We have had a very stressful day in the Antiworld Offices. We were informed on Thursday evening that The Coronet has NOT had its Public Entertainments Licence granted due to a Clerical Error between Southwark Council, the Former Owners and the Liquidators of the former owners. This is in no way anything to do with the new owners of the Coronet or Antiworld crew, we actually have a contract and all the paperwork to run the venue, unfortunately, that isn't enough at this time!!

We have spent the time between then and now trying all we can, every thing in our power, to relocate the Astrix and Friends event on October 8th to another venue. We have spoken to every club personally, tried to work out solutions and make the party happen, and thanks to Red and Blue @ Colours, we are moving to one of Antiworlds spiritual homes&.

THE FRIDGE

Please do bare with us though, this has caused a massive amount of work and stress for us, and we really do appreciate your support as you all know how much we want to party too!!!!


Peace and Love

Antiworld crew

Haven’t you been recently plagued by emails from DJs (you never knew) or Promotions (you never attended) pleading or just begging to vote for them in such and such poll just on the base of their flyer? A bit tricky this one is, by all the accounts.

It is understandable for your friends to ask for your support. To be frank Judging by fair play standards sadly it is simply not honest and constitutes cheating to many but in case of complete strangers to ask for your vote is plainly unacceptable.

So please kindly stop polluting our mailboxes with your sneaky requests! Thank you!

This year DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll, however offers some hope in deciding who is really popular with the audiences worldwide as it appears to be 100% public vote. There is also a welcome addition to current poll.

Last year DJ Mag launched first ever poll dedicated to the visual scene as voted by a panel of industry professionals. But this year they are accepting nominations from the public.

To have your say in who should be in the Top 20 VJs simply e-mail a list of your Top 5 VJs, DVJs or audiovisual artists to vjscan@djmag.com.

Please note that only nominations with five different visual performers will be accepted – they won’t accept nominations with just one name, and definitely not nominations with the same name five times!

So here it is - your last chance to play a vital role in deciding the outcome of the this most important poll in dance music (apparently they say)

And hurry up as they close today!

Voting for VJ, DVJs? then click here

Voting for DJs? then click here

Since time immemorial or as long as I can remember, it was and still is a must for any self respectinghard house or hard trance addict to get wasted there on a Sunday night and be grooving till Monday 6am. (Sic!) Nice indeed, for those concerned, that is.
Playing there was always considered a privilege, bringing mark of respect and recognition in hard house circles. Just Groove is famous for another reason. Not everyone understands or appreciates hard house but the love of this superb, fast beat brings some very opposite characters together, hence Just Groove, was and still is a special place because meeting friendly groovy types, sometimes definitely off genetic pool, never bores.No wonder then that I was a bit nervous and apprehensive about going there to have a chat with Louise and Tony, 414 proprietors responsible for creating and sustaining this longest running night in London.
Tony is away on the business wiring some sound equipment but Louise is there and in good form, considering that we are meeting on Monday evening and the day itself is universally treated as a clubbing holiday to gather senses after the long weekend. My task is made much easier though by the fact that she is one of the most approachable club owners I know.
So here we are sitting up in a large, functionally furnished flat upstairs.The only pity is that there is no music drifting from downstairs and I haven’t got a chance to hear how much of it you can actually hear. It was a long-standing conundrum for 414 regulars wondering how can you actually lead a normal life above the club who for years brings on very loud and messy events. And hard house is especially good in creating a lot of wallop. Never mind that. Chance is lost. So sipping coffee and trying not to stain the first class carpet, I am beginning to inquire about the past.

