Hyperbolic — The Groovers Return

Catalogue note

Original flyer for Hyperbolic — The Groovers Return, presented by Mr Pickwick Promotions at King’s Lynn Speedway Stadium on Saturday 13 February 1993. The event split its programme between a 'rock solid vinyl' room and a 'smooth grooves' room, backed by separate 10K sound systems and visual production, and explicitly promised a renewed run of Hyperbolic entertainment through 1993 after the previous year's activity. Simon Marriott's credited Suger & Spice artwork gives the flyer a distinctive illustrated identity, while the object itself anchors Hyperbolic within the wider East Anglian rave network later recognised in scene histories and institutional flyer collections.

Advertised programme: Rock solid vinyl room: DJ Unity; P.H.1; DJ Dance; DJ Dynamix; DJ Yank; Rev; Mike Bolton; M.C. Muzzy. Smooth grooves room: Tim; Treble D; Alpha C; Lee Coombes. Printed spelling 'Lee Coombes' is preserved; TMR links it at high confidence to DJ/producer Lee Coombs based on contemporary regional context and external biographical evidence.

Graphic-design significance: Simon Marriott's credited illustration presents a whimsical room-like scene with a figure diving or falling from a piano, a second stylised figure against a turquoise wall, a dartboard and scattered graffiti-like annotations. The hand-drawn narrative image contrasts sharply with the reverse's austere black-and-white information design, giving the flyer a distinctive authored visual identity rather than generic promoter graphics.

Historical context: Contemporary Ravescene listings place Hyperbolic at King’s Lynn Speedway Stadium on Saturday 13 February 1993. DJ Mag later identified Hyperbolic and Perception at the Speedway Stadium as key King’s Lynn components of East Anglia's rave network. A scene-history account recalls that Hyperbolic succeeded the earlier Pulse nights at the Speedway complex and was run by promoter Paul Grant; later archival and specialist records show Hyperbolic continuing at the stadium through 1994–96. The flyer's promise to bring 'the best entertainment throughout ’93' is therefore consistent with a durable regional event series.

Production note: Not established from supplied photographs.

Condition note: Very Good+ appearance from supplied photographs. Front remains bright and clean with light handling/surface marks and modest edge/corner wear. Reverse is crisp and strongly legible with minor handling and edge wear. No major tear, heavy staining or significant paper loss is visible.

Confidence / uncertainty: Event name, promoter, Saturday 13 February, hours, venue, admission, two-room format, billing and Simon Marriott / Suger & Spice artwork credit are physically printed. The year 1993 is high-confidence from the object's own 'as in ’92' / 'throughout ’93' language plus contemporaneous Ravescene listing. The relationship between Mr Pickwick Promotions and later-described Hyperbolic promoter Paul Grant is not fully documented for this exact event, so TMR does not collapse those identities.

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