dance massive

Rip It Up, Issue 219, 1 November 1995, Page 33

dance massive

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‘l'm twisted so often my name should be liquorice’ — Dove Shack November? You’re kidding right? Is it just me, or did you just wake up and realise the year had passed you by? I ushered in 95 by playing at the outdoor Entrain rave on the top of Takaka Hill, which was awesome. I’ve heard rumours about this year, but nothing definite. Wassup guys? Let me know. I hope y’all were lucky enough to catch the On U Tour, ’cause Tackhead was the bomb. Anyway here’s to a long hot summer coming your way, as well as a whole swag of international DJs, so no excuses for keeping your apathetic, whinging, punk-ass self at home — get out there and make it happen! x -

AUCKLAND Labour weekend saw the Nick D’Angelo private function take over the city (for Sunday night at least). Retro-A-Go-Go packed the freaks in at the Box, for a slice of retro disco heaven. Cheap Sex packed in the real freaks up at Squid for another adventure in cheap thrills and toilet sex, and the Powerstation hosted Move the Crowd, a hip-hop jam with 3 the Hard Way, Joint Force and Upper Hutt Posse. Winner of the 95 DJ Mix Championship, held on the night, was DJ Raw from Wellington ... Montell Jordan cruised through town and played one sell out show ... hip-hop headz should check out Soultrain, every Thursday at the Basement, DJs Andy Vann and the Pulse ... Norml hosted a bit of a do up at the Uni’ a few weeks back. There were three rooms, one for bands, one for the dubwise vibes of Stinky Jim and crew, and one for the techno/jungle crowd with Gideon and Aaron. No bar, but plenty of generous types wandering around with industrial strength bongs, and a well hazy time was had by all. Cheers, Norml, more please ... The Box is hosting Camoflague, pure jungle every Thursday night, wear camo gear and get in free ...

Voodoo Core are bringing over Nookle for a Drum and Basswise party in December ... Quaff Records present Vision On at Squid on November 11, with one floor of goa trance, one floor of deep house and Nathan Haines on sax’ ... on November 17, Base Promotions presents Resonator, an evening of garage, triphop and deep underground grooves with Stinky Jim, Angry Bob etc., featuring 'The Tekken Chamber’, showcasing the new Sony Playstation, Manga giveaways and much more. Tickets available from

Marbecks and Paris Texas ... Pulse Records present Immersion at the Powerstation on November 18, with ICU (London), Mechanism, Fruit, Reid, Area 51, Unit 23 and System 100 playing live, Aaron, Isolde and Slipmatt as support DJs, and live visuals from Projector Mix and Alantis (Rising High, London)... Nick D’Angelo presents the Sleaze Ball on November 25 at the Powerstation ... as we go to press, Simon Grigg says: "Yeah, yeah, BPM Records opens tomorrow, alright.”

NAPIER Good Buzz Productions struck again on October 21, bringing you Future Hippies. The Good Buzz crew are making a name for themselves in the Bay area by putting a lot of effort into each production — visuals, 3D decorations, chill out rooms, live Congo drummers, yeah! Anatomic, Andee, DJB and Anubis provided the selections and Aphoid and Spindall played a set of live trance. Look out for the next one. -''

WELLINGTON Welli confirmed itself as a roots community this month with another hugely successful Roots Foundation at ESCape on Friday the 13th, On-U at Shed 21 on the 21st, and Wellington’s own Herbal night at Bodega, with Conspiracy, Goosebump and $2 shooters, aptly named Disengage. Check the latter event out .every Wednesday ... Phunk Republic went off at ESC, with Rough Opinion kickin' mad flavor. Mad respect and big up, DJ Raw, for taking out the DJ Mix Championship in Auckland .... Darkside, also on Black Friday, went off in a warehouse space on Home Street, a coffin in the corner and strictly deep red and blue scanners and strobes made for an effective atmosphere, . intensified; by progressively , harder . sets from, Anatomic, Conspiracy, Omni' and DJ Coma ... Co-Motion, the production team for Darkside (slogan: leave your ego at the door), , is currently scouting for, an underground carpark for their next eagerly awaited event ... PRG, on October 28, was ' a memorable party, with a plastic fashion/art show brought to you by Soft Fashion. • Situated ■ in the Condron’s Parking Building, the . concrete walls rocked to the sound of earth shaking basslines and manic kickdrums from DJB, LRS, Flic, Andee, Tjaden and Zero

... in the spirit of Welli’s dance history, Juice, Mas-if and the Fonky Monks, Easy Pimps happens on November 4, the Monks are apparently also starting a monthly night at Tatou (sounds like a match made in heaven) called Phunktion

... on the November 10 Mo’ Juice hits the Union Hall, with the Headless Chickens, 3Ds, the Te Uki Ou drummers and the Fonky Monks ... on November 18, Cybernetic Industries and Co-Motion present the capital’s first celebration of jungle. Selectors include Omni, Conspiracy, Mu and newcomers Munkey Boy and Ruffstep, and maybe old schooler Clinton. Venue will be in the Dixon Street area, and you can read all about it next month. T ) ' • 7. ‘

CHRISTCHURCH Ultrasonic 2 went off on October 27, in the soon to be demolished .Westend Picture Theatre. Organized by TKO, aka Technical Knockout (Slipmatt. and Pylon), it featured TKO, Greg Churchill,' Solid State, DJ Lush (Melbourne), Coda (Welli), Kinesis and Nytram, with a live trance set by Rotor to usher in the dawn ... Hardbeat 003, ’Happy to be Hard’, is coming to Quadraphenia on November 3, with - TKO, Solid State, Nyram,. Stealth and Crybaby swarming the decks ... the ‘recently re-opened to outside intervention’ Ministry is a huge, 1,500 capacity, industrial ' style club modelled on The Tunnel UK. On November 25, they host the ICU trance tour, with a live set from Mechanism and a plethora of hardbeat DJs ... Greg Churchill lays down the wicked house grooves every Friday at Joe Billidoes ... look out for Slip Matt’s monthly raves at the Ministry, • with guests from around the country. George Vagas (The Sydney DJ who mixed the Brain CD) will play late January.

Thats it for this month. Keep your eyes, ears and minds open for the ICU tour later this . month ... Little Annie, December. 13-17, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch ... a January Mo’ Wax tour (Shadow, Krush, Lavelle/ fuckin’ a!), Auckland and Wellington only ... Rockers Hi Fi in February ... Burning Spear in March .. / the Lost UK Techno Tour, early 96 ... all promos, fan mail, party invitations, bribes to Andy, C/O PO Box 5689, or if you want to represent in the column, call/fax/mail me at da magazine brothers and sisters.

ANDY (DJB)