UK Jungle — The Designer Label Ball — New Year's Eve
Colebrook Studios, London E8 · 31 December 1995 · 14-hour three-studio jungle event
31 December 1995 · 10pm–12 midday (14 hours)
Original double-sided flyer for UK Jungle's Designer Label Ball New Year's Eve event at Colebrook Studios, London E8, on 31 December 1995. The reverse documents a 14-hour, three-studio programme with major jungle DJs and MCs, a 70K sound system, visual/UV/video production, planned Channel 5 filming, an extensive ticket-outlet network and a contemporary invitation to wear 'your best designer labels'.
Read the catalogue note →- Event
- UK Jungle — The Designer Label Ball — New Year's Eve
- Promoter
- UK Jungle, in association with Freedom & Rush 2000; front credits Solid Cash Production with BBMD & ANOMIE Production and a Lucky Camelot Winner
- Venue
- Colebrook Studios
- Location
- Colebrook Studios, Brooksby Passage, off Ashwin Street, London E8; off Kingsland High Street
- Advertised hours
- 31 December 1995, 10pm–12 midday; advertised as 14 hours.
- Original admission / price
- £10 plus booking fee. The promotional copy contrasts this with £25–£30 nights elsewhere; those higher figures are not this event’s price.
- Condition
- Very Good appearance from the supplied photographs.
- Completeness
- Complete double-sided single-sheet flyer as photographed; both printed sides supplied. No separate insert or attachment is evidenced.
- Event relationship
- The Designer Label Ball — New Year’s Eve · 1995-12-31
- Venue relationship
- Browse Colebrook Studios objects
Catalogue note
Original double-sided flyer for UK Jungle's Designer Label Ball New Year's Eve event at Colebrook Studios, London E8, on 31 December 1995. The reverse documents a 14-hour, three-studio programme with major jungle DJs and MCs, a 70K sound system, visual/UV/video production, planned Channel 5 filming, an extensive ticket-outlet network and a contemporary invitation to wear 'your best designer labels'. The object is unusually rich evidence of London jungle culture at the end of 1995, combining music, fashion language, rave infrastructure and promoter networks.
Advertised programme: Studio 1 — Grooverider, Micky Finn, Brockie, Nicky BLKMKT, Devious D, Footloose, Andy C; Studio 2 — Flirt, Demolition Cru, Swift, Jerry D, Generator, Connie Con, plus guests; Studio 3 — E-Z, Sean Macintosh, Chris Edwards, Ritchie Fingers, DJ Batch. Printed MC line: SHOCKING · STEVIE HYPER D · DET · SPE DE · SHABBA · SKIBBDY. The last printed form is preserved exactly; no authority identification is asserted for it.
Historical context: The three-studio programme puts jungle DJs and a prominently printed MC line alongside designer-label dress language. The flyer’s sound, UV and video promises and ticket-shop network document the infrastructure of a long New Year’s event. Planned Channel 5 filming is a promotional statement, not proof of a broadcast. Printed “SKIBBDY” remains unresolved at object level, even though external reporting connects Skibadee with the wider Designer Label Ball circuit.
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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 three-studio New Year programme and designer-label framing provide outstanding evidence of jungle's fashion and venue culture. The later bill complements the more explicit dress and admission mechanics of the Versace Edition, but its density and holiday date alone do not establish an exceptional publication state. Retain it below that more focused cross-disciplinary document.
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 three-studio programme puts jungle DJs and a prominently printed MC line alongside designer-label dress language. The flyer’s sound, UV and video promises and ticket-shop network document the infrastructure of a long New Year’s event. Planned Channel 5 filming is a promotional statement, not proof of a broadcast. Printed “SKIBBDY” remains unresolved at object level, even though external reporting connects Skibadee with the wider Designer Label Ball circuit.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.9 / 10.
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Recorded contributions · 2
- Micky FinnPerformerCatalogue credit
Performer credit: Studio 1 — Grooverider, Micky Finn, Brockie, Nicky BLKMKT, Devious D, Footloose, Andy C; Studio 2 — Flirt, Demolition Cru, Swift, Jerry D, Generator, Connie Con, plus guests; Studio 3 — E-Z, Sean Macintosh, Chris Edwards, Ritchie Fingers, DJ Batch. Printed MC line: SHOCKING · STEVIE HYPER D · DET · SPE DE · SHABBA · SKIBBDY. The last printed form is preserved exactly; no authority identification is asserted for it. Original catalogue credit
Find other objects with this contribution → - Devious DPerformerCatalogue credit
Performer credit: Studio 1 — Grooverider, Micky Finn, Brockie, Nicky BLKMKT, Devious D, Footloose, Andy C; Studio 2 — Flirt, Demolition Cru, Swift, Jerry D, Generator, Connie Con, plus guests; Studio 3 — E-Z, Sean Macintosh, Chris Edwards, Ritchie Fingers, DJ Batch. Printed MC line: SHOCKING · STEVIE HYPER D · DET · SPE DE · SHABBA · SKIBBDY. The last printed form is preserved exactly; no authority identification is asserted for it. Original catalogue credit
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