Dreamscape 21 @ The Sanctuary, Milton Keynes 31/12/1995

Force & the Evolution

A year ago I kicked of this series of posts with Dreamscape 15 vs 16 at The Sanctuary in Milton Keynes. It marked the first time Dreamscape incorporated the adjoining Rollers into their events to double capacity.

Following this they did the same again at Dreamscape 17 vs 18 and Dreamscape 19 and then they hadn't their big outdoor event with Dreamscape 20.

For Dreamscape 21 they held their new years eve event at both The Sanctuary in Milton Keynes and the Royal Showground in Shepton Mallet. For the simple fact it's closer to where I grew up I would have most likely chosen the event at The Sanctuary.

The plan was to link of by satellite to bring in the new year, but it went spectacularly wrong. Each site saw in the new year at a different time. At my first experience at a new years rave I recall seeing my watch say midnight a few minutes before they counted down into the new year.

We've seen the end of an era for a number of things in 1995 and we're about to see the end of another era with this rave. It was the last ever Dreamscape as we knew it. There was a Dreamscape 22 planned in 1996, but Dreamscape owner Murray Beetson sadly died in a car crash prior to the event and the event was cancelled as a result.

Dreamscape did start again later on in 1996 and carried on into the 21st century and has existed in one form or another since, but this was the end of Murrays Dreamscape. 

The end of an era doesn't end there either. The tape I have posted is the Force & the Evolution one. As far as I'm aware it was the last Force & the Evolution set. After this it was Force & Styles who already had a few tunes under that name in 1995.

Clarkee played at both events that night, in the main arena at The Sanctuary and in the Tek No Prisoners arena at the Royal Showground.

Elsewhere it was the usual suspects playing, a mixture of hardcore DJs and drum & bass DJs. Dougal played the midnight set at The Sanctuary, so both Northampton DJs who were there from the beginning played a significant part.

That wraps up the raving in 1995 posts. On a personal level there will never be another year like it. If only I was old enough to have actually gone to the raves at the time.