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FREE PARTIES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD #1

Under our Desert Storm tag you'll find a post with an interesting article published by MixMag on who is Desert Storm and what is their mission. We also included a list of the ten free parties that changed the world probably published in the same issue. Since the MixMag online archive is limited I was not able to confirm this.

Instead of just reposting the image and tell you to read it I decided to make it more blog friendly by slicing up the article. Originally I planned on posting the list of 10 in one post with a little extra information. But somehow I made a whole post out of the first one. The rest will follow. The subject has changed from "TEN FREE PARTIES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD" to "FREE PARTIES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD #1".

Written by: Luke Black

Pictures: Matt Smith, Derek Ridger/PYMCA, Tash, Darling Dept, Rex

ONE: Desert Storm, Tusla, Bosnia, New Year's Eve, 1994

During the Criminal Justice Bill protest in the summer of 1994 the crew was  approached by a “Workers Aid for Bosnia” member. He asked if they were willing to travel to a war zone and host a morale boosting NYE gig. They accepted the adventurous mission to aid those in need and bring joy to people who have been lacking any happiness in a very long time. By December '94 they raised enough fund to buy a truck, aid supplies and finance the fuel needed to make the trip. A dangerous trip to Tuzla (Bosnia) at that time home to thousands of refugees who fled from the Serbian army. Although the area was declared save by the United Nations, it was still a very dangerous place to be.

Willing to take the risk they set of 2 weeks before NYE not knowing what to expect. Loaded with their tunes, sound and aid supplies such as clothing, food, medicine and other basic supplies for such as pens and books. Even before arriving at their first stop at a UN compound in Split (Croatia) they already witnessed a near fatal road accident involving Croatian soldiers. The impaled vehicle was leaking fuel yet the soldiers kept trying to get their motor back alive. They didn't hesitate to drag the soldiers out of the wreck because the soldiers couldn't care less about the whole situation. For the first time was confronted with the fact that due to the ongoing war these soldiers were involved in they became careless about these situations since they happened every day. Custom to misery.
Back on the road they had to deal with coastal winds which were lifting their truck. At risk of being tipped over or falling of a cliff they loaded 2 tons of pineapple slices to keep the 7.5 ton truck on it's four wheels.

"Roadrunner"

Eventually they arrived at Split around Christmas day. Upon arrival they decided to cheer up the stationed UN soldiers and built an improvised nightclub out of pallets and trucks. And distributed some makeshift flyers to the UN soldiers and locals in town. That night locals and soldiers were able to dance all night for the first time in years. Their initiative was eventually stopped by the Military Police.

They still had a long way to go so the next day the crew left for Mostar (Bosnia). A city know for the iconic bridge Stari Most which became the symbol of ethnic unity in Bosnia after the war. The bridge itself was destroyed one month before their arrival. A temporary bridge was built next to it's ruins for the time being. Reconstruction started in 2001 and eventually reopened in 2004.

"Stari Most ruins"

The road to Mostar was again everything but safe. Off-road trough makeshift tunnels, plowing trough snow on uphill farm tracks and edging their way up the mountains. Passing by the besieged city of Sarajevo and the front line edge. As if that isn't nerve wrecking enough they learned about 'sniper alley'. Upon approaching a straight valley road the UN soldiers, escorting their convoy, explained that they had to wait until dark before traveling trough the valley. The trucks were instructed to dim their lights and drive as fast as possible until they reached a checkpoint 3 km ahead. This was as close to the front line as they could get. Under hostile sniper surveillance and anti-tank gun batteries nested in the hills they. Apart from one vehicle having it's chassis destroyed they made it to the checkpoint. 

