authorities seemingly taking control of their pay party issue by striking at the very core of the northern scene to harrass and hound nearly every other party organiser out of business, under their radar and undeterred are the organisers from Revenge who are still holding illegal gatherings.

 

With only just two enforced police stoppages within a six month period, the Revenge crew managed to straddle two nearby counties and host seven [ June '90 [ x2 ], July '90, August '90, September '90 [ x2 ], October '90, November '90 [ x2 ] and December '90 ] illegal pay parties - within spitting distance of the Cheshire Constabulary and Greater Manchester Police.

 

 

 

June 22nd to 24th - Glastonbury: DIY

For quite some time now free-spirited travellers will discover the subtle comparisons between their bitter struggle for equality, freedom and independency and the anarchic ethics of squat parties.

 

Travellers start to mingle and align themselves with inner-city soundsystems like DiY, a house influenced free party collective from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. The two ideals clash to form an "alliance" of sorts at the peoples free festival.

 

 

June 23rd - Worthing: In-ter-dance

With a helping hand from her majesty's government, clubbers on the south coast sign-in for a new era of clubbing in their area. In the shape of a business enterprise loan, lead organiser Mensa as his dedicated team of staff officially launches Sterns nightclub in Worthing, west Sussex.

 

From what is basically an old house on top of a hill, this down-trodden mansion is given a new lease of life by dramatically transforming it into the three-floored clubbers choice of venue. With entire floors catering to everybodies tastes in music and a vast majority of the top DJ's & MC's passing through on a regular basis, "In-ter-dance" goes about re-moulding the concept of clubbing on the south coast.

 

 

 

 
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