This weeks raving in 1995 takes us to the Pleasuredome at Fantasy Island for the 2nd time this year. When we first visited in March it was the first event to be held at Fantasy Island. This time it's the same venue, but this was the event where it had grown bigger with more rooms added.
The music policy had also changed somewhat. The main arena had a music policy of techno and trance and included Carl Cox on the line up who had made an appearance at the Pleasuredome back in May when he had changed from hardcore to techno.
Tape wise it's a bit thin on the ground. The only sets on tape come from Brisk, Dougal, Fergus, Talla and DJ Vibes. There is however a video from this event which captures a wider variety of what's going on, including the drum & bass room hosted by Formation Records which is the label owned by DJ SS.
The Carl Cox set had Magika MCing on it which was possibly the last time this happened in the 90s. When Carl Cox was a hardcore DJ they were a DJ/MC partnership, but when Carl Cox moved onto techno he tended not to have MCs. He never played at the Pleasuredome again after this.
Now we're 9 months into the year I've listened to so many tapes I can't say for sure, but I believe this is the first time we've heard MC Storm on tape this year. Quite a significant moment when you consider he's arguably the most powerful person in the hardcore scene in the modern era.
It was the UK debut for German techno DJ Talla. Magika says on the tape that it will be a little different to what they're used to and it is good to hear things being shaken up a bit.
Resident DJ Fergus was in the hardcore room but his set wouldn't have sounded out of place in the main arena as this was the sort of music he was playing.
Brisk started his set in familiar fashion with "Jiiieehaaaa" by Diss Reaction and followed his usual formula of Dutch and Scottish records in the first half and English records in the 2nd half.
Dougal did a live PA, but quite how live it was I don't know. It did look like he was just pretending to play the keyboards and the tunes he played sounded no different to the recorded versions. He was throwing vinyl's into the crowd, a nice gesture but I can't help but think it would have been annoying carting a record around with you for the rest of the rave.
The DJ Vibes set contains a record he first played at Dreamscape 20 which I actually assumed had already been played before, "Gonna Be Alright" by Vibes & Wishdokta. This was the last Vibes & Wishdokta tune and also the last hardcore tune Wishdokta would make before going on to pioneering UK garage under his real name Grant Nelson.
Not on the tapes but on the video is Force DJing by himself, though it says Force & the Evolution on the flyer. This would surely be one of the last times he'd be seen DJing without Styles for the rest of the 90s.
These are the new for 1995 tunes:
DJ Groovy - Shake It
Davie Forbes - V.G.8.
DJ Taz Feat Fuckface - Bust Mutha
Sandman - Recall
Raver's Nature - Bring Me Noise
Dougal & Mickey Skeedale - Power Within
Sonicdriver – Terrorpods
Ravers Choice - Ravers Choice 4
This just covers the tapes, I'm sure there were more from the night as a whole. All 3 hardcore sets on tape had "Toytown" by Hixxy & Sharkey in them, I'm sure that won't be the last time that happens either.
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