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
Issue 51 – Ravescene Magazeen
Joe (Labrynth) was running a pub down the road to us and we went out to one of these parties and, “wow Joe, what you doing here ….” We did our first party with Joe up in North London and then we got the warehouse.
Heidi & Richard John, Pete’s Voodoo Room (Youtube)
It’s hard to piece together solid information about the origins of the early Every Picture Tells A Story events. Richard & Heidi had great success in Melbourne promoting events under this name, but the early London parties from around 88 & 89 don’t seem to have used this on any promotional flyers (that I can find). It was only during 1991 after Richard & Heidi had emigrated, that events with this name began to appear promoted by Labrynth and 2000AD and then later, Labrynth & Ravescene.
In an interview with Joe Wieczorek, he indicates the first party they organised together took place on the 14th October 1988 at Vale Road, Manor House and was titled, “Another Serious Wicked Rave”. The following night, the 15th, was the first ever Labrynth event.
Joe goes on to say, “We could get 5 or 6 hundred in our offices (Wapping) and it was a great time where we were doing parties most weeks. We had another one called zero zero (Bermondsey) and we would use that as well. I think we even did an early Every Picture Tells A Story, but I think we only did one then and there was a gap of a couple of years. We just stuck to Labyrinth after that.“
Heidi and Richard gave me a massive amount of help and financial support, and it was with them that I did the first ever Labrynth. It wasn’t really meant to be at all – it was quite by accident. The original party was on a Friday night called “Another Serious Wicked Rave” and we only really got the second night by chance.
An Interview with… Joe Wieczorek – theravegeneration.co.uk
| Date | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 20th April 1991 | Tottenham Sports & Leisure Centre | Part 1 |
| 22nd June 1991 | Tottenham Sports & Leisure Centre | Part 2 |
| 17th August 1991 | Wonderland Arena | Part 3 |
| 31st December 1991 | Warehouse, Unit 29 Stacey Avenue, London N18 | Part 4 (The Final Chapter) |
| Date | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 17th October 1992 | Tasco Warehouse, Plumstead, London SE28 | The Second Generation |
| Weekly | 12 Dalston Lane | Every Picture – Every Saturday |
| Date | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly | 12 Dalston Lane | Every Picture Tells A Story & Double Dipped |
The magazine [Ravescene] grew into Double Dipped, as we decided to promote our own events. The first one was at Christmas at Labryinth, and we went on to run nights at Turnmills, Enfield Palladium, various sports centre locations, and of course, Bagleys. We ended up running a regular Friday night at Bagleys … For quite a while we worked with Joe promoting Labryinth, before going our separate ways.
Gwen Howells, interview www.oldskoolreview.co.uk September 2009
| Date | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 14th November | 12 Dalston Lane | Ravescene Launch Party |
| 19th December | 12 Dalston Lane | Ravescene / Visual Contact Christmas Party |
A big, big thanks goes out to all those who attended Ravescene’s Launch party at Club Labrynth on November 14th. Special thanks go to Visual Contact for the dancers, Vinyl Contact for the D.J.’s and Turbo Trance for the P.A., and of course to Joe and Phil.
Ravescene Magazeen, Issue 3
The idea of the party was to introduce people within the industry to new ideas e.g. Brain machines, to hear fresh young D.J.’s and to see various new and interesting merchandising. Contracts and cheques were exchanged on the night. Diaries clear for Thursday December 19th 10 pm-4 am for the Ravescene/Visual Contact Christmas Party, at Club Labrynth.
| Date | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 25th April | 12 Dalston Lane | Double Dipped 1992 Ravescene Party III |
| 23rd May | 12 Dalston Lane | Double Dipped 1992 Ravescene Party IV |
| 13th June | 12 Dalston Lane | Party V |
| 18th July | 12 Dalston Lane | Ravescene Magazeen – For Those Who Remember |
| 15th August | 12 Dalston Lane | Ravescene Magazeen |
| September | The Soundshaft | Sunday Dipped |
| 19th September | 12 Dalston Lane | Ravescene / Double Dipped |
| 17th October | 12 Dalston Lane | Double Dipped – The Party |
| 7th November | 12 Dalston Lane | Double Dipped |
| 12th / 24th December | 12 Dalston Lane | Double Dipped – An Underwater Experience / Submerged |
The next Double Dipped which is to be a benefit for the Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society, will not now be held at Labrynth on December 12th. This is due to circumstances beyond both our, and the venue owners control. However, we will be holding both this event and a launch party for the Year Book later in December at Central London Venues.
Ravescene Magazine Issue 28
We have put on monthly events since April 25th 1992. To date they have all been held at The Labrynth in London, which in our opinion is one of the friendliest, safest and most interesting clubs around. The venue has around 10 rooms on 3 floors, plus a large garden. On our nights, we always pick the DJ’s both for their music and their attitude. We have happy techno on the main floor, breakbeat in the dungeon and deep house and trance in the attic. We try to make our parties fun, a great night out and a place to meet new friends.
Call Yourself A Raver? Ravescene Yearbook 1993
| Date | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| April (weekly) | 12 Dalston Lane | Every Picture Tells A Story & Double Dipped |
| May/June (weekly) | 12 Dalston Lane | Every Picture Tells A Story & Double Dipped |
| Date | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 26th February | Bagleys Film Studios | Double Dipped – In Celebration Of The North American Indian |
| 9th April | Bagleys Film Studios | Double Dipped – Sky High |
| 15th April | Turnmills | Club Together with Elevation |
| 14th May | Turnmills | Destiny The Crpaineam & Doubled Dipped – Submerged |
| 28th August | Bagleys Film Studios | Double Dipped – The Secret Garden |
| 10th September | The Palladium, Enfield | Pump House |
| 29th October | Ravedome Heston | Double Dipped – Trick Or Treat |
| 16th December | Bagleys Film Studios | Double Dipped Christmas Party |
| 31st December | Ravedome Heston | Double Dipped New Dawn * |
Well, many thanks to each and everyone of you who made ‘The Secret Garden’ at Bagleys on August Bank Holiday Sunday the biggest and best Double Dipped to date! However, those of you who were there or tried too late to get tickets will have realised that Bagleys just isn’t big enough anymore to accomodate everyone that wanted to attend. It was in fact the biggest party anywhere over the Bank Holiday weekend! So, we’ve had to make the decision to separate the house and hardcore for the time being and to move to different venues.
Ravescene Magazeen – Issue 52
The Ravedome at Heston is where we’ll be throwing our next massive hardcore party. We first saw the venue eighteen months ago before it even had its full license and it’s absolutely perfect. It’s easy to get to from anywhere in the country being just inside the M25 on the M4, and has loads of on site, patrolled parking. The venue itself is like an upside down Viking long boat which should give excellent acoustics. The main arena is huge, bigger by far than any regularly used rave venue and we’ve had to go really overboard with the lasers, lights and sound. A thirty foot stage is being built to give loads of room for he PA’s and dancers with a stage set in the theme of the evening, which as the party takes place on Saturday 29th October couldn’t be anything else but Halloween!
* There does exist a flyer for a New Years Eve 1994/5 event at the Ravedome titled ‘New Dawn‘ – there is a flyer for this on phatmedia – but I don’t believe this actually took place until the 3rd February 1995. On NYE 1994 it would seem like Fusion ran an event titled ‘Third Time Lucky‘ at Ravedome, which seems have been originally scheduled to take place at Rivermead in Reading.
