dance massive

Rip It Up, Issue 220, 1 December 1995, Page 31

dance massive

|shoot the dj

,‘Tis the season to be jolly, tra la, la, la, la, ha, ha, ha. Merry fucking Christmas, everybody. Still, forthose of us with jobs, any excuse for a holiday is welcomed with open arms. And you know its summertime when D’Angelo walks into the office in shorts, so no chance of a white Christmas. But hey, who am I? The weatherman? The next millennium edges ever closer (a word of advice, not a good time to start reading Nostradamous; and besides, he was wrong, okay?) and another night of New Year’s celebrations beckons. I ran into a couple of the Entrain people, they’re back from overseas to organise a three day New Year’s festival, including the Entrain rave experience; and yes, it will be in the Nelson area, so look out for the flyers. My pick for New Year’s though is the Number 1 Champion Sounds Party in Weill, more details below... AUCKLAND The city is really starting to cook as the happy abandonment of summer madness starts to creep into the air (where do I get this crap?). . BPM Records has opened, providing a fine assortment of vinyl delicacies, an espresso machine and .the coolest tats in the country courtesy of my best buddy, Five. Cruise by on December 10 after 12PM, as BPM are having a record sale, which consists of various Auckland DJs selling their collections. Could be worth checking out. BPM also hosted a demonstration of the new Numark Sample Mixer and Beatkeeper, demonstrated by Nick McGeachin of Numark Stateside. Check out the hardware column for details on this stunning new piece of DJ technology ... it’s hard to find, but Camouflage has started every Thursday night at the Box, with Stephen and Aaron playing murderous drum ’n’ bass at full frontal volumes, wear camo’ gear and get in free ... Auckland’s jungle massive are starting to buzz with Drum ’n’ Basswise V — the Goldie double CD release party at Bob on December 2, and the imminent arrival of premier UK junglist

Nookie, who was to play here this month, but has been delayed until February. He will play a three hour set at Bob. Also expect a visit by Looking Good label head and artist LTJ Bukem earlyish next year ... Joint Force had a release party for their new ‘Burntime’ remix single, watch out for limited vinyl copies ... Vision On went off at Squid, with two floors of blissed out groovers shaking it to the soundz of goa trance and deep house, nice one Clarkee. Can’t wait for the next one later this month ... not so much rockin' as chillin’ is the new Chill Bar on Ponsonby Road — black pool tables, outside courtyard, a seven day late license and laid back DJs on the ambient hip-hop tip, including the likes of Stinky Jim, DJ Sam and myself. It’s sure to be the hangout for summer ... November 18 saw three parties hit town: the Basement Theatre celebrated their opening with a dance party, thanks Hamish, Immersion lit up the Powerstation, and the second Shaka Vara went off bigtime ... for those in Auckland for New Year’s, the big do is the Millennium party organised by (surprise!) Nick D’Angelo. It will feature the Headless Chickens, a retro room, and various local DJs. Being the cagey bastard that he is, D’Angelo is staying mum on the venue ... the Soultraln hip-hop vibe has moved to Shakers in the Downtown square on Wednesday nights, with DJ Andy Vann ... longtime Box resident Rob Salmon is off overseas for a bit of a look around, and is having a goodbye party on December 15 at the Box. It’s called Reach Out and will feature anthems from the past five years with lasers by Steve Green. The new Box resident DJ will be Albion, and Nathan Haines will be deejaying (what?!) in the Ice Box all through December ... the next Brain will be at the Powerstation over two nights, January 26 and 28, so mark your new diaries. NAPIER Good Buzz Productions are back with another party. Get the phunk down to Alien Phunk on December 16

with Anatomic, Andee, Conspiracy, and a live trance set from Alphold and Aspen in the hard room. Also, live congos and didgeridoo in the percussion room, liquid love in the ambient room, and phunking phunk in the phunk room. Tickets from Soul to Sole, Bellini Hair, Flipside and Cyberculture — lookout for the alien logo. All aliens with peaceful missions welcome. WELLINGTON New Year’s party people in the house take notice ’cause the #1 Champion Sounds Party will be fully rocking in the Edward Street Precinct. Featuring three dance areas and 15, count 'em, 15 DJs from Da Fonky Monks, Roots Foundation, Headstrong and several others, . including Clinton and Conspiracy. Rest assured this will be one to remember. All bases are covered, so expect everything, from reggae, hip-hop and dub, to jungle, house and techno. Pre-sales available at Real • Groovy (Auckland), Galaxy (Christchurch), and usual outlets in Wellington ... Flipside have moved, and are now located at 42 Willis Street

— bigger premises means bigger stock, means more vinyl. They are also selling cheap(ish) SLl2s, and some flash Numarks in a cunning plan to sell even more vinyl. Andy and John, the Flipside likely lads, welcome mail order enquiries, so drop ’em a line ... Jungle: The Party was hosted by Cybernetic Industries at Bassment 45. Wellington’s first, fully drum ’n’ bass party was emceed by the larger than large Apollo, with selectors Conspiracy, Mu and Omni. Unfortunately the party was marred by a brawl outside involving (surprise!) some clueless homies, and the Police shut it down around 3.00 AM. Look for mark II early in the new year ... Cybernetic Industries bring you Cyberdrome V for Xmas Eve — the V is for ‘vibes’ ... the luscious ladies of Wellington are getting ever more hot turntable action with Flic, Midge and Sista Mary of the Babes in the Hood crew doing battle against the Sporting Poets at Tatou ... Simon of Obscure is on the net, check him at http://NZ.com/webNZ/Obscure.

CHRISTCHURCH Innerphaze Lazer Systems are organising a rave to promote their new laser called Labyrinth, and will be at the Civic Centre ... big night for December has to be The Quickening, happening in a big grass clearing on top of the Port Hills (The view, the view!). Brought you to by Technical Knockout, it will feature Riddle and Pots (Auckland), a live ambient set by Threshold of Silence and Christchurch DJs Slipmatt/Obi Wan, Pylon, Crybaby, Solid State, Ruben 8, and Shaft. It starts at 4PM with ambience, picnics, and a hacky sack competition. Twin head argon lasers til sunrise ... TKO present the DJ Slamm Series 01. first in the once a month series is a big club night on Xmas Eve (last Saturday of every month thereafter). Huge Christchurch DJ line-up, all ages and licensed, at Ministry ... ail drum 'n‘ bass connoisseurs nationwide should give Geoff at Echo Records a call, as they can now get just about anything you could wish for, with heaps of hard to get exclusive labels like Good Looking, Metalheadz, Moving Shadow, Photek, Spotlight etc. Call Geoff on (03)366-7410 for the bomb jungle breaks and tell him Andy sent ya.

And just to hand.:. RipltUp gets netwise early next year ... Little Annie has been delayed due to recording committments. Expect New Zealand dates mid-96 ... the Mo' Wax tour has also been delayed, but don't panic — New Zealand dates July 96. Watch this space for (blunted) confirmation early next year ... expect a Rockers Hi-H tour early March ... The Lost Techno Tour (Jeff Mills, Derrick May etc....!) hopefully in town March 96 ... so that's it y’all. Much love to Conspiracy, Goosebump, Simon G, and Slipmatt for helping out. January issue is out late December, so I'll try and get more New Year’s details for it, and there will probably be a best of the year type affair. If you gots something I should be mentioning give me a call at werk on (09)358-2320 before December 11. C Ya. :

ANDY (DJB)