The Beginnings

The exact date of the first Just Groove is not really known. Not that it is important but since it was 10 years ago no one is really sure about the details. It could be the end of May or beginning of June but by mutual consensus second week of June has been chosen as the birthday date. Sunday slot was occupied then by promotion called Freshly Squeezed. It was a hard-edged beats bash with Roosta and Rob Campbell playing as residents. Roosta was barely a teenager then and Louise nods – “Yeah, he was just a little bit, well he still is compared to Skol,” she laughs. “He’s been always polite with perfect manners and that scores a lot with me”, she adds. I couldn’t agree more. In all these years I never detected any sign of DJs disease in him and he remains one of the DJs who I have always time for. Anyway, back to the history… After Freshly Squeezed stopped, Just Groove rolled in as a predominately hard house night where Roosta and Skol were residents with Muzz joining them later on. It was also starting point for DJing career of Skol, and a distinguished career it is. Louise remembers how he used to borrow records from other DJs and go and play blinding set – as he still does play blinding sets. He is one of those spinners who were actually born with the rare skill of mixing. Louise continues; “Rob Campbell and Roosta were taking mickey out of him saying he was a DJ without a home… Tony said, “this could be your home”. And indeed “he never missed the slot in these long 10 years unless he was out of the country”. I remain impressed. That’s dedication indeed. It was also Tony who came up with the name, Just Groove. Louise continues -“because it was Sunday, end of weekend and what else were you supposed to do then. It was Just Groove for the party people, place to unwind and have a boogie”. In 1995 there were no other musical venues on Coldharbour Lane apart from the pub called Atlantic (present Dog Star) and nothing else bar reggae nights. Place was a bit desolate then and considered risky to venture. “When Just Groove first started, there were two types of people on Coldharbour Lane; 414 customers and 'undesirables' but you could tell them apart" - Louise laughs.
Club 414 was already a brand name on the London’s dance scene in 1995 and have proved to be extremely popular in techno and especially acid techno circles for hosting“ Nuclear Free Zone” on Saturdays. It has been running already for 15 years and it was a special place where you could rub shoulders with infamous 3 Liberators: Julian, Aaron and Chris and listen to some true, unadulterated techno. Indisputably 414 was a beacon of cutting edge, underground music in those days and they had dedicated following. But nobody was doing hard house parties then; besides hard dance term had not been invented yet– and it was an absolutely unique event and 414 were indisputably world leaders and pushing boundaries of the scene. (Polar Bear that eventually grew into Fevah and Strawberry Sundays came later for all concerned historians.)
There was never any special effort to promote this event – “Those days it was word of mouth, people bringing friends and spreading the word about the party. Everyone knew each other. It was big family of party people, family of clubbers. Everyone is different but they all were uniting at Just Groove – just winding down at the end of weekend. You know… just groove, easy… This is what made it quite different from other aggressive promotions. Back in the day it was the underground that mattered and word on the underground scene travels faster then any flyer will ever do”. So immediately they became immensely popular with the public and were packed to the rafters or more on Sunday nights. It was something natural and widely accepted to meet @ Just Groove and exchange all the news and gossip or stay silent and kick the floor. But we were always there till the morning light. Standing or not…

Music

Louise is quite forthcoming and brief here. “We are leaving it to DJs. They take their cues from the crowd - as long as the public likes what they play there won’t be any change in music policy – just hard pounding beats. No less”. It’s so simple to say but if you haven’t ever been taken to the different dimension by collective mixes of Muzz, Skol and Roosta then you never lived and you don’t know your hard house at all. Especially last two hours occupied by Skol and Roosta are simply manic, however, good old Muzz managed to upstage them several times.
Latest additions to residents could be Craig Mac whose partnership with Skol is becoming a fixture @ Just Groove.
“Very nice man” adds Louise. “We would love to make him official resident but that would leave only one guest slot and that would be difficult”. List of DJs playing for Just Groove over the years reads like who is who or who was who in the last decade of hard house and hard trance. The list is long indeed and some of the names are missing, as memory is such a fickle thing. So I attempt to name just a few and apologise for not including some players.
Mark L’Hat, Luke Brancaccio, Mazey, Rob Campbell, Alfie, Ian Betts, Marc French, Eamon Fevah, Hawkes, Greg Ferguson, Kev Walsh, Nick Irwin, Matt Clarke, Brendan, Billy Daniel Bunter, Craig Jon, Thermobee, Rupert, Matt Wilson, Grant Thompson, Andy Harkin, Latex Zebra, Red Cat, Mattie C, Mad Phil, Future Sound of Elvis, BSE, Ben Kakoshke, Simon Hill, Oberon, Karl Nicholson, Steve Morley, Mark Sinclair and others…

