Hysteria 10 — First Main Event of 1996
The Sanctuary Warehouse, Milton Keynes · 20 January 1996 · two-arena hardcore / jungle & drum & bass event · Popz production/design
20 January 1996 · 8pm–7am
Original double-sided flyer for Hysteria 10, the organisation's first main event of 1996 at The Sanctuary Warehouse. The front combines a packed-rave photograph with a computer-rendered crystalline landscape and Hysteria's metallic logo.
Read the catalogue note →- Event
- Hysteria 10
- Venue
- The Sanctuary Warehouse, Denbigh Leisure Park, Milton Keynes
- Condition
- Very good overall for surviving distributed rave ephemera.
- Completeness
- Complete double-sided flyer; both sides photographed.
- Event relationship
- Hysteria 10 — First Main Event of 1996 · 1996-01-20
- Venue relationship
- Browse The Sanctuary Warehouse, Denbigh Leisure Park, Milton Keynes objects
Catalogue note
Original double-sided flyer for Hysteria 10, the organisation's first main event of 1996 at The Sanctuary Warehouse. The front combines a packed-rave photograph with a computer-rendered crystalline landscape and Hysteria's metallic logo. The reverse documents two distinct arenas: a main hardcore arena and 'The Air Lock' jungle/drum & bass arena, with extensive DJ and MC line-ups and production information. It is a particularly useful document of the mid-1990s point at which happy hardcore and jungle/drum & bass occupied parallel but clearly differentiated spaces within the same major rave event.
Advertised programme: Production/design by Popz is directly supported by the flyer's reverse text, which states that the production team is 'Popz', and independently by Phatmedia's Hysteria 10 catalogue entry crediting flyer design to Popz.
Historical context: By January 1996 the rave continuum represented on this flyer had visibly differentiated into parallel hardcore and jungle/drum & bass programmes. Hysteria 10 placed artists including Slipmatt, Hixxy, Dougal, Vibes and Seduction in the main arena, while The Air Lock listed Randall, Kenny Ken, Ray Keith, Brockie, SS, DJ Rap, Andy C, Ned Ryder and others. Specialist archives independently preserve Hysteria 10 recordings and identify the same event/date, supporting the flyer's place within the documented Hysteria sequence.
Condition note: Light edge and corner handling wear and minor surface marks visible. No major losses apparent in the supplied photographs. Colours remain strong and printed information is highly 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
Hysteria 10's named Air Lock and hardcore arena, together with its Popz production/design credit, make an outstanding source for genre differentiation and visual practice. These are substantive but recurrent features across the collection. A numbered major-venue event does not by itself establish the former high Gold distinction.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Historical context
By January 1996 the rave continuum represented on this flyer had visibly differentiated into parallel hardcore and jungle/drum & bass programmes. Hysteria 10 placed artists including Slipmatt, Hixxy, Dougal, Vibes and Seduction in the main arena, while The Air Lock listed Randall, Kenny Ken, Ray Keith, Brockie, SS, DJ Rap, Andy C, Ned Ryder and others. Specialist archives independently preserve Hysteria 10 recordings and identify the same event/date, supporting the flyer's place within the documented Hysteria sequence.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.9 / 10.
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