3D — The Midweek Concept

Catalogue note

Original double-sided flyer for 3D Productions’ “The Midweek Concept” at Sapphires Complex, Coalville, on Wednesday 1 July 1992. It documents an explicitly midweek regional rave built around Grooverider, Slipmatt, DJ SS and an SL2 live set, with production copy advertising twin-colour lasers, RoboZaps, a digital step-alien effect, surround sound, moonbeams, scanning heads, backdrops and a chill-out lounge. A printed road map and the claim that Coalville was an ideal central-UK location make the sheet particularly useful evidence of rave culture’s regional infrastructure.

Advertised programme: DJs: Grooverider; Mikey B; DJ SY; DJ SS; Mr “E”; Slipmatt. New for 1992 / names to watch for: DJ Frantic (X-Static); Tension (Euphoria). Live on stage: SL2, performing “Full Set II”, billed “On a Ragga Tip”. MCs: Marbles (Total Kaos, Eclipse); Sly (Time Tunnel).

Graphic-design significance: Distinctive black, white and turquoise front constructed from technical fashion/pattern-cutting diagrams, anatomical face measurements and a high-contrast illustrated female head, creating a collage-like design language between instruction manual, fashion drafting and rave futurism. No designer credit is visibly established.

Historical context: The flyer is dated Wednesday 1 July 1992 and explicitly markets 3D as “A Midweek Concept” and “The Biggest of its Kind”. Its bill places Grooverider, Slipmatt, DJ SS and SL2 together during the 1992 breakbeat-hardcore period. TMR-000733 independently preserves another SL2 live P.A. flyer from 15 May 1992, making this object a distinct later regional appearance in the archive.

Condition note: Very Good appearance, ungraded. Light edge/corner wear, fine surface scuffs and scratches against the black front, a small upper-edge crease/tear line, and minor handling/age marks to the reverse. Strong colour and legibility; no major loss visible.

Confidence / uncertainty: Date, venue, hours, admission, line-up and production details are physically printed and treated as verified advertised information. Billing does not prove every performer ultimately appeared. Mikey B, DJ SY, Mr “E”, DJ Frantic, Tension, Marbles and Sly are preserved as printed without new permanent People authorities in this accession because identity resolution is not required for physical identification.

Through the flyers

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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.