The Place

Unending popularity of Just Groove is easy to comprehend when you realise that Tony and Louise are dedicated party people themselves and were known in the past to open up 414 in case of emergency. “There was a party called Rage up in Heaven (Charing Cross) in 1994. It was on Thursday night and after the party, in the early morning we had a convoy of cars coming our way and they were asking if they could come back for a bash. So we opened. I worked in the bar and Tony was doing the door and we had a party till 6 in the morning. “
They got away with it but later they have to apply for a morning licence as emergency cases were having disturbing habit of happening every weekend. It was statutory 3am licence then and 414 were the first in south London to get 6am licence for Just Groove.
They were also the first to get after party licence until 9am. It was done for Milk infamous parties on Saturday mornings. Party environment indeed but hardly surprising since Louise, coming from large family of friends, knew a bit about partying in her time, she likes music full stop, and was used to being away from home since early age.
Her and Tony came to Brixton in 1984. It was 3 years after the Brixton riots in 1981 and no one knew what Brixton was going to do or which direction it should take.
The authorities were happy for anyone showing even vague interest in the area so they took a look, grabbed a bargain and settled down in old Tandoori restaurant.
That’s right. 414 Club was an Old Tandoori restaurant – that explains the spiral staircase- I mutter. It wasn’t destroyed in the riot but stayed derelict for over two year and consequently was absolutely devastated. “When we walked through the door first time it was kind of “Oh my Days!” reaction” - remembers Louise. Lots of hard work followed since then however 414 never attempted to pretend to be Buckingham Palace and for a very good reason.

“If you make the place too clean than you could make people uncomfortable and destroy the feeling of being underground. If you make a place too nice you risk taking out the atmosphere and vibe.
Back in the day when we were underground you couldn’t have it too nice because people would think it’s corporate entertainment and then we had a reputation to keep. As they say, you cannot please all the people all the time. But there are limits to everything so every Tuesday Mickey comes for a cleansing session. The carpets and floors are cleaned and he wipes all the walls down and polished all the mirrors and because we do it every week I don’t think anybody notices it” – Louise laughs.

Yet 414 stays the one and only place where a man can practise peeing and holding the door with one leg – good for your balance, innit? This is a legendary skill by now. Taking care of the staff is also absolutely essential to create that ‘home made’ feeling of 414. And Louise here has a tip for all concerned. “ If you want to know if the venue is good and friendly enough, look at the staff; if you see the same crew week in week out then the management must be all right.” And this is the duty she takes very seriously. She looks after her “boys”, read security and her “girls”, read bar staff. And under no circumstances will she allow liberty taking with her personnel. Saga – a resident doorkeeper from Sweden is another story and I admit to Louise that in all these years I haven’t evolved a skill to pass by her. Louse laughs at this heartily. “We are a small venue and we can ill afford to be overtly generous. She is a good girl and she is doing her job not letting everyone to get in. 'Sorry, you are not on the list, whoever you are.'" “She’s my sensible adult” Louise smiles.
Now I have a difficult question to ask as every music venue owner in UK had some “special” time with the passing of Barry Legg Law. Have they ever been raided by the police or shut by the authorities for some reasons? Now she is quite lucid and passionate. “Never. In all 21 years since we have been here.” As it transpires “we did a 7 year apprenticeship for the authorities as they couldn’t understand why there was never any trouble in the club. They thought it was free for all, well it was not actually but in the other aspects like no dress code and water bottle filling because of that there was never any trouble. That’s the secret. But after that time the authorities realised we were neither con artists nor drug dealers nor tax evaders. Finally it dawned on them that we were just business people. It was because we have that golden rule – behave yourself.”

