Atmosphere #29

ATMOSPHERE ISSUE 29

AFTER THE INITIAL HIGH OF A NEW YEAR CERTAIN KEY FIGURES IN THE SCENE ARE STARTING TO GET DOWN TO THE REAL NITTY GRITTY OF THINGS WITH BOTH THE MUSIC & EVENTS STARTING TO SHINE INCLUDING EVENTS FROM DREAMSCAPE & UNITED DANCE IN APRIL. UNIVERSE IN MAY AND A WORLD DANCE PLANNED FOR THE SUMMER. ON THE ALBUM FRONT THERE ARE PROJECTS PLANNED FROM FULL CYCLE, V AND UNITED DANCE AMONGST OTHERS. INSIDE THIS ISSUE WE HAVE A NEW SECTION CALLED 'WHA'S UP' WHICH WILL BE AN INFORMATIVE SECTION BRINGING YOU NEWS OF CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE SCENE. PLUS 2 NEW WRITERS NAMELY RAY KEITH AND BRYAN G WHO WILL BE JOINING HYPE AND MYSELF ON REVIEWING THE LATEST PLASTIC DUE TO HIT THE STREETS. WHAT MORE IS LEFT TO SAY APART FROM ENJOY THIS ISSUE AND I'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH... ED EDITOR JAY (FRENZIC) CONTRIBUTORS DNO SLIPMATT DJ HYPE ADAM CARTER MATI PARKS JASON BERRY NYOME DAN ROULETTE MATT & JAY ROY & RHONDA. DESIGN H & FRAMER PHOTOGRAPHY TRISTAN O'NEILL. ATMOSPHERE 17 Gordon Road Southend on Sea Essex England SS1 1NJ. TEL: 01702 344384 FAX: 01702 307578 MOBILE: 0802 820445 ISSUE 29 CONTENTS... 08 - T-BONE A RISING STAR IN THE PRODUCTION WORLD 10 - HAPPY VIBES ONE OF THE SOUTH COASTS TOP LABELS BARES ALL 13 - M8 SCOTLANDS NUMBER ONE MAGAZINE COMES TO BRITAIN 15 - MARVELLOUS CAIN THE HITMAN COME RUNNIZ 20 - UNITED DANCE THE GIANTS RETURN TO STEVENAGE 21 - DESIRE RAM JAM AT CLUB UNITED NATIONS 22 - ONE NATION CAN THIS PLACE HOLD ANYMORE PEOPLE 23 - PROMISED LAND LAUNCH PARTY FOR THE FIRST ALBUM 25 - MC CHARLIE B UP AND COMING MC 26 - WHA'S UP A LOOK INTO WHATS COMING YOUR WAY 28 - WHERE TO GO THE DEFINATIVE GUIDE 31 - CHARTS JUNGLE, 4 BEAT, HOUSE, HIP HOP, TRIP HOP, DRUM N BASS 34 - MC FEARLESS AWOL RESIDENT HITS THE CENTRE 36 - ALBUMS A LOOK AT TWELVE OF THE BEST 38 - TRAX TWELVES THA HARDWAY 40 - HYPES STILL SMOKIN... 42 - RAY KEITH / BRYAN G 2 NEW WRITERS ON THE FIRM 44 - SLIPMATTS 4 BEAT 4 BEAT SELECTION 46 - CROSSOVER BANGIN TRANCE AND TECHNO 48 - ADAMS HOUSE UPFRONT HOUSE AND GARAGE 49 - WHOLE KIT & KABOODLE A SLIGHTLY MORE CHILLED SELECTION 50 - J CAME FAT A LOOK INTO THE WORLD OF HIP HOP STATESIDE 54 - THUNDER & JOY THE BOXING NIGHT SHOWDOWN 62 - DJ RAP MEETS DA BOSS ON URBAN GORILLA 64 - MC SKIBADEE ONE OF KOOL FMS FINEST 65 - MC CO GEE STRAIGHT OUTTA THA KOOL SKOOL NO PART OF ATMOSPHERE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION FROM THE EDITOR.

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T-BONE BACK IN ABOUT '89 I REMEMBER IN THE AREA I WAS LIVING AT THE TIME THERE WAS SOME FLYERS SCATTERED OVER THE ROAD WITH SMILEY FACES ON THEM. SO I PICKED ONE UP AND READ IT AND IT SAID ABOUT SOME RAVE IN SOME WARE HOUSE NEARBY WHICH WAS ONLY £5. SO THAT WEEK END I WENT WITH A FEW FRIENDS AND I'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE. I WASN'T REALLY ALL THAT IMPRESSED BY THE MUSIC BECAUSE IT WAS MOSTLY BLEEPS & CHAINSAW NOISES, BUT THE ATMOSPHERE WAS WICKED! SO REALLY I'VE HAD MY ATTENTION FOCUSED SINCE THEN. I COME FROM A MUSICAL BACKGROUND, ALL MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN INTO BANDS & PRODUCTION SINCE I WAS YOUNG. MY DAD WAS A RARE GROOVE DJ IN THE 70S, MIXING WITH THE LIKES OF HERBIE HANCOCK, ROLAND KIRK AND SUN RA. IN 92' MY UNCLE WAS AN ENGINEER AT A STUDIO AND HE GAVE ME A SESSION TO MAKE A TRACK. I WAS NOT VERY HAPPY WITH IT BECAUSE I DID NOT FEEL THAT I HAD CONTROL BECAUSE I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE EQUIPMENT. SO LATER ON THAT YEAR MY UNCLE WAS WORKING AT A STUDIO SET UP BY 'REEL TO REEL' WHERE I LEARNT A BIT MORE ABOUT THE INS AND OUTS OF THE INDUSTRY. BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL 93' THAT I MET DEXTROUS WHO HELPED ME MAKE MY FIRST 12". WITH THE MONEY I MADE FROM THAT I BOUGHT MY FIRST STUDIO AND HAVE NOT LOOKED BACK. WHAT LABELS HAVE YOU WORKED FOR & UNDER WHAT NAMES? WELL AS FOR MY OWN RELEASES, SUBLIMINAL, RIDDIM TRACK, SUBVERSIVE, RINSIN AND REINFORCED WITH DEXTROUS UNDER THE NAME 'FUSION FORUM'. I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON A 12" WITH STRETCH FOR REINFORCED PLUS A SOLO 12" ALSO FOR DREAD RECORDINGS. TEARIN VINYL, AND DESERT STORM. BUT REMIX WISE, GANJA, TOM & JERRY, STREET TUFF, JET STAR AND KING OF THE JUNGLE. WHAT INFLUENCES YOU IN WHAT YOU PRODUCE NOW? REALLY I'M A SOUL AND HIP HOP MAN. THAT'S ALL I LISTEN TO IN MY CAR. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO JUNGLE IT CAN BE ANYTHING AS IT'S SO VERSATILE FROM A PAD SOUND IN A GARAGE TRACK TO A HARP SOUND IN A FRUIT & NUT ADVERT. DO YOU GO FOR A SET STYLE WHEN WRITING A TRACK? IF I'M DOING SOMETHING FOR MY LABEL I DO WHAT I FEEL AT THE TIME, BUT IF I'M WORKING FOR ANOTHER LABEL I ADAPT TO THEIR NEEDS WITH OBVIOUSLY MY OWN STYLE. AT THE END OF THE DAY IF I'VE GOT A SOUND THAT I WANT TO ACQUIRE I KNOW HOW TO GET IT. THAT'S WHAT A PRODUCER IS. YOU RECENTLY SET UP A LABEL RIDDIM TRACK, CAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT THIS? IT'S A LABEL RUN BY ME WHICH IS JUST STARTING TO TAKE OFF. IT'S ON IT'S 4TH RELEASE WHICH IS THE START OF A SERIES CALLED COLLABORATED ARTISTS. THIS IS ME WORKING WITH OTHER PRODUCERS SUCH AS STRETCH, KROME & TIME, SHY FX, DEXTROUS, MG, IMMORTAL MINDS AND WATER PROOF FROM REINFORCED. SOME OTHER MATERIAL IS ALSO PLANNED FROM SOME WELL KNOWN PRODUCERS UNDER ALIAS'S. DUB WISE RANDALL & STRETCH ARE MY MAIN MEN. WHEN I GIVE THEM A TUNE TO HEAR THEY GIVE ME A STRAIGHT DOWN THE LINE, NO BULLSHIT OPINION WHICH IS WHAT YOU NEED WHEN YOU'RE MAKING MUSIC. HOW DO YOU THINK THE MUSIC IS PROGRESSING? WELL ON A STREET LEVEL IF IT SOUNDS GOOD IT WILL SELL, WHETHER IT'S WELL PRODUCED OR NOT. BUT IF YOU WANT TO HEAR GOOD CREATIVITY AND PRODUCTION GO TO 'BLUE NOTE' ON A SUNDAY, THAT'S WHERE I FEEL THE MUSIC IS PROGRESSING ON A MAJOR SCALE. BESIDES THAT I'M SICK OF HEARING MARIO BASSLINES AND POP TRACKS WITH TAPPY BEATS CALLING THEMSELVES JUNGLE TRACKS. WHAT LABELS / PRODUCERS DO YOU RATE & WHY? I RATE 'REAL' CRAFTSMEN WHO ARE CREATIVE AND ORIGINAL. SUCH AS DEGO AND MARK FROM REINFORCED, THERE IS NOT A MUSICAL STYLE THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM PRODUCE YET. DILLINJA, FOR HIS RAW DIRTY SOUND. DEXTROUS, FOR HIS MUSICAL ABILITY AND A LOT OF OTHERS THAT I HAVEN'T MENTIONED. LABEL WISE SUBVERSIVE, FRONTLINE, METALHEADZ, TEARIN VINYL, GANJA, DA INTALEX, FLEX AND DREAD TO NAME A FEW. Atmosphere 8 issue no 29

