Thursday, 26 May 2022

Dreamscape 19 @ The Sanctuary, Milton Keynes 27/05/1995


It's pretty safe to assume that if I was raving every weekend in 1995 that if there was a Dreamscape on I would have been there. The previous 2 events had been 15 vs 16 and 17 vs 18 to reflect the fact Rollers was being used, but they reverted back to single figures for this one even though Rollers was still being used.

MTV were at this event with MC Magika presenting. I've posted a short clip of this which includes the video to "Love U More" by Paul Elstak. The tune itself features in the Brisk set which is the first instance I've found of it being played at a UK rave. In Paul Elstak's native Holland though it would enter the Top 40 the following week.

Also at this event were Eternity magazine where Dreamscape won their best rave award and Dougal won best DJ and they were presented with the awards on the night.

In the Rollers it was a drum & bass only arena. DJ Hype played in the main arena though, the only drum & bass DJ to do so.

The tape packs were separate happy hardcore and drum & bass ones. In the drum & bass tape packs the tune played the most was "Hearing is Believing" by MA2 which appeared in 5 of the sets. No happy hardcore tune appeared more than 3 times and there are too many to mention which did appear that many times. One that is perhaps worth a mention is "Toy Town" which got played 3 times having debuted the previous week. We'll be hearing a lot more of that.

In the main arena playing happy hardcore were Bunjy and Donovan 'Bad Boy' Smith who are both better known to be drum & bass DJs.

HMS was playing in the "Tek No Prisoners" arena but made it onto the happy hardcore tape pack. He hadn't quite reached his extreme gabber phase yet but the signs were certainly there.

We had more new for 1995 records at this event then any of the other events featured so far with 34 drum & bass tunes and 40 hardcore ones (using the term to cover the Clarkee and HMS sets). 

These are the drum & bass ones:

Substance - Rude Girls

Substance - Crazy Horse

Mask - Alright

Bruck Wild - I Will Always Love You

Jack Horner - I Got This Feeling

Dillinja - Music

Natural Mystic - Illusions

Peshay - On The Warpath

Higher Sense - Bizarre

Stakka & K-Tee - Living For The Night

Funky Technicians - Fever

DJ Krust - Set Speed

Northern Connexion - Reel Funk

Kym Mazelle - Genius (Dillinja Remix)

T Power - The Mutant Remix - Rollers Instinct

Darkman - I'm Gonna Get You

B-Jam - Funkula

Adam F - Lighter Style

Regulators - Hero's Welcome

Urban Jungle - Anything

Desired State - Here And Now

Rogue Unit vs The Dream Team - Good To U

The Outsider - The Mash Up

DJ Ron - New School Beats

The Guyver - Feel

Sense Of Direction - Simplicity

Rude Bwoy Monty - Warp 9 Mr Zulu

DJ Stretch & DJ Ride - Selector Jungle

PFM - The Mystics

Q Project - The Instrumental

Oblivion - Sands Of Time

Model & HLS - Flights

Source Direct - Exit 9

DJ Trace - By Any Means Necessary

and these are the hardcore ones:

DJ Hixx - Tailor Made

Bass-D & King Matthew - Take Me Higher

Justin Time - Help Me

Unknown Artist - The Crawler

Sons Of Aliens - Wicked Games

DJ Isaac - Fucking E

Scotchman - Self Destruct

Future Viper - Can't Feel The Beat

DJ Scorpio - The Other Side Of Reality

Delta 9 - Listen

DJ Manu Le Malin - M18

Sub Source - Hardcore Euphoria

Scott Brown - Dum Dooby Dum

Paul Elstak - Luv U More

Scott Brown - Gazometer

Scott Brown vs. Rab S - Rock The Party

Infernus - Hardcore Destiny

DJ Demand - Jumpin' Pumpin'

DJ Fade - Now You Know

DJ Poppy - Yes

Omar Santana - Somebody Scream

Ralphie Dee - Don't Worry

Dr. Phil Omanski - Feeling

Diss Reaction - Jiiieehaaaa

Cyclopede - Hyper

DJ Producer - Guess My Religion

Simon C - Scream And Shout

Brainiac - Put Your Hands Together

Scott Brown - Ready For War

Obliterator - Wicked Drums

D-Tox - Trancer

Kinetic Pleasure - Higher

Dougal & Seduction - Cross Your Mind

Midas - Nostalgia

Sy & Unknown - Love For '95

Mercurial - Hear Dis

DJ Pooch - 4 The Floor Recordings - Volume 9 (A)

DJ Seduction - Itch It Up

Force & Styles - Down 2 Love

DJ Pooch - How It Started

One of the notable ones here "Down 2 Love" by Force & Styles Whilst both Force and Styles had tunes previously as part of Force & the Evolution and A Sense Of Summer, this was the first Force & Styles tune that appears to have been played out. It's nowhere near their best known and doesn't sound like a typical Force & Styles record either, but we're seeing them starting as a duo.

You cant definitely sense that Dreamscape were the rave of the moment, but what came next was the biggest Dreamscape of them all. More on that when the time comes.

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