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 #41 (July ’93) covers the hottest UK raves this summer, including Labrynth, Dreamscape, and Universe’s “Big Love,” with a dance chart featuring 2 Bad Mice, Carl Cox, and Original Vibes.
Published 30th July 1993 (approx)
Pages 12 (A5 Colour)
Strapline SUMMER’S SPECIAL
ADVERTS
Hard Edge – Berkshires Dance Music Specialists. 100 High Street, Maidenhead SL6
Promise & Kool FM present Jungle Fever – 13th August @The Warehouse, London EC1
Labrynth – Every Friday night @ 12 Dlaston Lane, London E8
691 Promotions Ltd present Reincarnation – 14th August @ Crystal Palace Sports Centre
Labrynth – 28th August @ Bagleys, York Way, Kings Cross N1
Ravescene Magazeen #40 (July ’93) captures the summer rave season with Labrynth Warehouse, Dreamscape Festival, Fantazia, and Universe “Big Love.” Jimmy J’s LAB Top 10 highlights key tracks from Untouchables, C-B12, Krome & Time, and more.
Published 16th July 1993 (approx)
Pages 12 (A5 duo-tone)
Strapline REVEL WITHOUT A PAUSE
ADVERTS
The Roundway Studios, London N17
Dreamscape Woodstock 2
Elevation Showtime ’93 @ The Roller Express
Vinyl Mania Records, 214 Nothfields Avenue, Ealing, London W13
De Underground Records, 18 Sebert Road, London E7
Pyramid Promotions presents Innersense every Saturday
Labrynth @ Bagleys Film Studios Saturday 24th July 1993
Wax City Records, 306-308 London Road, Croydon
Techno Nations The Beginning
Fantazia Twice As Nice
Wild – Club Labrynth @ 12 Dalston Lane, London E8
Mo’s Music Machine
Reincarnation 691 Promotions at Crystal Palace on Saturday 14th August
Mo’s Music Machine Limited
RAVE LISTINGS
Labrynth Warehouse Saturday 24th July. Bagleys Film Studios, York Way, Kings Cross, London N1
Dance Europe Weekender September 24th, 25th, 26th. Eurodisney, Paris, France
Ravescene Magazeen #39 (June ’93) showcases summer 1993 rave highlights, with Labrynth Warehouse, Fantazia, Dreamscape Festival, and Universe among the key events across London, Milton Keynes, and the South Coast.
Published 25th June 1993 (approx)
Pages 8 (A5 monotone)
Strapline MIND CANDY
ADVERTS
De Underground Records, 18 Sebert Road, London E7
Pyramid Promotions presents Innersense every Saturday
Wax City Records, 306-308 London Road, Croydon
2’e’Z Records – Join mailing list
Lucky Spin Records, 121 Kings Road, Chelsea, London SW3
Wild – Club Labrynth @ 12 Dalston Lane, London E8
Elevation The Payback. June 19th Roller X-Press
Fantazia Twice As Nice
Fantazia Twice As Nice
RAVE LISTINGS
Labrynth Warehouse Saturday 24th July. Bagleys Film Studios, York Way, Kings Cross, London N1
Reincarnation Saturday 10th July. Kings Hall, Herne Bay, Kent
Ravescene Magazeen #37 (May ’93) spotlights Rabbit City & Edge Records with Gordon Matthewman on the labels’ history, hit releases, and UK techno scene insights, alongside rave listings for May–June 1993.
Published 14th May 1993 (approx)
Pages 8 (A5 B&W)
Strapline BOOYAKKA
FEATURED ARTICLE – RABBIT CITY & EDGE RECORDS
Interviewed by maxwell
RABBIT CITY and EDGE records are very successful but still much much under-rated in this country. Ravescene meets the owner (Gordon Matthewman) in a pub in Stockwell to find out the full story.
Rs: What were you doing before you started Rabbit City Records?
GM: My first job was playing the Trumpet on a ship.
Rs: You’re obviously musically minded, what do you think of Dj’s with no technical music ability making records?
GM: I think that’s perfectly legitimate. Its like if you put a producer with a group of musicians you can sometimes get a better sound than if the musicians were left to themselves.
Rs: Your first release on Rabbit City, ‘Cutter Mix’ was an instant hit, how did that come about?
GM: Well basically it was a mix using various samples. I got an acetate of it cut and gave it to Colin Faver. he played it for the first time at Rage and there was immediate reaction from a distributor who was interested in it.
