Nemesis / Amnesia — Rage: June–July Programme

Catalogue note

Original A4 double-sided club poster/flyer for Nemesis Productions / Amnesia's Rage all-nighters at Florence House, St Nicholas Place, Leicester. The colour face uses bright pink and blue symmetrical psychedelic art and the complete black-and-white reverse advertises five Fridays, 5 June–3 July (1992 strongly attributed, year not printed), with separate Top Floor/Lower Floor DJ bills. Headline names include LTJ Bukem, Phantasy, Bryan Gee (printed Brian), Stu Allan, Ray Keith, DJ SS, Carl Cox, Doc Scott, and frequent MJP, alongside lesser-known regional DJs. The reverse preserves £13 door admission, 9pm–6am hours, last admission 1:30am, mailing/membership form and two additional outdoor rave announcements. Promoter history and exact roster year are supported by specialist contemporaneous-ephemera sources; Northwestern's institutional archive holds an earlier April–May 1992 Rage item, not this copy.

Advertised programme: FIVE separate printed Friday TOP and LOWER FLOOR bills retained individually in event_programme; combined: PHANTASY; LTJ BUKEM; MJP; BRIAN GEE; STU BANKS; DYNAMO; KEITH SUCKLING; MASTERSAFE; BASSLINE SMITH; DOUGAL; STU-ALLAN; CLARKEE; MICKY 'B'; SWANNE; RAY KEITH; SS; SY; GEMINI; CARL COX; DOC SCOTT. Lower-floor DJs: BOING; DJ-XTC; DAZZY 'B'; KAOS; STARK 'E'; KRAZY 'K'; JON SURRELL; DJ-OMA; BARRON; ELLIOT; KRAZY 'C'; GREG 'C'. MCs advertised every week but not named. No performance confirmations inferred.

Graphic-design significance: The colourful full-page design uses complex mirrored radial ribbons, pink spike/starburst fans, multiple blue and lilac point/arrow forms and clustered circular motifs to frame a central 'NEMESIS AMNESIA proudly present RAGE' wordmark. It presents rave visual identity as an almost kaleidoscopic poster, rather than a traditional venue notice. The deliberately contrasting practical black-and-white reverse uses oversized typographic branding, neoclassical columns separating five successive date programmes, headings TOP FLOOR / LOWER FLOOR, organisational copy, large £13 admission panel and membership application. No claim of computer-generated or screenprinted original artwork without evidence.

Historical context: Club Rage at Florence House was launched in Leicester in April 1992 as a collaboration of Nemesis UK and Amnesia House, documented in contemporary-material specialist archives; Northwestern University preserves separately held original April–May 1992 Rage flyer under its British Rave Flyers Collection. This five-week June–July programme provides an unusually detailed view of the immediate post-launch resident and guest circuit. Each Friday mixes foundational hardcore/breakbeat DJs, including LTJ Bukem, Phantasy, Stu Allan, DJ SS, Ray Keith, Carl Cox and Doc Scott, with less-documented regional names across two scheduled floors. The 5 June 'BRIAN GEE' spelling is high-confidence reference to Bryan Gee, before the independently documented 1993 founding of V Recordings with Jumpin Jack Frost. The reverse claims three dance floors and three sound systems but provides TOP FLOOR and LOWER FLOOR timetables only, an evidence discrepancy that is retained. Additional text promotes forthcoming outdoor raves on 12 and 27 June, Sunday DJ Daz Willott nights, and merchandise; those are advertisements, not proof of occurrence. The Media Archive for Central England preserves a 29 June 1992 news report interviewing a member of Leicester Nemesis Promotions about rave licensing, independently documenting the promoter's 1992 activity, not this specific run's attendance.

Production note: Colour printed graphic face and black-on-white programme reverse. Exact print process, paper stock, print-house and edition unknown.

Condition note: Both original faces are fully visible. A little perimeter and corner whitening/rubbing, scattered minute superficial spots/smudges on dark vivid colour sections, slight upper and lower edge wear, minor flattening/curling around corners and small ink/paper blemishes visible. Reverse typographic programme and membership form remain largely clear, with a faint local graphite-like mark near the form; significance unverified. No large tears, missing sections or prominent structural fold visible from supplied photos. In-hand inspection needed for precise edge damage, possible unseen folds, stock and sheet dimensions.

Confidence / uncertainty: Day/month/weekday for five dates, venue, top/lower DJ programme, £13 on-door admission, closing admissions at 1:30am, claims of three floors/soundsystems, Sunday £2 offer and membership form are physically verified. Year 1992 is high-confidence specialist-supported attribution, not printed; status provisional. No named designer is credited. 'BRIAN GEE' is printed, matched to existing Bryan Gee authority only at high confidence using artist/era/context; the canonical spelling and eventual V Recordings history are externally verified. 'BASSLINE SMITH' matched to existing Simon Bassline Smith; 'SS' to DJ SS; 'SWANNE' to Swann-E. Generic aliases such as Gemini and Micky 'B' not mapped to otherwise similar existing persons without proof. Historical MJP/Clarkee tape labelled 19 June has retrospective online date identification and does not certify live performance. Only two room-specific schedules given despite claim of three dance floors. A4 by owner, not actual measurement.

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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.