"Front line - Sarajevo"

On December 31st 1994 the crew finally reached their destination. Arriving in Tuzla on New Years eve they discovered that the stadium they were supposed to host their gig in had collapsed due to a mortar strike two weeks earlier. With time running out a new plan was made. The loaded all speakers onto one lorry and used it as a mobile sound system to cruise around the city. A crowd of all ages gathered behind the truck and danced their way trough town. When a cop approached the truck they feared for being arrested or shut down. "Turn the music up! But turn your lights off!" he shouted. Confused by his request to turn the music up, they confirmed that he didn't mean otherwise. Turns out he actually wanted the music to be louder, as requested by his commander. Dimming their lights was for their own safety since the Serbs were still eager to strike with mortars. Without hesitation they turned up the music and killed the lights. The cop joined the mobile dance party, shared his drink with the DJ and started dancing with soldiers who came out running from apartment with their AK47's blazing in the air. Not to fight, but out of pure excitement and joy.
They came past the local police station and every cop embraced the vibe, started dancing on their patrol cars while shooting their pistols in the air. And lit their blue emergency lighting. I guess they were out of mortar reach by then or they just didn't care anymore at that point. More people joined in each time the reached an housing estate. Kids, soldiers or even a couple or grannies.. that New Years eve the city of Tuzla was relieved of it's curfew for the first time in 3 years. The crew just let it happen and let people go crazy. Naturally they were a wee bit concerned about the guns and alcohol mixture, but in the end nobody got shot.
It must have been a surreal experience. Especially when a little girl came up to one of the crew and pointed at a dark spot on the ground when they were approaching a square. She pointed and said "Look this is my brother!". Apparently a mortar killed 40 people 2 weeks earlier and one of the was her brother. Unsure how to react the were about to leave the square until she responded "No, I want to dance for my brother". That is when reality checks in.

"Mortar strike - Bosnia"

The crew returned home, again risking their life from checkpoint to check.. yet they wanted to do more. Spreading hope in a city that is on verge of being besieged. Showing that if a bunch of wacky musicians can make it all the way to their city, that they may have a chance to survive this war. That is why they returned to provide more aid trough supplies and culture. Connecting with people trough music who have been cut off from genuine fun for ages. A temporary relieve of the nightmare that is war.

During the summer of 1995 Desert Storm returned to Bosnia and entered Sarajevo just one week after the final cease-fire. The first foreign artists to enter the city in 5 years. They discovered an active alternative scene that survived during the longest siege of a capital city, the Siege of Sarajevo. An discovered a local independent radio station called ZID committed to a cultural theme. Their programming was created to let it's listeners escape from the harsh reality of life in Sarajevo. Utilizing culture to show underneath the inhuman and dangerous conditions there is a normal modern city called Sarajevo. Local alternative bands were heavily promoted by ZID by playing their music, doing interviews and announcing gigs. During the siege bands played around 50 concerts under constant threat and risk of being shot. One of the most famous underground venues was Club Obala. The only club to be open during the whole war. It was located near the notorious Sniper Alley, so the risk of being shot while visiting the club was very high. 

Desert Storm collaborated with ZID to host a gig at Club Obala and played for 5 hours on the pirate station. After the radio session playing their music and promoting their night at Club Obala they hit the streets. They cruised up and down the Sniper Alley with an open truck blasting their music just as they did in Tuzla. With the exception of an additional Kevlar helmet for the lucky crew member behind the decks.

"Warning Sniper"

Despite the threat of snipers they completed a successful mission in Sarajevo and gave locals a glimpse of a happy future. Eventually they linked up with Spiral Tribe and played around 20 gigs all over Bosnia. Inspiring, boosting moral and re-introduce people to the joy of life.

The trips Bosnia were documented in World Traveller Adventures under the title "STORMING SARAJEVO". World Traveller Adventures is a collection of travel stories and interviews of new age rave travellers such as members of Spiral Tribe. You can either buy or download the DVD. I'll update that post with extra sources this week. If both of these are not an option for you then you can watch it on YouTube below.

If you are interested in the cultural development of the alternative scene in Sarajevo during it's siege then I can suggest "Paradoxes of Wartime "Freedom": Alternative Culture during the Siege of Sarajevo"

Next up in the list of  "TEN FREE PARTIES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD". Probably a lot shorter.. most likely actually.

TWO: The Berlin Wall, November 9th, 1989

DMCWORLD INTERVIEWS SP23 CREW

DMCWORLD magazine published an interview with Stray Wayward (aka Spiral Mark) and Sirius, both members of the SP23 crew (sp23.org). SP23 is creative collected formed by some of the core members of the Spiral Tribe soundsystem. 