RUNNINZ RECORDS MARVELLOUS CAIN HOW OLD ARE YOU AND WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE PRODUCTION? I am aged 28 and before production I had a record shop which I ran with my cousin for 2 years. WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET INTERESTED IN THE SCENE? In 1989 when I took my first biscuit and there was no turning back. WHAT MUSIC WERE YOU INTO AT THIS POINT? Ragga, Soul, Swing & Hip Hop. HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION? Through DJing for about 7 years it was always an ambition to play my own tune. WHAT LABELS DO YOU WORK FOR AND UNDER WHAT NAME? I do stuff for Suburban Base under 'Marvellous Cain' also IQ records under 'Marvellous Cain', 'The Gunman', 'The Badman' and 'Saltfish & Bakes' which was Sponge and myself. WHAT WAS THE CONCEPT BEHIND YOUR RECENT ALBUM 'GUNTALK'? It was one of the first Jungle meets Ragga albums where the artists used included Cutty Ranks, Daddy Freddy, Frankie Paul etc who actually gave their concent for me to use their samples. WHAT INFLUENCES YOU IN THE MUSIC PRODUCE NOW? Basslines. I'm very much into basslines as long as they are back breaking, foot stompin, couple grinding junglist basslines. WHICH WOULD YOU LIKE TO PURSUE MORE DJING OR PRODUCING? At this point I'm happy doing both, no more one than the other. I like DJing because you see the crowd respond to the tunes you are playing and it's also good promotion for my own releases. YOU RECENTLY WENT TO THE US WITH SUBURBAN BASE FOR THE JUNGLIZED PARTY, HOW DID YOU FIND THE SCENE OVER THERE? The scene in the US is split into 2 types of music. The drum 'n' bass stuff atracts student type people and the Ragga Jungle and the Hip Hop Jungle is much liked by the black community. All together 96' will be the year that Jungle will be 'licking out' there with DJs in America such as DJ Jeffee, AK + Josh who are all helping out all the British labels and producers by airing their tunes in America. YOU'VE JUST STARTED A NEW LABEL 'RUNNINZ' CAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT THIS? Runninz is a combination of Hardstep, Jungle, Hip Hop & themes. The plans for Runninz in '96 are soon to release an 8 track mini album with various tunes and remixes of forthcoming releases by artists such as Emma Lou, Bigga World, Homicide, Intelectives, DJ Libra and the New Gun. WHAT OTHER PRODUCERS DO YOU RATE? Hype because he's too fuckin bad!! Krust because he's just shittin out wicked basslines at the moment, Rude Bwoy Ricardo on the zulu tip, Shy FX for his jumper and Terminator X From Frontline. WHAT DJS PROMOTE YOU TUNES ON DUBPLATE? Hype, Brockle, Swift, Darren Jay, Andy C, Probe and Grooverider. FINALLY WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE FUTURE? Goals for the future are to score a hat trick in the first 10 mins of the match!! No seriously to get as far with the label, producing and DJing as I can and hope everyone out there likes everything I do and keeps buying it. FOR BOOKINGS OR INFORMATION: 01256 841 809

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UNITED DANCE UNITED DANCE FEB 2ND - STEVENAGE WE ARRIVED AT THE VENUE AT AROUND 11:00 AND WERE GREETED BY THE BIGGEST QUEUE I'VE SEEN AT A UD EVENT (2 -3 HOURS QUEUEING, SORT IT OUT UD) WHAT A GODSEND BEING ON THE GUEST LIST, SO AFTER A QUICK SEARCH WE WERE IN. THE MAIN ARENA WAS ALREADY RAMMED AND GOING MAD TO THE SOUNDS OF VINYLGROOVER, WHILE MAKING MY WAY THROUGH THE CROWD TOWARDS ARENA 2 I SAW THE MASSIVE INFLATABLE OCTOPUS SUSPENDED ABOVE THE CROWD. A MAD TWO TIERED THEMED STAGE (WHERE WERE THE DJS?) THE PRODUCTION AT THESE EVENTS JUST SEEMS TO GET BETTER AND BETTER. RIGHT, TIME TO CHECK OUT ARENA 2, WHICH WAS ROCKING AWAY TO DJ DRUID. AFTER ABOUT HALF AN HOUR WE VENTURED BACK TO THE MAIN ARENA WHERE VIBES WAS NEARING THE END OF HIS SET. NEXT UP DOUGAL PLAYING HIS USUAL MIX OF STOMPY UPLIFTING TUNES (JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED!) DJ DARREN JAY REPLACING AN ABSENT MICKY FINN RIPPED IT UP WITH A JUNGLE SET THAT TESTED THE NOW LEGENDARY SOUND SYSTEM TO WITHIN AN INCH OF IT'S LIFE! NOW TO MY ONLY COMPLAINT OF THE NIGHT, THE TOILET DID RESEMBLE AN INDOOR POOL (ENOUGH SAID). SEDUCTION GOT THE CROWD BACK TO THEIR FEET AND KEPT THEM THAT WAY THROUGHOUT HIS SET. THE TIME WAS FLYING BY AND BEFORE I KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING, SEDUCTION WAS SPINNING HIS LAST TUNE. HYPE THEN TOOK OVER WITH B-LINE AFTER B-LINE (LIKE ONLY HYPE CAN). NEXT UP THE MAN HIMSELF SLIPMATT, WHO, IN MY OPINION, PLAYED THE BEST SET OF THE NIGHT. THERE SEEMED TO BE A CONSTANT SEA OF HANDS FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF HIS SET. DJ SY HAD A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT HE SEEMED TO BE UP TO THE JOB, SCRATCHING IT UP AS ONLY HE CAN. OVERALL A BLINDING NIGHT AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT UNITED DANCE. ROY & RHONDA. The CLUB ZONE Atmosphere 20 Issue 29

DESIRE DESIRE 95 SAT 3RD FEB 1996 YES IT WAS TIME FOR DESIRE TO CARRY ON WHERE THEY HAD LEFT OFF, WELL THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT ANYWAY. WE ARRIVED AT THE UN BUILDING ABOUT 12 O'CLOCK TO BE GREETED BY A MASSIVE QUEUE OUTSIDE, FOR THE BOYS ANYWAY! (LUCKY LADIES). WE WENT AND JOINED THE END OF THE QUEUE THINKING IT'S OK WE'VE GOT TICKETS SO WE WOULDN'T BE OUTSIDE TOO LONG, BIG MISTAKE! AS THE MINUTES TICKED AWAY WE COULD HEAR THE SOUND SYSTEM BOOMING AND THE ATMOSPHERE SOUNDED ELECTRIC. WHEN WE FINALLY GOT INTO THE VENUE. ARENA 1 WAS RAMMED SOLID, YOU COULDN'T EVEN GET TO THE DANCEFLOOR OR THE DRINK BARS. KENNY KEN & DR S GACHET WERE PLAYING SOME OF THE RUFFEST TUNES AROUND AND THE CROWD WERE LOVING IT. THEN STEPPED UP PHANTASY AND ANDY C, EVERY TIME I HEAR ANDY C PLAY HE SEEMS TO GET BETTER, HE FEEDS OFF THE ATMOSPHERE AND KEEPS THE CROWD HYPER. THEN IN COMES THE GREAT GROOVERIDER AND JUMPIN JACK FROST WHO PLAYED A HARD SET WITH STEVIE HYPER RINSING OUT HIS LYRICS LIKE YA RINSE OUT YA SHIRT ON A SUNDAY MORNING. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MICKY FINN AND DARREN JAY SET BUT MICKY FINN DIDN'T TURN UP SO SWAN-E JOINED DARREN JAY UPON THE DECKS WHO PLAYED WICKED TUNES ONE AFTER THE OTHER. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD NIGHT APART FROM THE HASSLE OF GETTING IN AND THE PLACE WAS JUST A TAD RAMMED OVER THE LIMIT. BUT MAYBE NEXT TIME DESIRE WILL NOT PACK IT OUT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE. SHOUTS TO AITCH, TIM, PHIL AND THE SOUTHEND LADIES ! STEVE. The CLUB ZONE Atmosphere 21 issue 29

