{"id":1709,"date":"1992-06-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"1992-06-19T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dankew.me\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2026-03-15T21:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T21:34:39","slug":"ravescene-magazeen-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dankew.me\/index.php\/1992\/06\/19\/ravescene-magazeen-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 17 \u2013 Ravescene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Published<\/strong>
19th June 1992 (approx)

Pages<\/strong>
8 (A5 B&W)

Strapline<\/strong>
RAT PACKED<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

FEATURED ARTICLE – Ratpack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Everson Allen has been there, seen it, done it and more to the point he\u2019s still doing it and doing it his way. When he wanted to release \u2018Rizla\u2019 his record company told him that it wouldn’t get any airplay. Radio 1 returned the record saying that they wouldn’t promote drugs. A week later the record was No 1 in all the dance charts including the Radio 1 Nightline chart, and they had to ask for another copy. Amusingly, Pete Tong then played the uncensored side by mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ratpack goes back a long way. At the age of 12 Everson was DJing at school parties. \u201cThey called me a dreamer at school\u201d he said, \u201cnow I can earn more in one night than a schoolteacher does in a month\u201d But is money what it\u2019s all about? \u201cNo way, I\u2019ve done all nght, but I could have done better if I\u2019d been greedy. Where I am night now, yes I do want to earn. My dream is to buy Centre Point and make it into the biggest studio block that you’ve ever seen in your life. I want to get the kids off the street to give them the chance to make music and if it runs as a tax loss then the Government can pay for it. There\u2019s so much talent around from people who never get a chance. I grew up in Islington at a time when you never saw black people on the telly, and I grew up angry and fought back. House music changed that for me and has done for so many others. I can’t see that going away \u2018cos the music\u2019s healthy and changing all the time. Jazz, samba, industrial, reggae, all have a part in it. The music business should be run by the people who make the music, not Japanese men in business suits. In twenty years time it’ll be Ratpack v Sony!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hasn\u2019t that been tried before, for instance in the days of Punk?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, no that was different. It wasn\u2019t universal. Punks stick to their own. It didn\u2019t cross class and race like house does. This music has had a good effect on society, it\u2019s a positive force\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What part does Ratpack play?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRatpack is now me, Lipmaster Mark and Robert. Mark is like my hands. I found him when he was 13 in a tower block. He was a skinny little white kid hanging around with black kids, but he was the one making the sounds. I kinda took him under my wing and eight years later our work together is instinctive. Everything I know about computers and programming I learn\u2019t from him, but he still does all the complicated stuff. Over the years others have been part of Ratpack, like Steve Jackson, Matthew B, Frankie Valentine. Devious D is our best new apprentice. We teach them the Ratpack attitude, remember where you\u2019re coming from and respect the ravers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve been to Japan, Holland and Belgium. You started Trip City and Cronin Road. You were resident at Labrynth and Telepathy. The new track is out soon. What\u2019s next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to keep raving and performing for as long as I have a voice. I feel the music and it comes out in what I say. My voice never sounds the same, but you have to flow with  music, rather than shout over it to make yourself heard. Some MC\u2019s shouldn’t be allowed on the mic, \u2018cos they just give you a headache. I rate Moose and J Jay does OK, their attitude shows through in what they do. I like to rave all over the country, all the people are so different. Everyones got an opinion of what hardcore is, it\u2019s a personal thing. You can\u2019t make rave music unless you rave yourself and keep in touch with what\u2019s going on. I\u2019ve had a lot of things that I\u2019ve wanted to do for a while. \u2018Rizla\u2019 dates back to  Telepathy and although the accident I was involved in just before Christmas delayed it, it\u2019s done now. Who knows what\u2019s next? JJ at Sub 2000 is helping us out and maybe New Years  Eve, the year 2000 we might be raving on the moon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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