Mark is currently working on a book I am really, really.. really looking forward to. What makes me so anxious is that I am almost certain that this book will be THE book I would be able to call my bible. In "A Darker Electricity: Life On The Road With Spiral Tribe" Mark will chose to tell the story of Spiral Tribe in a creative way by weaving narrative threads together and not just create a chronological list of events. Thus creating an interesting storyline I am dieing to dig in to. Finally I will be able to read the whole story of which I now know only a few scraps I picked op from interviews, articles, flyers and other media we once searched and shared on this blog. One of the main reasons we started this blog is to collect all the information that was available online and make sure it doesn't get lost. Many websites from soundsystems in the early 90's were disappearing so we wanted to make sure that these pieces of history wouldn't get lost. Creating one place to find out more about the history of the current free tekno movement. Especially the legend of Spiral Tribe which became a great source of inspiration that became a part of the free person I am now. A part of the manifesto I put together a few years ago, which sums up what we stand and fight for as a soundsystem, is based on the reason why Spiral Tribe was formed. A group of friends got together to resist the system that limits our own creativity and freedom of expression. Their weapon in this battle was Spiral Tribe. Re-read our manifesto and you'll know which part I am referring to. 23 years later these constrains are still being enforced by governments but also still resisted by many collectives in the form of a soundsystem all over the world. Their cause became a message I now follow and actively spread. I could go on about how much influence Spiral Tribe actually had on my life but I just realized I was just mentioning the upcoming book "A Darker Electricity" and got off track. So my train of thought ends here and the influence of Spiral Tribe in my life will become a post on its own in the near future.

So.. emm.. yeah. "A Darker Electricity" a book by Mark of SP23, obviously highly anticipated by me. You can find excerpts of this book on his blog called WAYWARDTALES.

CLICK HERE FOR THE INTERVIEW

What was it about the whole free party movement that attracted you?

Mark: "I grew up going to free festivals. Stonehenge and Avebury. Something magical occurs when you escape the confines and routines of the locked-down mainstream. It's a combination of things: the community bonds that you feel while dancing together across the night – under the stars; the connection with nature; and a sense that you've stepped outside of a bubble and into the wider world... It's an escape – not away from reality but into reality."

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BE PART OF OUR RESISTANCE

- [013] MANIFESTO -

WORLD TRAVELLER ADVENTURES

EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE TECHNO-NOMAD ADVENTURE

Film Documents The European and Middle Eastern Techno-Traveler Movement

New York, NY September 13 — This October, Uncivilized World documents the amazing story of the most underground social revolution with the DVD release, World Traveller Adventures. From the 1990’s to present, several devoted artists of raving and free partying take to the roads through Bosnia, India and even Africa, as they cross geographical borders to export their music through political protest and/or cultural exchange.

Consisting of four exclusive films, World Traveller Adventures marks the first time this movement has been illustrated in images. The historic documents were compiled and filmed by the tribe members of this new genre. The films are: 23 Minute Warning — Spiral Tribe; Storming Sarajevo – Desert Storm; Mission To India – Sound Conspiracy; and African Expedisound – Tomahawk, IOT.

History
The world traveler adventure was born as a result of the U.K.’s illegalization of any gathering of more than 100 people accompanied by amplified music, which “includes sounds wholly or predominantly characterized by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats.” New Age travelers (an alternative movement of nomads), squatters encouraged by Thatcher’s repression to leave the cities, along with clubbers frustrated by the closure of clubs and early raves were driven to leave England. They traveled to the South American continent, Africa, Eastern Europe, the United States, Australia, Asia, among other countries, to spread their spirit of freedom and music, inspiring others to follow.

World Traveller Adventures Synopsis

23 Minute Warning
The interviews in this documentary illustrate each person’s opposition within a militant movement using parties and music as a way to communicate a philosophical message. In the same way as the mythical label Underground Resistance, who saw music as a weapon to fight against the barriers between races, Spiral Tribe concentrates its creative energies around the rhythms of nature, music and dance, in reaction to society’s prevailing attitude. Also included are two unique Spiral Tribe video clips: “Forward the Revolution” and “Breach the Peace” in addition to archive images of the Teknival at Tarnos (’95) and Carcassonne (July ’93).

