7/7 aftermath in the thames valley…. this happened this summer - I've had nagging doubts about posting it as I've posted so much other heavy stuff this year but feel it has to be discussed.
during an excellent rave in summer, in a beautiful oxfordshire location I was with a group of friends and even then we could not get away from discussing the bombs and 7/7 and what was going on in our area. I'd already noticed Reading was full of cops these days, and we all thought the only reason this rave hadn't been busted was because the cops were otherwise occupied in towns and cities.
some of the people in our group lived in the Wycombe/Aylesbury areas and were watching at first hand the tension in the streets; one of the bombers was from aylesbury and chavs tried to burn out his former family house (fucking idiots, it was a terrace and loads of people got evacuated because of it and they also were destroying vital forensic evidence that could be used to track other dangerous terrorists)
as the flames were put out and the cordons raised, the chavs of aylesbury fought each other in the streets along racial lines. But the impression I was getting from what my friends were saying and other posts on SJ and other places is that they were fully enjoying the fight, as if every young man had been waiting for this situation to happen (not suprising as there has always been an amount of racial tension in that area)
but the worst was yet to come. One bloke at the rave said he would fully understand it if a young unemployed white lad strapped explosives to himself, went into the mosque on Friday and blew the lot to kingdom come (or Mecca?) as a reprisal for the 7/7 attacks.
Incidentally although I am Asian (but not a Muslim) I did not even find the comment in the slightest offensive; I could fully understand his emotions in discussing this - I would stress that this guy is not a racist thug (he is a very intelligent man who is a friend of mine and is anti-war / otherwise progressive in his politics), and nor was he volunteering or planning to carry out such an attack!
He did agree that the only net result would be a further deplorable loss of lives and then an escalation of a war over resources into a race war.His impression was that he clearly did not really want such an event to happen, but he wouldn't be surprised if it did.
And all this came out at a rave where we were all friends and all in a good mood. I dread to think what sort of discussions (or even plans) are happening in less happier places of Britain - and its a stark reminder of how high feelings are running at the moment..
CHRIS CARRIER: RARE LONDON DATE – SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER / GUTTERFUNK GUTTERFUNK
Saturday 17th September 2005
1st Anniversary @ Medicine & our LAST PARTY!
with special guest Chris Carrier (Robsoul / Detour) / France
Well ………. it has to be said that we’ve sincerely enjoyed running the last year of successful Gutterfunk parties at Medicine in Shoreditch.
During this time we have treated you to some great guests from America, Europe and of course the UK. Guests including Jon Marsh, Demarkus Lewis, Chris Duckenfield, Inland Knights, Asad Rizvi, Rob Mello, Spettro, Rhythm Plate, Harold Heath, Big Hair, Bionic Bump Band, Stefan Goldmann and more.
This party is something of a landmark as we’ve been at the venue exactly one year to the day and also because this party will be our LAST party for a while ……… yes you’ve read this correctly ……. this is our last party at Medicine and anywhere else for a while, so make sure you get down to this one!
Seeing as it is our last party, we’ve taken the trouble to book an extra special guest for you and a firm favourite of ours, namely DJ / Producer Chris Carrier from Paris (Robsoul / Detour / Logic Box).
Chris has really made his mark on the house scene and has defined his own sound amongst the many house music producers of today. He is one of the main producers of underground house music, producing many quality EP's and remix work for such respected labels as: Detour, Robsoul, Minority, Crack&Speed, Nightshift, Get Physical, Etroneek Funk and more. Chris is also one half of duo, Logic Box who were responsible for a string of quality tracks over the years and he also co-owns and runs Adult Only and more recently the Catwash label.
For over ten years Chris Carrier has been influenced by all different styles of music. Ranging from Hip Hop to Techno, House and Electro.
Chris Plays all around the world from USA to Spain, UK, Holland, Germany, Eastern Europe, and beyond. In France, he has been spotted on the decks at such groundbreaking clubs as Le Queen, or Rex Club. Chris remains an active figure of the underground sound today.