ONE NATION SAT 10TH FEB UN BUILDING BEFORE I GIVE AN ACCURATE RUN DOWN ON THIS EVENT TO THE UNFORTUNATE RAVERS WHO MISSED OUT. ORGANISING EVENTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS NO EASY TASK BUT MANY WOULD AGREE 'ONE NATION' RANKED UP THERE WITH THE LIKES OF FEVER AND OF THE PAST WARRIOR CHARGE. RUMOURS OF A WEMBLEY EVENT IN MAY ARE CIRCULATING AND A WISE PIECE OF ADVICE WOULD BE TO BUY A TICKET AS SOON AS YOU CAN. AN UNUSUAL BUT BRILLIANT IDEA WAS TO SEPARATE THE MALES FROM FEMALES WHILST QUEUING. THIS WAS A CLEVER IDEA FROM 2 ASPECTS, FIRSTLY IT PREVENTED BAD BWOYS FROM PUSHING IN AND TAKING LIBERTIES WITH THE LADIES AND SECONDLY IT GAVE THE GOOD BOYS TIME TO GET THE LADIES NUMBER WHILST HER MAN WAS IN THE QUEUE. EVEN FROM THE OUTSIDE PEOPLE WERE BUZZING WITH EXCITEMENT TO GET IN AS THE 80K SOUND SYSTEM COULD BE HEARD. AFTER A BRISK AND THOROUGH SEARCH I OPENED THE MAIN DOOR TO ARENA 1. ONE OF THE MOST STRIKING FEATURES WAS THE VARIETY OF CULTURE WITHIN THE PLACE AND NO BAD ATTITUDES AMONGST THE JUNGLE MASSIVE. THE LAST TIME I WENT TO THE CLUB UN WAS 6 YEARS AGO WHEN KNOWN AS THE RITZY. WITHOUT DOUBT, ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FACTORS IN THIS RAVE WAS THE DJ LINE UP NAMELY MICKEY FINN & DARREN JAY, GROOVERIDER, HYPE & BROCKIE, RANDALL, JUMPIN JACK FROST, KENNY KEN, ANDY C, DR S GACHET AND MARVELLOUS CAIN. SAY NO MORE, THIS LINE UP SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. ALL PLAYED WITH FINESSE AND QUALITY. DJ OF THE NIGHT IS DIFFICULT, AS ALL THE HEAVYWEIGHTS WERE PRESENT BUT IF IT HAD TO GO TO ONE IT WOULD BE ANDY C WITH BEST MC STEVIE HYPER D. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS ELECTRIFYING AND THE MCS GQ, FLUX, FEARLESS, AND STEVIE HYPER ALL GAVE AN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE TO KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE AT AN OPTIMUM HIGH. THE 2 MULTI COLOURED LAZERS AND VIDEO SCREENS WERE VERY GOOD AND FOCUSED ON THE LOW LEVEL STAGE HIGHLIGHTING AND PROFESSIONAL DANCERS AND DJ'S. CLOAKROOM ACCOMODATION, MERCHANDISE, FOOD AND DRINK WERE READILY AVAILABLE AT THE REAR OF THE ARENA. A SPECIAL NOTE MUST GO OUT TO THE ARENA 2 SQUAD ELLIS D, RAY KEITH, TOP BUZZ, PHANTASY AND SEQUEL WHO RINSED OUT SOME FINE OLD SKOOL TUNES. THE CLUB UN WAS AN EXCELLENT VENUE AS IT WAS EASILY FOUND + ACCESSIBLE WITH GOOD PARKING. AS A REVIEWER THE GOOD AND BAD POINTS OF THE RAVE MUST BE SOUGHT, AND I CAN HONESTLY WRITE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO DEMOTE THIS RAVE AT ALL. IF I WAS NIT PICKING I WOULD PROBABLY COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF SECURITY GUYS INDOORS TO WHICH AT TIMES WENT OTT WITH THE TORCH BUSINESS. OTHERWISE THE MAJORITY WERE SOUND AND FRIENDLY. LIKE I SAID BEFORE RUMOUR IS OUT THAT A ONE NATION EVENT IS PLANNED FOR WEMBLEY SEE YA THERE. BY NEIL GRAHAM Atmosphere 22 issue no29

Promised land volume one FEB 13TH - THE END CLUB JOE AND I ARRIVED AT THE CLUB AROUND 11:30PM. THIS KIND OLD GENTLEMAN TOLD US WHERE THE VENUE WAS AS IT IS VERY HIDDEN. GLAD TO BE MET BY SMILEY FACES AS WE WERE HUSTLED IN. WE STOMPED DOWN THE FLIGHT OF STAIRS TO FIRSTLY ARRIVE IN THE SMALLER ROOM WHERE THE REFRESHMENT BAR IS, HEARING THE DJ SPINNING VARIED MUSIC FROM RARE GROOVE, SOUL, HIP HOP, FUNK ETC. BOWLED DOWN MINI STEPS ONTO THE LOWERED MAIN FLOOR, WHERE YOU COULDN'T MISS THE DJ STAND AS IT GLOWED UNDER THE NEON LIGHT! FABIO JUST BLEW ME AWAY WITH HIS FUNKY, SEXY DRUM & BASS. THE CLUB ITSELF IS VERY SMART AND THE COLOURED LIGHT THAT GLOWED ON THE WALLS MAKING MAD PATTERNS WAS EFFECTIVE. I LIKED THE SOUND IN THERE AS I AM ONE FOR THE BASS AND IT WAS A BONUS THAT LTJ BUKEM WAS PLAYING AFTER FABIO. GOOD TO SEE GOLDIE 'AVIN IT IN THE CROWD. I THINK CONRAD HAS GOT A GREAT VOICE, IT BLENDS IN WELL TO GET YOU IN THE GROOVE WITH THE DJS. GROOVERIDER WAS AFTER AND WHAT MORE CAN I SAY, AWESOME ! HEE! HEE! LIKE THE STYLE AND THE CROWD WERE LOVING IT. GOOD TO SEE DEODORANTS IN THE LOO FOR YOUR PITS. TAYLA WAS UP NEXT AND I HAD NOT HEARD HIM FOR AGES BUT HE PLAYED WELL. FOR THE LAST 20 MINS I STEPPED INTO THE SMALLER ROOM TO LISTEN TO LTJ BUKEM PLAY HIP HOP, RARE GROOVE AND EARLY HOUSE, I ENJOYED THIS AS IT IS GOOD FOR A WICKED DJ TO BE VERSATILE. I'M GLAD I WENT AS I FELT AT HOME THERE (REMINDED ME OF SPEED) PEOPLE THAT DID NOT GO 'LIGHTWEIGHTS!' CHECK OUT THEIR FUTURE EVENTS. SHOUTS TO JOE (SLEEPY), KERRY + RIZLA, PRESSURE FM, JOE + SUE, LOVE, PEACE + UNITY. MARIA O. DOWNER OF THE NIGHT - MISSED DJ TRACE AND ON THE WAY HOME GOT OFF AT THE WRONG STOP ON THE TRAIN. generation GENERATION - 16TH MARCH SMARTS GYM, SOUTHEND THIS BEING THE 4TH GENERATION EVENT RUN BY BASSMENT RECORDS IN SOUTHEND WHICH IS HELD STRICTLY FOR THE UNDER 18S. WE ARRIVED AT 9 AND WERE GREETED BY DJ FADER STARTING HIS SET WHO WENT ON TO PLAY WELL, AT THIS POINT THE PLACE WAS ALMOST FULL WITH PEOPLE STILL COMING IN. UP NEXT WAS BAZIL WHO TORE THE PLACE DOWN WITH A SERIOUS SELECTION OF DRUM 'N' BASS. UNFORTUNATELY THE NEEDLES HAD A MIND OF THEIR OWN AND KEPT JUMPIN. THE MCS ON THE NIGHT WERE RAGE AND METHOD WHO KEPT THE ATMOSPHERE BUBBLING ALL NIGHT, AT 11 THE SPECIAL GUEST DJ ZINC STEPPED UP AND PLAYED A FAT SET WITH THE HORNS AND WHISTLE MASSIVE IN FULL EFFECT. ALL IN ALL THIS NIGHT PROVED TO BE THE BEST ONE YET WITH A GOOD ATMOSPHERE AND A SLAMMIN SYSTEM. THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE NOT TO BE MISSED FOR THE UNDER 18S MASSIVE. JB Atmosphere 23 issue no 29

