REUNION
Sunday 8th June 2008
If you're old skool and you know it
DJs: Abel Vs Ming D, Nik Fish Vs Jumping Jack, Sheen Vs Phil Smart, Peewee Ferris Vs Paul Holden, George Vagas Vs Crisis
Sydney Old Skool & Kinky Entertainment presents:
REUNION - Sunday 8th June (Long weekend)
DJs:
Abel Vs Ming D
Nik Fish Vs Jumping Jack
Sheen Vs Phil Smart
Peewee Ferris Vs Paul Holden
George Vagas Vs Crisis
Special Guest DJ: Sugar Ray
Having hung up his headphones 3 years ago and moved down to Melbourne, DJ Sugar Ray returns to Sydney in a special one off appearance at Reunion.
Surprise Performance & Venue to be announced soon.
You went to raves in Sydney pre-1996 DJs still played records You spun out at the Silver Man Nik Fish was billed as Nick The Fish Vic on the Park & O'Malleys on Sundays was the place to be Dave Coxon & Guy supplied the 200,000 Watts of Cerwin Vega Turbosound The 'TT' in Nick TT stood for 'Techno Terrorist' The Munch Bunch catered for us (where they really Spellbound's parents?) Sam the Ticket Man bouncing around with his bum-bag Dave Trustory and his unique Headphones Brave & Stun on Wednesdays Liberty Freedom Rave Dance Smiling Faces while on Acid Jester and those Freaky Vibe Tribers Punos Chillouts Something other than hardcore was played at 2am peak hour Happy Valley and Abel, Ming & Jumpin Jacks morning sets RAVE wasn't just a scene - it was a LIFESTYLE We didn't just eat Juicy Red Apples and sing Halleujah - we read them too 'Inner city venue' meant Alexandria or Mascot, not Silverwater or further! 0055 after 6pm Kandi Kids didn't exist Burrows Road Alexandria! There were 'Homies' not 'Lads' Pingers and 'Illz' were 'E's' or Eccys or 'Eggs' and cost up to $60 a pop Jade was the queen of morning Anthems The Hardcore Cafe, Graffiti Hall of Fame and Angel Place Golfing Range still existed and were used for parties Central Station was downstairs, not upstairs Before iPod & Mp3s, mixtapes ruled the car stereo Promoters cared more about out doing the competition and throwing an awesome party than making a mountain of cash Back then, Ravers still wore clothes - BIG BAGGY ONES! 3D World was a newspaper, not a website Before ITM, we had AusRave usenet & SPRACI We wore Adidas Campus & Puma Suedes on our feet Cops were tops We didn't need glowsticks to dance Dungarees & flanos Chipies Shoes Million Colour lasers Southend end live!!! Venues raining sweat Chup-a-Chups Vics inhalers Crisis on 3 decks parties cost 15-25 bucks and $30 plus if it was a massive party like NYE Town Hall steps was the meeting place before a rave - or in front of Central Station Records The Breakfast Club in the City and then at Taylors Energy Wednesdays Rushn' Ravewear was in a dingy place in Newtown (king street) Sydney Park Recoveries Clontarf Park Recoveries James' "Rave Bus" orange kombi van "Fuzzy" was what happened after one too many biscuits Losing your friends Making friends Shitty sound 3 parties on one night Doves Cali Splits Candyflip Purple Ohms Shutdowns You laughed whenever you saw the "How Fast Are You Going Now?" sign Poor Quality Central Station mix-tapes & no copyright infringements Tutti Frutti Dancers & BeXta Live Jumping Jack was referred to as Paul Psychosis was not a state of mind Jim Turbs, George Vagas, Crisis & Spellbound ruled the hardcore Sasha wasn't a DJ from the UK Quest & Imposta played back to back Southend made us Fanatical and 2Day FM played the Winner Is.. Prodigy, Tribal & Field of Dreams Alexandria Basketball Stadium was the biggest venue in Sydney Prodigy 2 had an unique visitor in the morning (Torri Spelling & Luke Perry) & Prodigy 4 went outdoors Mixed Beans, Midnight Madness, Ecology & Yippie Kie Yae Disco City & Reachin sold the DJs their tunes We all felt So right when Buggin' was played We all mourned when we lost DJ Arthur, Dave Delirious & Justin Barry from Flashbacks The Welsh Embassy, Butterfly Productions & 2000AD We all loved our Hardcore and MDMA proved that The Buck Rogers Ravers astounded us with Astral Flight then Pleasuredome Musiquarium was tuned in each Monday at 2 Fenix bought us Space Cadet The Chemical Ravers, Bulb productions Technofear & Argon Lasers Scooby & Johnjo with their amazing artwork Parklife was an album by Blur Lastly - You remember the rave scene before Anna Wood
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