Information taken from wikipedia (free translation) of Fantazia
and genesis
website
raves History: Genesis Collective Genesis was a collective
that promotes the early raves in the UK between 1988 to 1992.Fue founded in 1988 at par with the discovery of acid house UK. Collective members are Anthony Wayne, Andrew Pritchard and Keith Brooks.
The initial idea, though they were parties to pay from the beginning, was to hold small events for friends. 300 people attended the first their parties and proud of what they had accomplished decided to make more raves. By Christmas of that year 1000 people attended the Genesis'88 and then, in 1989, Genesis made the biggest free party ever made in Britain. This took place on the outskirts of Reigate in Surrey in the land adjacent to the sports fields at Hartswood school (between Woodhatch and Sidlow Bridge), the rave took place and lasted from 10 pm on Saturday until well into Sunday night. An estimated 20,000 people attended during the weekend car queues stretched from the top of Reigate Hill to the field in question (4 miles!). The news was widely covered by the press and television and rave happened in history because that was the only time in British history that the police had retired without being able to halt the rave.
By that time the raves began to be considered illegal by the basing its criminalization where most of the groups of that era came to abandoned buildings by breaking the locks on private property totally abandoned.
In 1989 the organizers of the London acid house parties were declared Public Enemy Number One by the government and the media. Anthony Wayne
declared more or less the following about the genesis (the translation is free and staff made their website
)
I (Anthony Wayne) had to take a different character each time we had to negotiate with police squads. Always helped the considerable negotiation before them like a representative of music stars like George Michaels or head of special projects at Sony. For a while these tricks worked, but then had to take a more direct approach to ensure the event could be made. One method was to have at least 500 people in the place of the party who were willing to remain in their posts and not allow the police could stop the party. Not infrequently, these situations are shock. The ideology of the time on free parties was that it was creating the foundation for something much bigger for the future. We felt it was too important what we did and did not accept that anyone trying to stop the advance of Genesis. We quickly learned the art of moving thousands of people from one place to another in a matter of hours using nothing but mobile phones and pirate radio stations.
Genesis'88 pioneered in the creation of free festivals and events that will last beyond the evening. These demonstrations were our way of showing the public that Genesis was not the Son of Satan that the media reported with often in their newspapers. We are also fighting for the government could change the draconian laws licensing and expand the licensing of music and dance, and 8 in the morning soon became a reality, but for Genesis'88 our time has come and gone ... Viva La Anthony Wayne Revolution
Another of the men behind Wayne Antonio Genesis which later wrote
Class of 88, a book that has to detail all lived during this period.
If you want this book you can get a PDF copy in English by clicking here
FESTIVALS GÉNESIS 1988 Genesis’88 - Chapter One - Saturday 10th December
Genesis’88 - The Struggle Continues - 24th December
Genesis’88 - The Fight Goes On - Friday 30th December
Genesis’88 & Sunrise - The Final Party - Saturday 31st December
1989 Genesis’89 & Sunset - Hedonism - Saturday 7th January
Genesis’89 & Sunset – Against All Odds - 14th January
Genesis’89 - Chapter of Chapters - 21st January
Genesis’89 - From Strength to Strength - 28th January
Genesis’89 – The Promised Land - February
Genesis’89 – West Way Blues - February
Genesis’89 – In House We Trust - February
Genesis’89 – Only Love Conquers Hate - February
Genesis’89 – Utopia - 1st April
Genesis’89 – Live and Let Live - 11th March
Genesis’89 – The Empire Strikes Back - September
Genesis’89 – Resurrection - 16th September
Genesis’89 – The Struggle Continues - 24th December
Genesis’89 & Biology - Together As One - 25th December
Genesis’89 – The Fight Goes On - 30th December
Genesis’89 & Biology - Future Power People - 31st December
Genesis’89 – See No Evil Hear No Evil
Genesis’89 – Pasha
Genesis’89 – Tranquillity
1990 Freedom to Party – Why Can’t We Dance? - January 27th
Genesis’90 & Fantasy FM Radio – The Warehouse Experience
Genesis - Imagine - 13th December
1992 Genesis’92 – The Awakening - 18th April
Genesis’92 – The Promised-Land - 16th May