MC CHARLIE B SUBJECT: CHARLIE B ALIAS PAUL SINCLAIR. AGE: 21. LOCATED: ESSEX. CHARLIE B FIRST GOT A TASTE FOR GOING ON THE MIC IN 1991 AT THE SHIRE HORSE IN CORNWALL WHEN HE WAS MCING FOR MASTERVIBE WHICH IN TURN LED ON TO HIM MEETING MURRAY FROM DREAMSCAPE AND WORKING AT ONE OF HIS PARTIES IN 1993. SINCE THEN HE HAS DONE ALL THE DREAMSCAPES EXCEPT ONE AND IS NOW WORKING FOR SUCH NAMES AS HARDCORE HEAVEN, DIE HARD, LABYRINTH, DANCE PLANET AND ALSO WITH SLIPMATT AT VARIOUS VENUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. "MY FAVOURITE PLACES TO PLAY ARE PLEASURE DOME SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE ATMOSPHERE UP THERE, HELTER SKELTER BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS PUT ON A WICKED PARTY AND DANCE PARADISE AS ALEX THE PROMOTER (WHO IS A WANNA BE POGO STICK) IS A NUTTER". OUTSIDE OF MCING HE WORKS PART TIME AT ARMAGEDDON RECORDS IN SOUTHEND AND HIS OTHER MUSICAL TASTES INCLUDE R & B, SOUL AND INTELLIGENT. AS FAR AS RADIO WORK IS CONCERNED HE HAS WORKED ON LOCAL RADIO STATIONS IN ESSEX BUT HAS NO DESIRE TO TAKE IT ANY FURTHER. AS OF YET HE HASN'T WORKED ABROAD BUT HAS PLANS TO GO TO AUSTRALIA LATER THIS YEAR AND WOULD LIKE TO WORK IN GERMANY AND CANADA. HE SEES HIS PERCEPTION OF AN MC'S JOB AS BEING PURELY TO HYPE THE CROWD AND COMPLIMENT THE DJ AND RATES OTHER MC'S SUCH AS CONRAD, GQ, MAGIKA, FEARLESS AND SHARKEY. IN THE FUTURE HE HAS PLANS TO DO VOCALS ON A TUNE WITH SLIPMATT TO BE RELEASED ON UNIVERSAL RECORDS AND WOULD LIKE TO GET WORK WITH PROMOTERS SUCH AS UNITED DANCE, FUSION AND REZERECTION IN SCOTLAND. "ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED ABOUT THE SCENE" HE SAYS "IS FOR THE MUSIC TO COME TOGETHER MORE AND LESS OF THE ATTITUDE". HE PREFERS TO MC ON HARDCORE WITH HIS FAVOURITE DJ'S TO WORK WITH BEING SLIPMATT, VIBES, SEDUCTION AND SY AND ON THE JUNGLE SIDE TRACKS, MASTERVIBE, FRENZIC, FABIO AND HYPE. HIS EMBARRASSING MOMENTS INCLUDE FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS AT DREAMSCAPE 20 WHICH IS JUST ONE OF MANY CLASSICS. SHOUTS: SLIPMATT, VIBES, TRACKS, LEE STUMPY, NOEL, VISION FM, THE DIXON CREW (WOOD GREEN), JAMIE, DARREN, DAVID, CHRIS (CORNWALL MASSIVE), MASTERVIBE, DAVE @ HELTER SKELTER, GARY & BOGEY @ PLEASURE DOME, MC STORM AND THE MISSES, ALEX @ DANCE PARADISE AND ANY ONE WHO KNOWS ME. TO BOOK CHARLIE B 0378 166109 OR ARMAGEDDON RECORDS 01702 603687. Atmosphere 25 issue no 29

MC FEARLESS NAME: WAYNE FEARLESS AGE: 25 LIVES: WOOLWICH BUT I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN EDMONTON, NORTH LONDON. WHAT ARE THE ROOTS OF YOUR MUSICAL TASTES? FROM A LITTLE AGE I LOVED MUSIC. MY ROOTS ARE REGGAE, POP, RARE GROOVE, SOUL, HIP HOP, WELL ANYTHING THAT SOUNDS GOOD REALLY. WHERE WHEN AND HOW DID YOU FIRST GET INTO CHATTING? WHEN I WAS ABOUT 12 WITH BOYS FROM MY HOOD DOING TAPES AND PARTIES. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE THIS? LEFT SCHOOL AND WORKED FOR A SOLICITORS, TRAVEL AGENTS, DIAMOND SETTING, SALES REP, MECHANIC, ELECTRICIAN, TOO MANY TO MENTION. PS CRIME (BUT I'M NOT PROUD OF THAT !). WAS YOU EVER INVOLVED IN A SOUND? YES I WAS INVOLVED IN A FEW BUT NOTHING BIG. WHERE WAS THE FIRST PLACE YOU MCed AT? AT A PLACE CALLED SLAMMERS IN GRAVESEND OR ZODIAC DANCE STUDIOS, I CAN'T REMEMBER. WHAT MUSIC DO YOU CURRENTLY LISTEN TO? A LOT OF HIP HOP, HOUSE, DRUM 'N' BASS, JUNGLE. IF THE SHIT SOUNDS GOOD I LISTEN TO IT. DO YOU GET INFLUENCED BY THESE WHEN YOUR ON THE MIC? YES I GET A LOT OF INFLUENCE FROM THE MUSIC I LISTEN TO. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE DJS TO WORK WITH AND WHY? ELLIS D, DARREN J, DR S GACHET, HYPE, FOOD JUNKIE, MICKY FINN, PHANTASY, FROM CANADA SNIPER, MYSTICAL INFLUENCE, SLIP N SLIDE, AND MUFFIN CAUSE THEY KEEP THE SHIT REAL. HAVE YOU DONE ANY RADIO WORK, IF SO WHEN AND WHERE? I STARTED ON INNOSENSE FM IN WOOLWICH FOR A YEAR WITH BRAINKILLLERS THEN TO RUSH FM TILL MID 93. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE PLACES TO PLAY? MINISTRY OF SOUND, DOCKLANDS ARENA, WEMBLEY, PARADISE, SW1 (AWOL + WORLD DANCE). HAVE YOU WORKED ABROAD, IF SO WHEN AND WHERE? GERMANY UNTOLD TIMES, HOLLAND A COUPLE OF TIMES AND CANADA 3 TIMES AND THEY WERE ALL WICKED. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SCENES OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY? BELIEVE THEY COULD SHOW US A THING OR TWO ABOUT RAVING IN HARMONY. GERMANY AND CANADA REMIND ME OF THE OLD DAYS WAY BACK WHEN THINGS WERE SPOT ON. HOW DO YOU SEE THE SCENE IN ENGLAND AT THE MOMENT? ITS OK. COULD BE BETTER. BUT I THINK ITS IN ALL OF US TO DIG DEEP AND GET BACK TO NORMAL. DON'T WORRY THE BAD SHIT WILL GET DROPPED LIKE A BAD HABIT. VERY SOON. WE'VE GOT TO STICK TOGETHER. HAVE YOU MADE OR VOCALLED ON ANY TUNES? (YEH, YEH 'EASY DOES IT') AS YOU KNOW 'EASY DOES IT' ON URBAN GORILLA, 'I BELIEVE' ON COLLUSION RECORDS, 'UNDERGROUND' WITH DJ PHANTASY, BACK IN THE DAY WEEKEND RUSH EP PT 3 - 1 WITH KENNY KEN, TOO OLD TO REMEMBER. BETWEEN THE BOTTOM AND TOP OF YOUR CAREER LADDER WHAT HAVE BEEN YOUR BEST MOMENTS? I FUMBLED A COUPLE OF TIMES ON THE MIC BUT NOTHING MAJOR. MY BEST TIMES ARE EVERYTIME ME AND THE RAVERS HAVE IT MAJOR AND THE NIGHT IS SLAMMIN. HAVE YOU EVER TRIED MIXING? YES I CAN MIX. ANY CHANCE I GET I HAVE A LITTLE MIX UP. WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING IF YOU WEREN'T INVOLVED IN THE MUSIC? I DON'T KNOW. JAIL MAYBE OR I WOULD BE WORKING JUST A 9 - 5 JUST BARELY LIVING. WORDS TO UP AND COMING MCS? DON'T GIVE UP, AND DON'T FORGET THERE IS AT LEAST A 3 YEAR APPRENTISHIP (WELL THAT'S WHAT I CALL IT) YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO SHUT UP. THAT IS IMPORTANT. TO BE A GOOD MC WORK WITH THE DJ, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR LYRICS. IT'S ABOUT MIXING ON TIME, CROWD BEING HYPED AND THE VIBE FLOWING. PLEASE IF YOUR GONNA BE AN MC GIVE UP THE E'S (YOU CAN'T MC IF YOUR OUTTA YOUR HEAD) SHOUTS: MY LOVELY LISA, MY KIDS, JORDON, LYKEEM, GAVIN, JOSH, FERRIS, ALL THE DJS I WORK WITH AND MCS, MAXIMUM RESPECT ALL RAVERS CREW, SYROUS CREW CANADA, VIBRATION CREW GERMANY, CHRIS, JAY, DAZ, GUY, LEA, MARK, COLIN, GARY, RODNEY, SCHOOL CHUMS, MUM & DAD, ALL MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS - I LOVE YOU ! EASY DOES IT .... Atmosphere 34 issue no 29

