Aspects of Dance — Sunset Rooms, January 1995
Friday 27 January 1995 · Wisbech St Mary · Ian Ossia (Renaissance) / Nick Slater (Shades of Rhythm) / Julz · related to 21 October 1994 A.O.D.
Friday 27 January 1995 · 10pm–7am
A complete original two-sided Aspects of Dance (A.O.D.) flyer advertising an overnight Friday 27 January 1995 club event at the Sunset Rooms on Station Road, Wisbech St Mary, Cambridgeshire. A striking teal bubble/droplet field and diagonal coral handwritten-style headline covers the front, while the reverse bills Ian Ossia of Renaissance, Nick Slater of Shades of Rhythm, Danny Edwards (Cambridge/Club Fantastic), Jon Shepard, Mark Nicholls (resident), Sito and Julz. £8 members and £10 non-members (booking fee noted), no entry after midnight, ticket-only/over-18s policy, retail agents across East Anglia and Peterborough coaches are documented. Same promoter name and Julz connect the different 21 October 1994 A.O.D. at 5th Avenue flyer from this session. The Sunset Rooms was a historically important regional public entertainment hall, and founder/artist sources verify two key major DJ associations. 'No.1 in Holland/Belgium' is unverified advertising and not a verified chart position.
Read the catalogue note →- Event
- Aspects of Dance (A.O.D.) — Friday 27 January 1995
- Promoter
- Aspects of Dance / A.O.D. Printed headline on both faces and matched to different 21 October 1994 A.O.D. at 5th Avenue in session object 58 through repeated branding, performer Julz and same information-number ending 257992. Exact legal promoter identity or contractual continuity not independently established.
- Venue
- Sunset Rooms
- Location
- Sunset Rooms, Station Road, Wisbech St Mary, Cambridgeshire, England. A first-person geograph local venue history locates the former Sunset Rooms behind the Railway Bell public house, now demolished; this historical building background is independently reported, not derived from the original flyer.
- Advertised hours
- Friday 27 January 1995 10pm–7am (Saturday 28 January). No entry after midnight; strictly over 18s; R.O.A.R. (right of admission reserved) printed.
- Original admission / price
- £8 members; membership card must be shown on purchase. £10 non-members plus a booking fee, as printed; fee amount and whether any fee applies to members not established. 'TICKET ONLY EVENT'. These are historical admission amounts, not physical object Market Value.
- Designer
- No illustrator, designer, artwork source or printer credited. Turquoise/sea-green spherical/repeating bubble-like graphic on front with rose/coral cursive 'Aspects of Dance', white text at corners; reverse minimal dark green typographic billing on pale stock.
- Format
- Single rectangular double-sided landscape-format original flyer, designed front with date/location and reverse with dense 2-column seven-name DJ bill and national/regional outlets.
- Dimensions
- Not physically measured; no ruler supplied. No assumed A5/A4 format, edition size or grammage.
- Orientation
- Landscape both faces.
- Original / reproduction
- High-confidence period-original 1995 printed rave/club ephemera, date/venue photographed, local venue history independently supported; original distribution and production provenance not verified.
- Edition / variant
- 27 Jan 1995 A.O.D. at Sunset Rooms, circular shaded teal artwork with coral outlined script; distinct from same A.O.D. promoter/brand's 21 Oct 1994 large typographic pink/teal flyer at 5th Avenue, Peterborough. Different event, venue, date, artwork and DJ billing; no numbered issue state or printing variant claimed.
- Condition
- Good to Very Good (photo-based: intersecting fold/handling lines and mild age/edge wear).
- Completeness
- Complete standalone two-sided flyer, front design and entire reverse bill photographed; no supplementary insert shown.
- Absolute rarity
- Unknown. No verified run, number surviving, exact-printing comparative census or documented first edition. Locating a separate 1994/1997 event flyer for the Sunset Rooms does not quantify this 1995 specimen's rarity.
- Acquisition rarity
- Not assessed.
- Event relationship
- Aspects of Dance — Sunset Rooms all-nighter · 1995-01-27
- Venue relationship
- Browse Sunset Rooms objects
Catalogue note
A complete original two-sided Aspects of Dance (A.O.D.) flyer advertising an overnight Friday 27 January 1995 club event at the Sunset Rooms on Station Road, Wisbech St Mary, Cambridgeshire. A striking teal bubble/droplet field and diagonal coral handwritten-style headline covers the front, while the reverse bills Ian Ossia of Renaissance, Nick Slater of Shades of Rhythm, Danny Edwards (Cambridge/Club Fantastic), Jon Shepard, Mark Nicholls (resident), Sito and Julz. £8 members and £10 non-members (booking fee noted), no entry after midnight, ticket-only/over-18s policy, retail agents across East Anglia and Peterborough coaches are documented. Same promoter name and Julz connect the different 21 October 1994 A.O.D. at 5th Avenue flyer from this session. The Sunset Rooms was a historically important regional public entertainment hall, and founder/artist sources verify two key major DJ associations. 'No.1 in Holland/Belgium' is unverified advertising and not a verified chart position.