Rs: Does Colin Faver play a big part in
GM: Colin has been a friend of mine for years, and it’s through him, and his show that I meet new acts for my label eg The Aphex Twin and Force Mass Motion.
Rs: Moving on, your biggest hit to date has to be ‘Compounded’, the first release on Edge records borrowing a line from an old Garage track, was that intentional?
GM: No, it was only two weeks after it was released that someone pointed the similarity out. I went back through my collection and found that I actually had the record in question. The strange thing was that they were both in the same key.
Rs: The B-side to that record is full of different styles, Deep House, Techno and Garage, was that intentional.
GM: Yes, I set up Edge records to concentrate on my own work, with R.C. concentrating on other peoples. I would advise people to do one all out club track and three experimental tracks per E.P.
Rs: What do you think of the Hardcore scene at the moment?
GM: I don’t know, I don’t go to Hardcore raves. Before I last went to Germany Some Dj’s asked me to bring some breakbeat tunes. I listened to about twenty but only liked four or five.
Rs: So can you relate more easily to the Techno/Acid German sound
GM: Yes, and it has resulted in me licensing two E.P’s from Structure and the setting up of Force Inc UK.
Rs: What are you doing in the immediate future?
GM: I’m going to New York and Germany, and Rabbit City II as well as Force Inc 3, featuring brand new Thomas Heckman tracks, are soon to be released.
Rs: And long term?
GM: I’d like to work with percussion sounds.
Rabbit City, Edge and Force Inc Uk will go from strength to strength and Gordon Matthewman deserves all the success he gets. The Excellent hard acid Ware House E.P. is now out on the Force Inc U.k. (No. 2) and if you have any demo tapes for consideration please send them to Colin Faver at Kiss FM. PO Box 100 8BR
Knite Force
ADVERTS
De Underground Records
Pyramid Promotions presents Innersense every Saturday
Double Dipped and Every Picture Tells A Story
Knite Force
Labrynth Friday Night Wild
691 Promotions Ltd presents ReincarnationSaturday 29th May 1993
Lucky Spin Records
Slimes @ The Soundshaft
Hardcore Zone @ Wax City Records
RAVE LISTINGS
Destiny Saturday 29th May. All Night. Oscars, The Pier, Clacton, Essex.
AWOL At The Movies Sunday 30th May. All Night. Bagley Film Studios, York Way, London N1
Reincarnation – The Warm Up – Saturday 22nd May 1993 The Kings Hall, Herne Bay, Kent
Reincarnation Saturday 29th May 1993 Crystal Palace Sports Centre Ledrington Rd, Off Anerley Hill Upper Norwood SE19 2BL
Release The Pressure Saturday 29th May
Evolution Saturday 29th May 1993 The Wax, Temple Mill Lane Leyton London E15
The Lost City Sunday 30th May 1993 Bass Box Warehouse, Unit H9 Lea Valley Trading Est. Harbert Rd London N18
Universe Friday 4th June 1993 A46 Near Bath, Avon (Junction 18, M4)
Double Dipped/Every Picture Tells A Story Saturday 22nd and Saturday 29th May Club Labrynth (The Four Aces) 12 Dalston Lane, London E8
Labrynth Friday 21st and Friday 28th May Club Labrynth (The Four Aces) 12 Dalston Lane, London E8
New Age Friday 21st May. The Edge, Lower Ford St. Coventry.
Slimetime
Labrynth Warehouse Saturday 24th July at a Central London location
Megadog Friday 28th May. The Rocket, Holloway Road, London N7
Hippodrome 9 Sunday 30th May. The Hippodrome, Leicester Square, London W1
Ravescene Magazeen #38 (May ’93) spotlights AUTOMATION’s Yellow EP, their approach to music for dancing, UK rave listings for June–July, and the Billy Bunters Labrynth 10 chart.
Published 4th May 1993 (approx)
Pages 8 (A5 B&W)
Strapline CUTS A FINE LINE
FEATURED ARTICLE – THE COLOUR OF AUTOMATION
When Liam Howlett cited Automation in The Ravescene Year Book as a band that he had a lot of respect for. Their notoriety was assured. ‘Yeah, that came as a real surprise, we only found out a couple of days ago, it gave us a real kick’.