trax BY FRENZIC AND DARK NOISE ORIGINAL SMOOTH RECORDINGS FREEHAND - I CAN'T STOP / PURE - STEPPAS DRUMS AND CHECK THE B-LINE WITH SOME DARK ALLEY FLAVOR. WICKED FEMALE VOCAL STABS WITH SOME COOL SOUNDS. COMES WITH BOUNCY B-SIDE - 95%. MUTANTS - POWER TOOL PT 1 & 2 - FLOATY AMBIENT START, ROLLIN TAPPY DRUMS WITH A SMOOTH BUKEM B-LINE, ANOTHER DEEP TUNE ON A MISSION. OTHER SIDE GATED FLOATY BIZNESS TEARIN INTO AMEN WITH DEEP DROP B-LINE, SAME FEEL AS OTHER SIDE - 96%. STREET BEATS SECRETS VOL 1 - TIME TRAVEL / SUNRISE - ROLLIN TAPPY BEATS SURROUNDED WITH SMOOTH FLOATY FLAVOUR WICKED FEMALE LYRICS ON A MELLOW EASY LISTENING TIP. B-SIDE STARTS QUITE DEEP AND KICKS OFF INTO AMEN BUT IS ON THE SAME TIP AS THE A-SIDE A TOUCH DARKER - 95%. SECRETS VOL 2 - MY FANTASY / IS IT A DREAM - DRIFTY GATED STRINGS ON INTRO LETTIN OFF INTO ROLLIN AMEN, A TUNE THAT TAKES YOU ON A REAL MISSION THROUGH SOFT FLOATY UPLIFTING STRINGS BUT WITH A MILITANT FEEL ON BEATS 'N' BASS. BOTH SIDES TAKING THE MIND - 97%. SUBURBAN BASE PASCAL - MOVIN ON / LIKE DAT - 'YEAH I LIKE DAT YO'. WHAT A TUNE, ROLLIN SLIP SLIDING BEATS AND PHAT B LINES, DEEP SHIT MAN ROLLIN HIP HOP FLAVA BOTH SIDES - 95%. CHARMAINE - I GET WHAT I WANT MIXES - MY FAVE IS THE LEWI MIX ON THE FLIP WITH LIVE VOCALS, CLAPPY BEATS, STRINGS, A COOL PIANO PLUS PHAT BASS KEEPIN IT ROLLIN' - 94%. URBAN CULTURE ROGUE UNIT - NICE ATMOSPHERIC INTRO JOINED BY TAPPY BEATS, SAX AND A DA INTALEX TYPE B LINE ON A MELLOW TIP WITH PLENTY OF COOL EFFECTS CREATING A NICE VIBE FOR ALL THOSE OF A LESS MANIC NATURE - 93%. TRACES OF GUILT - EXPRESSO - INTROED ON A HARDER TIP THAN THE LAST WITH THE 'EXPRESS YOURSELF' VOCALS AND EFFECTS THAT TAKE THE EDGE OF THE HARD BEATS WHICH GIVES THE TRACK AN OVERALL ROLLIN FEEL - 93%. URBAN GORILLA DJ RAP MEETS DA BOSS FEAT BLU - I'M SO - STRINGS AND VOCALS INTRO THIS, NOT LONG THAN THE BEATS AND SOME COOL BASS DROP IN TO ROLL THIS PHAT LITTLE NUMBER OUT - COOL - 93%. CITY CONNECTION - IMPACT / MOVE - 'IMPACT' STARTS WITH A KINDA G FUNK INTRO AND SLOW SLAPPY BEATS WHICH STEP UP WITH A B LINE AND BEATS KEEPIN IT GOING TILL A HIP HOP VOCAL COMES AND THEN DROPS INTO SOME PHAT AMEN - NO MESSIN' - 94%. OTHERS J MAJIK - APACHE / PICTURES - INFA RED RECS - 'APACHE' BELIEVE IT OR NOT USES THE APACHE BREAK IN ALL ITS FORMS WITH DEEP STRINGS, MAD VOCALS, PLENTY OF EDITS WITH THAT DEEP AND ROLLIN FEEL - 94%. DR S GACHET - FORBIDDEN AGENDA - AUDIO MAZE - INTROED WITH A COOL MELLOW BIT, FOLLOWED BY AN ALEX REECE TYPE BEAT AND MAD EFFECTS WHICH STEP UP CHANGING THE VIBE SOON JOINED BY AMEN - WICKED - 98%. MAD FUNK / HIP HOP RIDE - KROME & TIME - TEARIN VINYL - AS WITH LICENSE AND GANJA MAN MIXES MAD FUNK HAS BEEN ON PLATE FOR A WHILE SO I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE FLIP WHICH IS UP TO KROME & TIMES USUAL STANDARDS WITH HIP HOP BREAKS CHOPPY BEATS AND MEGA FAT BASS - ALLRIGHTEE THEN - 97%. SUBJECT 13 - PHUTURE - VIBES RECS - DEEP STRINGS AND HI HATS FLOWING THROUGH THE INTRO JOINED BY SOME CLAPPY BEATS GETTING THE VIBE ROLLIN', THEN SOME LIVE SOUNDING BASS BUILDING A NICE GROOVE AS SUBJECT 13 ARE BEGINNING TO GET NOTICED FOR! - 93%. PHOTEK - STILL LIFE / THE RAIN REMIXES - RAZORS EDGE - STILL LIFE IS ONE OF MY FAVES AT THE MOMENT DARK BIZNESS AT ITS FINEST IF YOU LIKE THE DEEP DARK FLAVE - BUY ON SIGHT. THE RAIN IS ON MORE OF A DEEP TIP WITH TIP TOE ROLLIN BEATS. BOTH TRACKS WORTH CHECKIN FUTURISTIC FLAVE - 97%. MPA - IT AIN'T OVER - TECHNICAL ITCH - G FUNK SOUNDING INTRO WITH SHUFFLY BEATS AND THE 'JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS OVER' VOCAL TAKING YOU TO A DROP WITH ROLLIN PHAT BASS ON A JUMP UP TIP - PHAT - 92%. DIGITAL - NIAGRA / DOWN UNDER - METALHEADZ - DEEP START WITH HARD STABBIN BEATS SURROUNDED Atmosphere 38 issue no 29

BY DARK MYSTERIOUS SOUNDS AND AN ANGRY STEPPAS B-LINE, PURE FLAVOUR. OTHER SIDE AS DEEP AND DARK WITH WICKED FEMALE VOCAL STABS AND ROLLIN AMEN - 97%. BASIC INFLUENCE - STILL WATERS / RAINFOREST HARDLEADERS - IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS TUNE GET TO KNOW. DILLINJA AT HIS FINEST, BUY ON SIGHT, WHOEVER YOU ARE. ALL YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM THIS MAN IS RIGHT HERE - 100%. MR MONIK - PRESSURE / ATMOSPHERE - HYPER RECS - STARTS WITH A MAD EFFECT AND A HIP HOP VOCAL WITH BEATS JOINING SOON AFTER ROLLIN OUT TO A FAT SMASH UP AMEN DROP MAKING THE VIBE A FIERCE ONE - 94%. PARADOX - PRAY - FROM MY MIND EXPRESSIVE - THIS BEING THE FIRST RELEASE FROM THIS LABEL WHICH IS AN OFFSPRING OF ANOTHER. NICE GROOVY VIBE WITH PHAT EFFECTS, CLAPPY BEATS AND SOOTHING VOCALS - SMOOTH - 94%. PRIZNA - BERRETA / STEPPA - KUS - INDIAN TYPE EFFECTS WITH SHUFFLY BEATS INTRO THIS THEN A WICKED B LINE STAB GIVES IT THE GROOVE JOINED BY JAZZY RIFFS AND THE USUAL PRIZNA BEATS - ROLLIN - 95%. CHRONIC 1 - PHAT PIECE OF PLASTIC FROM A GUY WHO'S DOING SOME DAMAGE AT THE MOMENT. THIS TUNE SAYS DRUMS ALL OVER IT SO IF YOU LIKE EM' MILITANT AND ROLLIN WITH A TOUCH OF A HIP HOP VIBE THIS ONE'S FOR YOU - 96%. ORAL ANNIE / SAFE SAX - SOUNDCLASH RECS - USING LOADS OF LIVE STUFF THIS ONE IS DEFINITELY A SUMMER TUNE WITH A NICE VIBE CREATED MAINLY BY THE SAX AND VOCALS WITH CHOPPY BEATS - 93%. SHAK OUT - ORIG & REMIX - MYSTIC MOODS - MORE MARCHING DRUM ROLLS WITH TAPPY COW BELLS AND UPLIFTING STRINGS MOVIN INTO ROLLIN STRETCHED OUT TAPPY AND CHOPPY DRUMS. B SIDE IS MORE DEEP AND DARK WITH SAME TIP ON THE DRUMS. CHECK IT 95%. SEARCH + JO - FLAVOR RECS - STUTTER BEATS ON A TAPPY TIP WITH THE BEATS SOUNDING REAL FUTURISTIC. WICKED B-LINES SOUNDING DIFFERENT WITH SOME FUNKY ORGAN BIZNESS. 3 TRACKS TO CHOOSE CHECK EM - 92%. ALIX - AMBIENCE / THE DEEPER SIDE - TEST PRESS RECS - INTROED WITH SWIRLY WINDS & MARCHING DRUMS EXPLODING INTO PIANO RIFF OVER SLOW HIP HOP BREAK SLOWLY CHANGING SPEED KICKIN ON INTO VARIOUS TAPPY DRUM ROLLS AND DEEP HUMMING B-LINES SURROUNDED BY AN EERIE AMBIENT SOUND. SOME DIFFERENT BIZNESS. FLIP IS A NUTTY DRUMMER TRIP - 95%. SUPERBAD (ORIG + ZINC REMIX) - BONAFIDE - FRONTLINE RECS - THIS IS THE TUNE WITH THE JAMES BROWN VOCALS AND HAS BEEN SMASHIN IT ON PLATE FOR A WHILE. JUMP UP B LINES AND ROLLIN BEATS MAKE THIS A MISSION NOT TO BE MISSED - HIT ME - 97%. DREAM TEAM + COOL BREEZE - HARD FACTOR - 24 KARAT - STABBIN STEPPAS BEATS WITH SOME HIP HOP FLAVOUR KICKIN OFF INTO A MILITANT B-LINE WITH DREAMY VOCALS AND BACK GROUND. PURE STEPPAS FEELING. B SIDE VERSION BY COOL BREEZE STEPPIN WITH AMEN AND SAME SAMPLES, BUY ON SIGHT - 95%. WATCH OUT FOR FACS 'LIVE AND DIRECT' ON 24 KARATS SISTER LABEL BASED ON BASE. STAKKA + K TEE - RUGGED & RAW / BAD INFLUENCE MIXES - LIFTIN SPIRITS - MY FAVE IS THE RUGGED & RAW MIX BY SPLASH IS, YES YOU GUESSED IT TEAR OUT TO THE MAX WITH A VERY MEANINGFUL INTRO AND PLENTY OF BEAT N BASS CHANGES TO KEEP YA OCCUPIED - 96%. FLYNN + FLORA - BIZNESS / BASS SPEAKER - INDEPENDANT DEALERS - IN A NUTSHELL THIS TUNE IS A FAT ROLLIN NUMBER WITH PLENTY OF VIBE. FATTER THAN FAT B LINES AND COOL STRINGS WITH SHUFFLY BEATS AND MAD EFFECTS - 96%. T ROK & J DUB - MAXIMISE / QUAYSIDE - SUBMARINE TYPE NOISE FOR INTRO THEN DRIVING BEATS JOINED BY KILLA BASS MAKING THIS TUNE A MISSION FROM START TO END - PHAT MAN - 96%. PAUL Z - ONE SMALL STEP / BEAUTIFUL DREAMS - PROPHECY - THIS BEING THE 3RD RELEASE FROM MR Z. 'ONE SMALL STEP' IS A CHUNKY NUMBER WITH A DEEP INTRO AND SOME STEVE AUSTIN VOCALS GOING INTO STABBY BEATS AND ROLLIN BASS - 96%. ST FILES - SKY HIGH / SYSTEMATIC - INTALEX - ON A DIFFERENT TIP TO THEIR USUAL RELEASES WITH A VERY STUTTERY SELECTION OF BEATS AND THE WICKED 'WE GOT' VOCAL PLUS SOME NICE BASS STABS ON A ROLLERZ VIBE - 95%. ANIMAL INSTINCTS - RED RUM / REALNESS - ROGUE RECS - USING SOME 'NINE' AND FEMALE VOCALS PLUS SOME SUPER SUPER SMASH UP AMEN MAKING THIS A MANIC NUMBER. MAYBE THE WAY THE AMEN IS DONE IS A BIT DATED BUT STILL A FURIOUS TRACK - 91%. SUBJECT 13 - OCEANS - CREATIVE SOURCE - THIS BEING THE 4TH RELEASE FROM THE CREATIVE SOURCE STABLES ON A REAL NICE VIBE WITH A MELLOW BUT ROLLIN BASS RIFF, COOL EFFECTS AND JUST A GENERAL CREATIVE SOURCE FEEL ABOUT IT - 95%. APHRODITE - LET THE RHYTHM FLOW - APHRODITE - INTROED WITH PIANO AND STRINGS WITH THOSE USUAL APHRODITE BEATS JOINED BY A BOUNCY BASS AND TECHNOEY BASS STABS KEEPIN IT ON A HAPPY JUMP UP TIP - 92%. DJ KRUST - ANGLES / NOT NECESSARILY A MAN - V RECORDINGS - WHAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT KRUST, THIS TUNE HAS BEEN SMASHING IT UP FOR A WHILE NOW. KILLA BEATS, KILLA BASS. SWAP YOUR WIFE FOR THIS - 99%. ESKOBAR - ROAR RECS - DON'T KNOW THE ARTIST ON THIS BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE TWISTED AMEN AND LIVE GUITAR AND ITS THE SAME STYLE AS LEMON D OR DILLINJA. DEEP, MILITANT, GROOVY AND PHAT IS ALL I CAN SAY - 97%. Atmosphere 39 issue no 29

