Ravescene was an independent magazine, set up in 1991 and published in Chingford. It was a zine for ravers by ravers and ran from 1991 to 1994 publishing a total of approx 51 copies.
Ravescene Magazeen #52 (Sep ’94) introduces Double Dipped’s Pumphouse at Enfield Palladium. A converted water pumping station with cutting-edge sound, themed nights, and VIP perks, it brings the best house DJs and old-school rave energy to North London.
Published 23rd September 1994 (approx)
Pages 4 (A5 B&W)
Strapline SPECIAL MEMBERS EDITION
FEATURED ARTICLE – Double Dipped House Division
At Bagleys, the emphasis was always equally on all forms of house, from hardcore to trance and now we’ve moved the hardcore to a new massive venue, we have no intention of neglecting the house side of things! The atmosphere in the bar at Bagleys has always been brilliant and the music superb (we always put it in the bar as when we’re working that’s what we listen to all night!) and we’ve transposed this to a stunning new venue.
So the Pumphouse was launched on September 10th and it was wonderful! It takes place at the Enfield Palladium, which is located on the banks of the River Lea. The club was created out of an old water pumping station and no expense was spared to provide the best in facilities. The lights, laser, sound are all state of the art. Add to this loads of secure parking, pleasant security even lovely loos and you know that it all helps to make a good night out. There is a full restaurant menu, plus cocktail ad champagne bar and a terrace where you can sit overlooking the canal.
Every week the club is themed out with loads of backdrops, hangings and UV and the music if proper party house – not boring garage or hard trance, but music you can let go to! (It reminds us of what raving was like two or three years ago – the same vibe!) Our resident DJ’s are Pee-Why and John ‘OO’ Fleming (who you’ll remember from Bagleys) and MC Boogaloo keeps it all jumping. Every week as well we’re booking top-line DJ’s from the most exciting and happening events up and down the country. The aim is to bring to you the best DJ’s so that you don’t have to travel to the West End to hear them! The pumphouse is the most exciting new club to emerge for a long time as it’s different from anything else!
The new membership and VIP bar is now open, so fill in the form on the back to receive your membership card so that you can benefit from extra- special facilities when you visit the club.
The club is very easy to get to from all over the country, being just a few minutes from junction 25 (M25) and close to the A10. Phone us on 081 524 7347 for more details.
The club is licensed for 1200 and does get very busy, so it’s best to arrive early. Members are given priority entry, so it makes sense to send off for your card now.
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Pumphouse. Every Saturday night at The Palladium Enfield
Ravescene Magazeen #51 (May ’94) marks the end of Destiny/The Cream at Clacton Pier. After iconic all-nighters and thousands of ravers, they move on to new events at Turnmills and Bagleys, keeping the spirit of UK hardcore alive.
Published 20th May 1994 (approx)
Pages 8 (A5 B&W)
Strapline A BLEAK, DRUG OBLIQUE MUSIC?
FEATURED ARTICLE – The End Of The Pier
After putting on many of the best parties Destiny/The Cream and Rise & Shine are no longer to be found on Clacton Pier. Thousands will be disappointed that this era has come to an end as it was one of the most unusual and interesting venues in the country. The pier was purchased by Christians father in 1981. He rebuilt the existing dance hall and arcade to provide Oscar’s the night club and The Cockney Pride pub. For several years the club ran three successful soul nights until the mood swung round to rave. Christian joined forces with Lee and Destiny/The Cream began it’s long run with weekly clubs and monthly monster bashes using the whole pier. The most recent all nighters have had up to seven rooms, covering the whole house music spectrum from trance through handbag to hardcore. These parties were all ticket only and attracted up to 5,000 people each time. However, during November of 1993 the pier slipped into receivership due to the pressures of the economy. The Receivers took over the running of the pier and in their wisdom after watching how professionally Lee and Christian ran their events decided that they could do better, so on 11th April 1994 Lee and Christian were told that they were no longer allowed on the premises and all their equipment and trading facilities were withheld and remain so to this day. This would have been the biggest summer so far for all Destiny/The Cream members and would have become the best event of it’s type this year. Instead the events at the pier, now known as Love Nation have failed to attract any where near the same numbers as Destiny/the Cream and if you’ve seen the flyers you’d understand why. Destiny/The Cream seemed to have knack of booking the finest DJ’s in the country in all aspects of house music.
Destiny/The Cream have not retired though. Lee from Destiny said that “what was then happened. It was the right venue, the right music, at the right time. It cannot be created again. Now what is important is the future, and the art of creating a good club is being able to adapt and change. There are other venues in the country just as interesting as The Pier, albeit different. It’s what you put into it that counts”.
Lee & Christian have been busy since leaving the Pier. They hosted a room at Double Dipped at Bagleys on 14th May and they have a special one-off at Hollywoods in Romford on Sunday 29th May. They are also co-hosting Submerged at Turnmills every Friday with Double Dipped. Why Turnmills? “It’s an original venue with the original vibe. Also it’s got PD drivers on the bass powered by Amcron amps which provide one of the best sound systems you can experience in today’s world! We also like the way it’s laid out, with two rooms of music plus loads of places to sit and chat. It’s such a new venue in this scene, so it’s fresh and everyone who’s been there so far has loved it. We just need to work really hard to get the word about. It’s really easy to find as well, even if you’re from outside London like us, being about five minutes from Kings Cross, between the City and Holborn.”
