Dance Planet Part II — Return of the Hardcore (31 January 1992)
Aston Villa Sports and Leisure Centre, Birmingham · yellow sunburst and blue globe/grid graphic · Carl Cox / Grooverider / DJ Hype
Friday 31 January 1992 · 9pm–7am (Saturday 1 February) · ★ Gold Star object
Original multicolour, double-sided Dance Planet Part II rave flyer for 'Return of the hardcore', 31 January 1992, 9pm–7am at Aston Villa Sports and Leisure Centre, Birmingham. An unmistakable blue Earth with yellow/black radiating sunburst, cyan wireframe grid and bold DANCE PLANET PART II title front a detailed lineup of Carl Cox, DJ Hype, Easygroove, Grooverider, Stu Allan, Keith Suckling and Ratty; chill-out with DJ King, DJ Force and Jim 'Shaft' Ryan, plus live Hardcore VIP Crew–MC Easy, dancer Simone and advertised video hosts MC Cool And Deadly and Lenni. Presenter RAPIKS Concert Production Ltd and visual-supplier ACIDICA & HALO; £20 plus 10% booking, nationwide outlets and mail-in membership form. Independently indexed exact event and attributed Carl Cox recording strengthen documentary/legacy value. Distinct to held 23 August 1991 Dance Planet TMR-000987.
Read the catalogue note →- Event
- Dance Planet Part II — Return of the Hardcore, Friday 31 January 1992
- Promoter
- Dance Planet. Flyer reads 'RAPIKS Concert Production Ltd proudly present'; relation between the Dance Planet brand and the printed company is not independently documented. The flyer claims the organisation promoted/financed a prior Biology event and Weekend World at The Eclipse; these are period self-claims, not independently authenticated.
- Venue
- Aston Villa Sports and Leisure Centre
- Location
- 8 Aston Hall Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
- Advertised hours
- Friday 31 January 1992, 9pm to Saturday 1 February 1992, 7am; no admission after 2am (following morning). Licensed bar advertised until 11pm.
- Original admission / price
- Advance tickets £20 + 10% booking fee unless otherwise stated (normally £22 if full fee applied; no universal total asserted). Official Planet outlets/agents only; no admission after 2am. Member application printed free.
- Designer
- No named graphic artist or studio credit on either face; RAPIKS is credited as presenter, ACIDICA and HALO as lighting/vision suppliers, not assumed paper designers.
- Format
- One double-sided rectangular rave event flyer. Front graphic printed sideways (read with the sheet rotated relative to the upright reverse text); reverse features large blue DJs header, original stage/show and ticket network with detachable-style unfilled membership form printed at bottom (no physical perforation evidenced).
- Dimensions
- Unknown for this physical sheet; not measured. Do not infer A4 solely from image proportions or unrelated Dance Planet flyers.
- Orientation
- Portrait sheet as photographed; front artwork and title oriented 90 degrees relative to reverse upright event text.
- Original / reproduction
- High-confidence original-period 1992 paper, based on date-specific reverse, original period ticket/telephone contacts and exact research corroboration; precise edition, first printing and later reproduction history unverified.
- Edition / variant
- Part II specifically Friday 31 January 1992 ('Return of the hardcore'), with distinctive yellow-and-black sunburst versus blue globe/cyan wireframe front and black reverse with blue headlining and yellow ticket band. Not TMR-000987 23 August 1991 Dance Planet nor 8 May 1992 One Step Beyond, March 1993 Detonator or TMR-000646 June 1995.
- Condition
- Very Good (provisional from two photographs), strong saturated print with only light age/handling marks.
- Completeness
- One apparently complete double-sided original event flyer, both distinct printed sides photographed. Unfilled membership application is part of printed reverse, not a separate insert. No original event admission ticket, video or cassette evidenced with this sheet.
- Event relationship
- Dance Planet Part II — Return of the Hardcore · 1992-01-31
- Venue relationship
- Browse Aston Villa Sports and Leisure Centre objects
Catalogue note
Original multicolour, double-sided Dance Planet Part II rave flyer for 'Return of the hardcore', 31 January 1992, 9pm–7am at Aston Villa Sports and Leisure Centre, Birmingham. An unmistakable blue Earth with yellow/black radiating sunburst, cyan wireframe grid and bold DANCE PLANET PART II title front a detailed lineup of Carl Cox, DJ Hype, Easygroove, Grooverider, Stu Allan, Keith Suckling and Ratty; chill-out with DJ King, DJ Force and Jim 'Shaft' Ryan, plus live Hardcore VIP Crew–MC Easy, dancer Simone and advertised video hosts MC Cool And Deadly and Lenni. Presenter RAPIKS Concert Production Ltd and visual-supplier ACIDICA & HALO; £20 plus 10% booking, nationwide outlets and mail-in membership form. Independently indexed exact event and attributed Carl Cox recording strengthen documentary/legacy value. Distinct to held 23 August 1991 Dance Planet TMR-000987.