DJ HYPE DUBPLATE 10 01 - Andy C & Shimon - Quest 02 - Zinc - Is It A Game 03 - Pascal - Downtown Exposure 04 - Pugwash & Bizzy B - Sad Story 05 - Hype - Some People Can't Handle Da Streets 06 - Rude Bwoy Monty - Steppa Style 07 - Mr Time - Hop In Reality 08 - Ray Keith - Special Technique 09 - P-Funk - Zinc Remix - P Funk 96 10 - Muthafucka Remix STEPPA STYLE - RUDE BWOY MONTY - DUB ANOTHER STEPPIN STEPPER FROM DA RUDE BWOY MONTY (HE'S A POSH BOY REALLY). HORN INTRO LEADING INTO SOME CLEVERLY EDITED AND FILTERED DRUMS WHICH JUST KEEP ROLLIN + STEPPIN + ROLLIN + STEPPIN COMPLETE WITH A NICE RUFFNECK BASSLINE, OUT ON FRONTLINE SOON. ANDY C & SHIMON - QUEST - DUB ALREADY VERY BIG IN THE RAVES, THIS TUNE LOOKS LIKE ITS GONNA BE ANOTHER BIGGIE FROM THE RAM STABLES. STARTING WITH AN 'EERIE SOUNDS' INTRO THEN IN COMES A LITTLE ROLLIN BREAK AND THEN A BASSLINE MORE FAT AND WOBBLY THAN THE TANGO MAN. THE STRANGE STRINGS AND WEIRD VOCALS APPEAR REGULARLY THROUGHOUT MAKING THIS A VERY GOOD TRACK FROM THE STILL SLEEPIN CREW. MUTHAFUCKA RMX - DUB A REVAMP OF DILLINJA'S '95 TEARER, THE BRISTOL CREW HAVE GONE SUPER TECHNICAL AND TWISTED UP THE DRUMS AND BASS TO THE MAXIMUM. RETAINING THE ORIGINAL BASS NOTES, BUT NOW WITH A NASTY TWANGY BASS AND SOME INCREDIBLE EDITS AND THE 'YOU THAT MUTHAFUCKA' HOOK CHOPPED UP AND DOWN AND ALL OVER THE PLACE. IN A WORLD WITH SOME MANY REMIXES THIS ONE STANDS OUT FROM THE CROWD! HOP IN REALITY - MR TIME - TEARIN VINYL DUB MR TIME COMES UP TRUMPS AGAIN WITH THIS FUNKY EXCURSION WITH PLENNY PLENNY OF GROOVY SAMPLES AND VOCALS, WITH NEAT ROLLIN DRUMS AND A B BWOY B LINE FOR ALL THE HEAD NODDING CREW. P - FUNK SPECIAL - DUB DJ ZINC HAS GOT HIS HANDS OF PASCAL'S CLASSIC 'P - FUNK ERA' AND DONE A SPECIAL, IN KEEPIN WITH THE ORIGINAL IT'S A REALLY ROLLIN REMIX WITH NEAT DRUMS AND A ROLLY ROLLY B LINE, IF YOU LOVED THE ORIGINAL YOU'LL LOVE THE REMIX. NOT DUE TO BE RELEASED YET AND EXCLUSIVE TO ME !! TYRANNY - INNATE - KNOWLEDGE TP. A VERY STRINGY MELLOW TUNE WITH LOTS OF DEEP STRINGS AND ROLLIN 808S. IF YOU'RE INTO THE MORE MELODIC STYLES OF BREAKBEAT THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE TO CHECK OUT, DUE FOR RELEASE IN MARCH OR APRIL. Atmosphere 40 issue no 29

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RAY KEITHS TIPS SPACE INVADER - UNCHARTERED TERRITORY Penny Black SMASHED UP THE BLUE NOTE SUNDAY SESSION. UNDERCOVER AND VERY NASTY. TWISTED ANGER - FIST OF FURY Penny Black NO MESSING ABOUT, THE REAL DEAL, THE FUTURE IS HERE. DJ KANE - RAY KEITH REMIXES Congo Natty BOTH SIDES COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER, TWO DIFFERENT ANGLES. LET THE DANCEFLOORS BE THE JUDGE. ANGLES - DJ KRUST V Recordings ITS ALL OVER, GAME OVER, A CLASSIC IN THE MAKING. QUEST - ANDY C & SHIMON RAM Records THIS TUNE IS AHEAD OF ITS TIME. DIFFERENT BASSLINE WHICH WILL TAKE YOU INTO THE MILLENIUM. SENTINEL 3 - BASSMENT RECORDS NICE MELODIC SOUNDS FROM A DRUM 'N' BASS INNOVATOR. RESERVOIR DOGS - REMIX Joker CAUSING MAYHEM ON THE DANCEFLOOR, BUSTIN UP CLUBS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. FUNKULA - DJ HYPE REMIX No Smokin HYPE HAS DONE A PERFECT JOB, DESTINED FOR BIG THINGS. BUBBLEGUM - REMIX SOMETHING DIFFERENT. CHOPPER - REMIXES TWO MIXES DUBPLATE PRESSURE, WATCH THIS SPACE. WHATS IN BRYAN G's BOX CHRONIC RECS BLACK MARBLES THE WIZARD. A TRACK WHICH WILL BE FOUND ON THE NEW B SIDE OF THE "POISON" REMIX WHICH HAS BEEN LICENSED FROM V RECORDINGS TO THIS NEW SOUTH LONDON BASED LABEL. "BLACK MARBLES" IS JUST HOW IT SOUNDS. EXTREMELY DARK WITH AN UPRISING CREEPY VIBE WITH A HEAD NODDING B LINE, ONE FOR THE HARDCORE. DOPE DRAGON RECS READY OR NOT GANG RELATED & MASK FROM BLUE NOTE TO MANCHESTER THIS IS MASSIVE, FROM THE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT US "SOLDIER" & "BASS IS ROLLIN". "READY OR NOT" STARTS OFF WITH A METRONOME CLICK BUILDING UP TO A SAMPLE VOICE SAYING 'COMING, COMING, READY OR NOT' FOLLOWED BY THAT "GIRLS DEM WANT IT" B LINE BUT FASTER AND ANGRIER, GONNA BE MASSIVE. PHILLY BLUNT BASS SWITCH FIREFOX & GLAMOUR GOLD FIREFOX RETURNS AFTER "BONANZA KID" TO COLLABORATE THIS TIME NOT WITH 4 TREE BUT GLAMOUR GOLD IN TRUE PHILLY BLUNT STYLE. FOX & GOLD ROLLS + BENDS UP THE DISTORTED B LINE WITH SNIPPETS OF THE 'BASS WILL SWITCH' WHICH DEFINITELY DOES ONE FOR THE GIRLS DEM. FULL CYCLE RECS ONE LAST MEMORY DJ KRUST IT'S TIME TO BUILD UP A SPLIFF, ADJUST THE VOLUME AND CHILL TO THIS CLASSIC IN THE MAKING. KRUST TAKES YOU ON A RIDE THAT YOU'LL NEVER FORGET "ONE LAST MEMORY" IS A ROLLIN TRACK WHICH LIFTS UP CONTINUOUSLY COURTESY OF SOME DEEP MALE VOCALS AND UPLIFTING STRINGS WITH A STRONG HARD B LINE MAKING IT SMOOTH BUT ABLE TO STAND UP AGAINST ANYTHING ELSE ON A DANCEFLOOR. THIS IS FUTURE MUSIC, A MUST FOR DEEP MUSIC LOVERS. Atmosphere 42 issue no 29