Running time: 23 minutes

Storming Sarajevo – Desert Storm
Desert Storm could be defined as a peace-protest sound-system concerned initially with the Gulf War, and later the war in Bosnia. In 1994 (as a result of the Criminal Justice Act and Desert Storm’s difficulty to throw parties in the UK), they head in the direction of Sarajevo. Relentless snow and bitter cold delays them by three weeks and gets the better of their engines and gearboxes. Storming Sarajevo documents Desert Storm’s adventure as they carry foodstuffs, pens, books, medicine and condoms while they organize a New Year’s Eve party in Tusla and a party in a disco in Sarajevo. Desert Storm organizes a Street Parade, despite 70 cm of snow and temperatures hitting –10 degrees C. A policeman asks the organizers to turn the music up, but to dim the lights please –as the frontline is only 10 kilometers away!
Running time: 30 minutes

Mission To India – Sound Conspiracy
Mission to India is the most epic, the furthest-reaching and the longest mission of a European tribe. Filmed in 2001, this documentary tells the story of Sound Conspiracy, the reunion of three sound-systems: OQP, Total Resistance and Facom Unit who decide to set off the mythical Goa. Filmed by Paula of Sound Conspiracy, the documentary follows a travel log where the collective survived a fast, while crossing Iran, imposed armed escort through Pakistan where brutal robbers lurk, and heavy-handed checks by the omnipresent Turkish army in Kurdistan. They arrive exhausted in Goa at the end of November to organize several parties despite the undreamt-of local mafia implanted in this paradise of electronic music.
Running time: 45 Minutes

African Expedisound – Teknokrates, Tomahawk, IOT
African Expedisound follows three French sound-systems (Tomahawk, Teknokrates, and In/Out/True) as they set off for Africa in 5 converted French army lorries. A dozen people between the ages of 25 and 30 hit the road, with no institutional support, 15,000 km across Morocco, the Sahara desert, Senegal and Mali. Their mission is to find the initial rhythm, to understand the African myth, to live what they consider to be the ultimate quest for the ‘free’ generation brought up on BPM (?) The documentary begins in Senegal and the African Expedisound head toward Mali. Their experience take them through ramshackle routes, towering baobabs, and traditional villages under the baking sun. Local children announce the arrival of the “Whites” who have come to put on these “extraordinary, free parties.
Running time: 52 minutes

Bonus Features – Reclaim The Streets
Bonus features include a 4 minute musical documentary featuring images taken from the ’97 parties organized by Desert Storm in Sheffield, Bristol and Oxford. Musical and ecological activists, Reclaim The Streets (RTS) take the philosophy of the reappropriation of public space through cultural resistance to another level. They swept across the UK with street parties in Manchester, York and Oxford, and also appeared in cities like Tel-Aviv, Sydney, and Helsinki, among others.

About Uncivilized World
After being at the heart of the European cultural scene for 6 years, Uncivilized World became a record label with its finger well and truly on the pulse of quality cultural creativity. Its eclectic catalogue of artists includes the Nigerian Femi Kuti (afrobeat), the pioneering American DJ Jeff Mills (techno), the inimitable ‘French touch’ of The Hacker and Vitalic (electro), the DJing world champions of Birdy Nam Nam (hip hop), and the German big band Mardi Gras (jazz). The label has also joined forces with mk2, the biggest name in the French independent film industry, to create the Electronic Cinema collection of film soundtracks. Uncivilized World has also produced a series of music documentaries that have met with much acclaim at International film festivals: ‘Live At The Shrine’, shown at the Sundance festival and filmed at Fela Kuti’s celebrated Shrine venue, ‘World Traveller Adventures’, revealing the nomadic aspect of the techno adventure, ‘Biomechanik’, about the encounter between two different artistic universes when the sculptor HR Giger (the creator of Ridley Scott’s Alien) meets a hardcore DJ, and ‘Blue Potential’, a philharmonic concert filmed at the UNESCO world heritage listed Pont du Gard site.
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“A fascinating DVD”–Mojo
“You couldn’t ask for a more entertaining and informative look”– Undercover

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SOUND CONSPIRACY @ 2001

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lego soundsystem / barcelona 2002

SOUND CONSPIRACY - 1997

Courcelles (France) - 1997

Total resistance & Sound conspiracy

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BIG RIG PIC

Sound conspiracy rig - India

OHMS NOT BOMBS

From the ashes of Vibe Tribe rose..

