Club Telepathy — Every Friday at The Wax

Catalogue note

Original double-sided Club Telepathy programme for four Fridays at The Wax, Temple Mills Lane, Stratford, attributed at high confidence to June 1993. The programme bills Grooverider, Ellis Dee, Devious D, Randall, Kenny Ken, Swann-E and Peshay across 4–25 June, with further appearances by Andy C, Brockie and others. Specialist chronology places Telepathy's weekly Wax residency as beginning on 30 April 1993 under promoters Brett and Sting.

Advertised programme: 4 June: Rap, Brian Killers, Grooverider. 11 June: Ron, Ellis D, Devious D. 18 June: Tribal II, Randell, Red Ant. 25 June: Kenny Ken, Swann E, Peshay. Also featuring Flirt, Connie, SL, Andy C, Brokkie. MCs: MCMC, Come Up Crew, Fantastic Shabba.

Graphic-design significance: The front reduces the promotion to a stark black field, oversized condensed CLUB TELEPATHY lettering and a palmistry/third-eye illustration. The reverse keeps the same black-white contrast but introduces red for venue, dates and pricing, pairing underground iconography with dense club information. No designer credit is visible.

Historical context: Specialist rave-history chronology states that Brett and Sting launched Club Telepathy as a weekly venture at The Wax in Stratford on 30 April 1993 after an earlier tester event. Newham Heritage Month preserves a promotional flyer for Club Telepathy at Temple Mills Lane as part of Stratford's local history, while Northwestern University's British Rave Flyers Collection separately catalogues a Club Telepathy flyer from The Wax. NTS later interviewed Sting, Brett and Dlux about Telepathy, Stratford Rex and Deja Vu FM, demonstrating the promotion's long afterlife in East London rave and pirate-radio culture.

Production note: Black, white and red commercial print on coated card/paper stock; exact printing process and stock weight not established.

Condition note: Very Good appearance, ungraded. Light edge and corner handling, minor surface rubbing and isolated small marks. A few small pin/staple-type holes are visible near the lower edge and margins. Strong black/red/white printing and complete legibility; no major tears or paper loss visible.

Confidence / uncertainty: The four dates are physically printed but the year is not. 1993 is a high-confidence attribution based on exact calendar alignment plus independent chronology placing the launch of the weekly Wax residency on 30 April 1993. Printed performer spellings are retained in the programme text: Rap, Ellis D, Randell, Swann E and Brokkie; linked TMR authorities use the established canonical forms DJ Rap, Ellis Dee, Randall, Swann-E and Brockie where identity is clear. Brian Killers, Ron, Tribal II, Red Ant, Flirt, Connie, SL, MCMC, Come Up Crew and Fantastic Shabba remain unresolved beyond printed credits.

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