Tribal Rhythm — Part One
The Leisurebowl, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent · 3 April 1993 (high-confidence) · Rat Pack / DJ SS / Mikey B
3 April 1993 (high-confidence attribution) · 8pm–2am
Original double-sided flyer for Tribal Rhythm — Part One at The Leisurebowl, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, on Saturday 3 April, attributed at high confidence to 1993 after deeper dating research. The event is headlined by The Ratt Pack, with DJ SS and Mikey B by arrangement with BPM Management, regional support from Daz Willot and Neil Trix, and Club Kinetic MCs Connie and Em-One. It documents the dense local/national crossover around the Leisurebowl during Club Kinetic’s formative period.
Read the catalogue note →- Event
- Tribal Rhythm — Part One
- Promoter
- Tribal Rhythm
- Venue
- The Leisurebowl
- Location
- Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
- Original admission / price
- £8 before 9pm; £10 after
- Format
- Double-sided portrait rave flyer
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Original / reproduction
- Original-period early-1990s flyer attribution, high confidence. Period venue, admission structure, BPM Management credit, Club Kinetic MC relationship and visible handling/wear are integral to the object.
- Condition
- Good to Very Good appearance, ungraded; edge/corner handling, rubbing, minor marks, local creasing and small lower-edge nicks/splits. Fully legible.
- Completeness
- Complete double-sided flyer as photographed.
- Event relationship
- Tribal Rhythm — Part One
- Venue relationship
- Browse The Leisurebowl objects
Catalogue note
Original double-sided flyer for Tribal Rhythm — Part One at The Leisurebowl, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, on Saturday 3 April, attributed at high confidence to 1993 after deeper dating research. The event is headlined by The Ratt Pack, with DJ SS and Mikey B by arrangement with BPM Management, regional support from Daz Willot and Neil Trix, and Club Kinetic MCs Connie and Em-One. It documents the dense local/national crossover around the Leisurebowl during Club Kinetic’s formative period.
Advertised programme: Headlined by World Famous Supreme Team — The Ratt Pack. By special arrangement with BPM Management: DJ SS ('Turntable Psycho') and Mikey B ('Devastating Beatcreator'). Regional support: Daz Willot ('Stoke's very own'); Neil Trix (Coventry). MCs Connie and Em-One (Club Kinetic).
Graphic-design significance: Visually austere compared with illustrated rave flyers: black ground, oversized hand-drawn yellow TRIBAL RHYTHM lettering and large serif RATT PACK billing. No designer credit visible.
Historical context: Club Kinetic histories date its Leisurebowl opening to May 1992. UK Acid House documents Kinetic at the Leisurebowl in Feb–Mar 1993 with Carl Cox, Hype, DJ SS, Daz Willot and E-Lustrious, showing the same venue and overlapping personnel immediately before this Saturday 3 April Tribal Rhythm event. The flyer’s MCs Connie and Em-One are explicitly labelled Club Kinetic, demonstrating cross-event personnel overlap.
Production note: Black ground with yellow/white typography on coated paper/card stock; exact printing process and stock not established.
Condition note: Good to Very Good appearance, ungraded. Edge/corner handling, rubbing, minor surface marks, small edge nicks/splits particularly along lower edge and local creasing. Fully legible; no major paper loss.
Confidence / uncertainty: The flyer omits the year. 1993 is a high-confidence attribution based on calendar alignment plus venue/event chronology and overlapping Club Kinetic personnel, stronger than calendar matching alone but not primary-source verified. Rat Pack is preserved as an act/group credit. DJ SS matches an existing TMR authority. Other performers remain exact printed credits pending authority resolution.
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Historical context
Club Kinetic histories date its Leisurebowl opening to May 1992. UK Acid House documents Kinetic at the Leisurebowl in Feb–Mar 1993 with Carl Cox, Hype, DJ SS, Daz Willot and E-Lustrious, showing the same venue and overlapping personnel immediately before this Saturday 3 April Tribal Rhythm event. The flyer’s MCs Connie and Em-One are explicitly labelled Club Kinetic, demonstrating cross-event personnel overlap.
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Archive Importance: 8.8 / 10.
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