Choci’s Chewn’s
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Ravescene Magazeen #50 (Mar ’94) marks 50 issues with a look back at iconic UK raves, DJs, and parties. From Raindance to Sterns, relive the highs of the early ’90s hardcore and rave scene.
Published 25th March 1994 (approx)
Pages 8 (A5 B&W)
Strapline TRY-BALLISTIC
FEATURED ARTICLE – GOLDEN TIMES
Well, here it is, the fiftieth issue of Ravescene. It seems so long ago that we produced the very first copy and this seems as good an opportunity as any to look back on nearly three mental years. The scene has changed an awful lot since we stared and we are forever getting letters harking back to the ‘good old days’. but were raves any better then? I don’t think so. The scene today, although different is flourishing and very much alive. The music keeps changing and moving forward and is still the true sound of the underground. We first started raving at house parties and the first club we went to was Orange at Camden Palace on a Friday. That place kicked, total respect to The Orange for making those nights ones to remember.
At the beginning of ‘91 loftgroover was playing there and memories of going up to him for the name of Djum Djum spring to mind. That was also the summer that Raindance at Jenkins Lane were the ultimate events. They held two parties in May, the first one smaller as World Party were at the Essex showground the same night (their fences fell down) and all night the MC (Hardcore General) was hyping up the rave. For the rest of the summer Raindance was huge and we didn’t miss one! DJ’s at that time were Slipmatt, Face, Eddie Richards, Fabio & Carl Cox to name a few. Remember the best Raindance in Cambridge – the one when it rained so instead of one big tent there were three or four smaller ones? And everyone was dancing up to their knees in mud?
Then there were the Dance ’91 at Pickets Lock promoted by Pure. Huge events, over 4,000 indoors until they got stopped by complaints about the noise levels from nearby residents. There’s a twelve screen cinema just opened on the site recently. And talking of Pure, they were of course responsible for the long running Rage at Heaven every Thursday night, always at the forefront of the new music. Rage was the place where you went every week and met everyone and there were always DJ’s running around with the newest tunes under there arms, just hot off the press and given to them by the record companies who knew that they’d find all the major DJ’s there, every week. Who remembers the Rage Halloween party where some poor sod spent the night in a bathful of maggots? Or the beach party towards the end where the floor of the whole venue was covered in sand and the stage opened up to reveal a swimming pool! ’91 was also the heyday of the Wonderland Arena in East London, hot, sweaty and disgusting facilities but what raves! Elevation in particular I remember, one absolutely rammed with the MC telling us all how the tent at Raindance that night had become unsafe – it did, I was there and everyone was sent home early.
PA’s at that time were The Prodigy and Shades of Rhythm and of course, N-Joi. Moby ‘Go!’ was a huge tune played in the main hardcore rooms of every rave, but raves in those days didn’t have alternative rooms, they didn’t need it as all the DJ’s had their own styles and the music didn’t start to get maniacally fast with breakbeats until ’92 and after that of course drum and bass came in which has radically split the scene, some would say almost killing it off during the dark days of 93.
But back to the past, and no retrospective would be complete without a mention of the truly huge triumphs (and disasters) such as Vision at Popham (40,000 people and not a single dry place to stand and Keith from Prodigy rolling in the mud) Fantazia at Donnington (spending all night looking for your friends and trying to work out why the sound was so low), the Universe parties before they got too big, the Perceptions, the T2 hangars, having to get your car towed from muddy car parks, the police checks on the way to Wisbech, the arrests at Wisbech. Watching the sun come up over the sea at all the raves at the seaside like Reincarnation in Kent, Storm at Hastings, Destiny at Clacton. Remember the queues at Telepathy, Marshgate Lane every week? And what about that Fantazia at Bournemouth with all the television coverage of everyone sitting on the beach afterwards? Sterns has to be mentioned, still sorely missed, in memory of Mensa who died in a car accident last month.
Best memory has to be The Living Dream in East London in June ‘91. Worst – I don’t know as the good moments (and there have been many) tend to blot out the bad. Yes, the scene has changed but as long as the people and the vibe stays the same it lives on!
Ravescene Magazeen #49 (Mar ’94) showcases hardcore events like Double Dipped, Jungle Fever, Fusion, and The Prodigy. Essential listings for London and UK rave-goers planning their March-April adventures.
Ravescene Magazeen #47 (Jan ’94) brings Tribal Dance, Labrynth, Wonderland, and more rave listings, guiding you through London and UK events. Stay up-to-date with the hottest parties and club nights.
Published 21st January 1994 (approx)
Pages 8 (A5 B&W)
Strapline THE TRIBAL BIBLE
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One Nation proudly present “The Valentines Ball” @ Roller Express
Madmix free rave tapes offer ‘ The Best In Hardcore, House & Techno DJ Mixes’
Vinyl Mania – London W13
Destiny The Cream – Saturday 5th February 1994 @ Oscars, Clacton
Tribal Dance, Fridays @ The Paradise Club
Remix Records, 247 Eversholt Street, Camden, London NW1
Active Records
Elevation merchandise
Mo’s Music Machine
Double Dipped In Celebration Of The Native American Indian
Slam! Records, Chadwell Heath, Essex
Slam! Records, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex
RAVE LISTINGS
Monday
Rebirth The Gass Club, Whitcombe Court, Whitcombe Street, London W1
The Monday Club Fish, 37-39 Oxford Street, London W1. 11pm – 6am £6
