Class of 88 - Wayne Anthony Interview - Independent June 1999

To Hear the Stories from the Man Himself - You Must Read The Updated Version of Class of 88

From a man that has kicked off more warehouse doors than most graffiti writers or squatters and run away from more law enforcement agencies than your average international gangster. As one of the pioneers of world rave culture Wayne Anthony's personal account of Acid House has NO EQUAL

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GENESIS'88: Wayne Anthony, Keith Brooks & Andrew Pritchard

Class of 88 - The True Acid House Experience (Special Edition) OUT NOW

The Special Edition 2011 has been completely rewritten and now includes brand new stories from Wayne Anthony’s epic journey into the world of Acid House and the organisers that staged some of the biggest illegal warehouse parties in the history Great Britain. The party promoter was the first amongst his contemporaries to tell his true story to the world. Genesis is one of the founding companies that created and neutered a platform for large-scale all night dance parties. This brought Wayne and his Genesis partners to the attention of gun totting mercenaries, well known gangsters, bank robbers, and members of parliament, riot squads though worse of all The Media. This true story tells the epic tale of England’s biggest sub-cultural movement that began on the Island’s of Ibiza and Tenerife in 1987. The influence of promoters such as Wayne Anthony can be felt in almost every dance music venue in the world today. Twenty years on this Special Edition delves even further into the history of the worlds biggest Acid House promoters. 

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 SOME REVIEWS OF THE ORIGINAL BOOK 1998

  ‘ It’s gonzoid journalism of the best get-stuck-in-kind, with more parties, drugs, blags and scrapes with the law than a lifetime of tabloids could produce. And it still tells us everything the academics come out with.... ‘                                                                                        NME (  APRIL 98 )

‘ This is a book about parties, some of the biggest and most successful ever thrown in Britain ..... In this context house parties are not the sort of events that feature in Tatler, illustrated by photographs of the scions of aristocratic families toasting each other with champagne ‘  DAILY TELEGRAPH ( JAN 98 )

 
  ‘ Wayne was at the forefront of a revolution for Britain’s youth as they rejected boozy fights on a Friday night for an unprecedented unity on the dance floor. And the catalyst was Es and binding beats ‘.                                                                                      EAST LONDON ADVERTISER ( FEB. 98 )

 ‘ Some bloke takes an E in 1988 and thinks he’s Nick bloody Hornby ‘. LOADED ( MAR 98 )

 

‘ Written in “ cheerfully conversational “ style, it probably won’t win any Booker Prizes but, as a grittily authentic tale of the early rave scene’s, has few equals ‘.  VENUE ( JAN 98 )

 

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Wayne Anthony and Siruis23 interview the UK / USA Heroes of the Day

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Class of 88 - Dreaming in Colour

The original book was written around 1997 and published in celebration of a decade since the offset of Acid House in 1998. I felt both honoured and privileged to have the book published by Virgin Books. Mainly because i had a gut feeling from the very beginning that Richard Branson's company may well publish the book considering the entire movement was started from a club belonging to him.

Don't ask me how i knew but even though i hadn't written anything beyond two pages i just knew that virgin would publish it. Not because it was a great work of art but because it epitomised a great movement of people that filtered out into the wider world from gay club Heaven's. This was a story fit for the Virgin empire. Most professional authors need only submit a synopsis of their book to a publisher who then has a period of three months to decide whether the book can slot into their marketing machine without much effort.

Those days everyone wrote on computers but for me i needed to feel the attachment of pen against paper and so wrote the entire book out in ink before going anywhere near a computer. Not that i had a computer at that time, i'd been traveling around Australia until i hastily left. I didn't know what i was going to do next. Meanwhile certain magazines published Acid House History specials and Genesis were never mentioned yet we were there since 1988. I knew what we'd been through during that period and to think that we were being ignored and companies that came after us were getting all the praise. That really used to piss me off and most of the time you could tell the person doing the writing wasn't even there.