The Vibe

I still vividly recall like it was yesterday; continuous 2 years of mad rushing at 4am from Fevah @ Tube to Brixton to catch last 2 hours of bangin’ on the weekend. We were never satisfied those days but Just Groove universally was the one to finish us off. Completely that is.
There were several good reasons for this unflinching support of our bunch of clubbers. Firstly it was a family-like approach to all of us, none being singled out for any preferential treatment. Top-notch security was there to protect us and not to hurt us. Besides this was Brixton and things happen in Brixton but 414 was a place where you felt protected and basically safe. “The idea behind things is firm but fair as we were getting all sorts of people at Just Groove” emphasises Louise. “I can’t be bothered with clubbing politics – we have seen people go, some of them have made it in life, some of them had not. Some of them have gone to have families but in the end of the day we are party people and we don’t have any specific regulation apart from behaving ourselves. That’s it. Period”.
It was indeed a passionate relationship between regulars and the venue. Take 414 logo for instance. Bearing in mind trademark rules DJ Alfie is officially own by 414 as he got its logo as a tattoo on his arm. Besides him Louise and Tony reserve exclusive rights to one female bottom and man’s back. “They were a couple from Sardinia who met at 414 and later got married. And they have tattoos done after the wedding”

It was relationship loyal to the end yet frivolous sometimes. Louise remembers - “On one occasion speaker caught fire, but the punters who were supposed to vacate the building, took their drinks upstairs and stay there leaving to the stuff to put it out. Well they were taken care of so why should they bother? - She laughs. They had power breaks in the past and again public refused to leave. “They were more then happy to have a break and wait for it to be fixed.” There were examples of people falling asleep in the club – sometimes behind the spiral staircase or in the DJ box. On the morning discovery they were given complimentary cup of tea and send home. Back to life I presume. After that staff have a habit of checking all around the building to make sure everybody managed to get home in the end.
And my God they were getting some surreal types: promoters, gladiators, biologists, genetics, biochemists, architects, archaeologists, lecturers, mathematicians, gangsters, dealers, Zulu woman folk, writers, lecturers and comedians. In short all sorts of people from nations that rambled around London. Chill out upstairs was echoing sometimes with more than a dozen languages conducting more or less coherent discussions.
On another occasion they had a group of Japanese musicians visiting Just Groove – and they enjoyed the night so much they have invited one of the regular DJs - Luke Brancaccio was given a task - to perform at one of theirs gigs in Japan during brakes. They turned out to be a big band in Japan and poor Luke was mobbed by fans leaving the venues and came back very happy with the experience, as being paid £200 for a slot was for every DJ. I will always remember Mr. Brancaccio for some other reason. Long time ago thanks to him I lost my contact lenses @ Dog Star on NYE and remained half blind through the night. But what a night it was, Hey!

Behaviour

“If you like the music, and this is all about music, then music should be your drug. What goes around comes around. If you haven’t got anything to say just shut up! Save your breath! If you are the party person then you enjoy your music, you enjoy socialising, meeting people, having a boogie. If you don’t see it that way 'then see you later. Bye...' " – quips Louise. It’s easy to say but in Louise’s case, age works in her favour.
But there are also some other tricks that she mastered to keep a lid on things in the club. It doesn’t happen very often, if it happens at all, to see club proprietor distributing football-like yellow or red cards between customers. I got one myself a while back for parking my trainers on the seat, very naughty of me, but tragically I wasn’t allow to keep it for safe keeping.
The rules are simple: yellow cards are for putting legs on the seats, talking back incomprehensively or general unruly behaviour.
Red cards are for sitting on plants on the terrace and violence. She gave few of them for that – however I have never seen any violence or aggressive arguments in 414 during all these years. I only saw Tony disposing of a drug dealer once and it was a lesson in Brixton psychology. Good to remember.
Another trick is tolerance and patience with customers. As she says - “you should never judge people by the way they look. If you take some effort to talk to people, you could find out that they could be interesting. It could be a language or some sociological barrier that prevents them from being fully understood. Arrogance and ignorance breeds bad vibe and intolerance and there is nothing worse than that.”
“It also helps to learn a few phrases from different languages in order to speak a proper word at the appropriate moment to control the misunderstanding or brewing trouble. We just provide environment - we are here to make sure that you enjoy yourself and you are all right” For those in the know they also prefer to educate people but beside that 414 is in the midst of thriving Rasta community with all the consequences to passers by.

