GreiginFife
Money List Winner
One of my favourite sets and the one that got me into the harder side of dance.
My mates older brother went to the Big Bang and got the video. I was mesmerised.
Me and a mate managed a couple of Fantazia/Dreamscape events before it went Happy Hardcore which I was never into.
Most of our group were into more commercial dance in the 90s. So we tended to go to clubs playing that and house music.
We did have a local club that had two floors. Which moved from disco and house, to techno/ hard house and commercial danc in the mid 90s. Which was great as it kept everyone happy.
I was at the Big Bang too. As a young East Coaster it was my first time in the SECC and it was only my second all nighter after Rez had held 'The Event' in August of 1993.
Rez was unbelievable with Prodigy, GTO, Sonz of a Loop da Loop Era as well as Coxy, Producer, Frank de Wulf and Lenny Dee.
I found the Big Bang to be a bit less intense and (this is just my opinion) Fantazia didn't really understand the Scottish audience at the time as breakbeat was not the preferred sound up here with bouncy techno the big thing. The line up was waay too breakbeat oriented for me and this actually reached a head with the Rat Pack being booed and water bottles chucked at them.
The premise and the organisation was very good, I just felt they misjudged the sound and the audience where Rezerection had absolutely nailed it by also including some proper hardcore acts (GTO were mental).