My Genesis partners didn't care much as they were earning big money and moved on long ago. Acid House had changed me from the core outwards and i wanted the public to understand what we were doing but more so i wanted the people that came to events like Genesis to realise how far promoters went in pursuit of what we regarded as freedom.  We each had a different story to tell and i personally couldn't articulate the way anyone else felt about Acid House. That really extends to my Genesis partners as well, i remember how we felt at certain times but during the course of writing the book i didn't discuss any of the ideas with the lads i just got on with it. Writing from memory brought up much of my past and made me question everything i did and the motivation for doing it. This process helped me to grow spirituality as i came to understand myself much more due to writing about Acid House.

When i finished writing the book i contacted Virgin Books but didn't get past the main reception as she seemed to know that Virgin wouldn't be interested in a book about MDMA. She didn't even get to hear the title or my name. I just went back home and started doing rewrites for a few months before contacting Virgin for the second time. Again didn't get past the front desk and no names. I still knew it would be published by Virgin, call it a higher-self and whatever you may, i was determined that Virgin would become its home. I went back to the drawing room and continued fine tuning for a another few months until finally calling them for the third time. I was in luck, the receptionist asked me to hold the line! The cheerful sound of Virgin's newest Senior Music Editor came online and sounded quiet excited about the concept. He promised to have an answer for me within days if i got it there ASAP. It was Ian Gittins first commission at Virgin and they went all out to make it a success…

Within what seemed like a short time the book went out of print and to my surprise received overnight cult-status. I nearly fell off my chair when i noticed that readers were selling secondhand copies of my book for hundreds of pounds on Amazon.  I kept a close eye on amazon and watched the price reach £500 at one stage. Tis was a great feeling i must say regardless of the fact that i'd have to sell a shitload of books to receive that royalty through book sales.

So its given me great pleasure to rewrite and add new content to the Special Edition of Class of 88 - The True Acid House Experience which is available via Kindle in advance of the paperback book which will be published either later this year or early next year…

More news to follow in next few days...

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Acid House on National Geographic (march 2011)

Wayne Anthony (well a photo and our (Andrew Pritchard, Keith B) parties anyway) on National Geographic, cool, ok it wasn't because i discovered an unknown tribe in the thick jungles of Africa or South America and if i were an explorer of this elk then Im sure i'd be disappointed. Yes there were some misleading statements made on the documentary such as the ICF (West Ham football hooligans) were running our security when in fact only three members of the entire security team ever fought for West Ham. They ran their own warehouse parties. Carlton Leach was one such individual who i should also point out, wasn't under the guise of ICF. They were independent hard men from the shady pubs of London's East End who commanded respect from most of their peers. Originally this was orchestrated by another person who shall remain nameless and if not for this person my two partners and i wouldn't have got out without a few stitches. The east end had to be the obvious choice for our security otherwise an outside firm ran the risk of going against a local firm and thats always going to be messy.

As top policeman Kenneth Tappenden points out, bank robberies in London went down to zero at the time of Acid House. Now that shows two things 1. Bank Robbers put down their weapons and got right on one 2. They shifted attention to the loved-up water guzzling promoters of Acid House or 3. All of the Above.

Kenneth Tappenden also says that he wished he had us as his lieutenant and the military couldn't move people as quick as we did. Fairplay to Kenneth as he was head of the Police Pay Party Unit, the very department set up to stop us...  


My partners Andrew, Keith and I were all 22 years old, totally captivated by Acid House and everything it had to offer. This area of our lives was the most depressing  but we did have a choice. Other than one occasion when we were attacked by some doormen, our security NEVER HURT ANYONE AT GENESIS and it should also be noted that this wasn't New Jack City, where teams of armed guards stood over the dancefloor. Our security were very discreet and polite to everyone so no-one had a clue what was happening behind the scenes until my book Class of 88.

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Unique 3 releases 'Shades of Grey' on 28th May

I received this in my mail bag!! Remember Unique 3?