Advertised programme: Main billed DJs: CARL COX ('The Wizard / The Master'); DJ HYPE (Fantasy FM / Astoria); EASY GROOVE [Easygroove] (Circus Warp / Perception); GROOVERIDER (Dance Planet, The Hardcore, 'London's Finest'); STU ALLAN (Manchester / Piccadilly FM 101); KEITH SUCKLING (Birmingham / Massive); RATTY (Leamington / Amnesia). Performer/dancer: SIMONE (described on flyer as 'the sexiest girl dancer in Europe'—promoter rhetoric only). Chill-out DJs: DJ KING (Innocence FM, London); DJ FORCE (Dance Planet / Weekend World); JIM 'SHAFT' RYAN (Chuff Chuff, Birmingham). Live on stage: HARDCORE VIP CREW – MC EASY, 'You know the score' debut, described as ex-Biology, plus an unnamed special guest from the USA. Promised video hosts: MC COOL AND DEADLY (advertised as 'Grooverider's MC') and LENNI. This is printed billing/marketing, not verified actual appearances or completed film.
Graphic-design significance: Highly accomplished graphic combination of left-side bold radiating yellow/black sunburst and right-side cyan perspective grid, joined by central black/blue terrestrial globe. Large geometric yellow block-serif-like DANCE PLANET and PART II typography is viewed after rotating the front relative to the upright densely typeset reverse. A less figurative/more geometric 'planet' identity distinct from TMR-000987's yellow-background globe and magenta serif artwork. Exact designer unknown.
Historical context: Promoter RAPIKS Concert Production Ltd claims to have financed or promoted Biology 'Brokers of the same kind out to prove a point' and Weekend World at The Eclipse, boasting 'in 1989 we spent more on our event than any other organisation ever has'; retain as promoter rhetoric. Supplier credits ACIDICA and HALO; HALO also appears in TMR-000987 for 1991 Dance Planet at this venue, a high-confidence contextual link but formal company identity for 'HALO' not independently checked. Advertised video filming hosted by MC Cool And Deadly and Lenni is a rare documentary lead; existence of finished or released video unverified. Borosix 1992 history independently indexes Dance Planet on 31 January; MixesDB and Mixcloud index a roughly 62-min Carl Cox set with exactly the same title/date, and another specialist archive also labels a DJ SS tape with that date even though SS is absent from the printed flyer. These are recording-attribution leads, not proof all billed or tape-listed performers appeared.
Production note: Strong blue, yellow and black two-face commercial multicolour print with warm yellow ticket panel and generous white front border; exact paper stock, print process and run unknown.
Condition note: Front white border largely intact, bright vivid original yellow/black/blue and legible vertical DANCE PLANET masthead; light corner handling, faint surface hairline scuffing/speckling and a few edge marks. Reverse retains crisp large blue title, fine programme text and extensive small-format yellow ticket panel; mild edge/corner wear and light handling marks, especially around upper and lower dark-field edges. No prominent full-length fold, sizeable tear or missing primary text evident in supplied photographs. Not professionally graded; stock, brittleness and repairs not assessed directly.
Confidence / uncertainty: PHYSICALLY VERIFIED: 31 Jan 1992, RAPIKS, venue/address/time, 'Return of the hardcore' wording, printed bill, price +10% booking, 2am admission deadline and credit to ACIDICA & HALO. The front 'DANCE PLANET PART II' is the physical identity; unofficial tapes use 'Return of the Hardcore Part 2'. 'SIMONE' is labelled a dancer, not a DJ; description is promoter hyperbole. 'DJ KING' and 'DJ FORCE' have no secure existing authorities. 'MC COOL AND DEADLY' and 'MC EASY' stay verbatim until full identification. The 60K system and filmed video are advertisements, not verified delivery. Exact physical orientation on front differs from reverse. No provenance, measurements, printer or run invented.
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Historical context
Promoter RAPIKS Concert Production Ltd claims to have financed or promoted Biology 'Brokers of the same kind out to prove a point' and Weekend World at The Eclipse, boasting 'in 1989 we spent more on our event than any other organisation ever has'; retain as promoter rhetoric. Supplier credits ACIDICA and HALO; HALO also appears in TMR-000987 for 1991 Dance Planet at this venue, a high-confidence contextual link but formal company identity for 'HALO' not independently checked. Advertised video filming hosted by MC Cool And Deadly and Lenni is a rare documentary lead; existence of finished or released video unverified. Borosix 1992 history independently indexes Dance Planet on 31 January; MixesDB and Mixcloud index a roughly 62-min Carl Cox set with exactly the same title/date, and another specialist archive also labels a DJ SS tape with that date even though SS is absent from the printed flyer. These are recording-attribution leads, not proof all billed or tape-listed performers appeared.
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Archive Importance: 9.5 / 10 · Gold Star.
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