Advertised programme: IAN OSSIA (Renaissance); NICK SLATER (Shades of Rhythm; promotional claim 'currently No.1 in Holland/Belgium'); DANNY EDWARDS (Cambridge / Club Fantastic); SITO ('Everywhere'); JON SHEPARD ('LDN/Clubs UK'); MARK NICHOLLS (resident); JULZ ('Everywhere'). No sets/times specified. Any performance or foreign chart standing beyond printed marketing remains unverified.
Graphic-design significance: Visually distinct from October 1994 A.O.D. typographic flyer: repeated increasingly small three-dimensional green bubbles/droplets on cloudy pale green ground, bright rose/salmon outlined hand-script 'ASPECTS OF DANCE' diagonally across, tiny pink metadata at opposite corners; sober pale reverse in dark green serif typography and two-column bill. Reinforces emerging brand identity through different, comparatively economical graphic styles, without invented creator credits.
Historical context: A.O.D.'s October 1994 original in the same live session advertises Julz and tickets at Peterborough's 5th Avenue function room, with 'A.O.D. back 4th November'. This 27 Jan 1995 flyer names Julz again, retaining the information contact suffix 257992, now at Sunset Rooms, Station Road in Wisbech St Mary, demonstrating a later advertised programme within the same promoter-name network, but not proving the announced 4 November date took place. Ian Ossia's original Renaissance residency is confirmed by a founder interview/label discography, while Nick Slater's membership of Shades of Rhythm is confirmed by the band's own archive, and the claim that Shades of Rhythm was then No.1 in Holland/Belgium is promotional only. A local historical photo essay and official planning background describe the Sunset Rooms' former use as a large regional social entertainment hall behind the demolished Railway Bell public house; one separate September 1994 Bass Quake flyer references Sunset Rooms, independent of this event. The high-profile guests and all-night hours at this regional venue are central social-history features.
Production note: Colour/halftone shaded front and simple dark green type reverse, on pale paper/card; printing process and stock not verified.
Condition note: Good to Very Good from two photos. The sheet appears complete and legible with visible central vertical fold/crease and a horizontal fold/handling line, some edge/corner softening and a few small rubbed/light pressure spots on the coloured face; reverse cream paper shows mild scattered age-toning and small creases/marks. Not mint/flat; no obvious major tears, tape, pinholes, loss or large stains visible.
Confidence / uncertainty: PHYSICALLY VERIFIED: 27 Jan '95, 10pm–7am, Sunset Rooms Station Road Wisbech St Mary, seven printed artists/affiliations, membership requirements and £8/£10 pricing, after-midnight entry exclusion, East Anglian ticketing, coach service and printed names. INDEPENDENT: founder-authenticated Ossia/Renaissance and band-authenticated Nick Slater/Shades relationship and documented Sunset Rooms venue existence. CROSS-OBJECT: Oct 1994 A.O.D. session object58 is separate event but shares series name, Julz and contact suffix. UNVERIFIED: 'No.1 Holland/Belgium' chart claim, actual performances, specific organiser legal identity, exact venue capacity, poster designer, printing run/surviving count, original owner provenance and market price.
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Historical context
A.O.D.'s October 1994 original in the same live session advertises Julz and tickets at Peterborough's 5th Avenue function room, with 'A.O.D. back 4th November'. This 27 Jan 1995 flyer names Julz again, retaining the information contact suffix 257992, now at Sunset Rooms, Station Road in Wisbech St Mary, demonstrating a later advertised programme within the same promoter-name network, but not proving the announced 4 November date took place. Ian Ossia's original Renaissance residency is confirmed by a founder interview/label discography, while Nick Slater's membership of Shades of Rhythm is confirmed by the band's own archive, and the claim that Shades of Rhythm was then No.1 in Holland/Belgium is promotional only. A local historical photo essay and official planning background describe the Sunset Rooms' former use as a large regional social entertainment hall behind the demolished Railway Bell public house; one separate September 1994 Bass Quake flyer references Sunset Rooms, independent of this event. The high-profile guests and all-night hours at this regional venue are central social-history features.
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