Raven 7 — The New Batch
Essex University Students’ Union · 24 October 1992 · Junior Tomlin artwork · DJ SS / Ratty / Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era
24 October 1992 · ★ Gold Star object
Original 1992 flyer for Raven 7 — The New Batch at Essex University Students’ Union, Colchester. The object documents a hardcore/rave event at a moment when the music was moving toward jungle and drum & bass.
Read the catalogue note →- Event
- Raven 7 — The New Batch
- Promoter
- Raven
- Venue
- Essex University Students’ Union
- Location
- Essex University Students’ Union Dance Hall, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex
- Advertised hours
- 8pm–2am at the university; advertised continuation at Wired Wax until 6am.
- Original admission / price
- £10 in advance; 50% discount for Essex University students displaying registration cards. A separately advertised £15 advance package includes onward travel and the Wired Wax continuation; it is not the basic university admission.
- Condition
- Very Good+ appearance from supplied front and reverse photographs; ungraded.
- Completeness
- Complete as the photographed standalone double-sided event flyer: illustrated front and information-rich reverse are present. No separate ticket, insert or other standard component has been established from the evidence supplied.
- Event relationship
- Raven 7 — The New Batch · 1992-10-24
- Venue relationship
- Browse Essex University Students’ Union objects
Catalogue note
Original 1992 flyer for Raven 7 — The New Batch at Essex University Students’ Union, Colchester. The object documents a hardcore/rave event at a moment when the music was moving toward jungle and drum & bass. Its reverse is unusually rich social evidence: line-up, £10 advance admission, student discount, ticket outlets across East Anglia, production infrastructure, and a post-event coach from the university to Raven’s “Wired” club night at The Wax in Leyton, East London. A surviving DJ Madness/DJ SS recording is independently indexed for the same event. Junior Tomlin’s signed science-fiction artwork is especially significant: “The New Batch” is reproduced in publishing material for his retrospective Flyer & Cover Art.
Advertised programme: DJs: SS; Madness (Brooklyn, New York); Ratty; Axion “G”; Dominate. MCs: Matrix; Jesse James; Conrad. Special guest appearance: Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era, advertised with exclusive new tracks.
Historical context: The promoter combines a university dance hall with a coach-linked continuation in Leyton. This gives concrete evidence of a regional rave circuit connecting Essex audiences to London. The bill advertises SS and Ratty as appearing in Essex for the first time; those are contemporary promotional claims, not independently established career firsts. Sound, lighting, video and printing credits record the production labour behind the event.
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Further sources
Event details are drawn from the held object and the qualified catalogue research above. A printed bill establishes an advertised booking, not confirmation that a performer appeared.
Why this object matters
The New Batch flyer combines retrospective recognition of the exact artwork with detailed regional ticket and onward-coach networks. Its social infrastructure and illustration evidence support exceptional documentary value, beyond the names on the headline bill.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Historical context
The promoter combines a university dance hall with a coach-linked continuation in Leyton. This gives concrete evidence of a regional rave circuit connecting Essex audiences to London. The bill advertises SS and Ratty as appearing in Essex for the first time; those are contemporary promotional claims, not independently established career firsts. Sound, lighting, video and printing credits record the production labour behind the event.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9.1 / 10 · Gold Star.
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