Elevation & Reincarnation — Joint 3rd Birthday Party
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre · 18 December 1993 · Elevation 3rd birthday / Reincarnation 1st anniversary
18 December 1993 · 9pm–7:30am · ★ Gold Star object
Double-sided flyer for Elevation & Reincarnation's Joint 3rd Birthday Party at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on 18 December 1993. The object explicitly marks Elevation's third birthday and Reincarnation's first anniversary, combines extensive rave-crowd photography with promoter rhetoric and documents a major hardcore bill, £15 advance admission, attractions, security policy, travel instructions and a wide ticket network.
Read the catalogue note →- Event
- Joint 3rd Birthday Party — Elevation 3rd birthday and Reincarnation 1st anniversary
- Promoter
- Elevation & Reincarnation
- Venue
- Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London
- Format
- Double-sided colour rave event flyer
- Condition
- Good for surviving 1993 rave ephemera, with substantial historic folding and handling wear but strong visual and textual survival.
- Completeness
- Both printed sides photographed. No detachable component or insert is evidenced by the supplied photographs; completeness is assessed only for the photographed flyer.
- Event relationship
- Elevation & Reincarnation — Joint 3rd Birthday Party · 1993-12-18
- Venue relationship
- Browse Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London objects
Catalogue note
Double-sided flyer for Elevation & Reincarnation's Joint 3rd Birthday Party at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on 18 December 1993. The object explicitly marks Elevation's third birthday and Reincarnation's first anniversary, combines extensive rave-crowd photography with promoter rhetoric and documents a major hardcore bill, £15 advance admission, attractions, security policy, travel instructions and a wide ticket network.
Advertised programme: London Top PAs: Slammin' Vinyl; proper talent featuring DJ Rap + Aston performing Spiritual Aura + Jeopardy; Slammin' Vinyl from Essex; DJ Vibes; Eternal Bass. DJs include Jumping Jack Frost, DJ Rap, Fabio, Swanne, Simon Bassline Smith, Donovan Bad Boy Smith, Slipmatt, Ellis Dee, Pooch, Andy C, Nick Power and Demolition Cru. MCs include MC MC, Stevie Hyper and Lyrical King.
Graphic-design significance: Front uses a full-bleed collage of rave-crowd photography behind oversized Reincarnation and Elevation typography; reverse combines venue and event photography, dense promoter text, performer billing and national ticket infrastructure.
Historical context: The flyer explicitly frames the night as Elevation's third birthday and Reincarnation's first anniversary at Crystal Palace, presenting the two promoters as joined for a large legal indoor hardcore event in December 1993.
Condition note: Historic central horizontal fold and further vertical folding/creasing; edge and corner wear, rubbing and local surface marks. Colour, photography and extensive text remain strongly legible.
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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 joint anniversary statement and extensive crowd photographs directly join promoter chronology with audience self-representation. Retain threshold Gold for that combined contemporary self-record, below the sharper political/economic testimony of Showtime '93. Birthday numbers and venue scale are not separate high-score multipliers.
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 flyer explicitly frames the night as Elevation's third birthday and Reincarnation's first anniversary at Crystal Palace, presenting the two promoters as joined for a large legal indoor hardcore event in December 1993.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9 / 10 · Gold Star.
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Recorded contributions · 6
- DJ RapPerformerCatalogue credit
Performer credit: London Top PAs: Slammin' Vinyl; proper talent featuring DJ Rap + Aston performing Spiritual Aura + Jeopardy; Slammin' Vinyl from Essex; DJ Vibes; Eternal Bass. DJs include Jumping Jack Frost, DJ Rap, Fabio, Swanne, Simon Bassline Smith, Donovan Bad Boy Smith, Slipmatt, Ellis Dee, Pooch, Andy C, Nick Power and Demolition Cru. MCs include MC MC, Stevie Hyper and Lyrical King. Original catalogue credit
Find other objects with this contribution → - FabioPerformerCatalogue credit
Performer credit: London Top PAs: Slammin' Vinyl; proper talent featuring DJ Rap + Aston performing Spiritual Aura + Jeopardy; Slammin' Vinyl from Essex; DJ Vibes; Eternal Bass. DJs include Jumping Jack Frost, DJ Rap, Fabio, Swanne, Simon Bassline Smith, Donovan Bad Boy Smith, Slipmatt, Ellis Dee, Pooch, Andy C, Nick Power and Demolition Cru. MCs include MC MC, Stevie Hyper and Lyrical King. Original catalogue credit
Find other objects with this contribution → - Simon Bassline SmithPerformerCatalogue credit
Performer credit: London Top PAs: Slammin' Vinyl; proper talent featuring DJ Rap + Aston performing Spiritual Aura + Jeopardy; Slammin' Vinyl from Essex; DJ Vibes; Eternal Bass. DJs include Jumping Jack Frost, DJ Rap, Fabio, Swanne, Simon Bassline Smith, Donovan Bad Boy Smith, Slipmatt, Ellis Dee, Pooch, Andy C, Nick Power and Demolition Cru. MCs include MC MC, Stevie Hyper and Lyrical King. Original catalogue credit
Find other objects with this contribution → - SlipmattPerformerCatalogue credit
Performer credit: London Top PAs: Slammin' Vinyl; proper talent featuring DJ Rap + Aston performing Spiritual Aura + Jeopardy; Slammin' Vinyl from Essex; DJ Vibes; Eternal Bass. DJs include Jumping Jack Frost, DJ Rap, Fabio, Swanne, Simon Bassline Smith, Donovan Bad Boy Smith, Slipmatt, Ellis Dee, Pooch, Andy C, Nick Power and Demolition Cru. MCs include MC MC, Stevie Hyper and Lyrical King. Original catalogue credit
Find other objects with this contribution → - Ellis DeePerformerCatalogue credit
Performer credit: London Top PAs: Slammin' Vinyl; proper talent featuring DJ Rap + Aston performing Spiritual Aura + Jeopardy; Slammin' Vinyl from Essex; DJ Vibes; Eternal Bass. DJs include Jumping Jack Frost, DJ Rap, Fabio, Swanne, Simon Bassline Smith, Donovan Bad Boy Smith, Slipmatt, Ellis Dee, Pooch, Andy C, Nick Power and Demolition Cru. MCs include MC MC, Stevie Hyper and Lyrical King. Original catalogue credit
Find other objects with this contribution → - Andy CPerformerCatalogue credit
Performer credit: London Top PAs: Slammin' Vinyl; proper talent featuring DJ Rap + Aston performing Spiritual Aura + Jeopardy; Slammin' Vinyl from Essex; DJ Vibes; Eternal Bass. DJs include Jumping Jack Frost, DJ Rap, Fabio, Swanne, Simon Bassline Smith, Donovan Bad Boy Smith, Slipmatt, Ellis Dee, Pooch, Andy C, Nick Power and Demolition Cru. MCs include MC MC, Stevie Hyper and Lyrical King. Original catalogue credit
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