Dance Trance — Rezolution

Catalogue note

Original double-sided flyer for Dance Trance presents Rezolution at The Sanctuary, Denbigh Leisure Park, Bletchley, Milton Keynes on Friday 14 May 1993, 9pm–7am. Arena #1 advertises Grooverider, Cool & Deadly on the M.I.C, Top Buzz, Fabio, Micky Finn, Doc Scott, Slipmatt, Jumping Jack Frost, DJ SS, Phantasy and MC Man Parris, with live performances by Auto-Plex and Euphoric State of Vibe Tribe and a separate Love Lounge. The reverse is exceptionally documentary: it includes Dance Trance’s manifesto about affordable rave promotion, a description of The Sanctuary, production specifications, admission policy, nationwide ticket outlets, NMI International sponsorship and a promised free four-track 12-inch EP. The flyer is explicitly credited to the adrenaline corporation © 1993.

Advertised programme: Arena #1 — Grooverider; Cool & Deadly on the M.I.C; Top Buzz; Fabio; Micky Finn; Doc Scott; Slipmatt; Jumping Jack Frost; DJ SS; Phantasy; MC Man Parris. Live performances by Auto-Plex and Euphoric State of Vibe Tribe. The Love Lounge — Dave Graham; Mick Singh; Graeme Fisher; Tyrone; Slater; Paul Balford; Ade Ranlin; Rainbow; Lenni Daar.

Graphic-design significance: Distinctive early-1990s computer-graphic design built from mirrored face imagery, multicoloured letter tiles, cyan circuit-like rules and modular information panels. The reverse explicitly credits “Designed by the adrenaline corporation © 1993”, making the flyer useful as attributed rave graphic-design evidence.

Historical context: The reverse presents a substantial promoter manifesto arguing that the rave scene needed affordable, well-run events and states an advance price of £10 plus a maximum £1 booking fee. It describes The Sanctuary’s main and upper-floor facilities, contracted production by Events International, a 70kW front-fill lighting rig, Golden Scans, pyrotechnics, lasers and projections, and says the event would be filmed for future cable transmission. NMI International is named as sponsor and as providing a free four-track 12-inch EP on exit.

Condition note: Printing remains colourful and highly legible. Visible wear includes historic vertical and horizontal folding/creasing, edge and corner wear, surface scuffs and marks, a notable area of paper loss/abrasion at the lower-left front corner, and smaller edge abrasions. No dimensions are inferred. Assessment is limited to the photographed sides.

Confidence / uncertainty: Exact event identity/date is physically verified. “Dance Trance” is visibly the promoter name and is proposed as a new organisation authority because no existing TMR authority was found. NMI International, Events International and the adrenaline corporation are retained as printed credits/relationships in the record without speculative authority creation.

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