YES YES Y'ALL. JJ GIN-N-JUICE BACK. Hope everyone had a wild new year. Loads of good music out there so I'm gonna get right in it. Everybody knows about Busta's joint. right? Just a reminder for the slow bodies. It'll be out by the time you read this. That "Danger" remix is hot too. My man DJ Crave just got back from a show with De La. They're playing shows up and down the East coast and have a bunch of new material. so keep your eyes open for something from them to drop soon. Foxy Brown is that female who had you seeing doubles like noah in LL's joint. Now she sees shine time on this new joint with JayZ and blows frames. It's kinda like a "Get Money" with Biggie and Kim. only better cause JayZ and Foxy "Got Skillz"! You know what I'm sayin... Erick Sermon has popped off with "Too Short". I know. it makes me sick. but the beats are bad as hell and E comes off on his verse. Just don't let Too Short's verse play and you'll be alright. Something you really got to check is Brainstorm. the "No Gimmicks" b-side. now on Penalty. For those who don't know it's OC. Channel Live. and KRS-One. Needless to say. lyrical skills around. Broadway is the new act on Nervous and that's real nice and tight. Big Noid is blowing up on the streets right about now. Check JayZ's joint "Dead Presidents". I know most of you slept on his The Meaning of Life last year. AK Skills is a name to look out for coming out of New York. Tight beats. Tight ass rhymes. kid is going For his this year. so look out for his 12" real soon. There's a remix of Mic Geromino's "The Natural". Brother J. formerly of X Clan. has a new group out. Black Sun Riders. and an album set to drop soon. "Seeds of Evolution". Him and his crew handle most of the production so if you missed the X Clan vibe be sure to peep this. Out of Chicago. EC is making illa noise with his "No More" joint. Yo. that breaking cut is so Fat. Nice to see kids keeping it real on the wax. bringing it back to the essence. Switching to the West. the kids out here are making some noise nowadays. First. Ultra Fans. listen up. Did you miss out on Kool Keith's joint last year. Da Beatmasters with Kut Kemist? Well check this. He's back. under the guise of Dr Octagon. Bugged out. crazy. everything you love about Kool Keith. Very limited. as was his joint last year. with only 400 copies being pressed. Get it now cause "This shit is off the hook". Gonna go down as one of the best tracks of 1996. I ain't lying to you. Production is handled by Q Bert's Toasted Marshmellow crew. Q Bert busts the crazy new scratch styles that every real DJ out here is trying to get with (good luck....). Keith lives out in LA now. and he told my man Peanut Butter Wolf that he had 7 identities to unleash. Da Beatmasters was one. Dr Octagon is number 2. so look out for the next. Keith asked Peanut for all his old Cameo records 'cause he's gonna "Bring back the Funk"'. I just say. BRING BACK KOOL KEITH! Right? And DJs. while were on Q Bert's tip. his "Bionic Booger Beats" and "Battle Beats" were repressed. so get em now or be hating it later. And For the real DJs who like to battle. Rectangle just released vol 7 and 8 of his battle breaks. Typical Rectangle battle cuts. not that is bad... Some other shit from LA worth looking into is "Most Desh" on Angel records. Really the best cut to go for is the instrumental of "Microphone Enhancer". Nice Fat beats with an East coast feel about it. Yeah. big shout to my man Josh Swissman on that one. Also check "Cops and Crack rocks". Safir and his Hobo Junction crew is back. this time out on LA's Southpaw records. All the tight rhymes and inventive Flows that made the Hobo's the Bay's number one crew out there. but unfortunately the beat is G'd out. And I'm sorry. but the G is OUT! j came fat - it's goin' down like that Atmosphere 50 illmatic son

ARRIVED FAIRLY EARLY TO BE GREETED BY SOME VERY NICE SECURITY. ONCE INSIDE THE NIGHT WAS ALREADY WELL UNDERWAY WITH THE MAN DJ SS, WHAT CAN I SAY THIS MAN HAS SOME SERIOUS RECORDS, WHILST HE WAS MIXING OUT THE SOUNDS WE HAD A GREAT CHANCE TO LOOK AROUND AND FIND A PLOT ON THE MAIN FLOOR FOR THE NIGHT WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE WAS ELECTRIC AND THE LIGHTS AND STAGE WERE BLINDING. NEXT UP WAS THE NICKI BLACKMARKET WITH A TEARIN SELECTION THAT HAD THE CROWD SCREAMING FOR THE REWINDS. BY THIS TIME THE UN BUILDING WAS BUSTING AT THE SEAMS. NEXT CAME THE KOOLS NO 1 BROCKIE WITH A WIDE DUB SELECTION THAT HAD ALL THE KREWS SCREAMING AND BUBBLING IN A FRENZY. MICKY FINN & DARREN JAY STEPPED UP THE PACE WITH SOME 95 CLASSICS COMING OUT OF THE BAG, AS WELL AS SOME FRESH PRESSES AND WICKED MIXING, SKILLS THAT SHOW WHY THESE DJS ARE AT THE TOP OF THE STACK. ANDY C WAS THE NEXT SELECTOR UP ON THE STAGE AND DAZZLED THE PEOPLE WITH SOME EXCELLENT RECORDS AND MIXING THAT COULD HAVE MATCHED MY FAVOURITE DJ OF THE NIGHT RANDALL, WHAT CAN I SAY, FLAWLESS MIXING AND THE KIND OF CHEWNS THAT ARE THE BEDROOM BOYS ENVY. ALL IN ALL THUNDER & JOY WAS THE BEST PARTY FOR ME IN 95. NO BAD ATTITUDE AND AN ELECTRIC CROWD, PRODUCTION, LIGHTS & SOUND, LOUD ENOUGH TO WAKE THE DEAD. WELL WORTH £13:50, SO WATCH OUT FOR FUTURE EVENTS BY T & J PRODUCTIONS. UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT GET TO SEE RAY KEITH, SL, ASHA TACK OR RIZLA, ALL THE MCS GQ, STEVIE HYPER, FLUX & SKIBADEE EXCELLED THEIR VOCAL TALENTS WITH A WICKED SHOW FOR ALL. KELLY & TEKKA. THUNDER & JOY BOXING NIGHT - CLUB UN THUNDER & JOY

Being one of the top DJs on the Jungle scene is no mean task. It takes commitment, shit hot music knowledge and an edge that gives you the drive to be the best. This is hard enough, but when you've got to fight against the factors of being female, things ain't easy at all - unless you're DJ Rap. With the worthy title of being the only successful solo female DJ on the Jungle circuit, Rap is kickin' it big time on the scene, but she hasn't stopped there. Now Rap has her own record labels, she's on the verge of signing a huge deal with a major record company, and at the beginning of February she released her latest single 'I'm So', on Urban Gorilla records. Tell us about YOU. I've been on the scene since 1987/88 as a raver, and I started DJing in '91. I played whatever was current at the time, I'm one of those DJs who just plays whatever's good at the time. That approach led me to Jungle because that's what's happening now. If it's good quality drum 'n' bass, I'll play it. How did you get together with Urban Gorilla records? They literally phoned me up and asked me to remix a track for them called 'I'm So?'. I'd never heard the original garage version of the track before, but when Urban Gorilla approached me with it and asked me to remix it I was happy to because it's a good quality tune. What's the story behind 'I'm So..?' 'I'm So?' was originally a garage tune by Da Bosson Labello's sister label Public Demand. A young lady by the name of Blu is the talent behind the vocal hook. It was a big tune on the garage dancefloors. How much involvement did you have on the track? I did absolutely everything, except the vocals. I had been given a couple of vocal lines which had been laid down by a singer called Blu, and apart from that, the rest is me. I just took the track to Monroe Studios, worked on it for a couple of hours and came up with the sound that you hear on the vinyl. What's the reaction to this track been like in the clubs? It's been good, really good. It's one of the best remixes that I've ever done anyway, so I'm proud of myself, but the clubs seem to love it too. Is this the first track that you've ever worked on? No. I've got two labels of my own, Proper Talent and Low Key records. But I don't do too many remixes because I don't feel there's many tracks that are worth touching. How do you feel making music for the charts? I don't make music for the charts. As far as I am concerned if a record's good it then becomes popular. If it's popular it then enters the pop charts. But with any of my tracks, including 'I'm So?', I don't care where it goes chartwise. I want the record company to take it as far as it can go, but my job is to make a good tune, and that's what I do. I hope 'I'm So?' does chart, but if it doesn't then that doesn't bother me at all because at the end of the day I've made a good track. The Jungle scene's going back underground now anyway. Sales are dropping, so the average Jungle track doesn't notch up enough sales to chart. It's just not like the old days when tracks like 'Fire' managed to go mainstream. But the quality of the music is improving, and that's all that matters. What's it like to be one of the only female DJs on the Jungle scene? I'm the only female DJ on the scene! No, no, there are others like Kemistry & Storm etc. What's the future for DJ Rap? In the future you won't see me out as much because I'm starting to become more selective with my clubs. I want to concentrate on my record labels and production more, so I'll only play out at really high quality gigs like Desire, Elevation, Universe etc. I don't need to play at every gig going. I'm looking for good quality venues that have a good vibe - that's what I'm about now. I'm also just about to sign a deal with a major label (which I can't say anything about now), but when that happens it'll be big. Plus I have my own labels and my remixing and production to work on, so that's the future for DJ Rap. Good quality gigs and the production of excellent tunes like 'I'm So?' 'I'M SO?' IS OUT NOW. DJ RAP MEETS DA BOSS