Your residents Foot Therapy and Jamie Coughlan will be in support and ensuring that this party will be closed out in formidable fashion.
As always entry is free before 9pm and £6 thereafter
We have a limited concessions guest list
Please supply us any names for this list asap
Email: gutterfunk@foottherapy.net
CHRIS CARRIER: LONDON DATE – SAT 17TH SEPTEMBER / GUTTERFUNK GUTTERFUNK
Saturday 17th September 2005
1st Anniversary @ Medicine & our LAST PARTY!
with special guest Chris Carrier (Robsoul / Detour) / France
Well ………. it has to be said that we’ve sincerely enjoyed running the last year of successful Gutterfunk parties at Medicine in Shoreditch.
During this time we have treated you to some great guests from America, Europe and of course the UK. Guests including Jon Marsh, Demarkus Lewis, Chris Duckenfield, Inland Knights, Asad Rizvi, Rob Mello, Spettro, Rhythm Plate, Harold Heath, Big Hair, Bionic Bump Band, Stefan Goldmann and more.
This party is something of a landmark as we’ve been at the venue exactly one year to the day and also because this party will be our LAST party for a while ……… yes you’ve read this correctly ……. this is our last party at Medicine and anywhere else for a while, so make sure you get down to this one!
Seeing as it is our last party, we’ve taken the trouble to book an extra special guest for you and a firm favourite of ours, namely DJ / Producer Chris Carrier from Paris (Robsoul / Detour / Logic Box).
Chris has really made his mark on the house scene and has defined his own sound amongst the many house music producers of today. He is one of the main producers of underground house music, producing many quality EP's and remix work for such respected labels as: Detour, Robsoul, Minority, Crack&Speed, Nightshift, Get Physical, Etroneek Funk and more. Chris is also one half of duo, Logic Box who were responsible for a string of quality tracks over the years and he also co-owns and runs Adult Only and more recently the Catwash label.
For over ten years Chris Carrier has been influenced by all different styles of music. Ranging from Hip Hop to Techno, House and Electro.
Chris Plays all around the world from USA to Spain, UK, Holland, Germany, Eastern Europe, and beyond. In France, he has been spotted on the decks at such groundbreaking clubs as Le Queen, or Rex Club. Chris remains an active figure of the underground sound today.
Your residents Foot Therapy and Jamie Coughlan will be in support and ensuring that this party will be closed out in formidable fashion.
As always entry is free before 9pm and £6 thereafter
We have a limited concessions guest list
Please supply us any names for this list asap
Email: gutterfunk@foottherapy.net
Any partyheadz in the north-east of England I've just moved 2 Middlesborough and wanna meet partyheads in the north east i'm into hardhouse, trance techno, gabba, hardcore!!! anything bangin basically... Get in touch. Thanx
RECLAIM THE STREETS PARTY! – East London – Sat 10th Sept RECLAIM THE STREETS PARTY! - East London - Sat 10th Sept - 1pm
Call 07903 812190 for meet up place or see http://www.disarm-trade.org
Full story and fliers at http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/09/322639.html
"Beat the bombers - Party for Peace!"
Part of the week of events opposing the DSEi arms fair in london
(europe's largest arms fair)
more at http://www.dsei.org
INT : Geldof – the man who betrayed the poor. A sad story of what happens when one man jumps on a bandwagon and vastly over-estimates his own power in a chaotic, angry world...
http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2005/09/06/the-man-who-betrayed-the-poor
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By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 6th September 2005
Two months have not elapsed since the G8 summit, and already almost everything has turned to ashes. Even the crustiest sceptics have been shocked by the speed with which its promises have been broken.
It is true that they didn’t amount to much. The World Development Movement described the agreement as “a disaster for the world’s poor.”(1) ActionAid complained that “the G8 have completely failed to deliver trade justice.”(2) Christian Aid called July 8th as “a sad day for poor people in Africa and all over the world.”(3) Oxfam lamented that “neither the necessary sense of urgency nor the historic potential of Gleneagles was grasped by the G8.”(4) But one man had a different view. Bob Geldof, who organised the Live8 events, announced that “a great justice has been done. .. On aid, 10 out of 10; on debt, eight out of 10 … Mission accomplished frankly.”(5)
Had he not signed off like this, had he not gone on to describe a South African campaigner who had criticised the deal as “a disgrace”(6), Geldof could have walked away from the summit unencumbered by further responsibility. He could have spent the rest of his life on holiday, and no one would have minded. But it was because he gave the G8 his seal of approval, because he told us, in effect, that we could all go home and stop worrying about Africa that he now has a responsibility to speak out.
The uses to which a Geldof can be put are limited. Before the summit he was seen by campaigners as naïve, ill-informed and unaccountable. But he can make public statements with the potential to embarrass politicians. While they don’t usually rise above the “give us your focking money” level, they do have the effect of capturing the attention of the press. But though almost everything he said he was fighting for has fallen apart, he has yet to tell the public.
Immediately after the summit, as the world’s attention shifted to the London bombs, Germany and Italy announced that they might not be able to meet the commitments they had just made, due to “budgetary constraints”(7). A week later, on July 15th, the World Development Movement obtained leaked documents showing that four of the IMF’s European directors were trying to overturn the G8’s debt deal(8). Four days after that, Gordon Brown dropped a bomb. He admitted that the aid package the G8 leaders had promised “includes the numbers for debt relief.”(9) The extra money they had promised for aid and the extra money they had promised for debt relief were in fact one and the same.
Nine days after that, on July 28th, the United States, which had appeared to give some ground at Gleneagles, announced a pact with Australia, China and India to undermine the Kyoto protocol on climate change(10). On August 2nd, leaked documents from the World Bank showed that the G8 had not in fact granted 100% debt relief to 18 countries, but had promised enough money only to write off their repayments for the next three years(11). On August 3rd, the United Nations revealed that only one third of the money needed for famine relief in Niger, and 14% of the money needed by Mali had been pledged by the rich nations(12). Some 5 million people in the western Sahel remained at risk of starvation.
Two weeks ago, we discovered that John Bolton, the new US ambassador to the United Nations, had proposed 750 amendments to the agreement which is meant to be concluded at next week’s UN summit. He was, in effect, striking out the Millennium Development Goals on health, education and poverty relief, which the United Nations set in 2000(13). Yesterday, ActionAid released a report showing that the first of these goals – equal access to schooling for boys and girls by 2005 – has been missed in over 70 countries(14). “Africa”, it found, “is currently projected to miss every goal.” There is so little resolve at the UN to do anything about it that the summit could deliver “a worse outcome than the situation before the G8.” Yet Geldof remains silent.
“We are very critical of what Bob Geldof did during the G8 Summit”, Demba Moussa Dembele of the African Forum on Alternatives tells me. “He did it for his self-promotion. This is why he marginalized African singers, putting the limelight on himself and Bono, rather than on the issues. … The objectives of the whole Live8 campaign had little to do with poverty reduction in Africa. It was a scheme intended to project Geldof and Blair as humanitarian figures coming to the rescue of “poor and helpless” Africans.”(15)
“Right from the beginning,” says Kofi Mawuli Klu of the Forum of African Human Rights Defenders, “he has acted in his own selfish interests. It was all about self-promotion, about usurping the place of Africans. His message was “shut up and watch me”. Without even understanding the root causes of the problems, he used his role to drown the voices of the African people and replace them with his own. There are many knowledgeable people – African and non-African – who could have advised him, but he has been on his own, ego-tripping.”(16)
I have heard similar sentiments from every African campaigner I have spoken to. Bob Geldof is beginning to look like Mother Teresa or Joy Adamson. To the corporate press, and therefore to most of the public, he is a saint. Among those who know something about the issues, he is detested. Those other tabloid saints appeared to recognise that if they rattled the cages of the powerful, the newspapers upon which their public regard depended would turn against them. When there was a conflict between their public image and their cause, the image won. It seems to me that Geldof has played the same game.
He seized a campaign which commanded great public enthusiasm, which had the potential gravely to embarrass Tony Blair and George Bush. He asked us to focus not on the harm the G8 leaders were doing, but on the help they might give. When they failed to deliver, he praised them anyway. His endorsement and the public forgetfulness it prompted helped license them to start reversing their commitments. When they did so, he said nothing. This looks to me like more than just political naivity. It looks as if he is working for the other side.
I don’t mean that this is what he intended – or intends – to do. I mean that he came to identify with the people he was supposed to be lobbying. By ensuring that the campaign was as much about him as about Africa, he ensured that if they failed, he failed. He needed a story with a happy ending.
There is just one thing that Geldof can now do for Africa. This is to announce that his optimism was misplaced, that the mission was not accomplished, that the struggle for justice is as urgent as ever. But while he holds his tongue, he will remain the man who betrayed the poor.
www.monbiot.com
References:
1. World Development Movement, 8th July 2005. G8 condemn Africa to miss Millennium Development Goals. Press Release.
2. ActionAid, 8th July 2005. ActionAid’s reaction to the G8 outcome. Press Release.
3. Christian Aid, 12th July 2005. The G8 - in terms of build-ups it couldn’t have been bigger. Press release.
4. Oxfam, 29th July 2005. Gleneagles: what really happened at the G8 summit? http://www.oxfam.org/eng/pdfs/bn050729_G8_final.pdf
5. DATA (Debt AIDS Trade Africa), 8th July 2005. Bono, Geldof Reaction to G8 Africa Communique. Press release; Ewen MacAskill, Patrick Wintour and Larry Elliott, 9th July 2005. G8: hope for Africa but gloom over climate. The Guardian; Mark Townsend, 10th July 2005. Geldof delighted at G8 action on aid. The Observer.
6. Matthew Tempest, 8th July 2005. G8 leaders agree $50bn Africa package. The Guardian.
7. Oxfam, 29th July 2005, ibid.
8. WDM, 15th July 2005. Leaks reveal IMF threat to already weak G8 debt deal. Press release.
9. Minutes of Evidence Taken before Treasury Committee, 19th July 2005. To be published as HC 399-i. House of Commons. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmtreasy/uc399-i/uc39902.htm
10. Eg ABC online, 27th July 27 2005. Australia, US form climate change pact: report. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1423298.htm
11. World Development Movement and Jubilee Debt Campaign, 2nd August 2005. Leaks reveal G8 debt deal faces funding shortfall. Press release.
12. BBC Online, 3rd August 2005. Hunger in Mali is being ‘ignored’. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4741877.stm
13. Eg Julian Borger, 26th August 2005. Bolton throws UN summit into chaos. The Guardian.
14. Patrick Watt, 5th September 2005. Development Under Attack: will the 2005 poverty agenda unravel at the UN World Summit? ActionAid.
15. Demba Moussa Dembele, 3rd September 2005. By email.
16. Kofi Mawuli Klu, 4th September 2005. By phone.
UK : Official info on (legal) raves and police "cost recovery"
The following text is from a lengthy Home Office report (available on the public internet) from HM Inspector of Constabulary about "policing disorder" ( stuff like race riots, and large brawls at football matches)
However raves are also listed here - this shows what we are up against; but sadly I can see how this situation arose. The large commercial raves of the early 90s were indeed blighted by some quite serious violence, often because they attracted gangs of males anxious to prove themselves and stake a claim to territory :( - although most ravers didn't grass, a few commercial promoters indeed asked the cops for help when their livelihoods were threatened and workers in the Ambulance service often feed info about venues where violence is common to the Police (the NHS does not however pass over individuals' details)
it looks like the men of violence from the 90s have indeed fucked it up for everyone else (and now the culture of violence is infecting the free parties in some city areas).
Good practice example
Policing raves
Kent County Constabulary supplies officers to provide a police presence at the event on an isolated airfield. Following consultation with the police the local authority grant a music and dancing licence on condition that the full on costsof policing these events are reimbursed to the Force by the organiser. The police role is clearly defined and focused on crime and disorder. The costs involved are several thousand pounds.
Jeff Amadeus, Seb Marx, Fred Stonka & Pat Hurley WRONG-UN
30th September, George IV, Brixton
wrong-un.com
Teknophobia Soundsystem
Multicoloured laser by QUANTEK
Visuals by CATARAX ......AND.....
Main room techno:
Jeff Amadeus
Seb Marx
Pat Hurley
VK
Roscoe
M8
Reggi Mental
Upstairs breaks n crazy shit:
Fred Stonka
Narkitekt
Terrabreaker
Nekro
Dedone
Kriss K
Warren Knowells
underground city 5 rooms loads of djs liberator + loads more UNDERGROUND CITY NEWSLETTER
Hello people, as you can probably tell from this newsletter its nearly time for our next event, for this next event and till the end of the year we are back at that awesome venue “the custard factory” and we are really excited about it, this event is already shaping up to be a great night.
But firstly we would like to say a big thanks to everybody who played a part in the last event, (the Africa appeal), that means clubbers, dj’s, sound engineers, flyer distributors, rig owners, crew, promoters who ran rooms and anybody else who made that night happen, we raised £600 which has been donated equally between action aid, and le medicine de sans frontier and it was a really great night with all 5 rooms packed wall to wall till the very end.
Back to our next night we will be running 5 rooms again, with Skankadelic and Cohesion hosting the techno room, Ufront mag hosting the hard dance room, Stimulus hosting the drum and bass room, Birminghams own, Stereo Chemistry hosting the psytrance room, and Lost and the Funk Station, hosting the house and breakbeat room.
For this nxt event the only place to buy advance tickets will be through ticket sellers 08707 54445 this is a credit/debit line and advance tickets will be £8 and are available now
Friday September 9th @ the Custard Factory,Birmingham
10pm- 6am £8 adv, £10 OTD
Room 1 techno/acid….Skankadelic & Cohesion
Aaron Liberator (Stay up Forever)
Dj Ribbz (Vagisness)
Dave Randall (dance valley/Kinetic)
Cyber Steve (underground city)
Mr Burns (underground city)
Ron Atomizer B2B Dave Atomizer (Cluster/Jackhammer)
Twtted Matt B2B Pablo (Cohesion/Saucered )
Room 2 Hard Dance….Upfront
Sol Ray (upfront)
The ‘Ting’ (Proactive)
The Pranksterz (Akid Trax)
DFQ (Superfish)
Strange Dave (B2T)
Glowbones (Riff Raff)
Room 3 D&B……..Stimulus
Donovan ‘bad boy’ Smith (Sensor recordings)
Rascal & Klone (Noizeworks recordings)
Danny Wheeler (W10/Infrared)
Devize (3d mode/Radius)
Samas & Access (Stimulus/ Senor Recordings)
Buzzy (cohesion/Stimulus)
Pace (Autumn)
Mc’s
Manikular (Source/HQ)
PM (3D mode)
Ruma (Noizeworks)
Algar (Stimulus)
Room 4 Psytrance……Stereo chemistry
Jon Kenobi (psypneumatix records)
Will Dogon ( Stereo chemistry)
Cosmonaughty (Stereo Chemistry)
Dj Acidic (Acidic)
Room 5 House & Breakbeat….Funk Station & Lost
Dodge-(live)
Steve Haines
Dj Sico
Steve Kyte
Danny Bean Bag
Funktion 1 & EV rigs throughout
Intelligent lighting
Visuals & Projections
Uv stalls
Laughhing gas
Record stalls
Outside stage
Cinema stage
Jugglers and performers
And much more
Tickets £8 Adv (ticket sellers) 08707 544445 or £10 on the door
Info gavin 01280 840 108
Steve 07788997855
www.undergroundcity.co.uk
www.skankadelic.com
www.kinetic.co.uk
www.upfrontmag.com
www.sufcollective.co.uk
nxt UC 11/11 @the custard factory, D.A.V.E B2B Chris Liberator (4 decks/ 3 hours) Jeff Amadaus 3decks,nick rafferty, sol ray, man made man,(live),casper,dynamic intervention and more TBC
to view a flyer click here http://www.squatjuice.com/cgi-bin/y...;num=1124136677
INITIATION @ COLOSSEUM, LONDON SAT 17TH SEPT
http://www.ravingitch.co.uk/index.php?page=initiation
Artists on the night over 3 arenas...
