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.
ADVERTS
Double Dipped @ The Ravedome, Southall Lane, Heston, Middlesex
Pumphouse. Every Saturday night at The Palladium Enfield
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
Ravescene Magazeen #30 (Jan ’93) spotlights Basement Records’ rise, from underground shops to top UK distribution, plus essential rave listings for January–February 1993, including All Our Yesterdays, Fusion, and Love Fever.
Published 15th January 1993 (approx)
Pages 8 (A5 B&W)
Strapline CAN’T BE BOUGHT
FEATURED ARTICLE – BASEMENT RECORDS
PROFILE by THE WARLOCK
It began in the basement of a Dentists practice, bass for your tooth ache they said, but now 4 years on the Record Basement shops plan to expand their operation from 2 to 5 outlets in 1993. And the proof of their success? One of the most acclaimed British labels in an otherwise stagnant and unadventurous market, Basement records plays host to such luminaries as Loftgroover, Wax doctor, Jack Smooth, Kev Bird, and Top Buzz to name just a few. Eager to know more we spoke to Basement Phil for the lowdown.
“Basement first started in April 1992, a time when the Hardcore scene had gone because the Belgian sound had died, the piano scene was dying rapidly and all you had left was the ferocious drumbeat tracks with no feeling in them anymore. The Techno element had gone completely apart from the odd sound and now you are left with only a handful of classics whereas before it would take ten pairs of hands to count them all. Nowadays, there are too many people making records, some are good but too many are just bad examples that chop up 20 of the latest records to make a track and at Basement we have one simple rule and that is not to sample unless its inventive”.
Basement recordings have the cutting edge when it comes to advanced quality sound production, an absent factor in so many tunes, but how do they forsee the sound of the ravescene for 1993?
“Hard music this year, much more Techno, I think the Belgian sound will come back, the pianos will return in a big way and the Progressive House scene — which is really what the ravescene was three years ago — will get harder so that both will join up and restore the missing unity in the music and this is why our new label ‘The House Department’ has been set up to release what we regard as Trance right in the middle of House and Rave.”
In addition to two labels and two record shops, the boys (and girls) at Basement also find time to run a national record distribution company. Phil explains, “we set up Vinyl Distribution because we weren’t getting justifiable sales on Basement’s records. Hearing our tracks 27 times at a rave of 16,000 where everyone was going nuts to them doesn’t compare with a 1,000 sales on one of these records especially when we know the buzz is good because we get thirty DJs a day phoning up asking to be part of the mailing list. It was for this reason we set up the company — as a vehicle to push the Basement label.”
Basement Records will be releasing a DJ friendly double LP of 12 tracks from some of the top DJs in the UK for not much more then the price of a 12 inch as a way to say thank you to everyone who has supported Basement over the year. Don’t say you haven’t been warned!
ADVERTS
Snoosh, The Valentines Monster Mash-Up – 12th Feb 1993 @ 5 Christina Street, London EC2
In-Ter-Dance Productions @ Sterns Nightclub, Highdown Hill, Worthing
Every Picture Tells A Story – Every Saturday @ 12 Dalston Lane, London E8 6DY
Labrynth – Every Friday @ 12 Dalston Lane, London E8 6DY
E-Zone – Mixtapes – Milton Keynes
Wax City Records, 306-308 London Road, Croydon
Hear Dis Records
Pyramid Promotions / Innersense – Every Saturday @ Lazerdrome, 267 Rye Lane, London SE15
De Underground Records, 18 Sebert Road, London E7
RAVE LISTINGS
All Our Yesterdays (Labrynth) Saturday January 30th. Club Labrynth, 12 Dalston Lane, Hackney, London E8. Love Of Life Kelsey Kerridge Sports Hall, Gonville Place, Parkside, Cambridge Fusion Friday 5th February. Portsmouth Guild Hall, Portsmouth, Hants Eclipse Saturday 6th February. Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge Happy Sundays From Sunday 31st January. Heaven, Under The Arches, Charing Cross Station, London WC1 Rush Saturday 30th January. Ashwin Street, London E8 Mama B Productions No 1 Friday 12th February. Bath Pavilion Return of the Warehouse Concept (Vision) Friday 12th February. Unit A+B, Salters Way, Wisbech, Cambs Justice – A New Dimension Saturday 6th February. The Tasco Warehouse, 138 Nathan Way, London SE28 Love Fever Saturday 13th February. Oceans, Goswell Road, London EC2 Snoosh Friday 12th February. 5 Christina Street, London EC2 Dream Zone Saturday 6th February. Atomics, Hart Street, Maidstone, Kent In-Ter-Dance All Nighter Friday 12th February. Poole Arts Centre, Kingsland Road, Poole, Dorset Orgasms Without Danger Every Wednesday from 27th January. Sarbour Tropical, 1 Broadhurst Gardens, London NW6
CHART
Great Asset current top 10 hardcore/techno sellers in the UK.
Ravescene Magazeen #10 (Mar ’92) captures the build-up to spring with full-on rave listings across the UK and beyond — from Amass and Dance ’92 to Euro Rave in France. Flyers, ads, and pure Safe as House momentum from the heart of the scene.
Published 13th March 1992 (approx)
Pages 4 (A5 B&W)
Strapline SAFE AS HOUSE
Adverts
Erotica – Every Saturday @ Grange Farm, High Road, Chigwell
Orange at the Rocket – Every Saturday @ 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7
The Pirate Club – Alternate Saturdays @ Roller Express, London N18
The National Rave Line – What’s on and where
Labrynth / 2000 AD Productions @ 12 Dalston Lane, London E8
Amass – Saturday 28th March @ Brayfield Stadium, Northampton
London Laser Company
Orange in association with Kik Management – Orange Dream @ Busbys, 157 Charing Cross Rd, London WC2
Orange in association with Kik Management – Orange Dream
Rave Listings
Euro Rave Friday 17th – Sunday 19th April. Saint Omer, France
Fascination Sunday 21st March. The Warehouse, Nathan Way, Plumstead, London SE28
Tantrum (Innervision) 28th March. Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent
Ravescene Party III Saturday 25th April. 12 Dalston Lane, London E8
Freedom Saturday 4th April. Roller Express, Lea Valley Trading Estate, London N8
Ravescene Magazeen #8 (Feb ’92) keeps the Safe as House pulse strong with packed rave listings for Dreamscape 2, Seduction, Virtual Reality, and more — plus charts, flyers, and ads from the heart of the UK underground. Pure early-’92 energy.
Published 14th February 1992 (approx)
Pages 8 (A5 B&W)
Strapline SAFE AS HOUSE
ADVERTS
Unity Records, 47 Beak Street, London W1R
Orange at the Rocket – Every Saturday @ 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7
Richard’s Parties – Sat 22nd February @ Scruples, Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth
Virtual Reality “The Industrial Revolution” – Saturday 7th March @ Nathan Way, Plumstead, London SE28
Labrynth / 2000 AD Productions @ 12 Dalston Lane, London E8