Unique 3 ˆ ŒShades of Grey‚ (MATE017)

Unique 3‚s seminal ŒThe Theme‚ was the starting point for thousands of House tracks, record labels and club nights, in fact, possibly the whole damn House Music Industry that followed! ŒRhythm Takes Control‚ and ŒWeight For The Bass‚ changed the whole soundscape and pushed the barriers, not only for club sound systems but mastering plants and record pressing houses, who had to quickly learn and adapt to deal with a totally new sound, levels and frequencies which Unique 3 were demanding, others would soon follow and imitate... 

Edzy aka Unique 3 returns on his own label, Mutate Records with ŒShades of Grey‚.   This package is a taster of the remixed version of Unique 3‚s last studio album ŒInvasive Signals‚ which is currently being re worked by a plethora of dance music greats and will be released on Mutate Records, forthcoming later this year.

SHADES OF GREY Tracklisting:

 1. Original Mix
 Edzy avoids modern soft synths & electric trickery and heads down into his cellar to dust down some of the original hardware, dusty drum machines & classic synths used on early Unique 3 tracks, to re-create a sound forged back in the day. ŒShades Of Grey‚ alludes to a dark time recollected from the producer‚s recent past & this recording has captured all the dark emotion that period generated.

2. Akiri Kiteshi Remix
 Those Kiteshi peep‚s certainly know how to smack their glitch up! from the haunting intro into organically sequenced beats Œn‚ bleeps, smothered with some serious squelchin‚ bass. Truly awesome!

3. Socco Chico Remix
 Jacked up, subtle and bass driven all at once... a four to the floor reworking of synth rich techno, beautifully panned around your headspace.

4. Travino Remix
 Canada‚s prodigal son Travino sets the scene with pounding kicks, and filtered synth licks before rudely hoofing your front door clean off its hinges, without knocking. More electro orientated with a rough but satisfying bassline moving in and out of squelchy acid lines, and jackin hard clap beats. One for the dancefloor!

5. Alison Marks Remix
 The lovely Ms Marks switches the pace into a chilled 4/4 downtempo house affair,  prominent hi hat sequences and popping synths echo all around the mix carried along by a moody organ line and bassline grooves ˆ pure class.

6. TZR Remix
 One for the dubsteppers! Seriously deep & moody from the outset, drum heavy beats lead you into a vast space before immersing your whole self into heavy heavy swelling basslines

7. Mad EP Remix
 Downsampled drum sequences and lush pads rule the day within Mad Ep‚s mix, real attention to detail through the drum edits. Far too clever for his own good this fella!


 Unique 3 releases 'Shades of Grey' (MATE017) on 28th May through Mutate Records.

You can listen to Shades of Grey here:
 http://soundcloud.com/unique-3/sets/mate016-unique-3-shades-of-1/s-vyP9q

Other useful infos here:
 http://soundcloud.com/unique-3
 http://www.discogs.com/artist/Unique+3
 http://www.last.fm/music/Unique+3
 http://www.reverbnation.com/#!/uniquethree
 http://www.mutaterecords.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34&Itemid=46
 http://www.myspace.com/u_n_i_q_u_e_3

 

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Wayne Anthony, Carl Cox, Adamski - Pump up the Volume

If you've ever been clubbing, this History of House Music is a must see. Starting out with the funky disco days of 70s New York, it goes in-depth and tells how house music was born, what it meant and how it evolved into a myriad of different genres and spread across the globe. We are shown locations of legendary clubs, record companies and shops, introduced to different ways of dj'ing, and get to see how advances in technology has influenced the music. Long interviews of household names like Paul Okenfold, Carl Cox, Pete Tong, Goldie, The Shamen, Leftfield, Underworld, Youth, Tony Wilson,  Armin van Helden and Wayne Anthony to name just a few...

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Mike Pickering & Graeme Park at Hacienda - August 1989 MixTape

Another great download from the ole days... Mike Pickering & Graeme Park at Manchester's Legendary Hacienda Club...


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The Track List...
 
1. Gino Latino ‘No Sorry’

2. K-Os ‘Definition of Love’

3. Inner City ‘Do You Love What You Feel’ (Power 41 In Control Remix)
4. Inner City ‘Do You Love What You Feel’ (Power 41 Remix)

5. Royal House ‘Get Funky’

6. Raven Maize ‘Forever Together’

7. White Knight ‘Keep It Movin’ (‘Cause The Crowd Says So)’ (Insane Mix)

8. Sound Factory ‘Cuban Gigolo’

9. Dionne ‘Come Get My Lovin”

10. 28th Street Crew ‘I Need A Rhythm’ (Vocal Club Mix)

11. Adeva ‘Warning’

12. The Bass Boyz ‘Lost In The Bass’ (Mike ‘Hitman’ Wilson Mix)

13. Julian ‘Jumpin’ Perez & Kool Rock Steady ‘Aint We Funky Now’

14. Monie Love ‘Grandpa’s Party’ (Love II Love Mix)

15. Tony Scott ‘That’s How I’m Living’

16. Chubb Rock ‘Ya Bad Chubbs’ (Crib Mix)

17. Akasa ‘One Night in My Life’

18. Kid ‘N’ Play ’2 Hype’ (House Inst.)

19. Kenny ‘Jammin’ Jason & Fast Eddie ‘Can U Dance’

20. Jungle Crew ‘Elektric Dance’

21. NWA ‘Express Yourself’

22. Big Daddy Kane ‘Warm It Up, Kane’

23. Queen Latifah ‘Dance 4 Me’ (Ultimatum Mix – Vocal)

24. MC’s Logik ‘Get Involved’ (In It To Win It Mix)

25. Reese ‘Rock to the Beat’ (Mike Wilsons Hitman Mix)

26. Rhythim is Rhythim ‘Strings of Life’ (Unreleased Remix)

27. R-Tyme ‘R-Theme’

28. Doug Lazy ‘Let it Roll’

29. Frankie Bones ‘We Call It Techno’

30. Seduction ‘You’re My One & Only True Love’ (C & C New York House Mix 1)

31. Sandee ‘Notice Me’

32. Forgemasters ‘Track With No Name’

33. Diskonexion ‘Love Rush’ (Put On Mix)

34. Black Box ‘Ride On Time’

35. Sterling Void ‘Runaway Girl’

36. Annette ‘Dream 17′
37. Phase II ‘Reachin”

38. T-R-P – Let There Be House ‘Untitled’

39. Orange Lemon ‘Dreams of Santa Anna’


40. Shannon ‘Let the Music Play’ (1989 European Remix)
\Film Clip Sample poss from Donna Rouge ‘Sad Song’ 12″\


41. Carly Simon ‘Why’ \ Donna Rouge ‘Sad Song’ (Accapella)
\Martin Luther King “I Have A Dream” Speech Excerpt\


42. Imagination ‘Just An Illusion’ (Park & Pickering Mix)

43. Company 2 ‘Tell it As it Is’

44. Roberta Flack ‘Uh Uh Ooh Ooh Look Out (Here it Comes)’ (Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley Mix)

45. 2 in a Room ‘Somebody in the House Say Yeah’

46. T-R-P – Let There Be House ‘Untitled’

47. Richie Rich ‘Salsa House’

48. Redhead Kingpin & the FBI ‘Do the Right Thing’ (Happiness Remix)

49. Digital Underground ‘Doowutchalike’ (Playhowyalike Mix)

50. Kariya ‘Let Me Love You For Tonight’

51. Nocera ‘Summertime Summertime’ (House ’89)

52. Lil Louis ‘French Kiss’ / Sylvester ‘You Make me Feel (Mighty Real)’ (Acca)

53. 808 State ‘Pacific’

54. Sueno Latino ‘Sueno Latino’

55. Dynamic Duo ‘In The Pocket’ (Hip House Dub)

56. Da Posse ‘It’s My Life’ (Aluh Mix)
57. Technotronic ‘Pump Up the Jam’

58. ?

59. Mix N’ Tel ‘Feel The Beat’ (Pierre’s Mix)

60. Gary Jackmaster Wallace ‘House Has Taken Over Me’ (The House Every Night Oh Yeah Mix)

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