‘There are as always side effects to running a night club and business altogether’ Louise adds. “ People ask us ‘How do you sleep’?”
Running administrative side of the club takes around 57 hours a week – including 17 hours over weekend. “But you can get used to that. We are party people.” Myself I know a thing or two about this nocturnal life. Your body clock changes and you just get on with it as many others in the music circle. Not a big deal. But owners have to be disciplined on Sundays since they have to start working on Monday on the office side of it. And it is a challenge indeed. It’s so tempting to come downstairs, and then it is so painfully difficult to leave. At this point Louise burst laughing and declares: “There are 3 things I won’t take responsibility for: losing your job, breaking up your relationship and children”
Stewart T is chosen example as he blamed her for losing his job because he couldn’t get out in time. So now you know and you have been warned.

Future

So what the future holds for 414?
Louise believes that 414 have to give back something not only to their customers but also to the community. So there are plans to make premises available from Monday to Thursday for ‘worthy and charitable causes’ e.g. especially looking after the youngsters in Brixton
They are also in the process of creating a recording studio – “watch this space” – Louise warns. “There is not much going on in Brixton at the moment and young people have nowhere to go to express themselves and get creative and ambitious. They might end up on the street otherwise. Same principle applies to creating opportunities within the industry. It has been only a couple of years that Coldharbour Lane has improved and still a lot or even more could be done. Tony and Louise want to continue as long as they can – it is up to the public really – but it is important that they live in the club.
Brixton is fantastically vibrant and multi cultured 24 hours society but 414 is more than just a nightclub.

Last 3 words?

“Just keep grooving”

__________________

Jam Gorilla

There are eyewitness accounts now being posted by attendees that give a fuller picture of what ravers were subjected to. This is a typical entry:

"Suddenly I saw the sight that disgusted me. A person whom I had met before was on the ground face first, 4 Reservists had their guns pointed to his head, and were handcuffing him. Their attack dog was mauling his: Shoulder, Neck and Torso areas."

This incident is reminiscent of the recent CzechTek free festival, where Czech police action resulted in a national scandal through violent action against ravers. Even the Czech President was moved to criticise these tactics.

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Set in the beautiful Wasing Estate Nature Reserve, the site was large enough to easily accommodate various dance stages, market places & a few thousand happy campers without feeling cramped, but small enough to avoid the major treks between stages, so typical of some other festivals.

This was perhaps the most glorious weekend of the year so far. The sun shone brightly on us, providing us the most perfect of camping conditions. After all, who cares about hot showers (which were available this year at the modest price of £1.50 a go) when you can cool off from the heat of British summertime (and imitate a Timotei advert!) under the numerous and deliciously cold stand-pipes around the site.

The whole site had been decorated with love, imagination & flair. Endless rows of multi coloured flags marked the way, shimmering and billowing in the gentle summer breeze. All around the site, inflatable shapes abounded, the most notable of these being the giant octopus, climbing up the main dance tent roof, perhaps in an attempt to escape the rising heat generated by the frenzied crowds!

The festival was full of typical yet somehow essential shopping opportunities, a chance to splash some dosh on clothing, jewellery, CDs & records or perhaps some (legal!) herbal substances. Some of the stalls were so delightfully colourful that they could have been mistaken for part of the festival decorations. Once the dancing, shopping and sunbathing had been exhausted for a while, there was a plethora of cafes and bars serving a diverse mix of cheap and yummy food and drinks from across the globe.

With 7 main music stages and several smaller areas, Glade provided a wide range of electronic dance music, from breaks to house to psy-trance with lots and lots in between. In fact, as promised, there was something for everyone within the realms of electronic dance. The main dance stage possibly hosting the most diverse range of acts, including Dreadzone, “Superstar” DJ Sasha and the brilliant DJ Pathaan (my mate Bill’s festival highlight), who played a wicked set of beautiful tunes to wind down the festival on that sunny Sunday afternoon.

In addition to the expected big top style tents, the Pussy Parlure offered a little glamour, showcasing cabaret acts throughout the weekend to a “lounge” style soundtrack of Soul, Latin, Jazz, Disco and lots more. All this performed inside an amazing, dazzling and extremely rare 1920s Mirror Tent, a surreal and incongruent sight in the middle of a field!
New to Glade 2005 was Golden Syrup stage, providing non-stop but un-programmed music 24 hours a day, a possible launch-pad for any aspiring musicians out there. Seeing as this was one of the warmest weekends of the year, the outdoor stages hosted by Origin, Liquid Connective & ID Spiral certainly attracted the crowds. What can ever be better, in our cold climes, than to spend a weekend dancing to some wicked tunes? After all, we Brits spend most of our lives inside avoiding the rain!

The best of the psy-trance for me was the Origin stage where some amazing acts including Silicon Sound, Protoculture, Joti Sidhu, Eskimo, Son Kite (to name just a few) wove their magic on the crowd Hypnotic beats reverberating in the sunshine ensured that we danced wildly like the truly tribal beings that we are.

The music at the main stages promptly ended at 4am. Then time to chill with ID Spiral, set at the far end of the site in a tranquil forested area, all the more enchanted, amazing and ethereal after partaking of some “magic” chai or perhaps a few (then legal!) magic mushrooms. A long standing festival favourite, featuring global music, djs and even an acoustic set from Eat Static. This was a 24 hour music and chill out zone with its renowned and well stocked café. Surrounded by glistening hanging decorations, soft lights twinkling in the approaching morning light, listening to blissful beats, in a comfy, colourful chill-out area reflecting all the very best of nature, what could be better? Time to make a wish, write it out and tie it to the very magical wish-tree and wait (they DO come true!).

The festival ended Sunday night at 8pm, just in time for those extremely unfortunate individuals having to return home in time to do the sensible “Monday morning” bit. So glad that wasn’t me!! Sunday night the festival spirit continued with the ID Spiral chill-out providing the tunes and many of the cafes providing food & chill out space. Many thanks to ID Spiral for providing us with several free cups of their delicious and legendary chai to warm our hearts!

All in all, Glade 2005 rocked! And what with the wonderful weather, Glade 2005 will be a very hard act to follow. This one gets my vote for festival of the year so far.

Unfortunately, my camera gave up towards the end of the festival (along with many of the people who had perhaps rather overdone things!) and so my photo memories were lost. I have included a few photos taken by Bill Vincent, which he has kindly provided.
For more photos of the festival, why not visit the Glade website www.gladefestival.com and also Access all Areas, who were on hand to provide useful festival information and advice www.accessallareas.org
The end of Glade 2005 also marked the end of the legal sale of magic mushrooms (and other freaky fungi) and therefore the end of an era of the harmless hallucinations enjoyed by so many. It was interesting to see so many mushroom sellers hawking their wares on Sunday, prices getting lower and lower, quantities getting larger and larger, in the attempt to sell all before the laws changed or the mushrooms went off!

So typical of our government to decide that a non addictive substance with no proven adverse affects should be criminalised. After all, a babble of giggling mushroom munchers is surely such a large threat to the stability of the nation eh?

Eli Saikadeli

It's well organised and friendly, with several floor plans. The main space with the bar and food kitchen has generous seating; a space to dance on and a courtyard access which is well used, during the Summer months for juggling, poi and also has ample seating.

Off the bar are two separate levels. One exclusively decked with large tables where various children's activities are devised by the PA staff, as well as some of the parents, who volunteer their services, thus keeping the children well entertained with various activities such as costume-making, face painting, painting and organised games, etcetera, devised to keep the kids entertained, educated and motivated...and they are well busy during the day!

And as Angel told me:
"Our ethos for *Chilled* has always been to create a unique and alternative space for like-minded people, friends & families to spend quality time together, in an environment where they feel safe, comfortable and inspired to interact, play and create - whatever their age!"

"We work hard to get the balance of elements right and provide a range of activities from Holistic Health Workshops to Performers, Art, Crafts, Games & more! For me there's no greater pleasure than watching children and adults communicate and connect with each other on a one-to-one basis, as they play a game, make something or share food. We regularly see three generations of the same family, sharing a table. It's great to see everyone making friends, learning creative skills and having a good time. It’s what it's all about for me!"

And as Angel says, that is absolutely what you get, as this Sunday Chill is tailor-made for Clubbers with children and also those trance-addicts who've mellowed out and seek newer forms of interaction away from the smoke filled and banging environments of mayhem...
There is an upstairs chill out space with big sofas to sprawl into, with your mates, and back rooms used for individual and group healing sessions, especially Reiki, and are free to attend.

The highlight of the Sunday was Temple Hedz who delivered a good set and that started a surge of dancers to accompany them and the subsequent DJs rocked the place down till the end. A special mention to U-4-Ric aka Richard Morley, a fine Trance DJ who has set standards in the underground scene, for many years. He delivered a lovely mix of funky breaks and fluffy trance that brought back vivid and colourful memories of nights at Imperial Gardens.
That is usually what happens at a Planet Angel Chilled...as the day progresses, the music goes from ambient like trance and world beats to full blown trance for the evening session, which being a Bank Holiday weekend extended the license till 1am instead of the usual 10pm finish.

Finally, I asked Angel what plans they had for the future:
"We hope to continue to develop and grow *Chilled* to be all it can be, our main focus right now is to encourage more people (particularly unemployed and low income parents), to get involved - with their kids - and incorporate their ideas, improvements, workshops, games, activities and more!"

If you used to hang out at Spitz for "Loungeabout" or "Bingly Bongly" then this is a "chill" you will enjoy, with the same faces and the added bonus of interactive ness to occupy adults and children alike.

Le Mufti

Next Chilled is happening this Sunday at the same place

for more info click here

There are more interviews this time around, and as it was written in late 2004, it is very current in its outlook, referring to today’s scene, recently established DnB/Jungle artists, and he also makes reference to recent world events, such as the Iraq war, in his poem ‘It’s All Gone Pete Tong’.

Personally I’ve found All Crews to be very inspirational-I for one, am hoping to check out the DnB scene in Russia, having read that it’s just starting out there, and it’s as fresh and friendly as the dance scene was here, back in the late ‘80’s.

All Crews traces the origins of Jungle to the hardcore illegal rave scene of the late 80’s early 90’s, and goes through its history and development, including the influence of 80’s Jamaican Dancehall music. His sympathy with the underground dance scene comes across when he talks about the warehouse raves. Also, in his ‘personal diary’ he gives a vivid account of doing a DJ set in the middle of a road at a Reclaim the Streets party.

I think the author is very courageous, when he writes about race issues in the scene, and about the difference between DnB and Jungle. Both terms are still used, but the latter was associated with black culture, and unfortunately, violence. It took guts to write about the negative as well as the positive aspects of this scene.

The positive being the energy and originality of the music; the diversity of the crowd, and the fact it’s one scene where black and white kids mix; the fact that it’s home-grown, rather than a US or European import, and the fact that it’s spread around the world now. The negative aspects such as violence at raves in the mid-90’s, and the ‘closed shop’ element of hostility to outsiders to the scene, especially women, who want to make it as MC’s or DJ’s is talked about. It’s worth saying, however, that he also acknowledges the increasing amount of women involved as performers in the Jungle/DnB scene nowadays.

I like the fact he ‘named and shamed’ a DJ who still owes him loads of money!

There are a lot of DJ’s and MC’s profiled in All Crews, some established pioneers of the scene, and others just starting out. All Crews also looks at DnB on the radio, legal and otherwise; producers and record companies; record shops; promoters, and artists’ agencies, people who build the world’s best speaker systems… Plus interviews with some of the most important people- the ravers themselves.

And it’s entertaining; some of it made me laugh out loud, like the quotes from DJ Hype, and some great stories of things people will try in order to get into raves for free, such as one about a group of 12 travellers trying to blag into a rave, who all fell out of a generator that they were intending to use as a Trojan horse! Is that story for real?

Whether you’re new to the scene, and want to know the names to check out at raves, or whether you’re a seasoned raver who’s been around for years, but with a few gaps in your knowledge, All Crews is essential reading. Also, it’s a good size book to skin up on ;0)

Minnie Mouse.

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