URBAN GORILLA RECORDINGS Presents UGR 006 UGR 007 UGR 008 DJ RAP meets DA BOSS "I'M SO?" OUT NOW ALL THE USUAL PRODUCTION TRADEMARKS & A HEFTY BASS TO BOOT. Bound to do well, innit - MIXMAG CITY CONNECTION "IMPACT/MOVE" OUT 26th FEB IT IS DIFFERENT, VERY FRESH AND VERY NOW AND IF YOU DON'T GET IT YOU'LL BE SORRY I'M TELLING YOU - MIXMAG COOLBREEZE "ENJOY THE RIDE" SHOBIZ SHERBERT PROMO OUT SOON A SERIOUS DUBPLATE SPECIAL AVAILABLE ON PROMO SOON CONTACT 0171 403 0007 DISTRIBUTED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE UK BY VINYL DISTRIBUTION 01734 510801/802/803

MC SKIBADEE I HAVE BEEN MCING FOR JUST OVER ONE 1/2 YEARS AND MY INSPIRATION CAME FROM ME BEING ALWAYS MUSICALLY ACTIVE, BUT NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO GO PUBLIC UNTIL JUNGLE CAME ALONG. SEEING OTHER TEENAGERS JUST LIKE ME SMASHING IT ON THE MIC OR ON THE DECKS, MADE ME THINK I CAN DO THAT TOO (EVEN BETTER). BEFORE LISTENING TO JUNGLE I WAS INTO HIP HOP, RAGGA, SOUL AND RARE GROOVE. THE FIRST PLACE I PLAYED WAS AT THE GASS CLUB CALLED JUMPSTART (ELECTRYBE), THIS WAS ON EVERY MONDAY AND IT STARTED ABOUT NOV '94. I CONSIDER MY BREAK TO HAVE BEEN WITH KOOL FM. MY FAVOURITE PLACES TO PLAY ARE AT THE SW1 CLUB OR THE MINISTRY OF SOUND. THE MC'S I LIKE WORKING WITH ARE THE ONES WITH A SIMULAR STYLE TO MINE AND MY FAVOURITES ARE STEVIE HYPER D AND DET. OUTSIDE OF THE MUSIC SCENE I STUDY A LEVEL ACCOUNTING AT COLLEGE, I AM A PART TIME BARBER AT HOME AND I LIKE TO PLAY FOOTBALL WHEN I GET THE CHANCE. MY ADVICE TO ASPIRING BEDROOM MC'S WOULD BE DON'T GIVE UP, KEEP YOUR STYLE ORIGINAL, DON'T TRY TO BE SOMEBODY ELSE AND REMEMBER PATIENCE IS THE KEY. MY VIEW ON THE MUSIC AT THE MOMENT ARE THAT IT IS CHANGING RAPIDLY AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE ONLY THE TRUE JUNGLIST WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH IT, ALL IMPOSTERS WILL PHASE OUT. MY GOALS AS AN MC ARE TO DEVELOP A STYLE THAT IS UNDERSTOOD BY EVERYONE, BUT CAN'T BE DUPLICATED AND TO EARN AS MUCH RESPECT AS POSSIBLE, HOPEFULLY ONE DAY BEING ONE OF THE BEST MC'S IN THE BUSINESS. SHOUTS TO EVRYONE WHO KNOWS ME... Atmosphere 64 issue no 29

MC CO GEE "I HAVE BEEN MCING SINCE 1981 GIVE OR TAKE A YEAR AND WAS INSPIRED BY SUCH SOUND SYSTEMS AS EASTMAN HI FI, SIR BREENA, UNITY, SIR CRUISE, TIPPATONE ETC. MC'S IN THESE TIMES WHO INSPIRED ME WERE BRIGADERE JERRY, JOSIE WALES AND CHARLIE CHAPLIN TO NAME A FEW. BEFORE JUNGLE I WAS INTO RAGGA, REGGAE, SOUL, HIP HOP AND ALL GOOD MUSIC BUT MY CULTURE IS REGGAE MUSIC, THAT'S WHERE I COME FROM THAT'S ME I THE FIRST TIME I MCED LIVE AS A JUNGLE ARTIST WAS AT KOOL FM'S FIRST BIRTHDAY BASH AND I SEE THE DOOR OPENER FOR ME AS BEING REGULAR SHOWS ON KOOL FM WHICH IN TURN HAS OPENED NUMEROUS DOORS. I LIKE MCING ANYWHERE WHERE THE CROWD ARE BROCKWINING, BUBBLING AND HAVING IT! THE ONLY MC'S I LIKE WORKING WITH ARE PROFESSIONALS. OUTSIDE OF THE MUSIC SCENE I AM A FULLY QUALIFIED YOUTH WORKER, REMEMBER THAT KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! AS FAR AS PRODUCTION IS CONCERNED TAKE MY VOCALS AND PUT THEM ON PLASTIC WHATEVER AND THAT'S THAT AND IF SUCH A TIMES COMES FOR ME TO DO THAT SIDES OF THINGS THEN YEAH. THE LABELS AND PRODUCERS I RATE INCLUDE FORMATION, GANJA, FRONTLINE, TROUBLE ON VINYL AND DREAM TEAM WHO I THINK ARE ALL DOING A GOOD JOB AND AS AN MC THE TRACKS SIT UP FOR YOU SO IT'S EASY TO WORK WITH. MY ADVICE TO UP & COMING MC'S IS TO KEEP TRYING, DO WHAT YOUR DOING, MANY ARE CALLED, CHOSEN ARE FEW. ONE COMPLAINT I HAVE ABOUT THE SCENE AT THE MOMENT ARE CERTAIN PROMOTERS WHO ARE CUTTING CORNERS BY PLAYING DJ'S & MC'S AND PAYING THEM NEXT TO NOTHING WHEN THE PROMOTERS ARE CHARGING ENOUGH POUNDS FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME IN, GIVE THE PUBLIC THE REAL DEAL AND STOP LOOKING FOR 100% PROFIT. MY GOALS ARE TO BE A SUCCESSFUL VOCALIST AND THAT AIN'T NO PROBLEM WITH THE ALMIGHTY WATCHING OVER ME. SHOUTS TO EVERYONE WHO KNOWS ME, EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T AND EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW ME - BIG UP!! Atmosphere 65 issue no 29

ESP PROMOTIONS SINCE 1988 DREAMSCAPE DREAMSCAPE TWENTY TWO XXII Saturday April 6th 1996 8pm-7am The Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset ONE OF THE LARGEST VERSATILE DANCE VENUES IN THE COUNTRY OVER 200 ACRES OF GROUNDS, MORE THAN 100,000 SQ FT OF FLEXIBLE INDOOR SPACE & UNLIMITED CAR PARKING. ONCE AGAIN THE INNOVATE ESP PROMOTIONS HAVE GONE BEYOND THE REALMS OF REALITY AND HAVE COMPILED WHAT HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST EXTRA ORDINARY FIRST EVENT OF 1996. A SELECTION OF THE WORLD'S FINEST DJ'S WHO WILL HURTLE YOU THROUGH THIS VAST COSMOS WE CALL DANCE MUSIC. FEATURING THE VERY BEST OF HAPPY HARDCORE, JUNGLE/DRUM & BASS, TECHNO/TRANCE, HOUSE AND GARAGE & TRIP HOP. 4 ARENAS • 11 HOURS OF MUSIC • A MULTITUDE OF THE VERY BEST ARTISTS • FUN FAIR • ABSOLUTELY NO SOUND RESTRICTIONS • LICENSED FOR 10,000 LIKE MINDED TERRESTRIAL BEINGS TICKETS 23:00 PLUS 2:00 BOOKING FEE. TICKET RELEASE DATE: MONDAY FEBRUARY 5TH FROM YOUR OFFICIAL DREAMSCAPE TICKET OUTLET SEE MAIN FLYER & PRESS FOR DETAILS OR CONTACT 01933 271711 FOR YOUR NEAREST TICKET OUTLET NATIONAL CREDIT CARD HOTLINE 01159 342039 THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE