1998 In Clubland

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January Another Year in Clubland

Following the massive popualarity of 'One in the Jungle' Fabio and Grooverider are landed with the druma nd bass Friday night show on radio 1. Record label High-life shuts down after releasing Wildchild's 'Renegade Master' Radio 1's love affair with dance music deepens as Carl Cox comes aboard for a monthly essential mix. Kiss FM announce that the Dreem Teem are to become thier new weekly underground jocks.

February Frisky? 2nd Birthday

Cream Announce thier plans for a live festival in conjunction with mean fiddler (The Glastonbury promotors) Named 'Creamfields' The Manumission Lads launch 'Manumission Trips' taking British punters over to the Dogs Balearics. Goldie decides to work with (wanker) Noel Gallagher and launches his own sportswear brand. MoS night Frisky? Celebrates its birthday in style with Boy George, Judge Jules and Paul Oakenfold.

March Dance Nation 5

Kiss FM announce that Danni Behr (?!) is thier new Drivetime DJ, bt actually the bird's not bad. The Miami music festival sparks the release of Stardust's "Music Sounds Better With You" and Mousse T's 'Horny' Kiss FM start Graham Gold's Friday night show, which goes down a storm, and make a bid for a national lisence, which was again denyed....Bugger. MoS release Dance Nation 5 mixed by Tongy and Boy George and Sessions 9 by Erik Morillo

April Smokin'

April, once again saw the return of that Southport weekender, which in '98 was one of the best. Roger Sanchez, Danny Rampling, Graeme Park and Norman Jay. Dave Beer has Oakey play his wedding, the proceeds of which bought his honeymoon. Clever Cunt. Big march in London to legalise Cannabis (Which I like a bit of) MoS goes to Switzerland, Irelnad and Spain.

May FSUK2*

Creamfields goes off dispite of the shite weather. Chemicals, Coxy, Roni Size Oakey, Rampling, Freestylers de da de da de da appeared, and I can't be fucked to name them all. Gatecrasher moves in to the Repulic in Sheffield, and so does Judge Jules. Goldie moves METALHEDZ to Bristol and Roni Size signs to XL recordings. Freestylers mixed a lovely album, Future Sound of the United Kingdom 2* and Paul Van Dyk started playing Frisky?

June Ministry Vs Gatecrasher

7,000 Sweaty clubbers invade Lotherton Hall in Leeds to see the fusion of the 2 great superclubs. DJs (Wait for this) Sasha, Digweed, Sonique, Julesy, Tongy, Morillo, Deep dish, Tony De Vit and B.R.A. all showed thier faces. Glastonbury is once again a mudbath, but the dance tent played home to Underworld, Chemical Bros., Finley Quaye, and Portishead. Kiss FM wins best breakfast radio show.

July Progression

Tony De Vit Sadly Passed Away on the Second of July Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Eight A.D.

Clubland will solemnly miss him but he will never be forgotten.

August IBIZA

Ibiza was a nitty one with Manumission, Renaissance, Moneypenny's, Gatecrasher, Cafe Del Mar and MoS taking over the island. David Homes bangs up The Manics' "If you tolerate this then your children will be next..." which was nice. Fabric, Londons new 3,000 capacity beatery blags that it will be open by NYE '98. Bollox. Pacha is ovetaken by Erik Morillo, Freestylers, Barbara Tucker, Ultra Nate, Groovrider and Paul Oakenfold.

September Minsitry is Seven

MoS celebrated it's 7th in style. with Bentley Rhythm Ace, Erick Morillo, Norman Jay, Sneak and loads more, it also launched FSUK*3 mixed by those lovely Bentley Rhythem Ace chaps. And it was good.

October FSUK3*

Fatboy Slims' "You've come a lond way, baby" is a stormer of a bigbeat release, which is backed up by FSUK3*. Paul Okaenfold Takes over Oz in Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne.

November Rulin' Fourth Birthday

Saturday Night's "Rulin'" says happy birthday to itself for the 4th time. Once again, big Erick rocks the house, and gets everyone prepared for the party season, November is suprisingly calm for once. MoS goes to Australia, Singapore and the Ukraine (!)

December Here's to another one!

The season of goodwill to all men returns, and all DJs are sold out, they have been since February, in fact. 1999 is just round the corner, and so is the millennium, the impact of which will become more and more apparant as we progress through the year. I expect NYE 2000 will be the event of a lifetime. Blimy.

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