Mampi Swift b2b Friction
Brockie (with MC Det)
J Majik b2b Wickaman
Pendulum
Clipz
Logan D
Darren Jay (Liquid set)
Q Project (Liquid set)
Fluid (Liquid set)
Logistics (Liquid set)
Dready (Liquid set)
Jay Kenzo (Liquid set)
SUV - 3hr set (with MC 5ive'0 & special guest)
MC's - GQ, Fearless, Eksman, Flux, SP:MC, 5ive'0, Det, Hunter Dee, The Duchess & special guest
Also appearing exclusively... The Narni Shakers
9pm - 3.30am / Over 18's only / Smart sportswear & trainers ok, no caps. Tickets: £13.50
Please visit http://www.ravingitch.co.uk/index.php?page=initiation for more info / buy tickets online
Rush-hour>>> Rush-hour Launch
Rush-hour is the latest channel to be launched on www.level-1.org.uk
In addition to providing regular stream nights to our regular streaming crews,
“Level-1-Radio” has decided to open a free radio streaming service to anyone who would like to use our technologies.
It runs 24/7 and will always be free.
You can be a dj / producer / band…
If you are interested in using Rush-hour just go to www.level-1.org.uk and read
“Free Radio Streaming for Everyone - Rush Hour”
Look forward to hearing ya :wink:
Psy Trance night 16th September :Dorset Vanilla Penguin : Dorset's first ever legal Psy night!!
Name of night : Vanilla Penguin
Where : Gorcombe :follow the A354 from Blandford to Dorchester, Halfway, turn to Charlton Marshall(Gorcombe signposted also) : follow sign posted private road to Gorcombe, then follow the sign to the BARN.
The venue is a licensed converted barn in the middle of the countryside.
When : 16th September 2005. 9pm - 4 am. (carpark to be vacated by 4.30a.m.)
Dj's :
Buju : from Israel :Domorecords :playing the only Progressive set of the night ..to round things off nicely.
NightSkool : Recording as one half of CANED & Able..with Mike Modular.
TeKtris : DRT (www.dirtyrottentherapy.co.uk) Playing an acidic Psy set!!
Jon The Baptist : Producer,recording artist & dj for MASSIVE hard trance label "Future Sound Corporation" : Debut PSY SET!!
Java : Newcomer/local talent.
Intelligent Lighting by Green Alien of Southampton www.greenalien.co.uk
Full UV Decor,
free Java cd to each of the first 50 people through the door :-)
Passout all night..chill-out in the car park in & out until 4a.m. if you like .
Surrounded by fields.
Capacity 200.
This is a regular event
Tickets available in advance (recommended) or on the door.
If you wish to purchase tickets, OR for more info, please email me :
gareth@merlin88.wanadoo.co.uk
EARTH DANCE 2005 Cologne Germany 17/09 :bounce_ci Line up
Live: Star Sounds Orchestra --YSE rec
CyKLones
Zma rec
Djs: Dr Motte
Dancefield
Laureth
Plusquam
Sensifeel
Domo
Rino
JackPoint
La nina
electric Circus
Drenan
Cyklones
Sofachillaz
Ebr
Akki
Random.fm
Déco: Mae & Moa
visual: Vidéoarkitekt
places:Gloria(club-theater) 'after' Sensor club
Apostelnstrasse 11 Siegburgerstrasse 110
50667 Koln 50667 Koln
www.gloria-theater.com www.sensor-club.de
usefull links:
www.earthdance.org
www.electric-circus.de
http://sensifeel.online.com
http://cyklones.online.fr
come to enjoy for the Global festival for PEACE :bounce_ci
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