Lee Roseman along with his MC brother Tony and Lee Fitzsimmons are the trio that make up the collective called AUTOMATION and have to date released seven tunes on their co-owned label TRIPLE HELIX. The Pink EP is probably the most noted to date. Five have been named after colours including red, blue and green, ‘we just came up with the idea of colours and stuck to it, says Tony. ‘Someone sent us a letter advising us to call the next one “The Polka Dot” EP . The options are limitless.’
However for their next release in mid-June they settled on Yellow. ‘We toyed with the name “THE UNITED COLOURS OF AUTOMATION” as a title for our forthcoming LP which hasn’t been recorded yet’. THE YELLOW EP offers three trax, “OFF YER FACE” a blatant summer outdoor rave stomper, however gimmicky, “NOISE BLEED” where thrash metal meets techno and “RUFFKUT” breakbeating new ground with hardcore foundations.
So far their career development has been slow but sure, casually balancing on the high wire of respectability and fame even down to acquiring the most marketable logo since our own Techno smilees.
Most memorable is the permanent backdrop at Knowledge but ‘we plastered stickers all over London, even in Harrods’ boasts Lee.
To the more cynical ear the music, on vinyl, could be viewed as minimalist, even naive, but what clearly caught Liam’s attention is an energy that can easily be transposed onto the live’ stage. Something all too rare in the ravescene and if there’s a strand that runs through all of their work to date, it must be said, they are primarily A BAND. They possess that unquantifiable thing that sparks enthusiasm and interest but when asked to define their music Tony states ‘we do what we do’ so even they couldn’t tell you . ‘We still tune into the pirates when we can’, not so easy being based in an Ashford 17th century farmhouse amidst the tekno-ology of their in-house studio. ‘We prefer not to be influenced. We make music for people to dance to and never forget’ is their doctrine. Perhaps therein lies the secret.
ADVERTS
Elevation The Payback. June 19th Roller X-Press
Promise, The Best of Both Worlds – Warehouse Meets Garage @ The Wag Club, Wardour St, London W1
Ravelation – Saturday 3rd July @ The Dome, Southall Lane, Hounslow, Middlesex
Club Labrynth @ 12 Dalston Lane, London E8
De Underground Records, 18 Sebert Road, London E7
Lucky Spin Records, 121 Kings Road, Chelsea, London SW3
Knite Force
Mega Dog presents Midi Circus, Saturday 19th June @ Brixton Academy
Wax City Records, 306-308 London Road, Croydon
Lucky Spin Records
Knite Force
RAVE LISTINGS
Labrynth Warehouse Saturday 24th July. Bagleys Film Studios, York Way, London N1
Elevation Saturday 19th June. Roller Express, Lea Valley Trading Estate, London N8
Reincarnation Saturday 10th July. Kings Hall, Herne Bay, Kent
Astrology (Global Explosion) Staurday 12th June. Roller Express, Lea Valley Trading Estate, London N8
Club Essence Friday 11th June. The Garden, 352 Chartwell Sq, Southend
Euphoria Friday 25th June. The Warehouse, Union Street, Plymouth
Dance Europe Weekender September 24th – 26th. Euro Disney, Paris
Rise And Shine Saturday 26th June. Oscars, Clacton Pier, Clacton
Double Dipped / Every Picture Tells A Story Saturday 12th & 19th June. 2 Dalston Lane, London E8
Prophecy Saturday 10th July. Roller Express, Lea Valley Trading Estate, London N8
Delirious Friday 18th June. Rhythm Station, 35 Station Road, Aldershot
Jellydream Thursday 10th June. Turnmills, 63b Clerkenwell Road, London EC1
Slimes Every Friday from 4th June. The Soundshaft, Hungerford Lane, London WC1
Penetration Saturday 10th July. Gatwick Airport
Jungle Book Friday 25th June. The Rocket, Holloway Road, London N7
Promise Every Friday from 4th June. The Wag, Wardour Street, London W1
Oz Saturday 10th July. Megacite, France
Dream Dance Every Saturday. Nobles Niteclub, Bournemouth
Ravelation Saturday 3rd July. The Dome, Southall Lane, Hounslow
Happy Days Poolside Party Every Sunday evening. The Kings Oak Pub, High Beach, Loughton, Essex
Thunder & Joy Every Sunday. Raw, 112a Great Russell St, London WC1
CHART
Billy Bunters Labrynth 10
Vibes – Sing It Loud / Obsession – Asylum Music Inc
Kid Andy – Stop Spinning Me Around – Boogie Beat Records