OHMS NOT BOMBS 

 

Going off in the fusion of Protest and Party

The notion of techno-activism, cyber subversion, dance blockades has been borne from the recent explosion of creative energy as the dance and protest culture comes together. Pushed along recently by the Reclaim the Streets actions, the edge of culture opposed to the destruction of the environment, inequality of the state is growing by the day.

The acid house boom of the late eighties saw a new format and arena for expression, excess and human interaction. Breaking down the barriers of traditional entertainment the emphasis was placed on the participants of an event, taking the spotlight initially away from the entertainers. In Sydney as the rave party went overground, the Vibe Tribe collective took the concept in a different direction with its liberationist anarchist politics, free parties and community fund raising dances helping define 'Doof" culture in Australia. For various reasons the collective splintered in different directions in the mid nineties, the cyber subversive energy continuing on in a number of groups including Organarchy Sound System and Oms Not Bombs.

Organarchy concentrated on getting the home grown tunes out through its own label, whilst Oms Not Bombs put out the energy on the Doof protest frontier. The first oms Not Bombs tour in 1995 saw a dance protest on the lawns of New Parliment House in Canbarra drawing attention to the insanity of French Nuclear testing in the Pacific. Pacific nuke testing has now stopped but the madness continues in this land as more uranium mines are planned. A fund raiser at Alexandria's Graffiti Hall of Fame raised the bucks for an old Wollongong transit bus that embarked on a 10,000 k round trip to Jabiluka last year doofing, protesting and networking from Sydney through Canberra, East Gippsland, Melbourne, Adelaide, Uluru, Alice Springs and Darwin to the front line people power protests outside the site of Energy Resources of Australia's planet and future destroying uranium mine in Kakadu. The tour was a great experience. Traveling with a big mobile crew was found to be inspiring and stressful, by getting a real high from being closer to the elements, meeting strange and wonderful people and playing music in some amazing locations. The Ohms Not Bombs' "Dig The Sounds Not Uranium" tour in '98 took the crew 10,000 km on a round trip to the Northern Territory.

The Mutoid Waste co is currently involved in a similar trip. The need to mobilize and activate people has never been more acute. Jabiluka mine was delayed for a year due to the strength of opposition here and overseas. Now they're trying to fast track another mine at Beverly in South Australia that if allowed to go ahead will poison the great artesian basin water supply that feeds the centre of Australia. Plans are also afoot by the nuclear lobbyists to place a nuclear waste dump for the world in the outback of South Australia. A mobile people power movement has the power to stop this madness and set a precedent for the future.

The aim of Oms Not Bombs is to help catalyze such a movement to do this we must create unity between crews and collectives, political groups, subcultures and like minded folk across the land. The autonomous zone created on the dance floor is a good seedbed for such a unity. With the Earthdream convoy well under way it is be a good focus for a united response to the governments continued assault on the environment, on youth, the unions and the traditional aboriginal people of this country. Lets get this party started and close down uranium mining thus affecting the world by withdrawing Australia's role in the future destroying nuclear industry.

Like all collectives they rise and fall,Ohms Not Bombs like its predecessor Vibe Tribe has become more of a mode of contact,the original crew is scattered and involved in many other projects around the land.

Bass Bin Ladin regularly puts on Booty partys like Ghetto Fabolous,Players Ball in Melbourne,Chin Bindi is still djing around the place,Hi Jack Soundsystem in Sydney puts on rocking free party's, the mobile Trailer trash sound system is an active traveling unit with Mashy P (AKA Morphism)

- http://www.ohmsnotbombs.org (semi-dead website)


Dig The Sounds Not Uranium Tour

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Featured in Cyclist Defrost - Issue #3 of the frigid/cryogenesis zine - november 1998. From the archive at Cyclic Defrost (Issue #3 PDF)


Mission Statement

Remember the revolution starts in your own mind
Mutate the state
Dismantle the arms trade
Make Australia Nuke free
Reclaim the future
Reverse Colonialism
Permaculturalise the Planet
Promote positive people power action
Love heals all Revolve Evolve Solve

RECLAIM YOUR AUTONOMY! 

MISSION TO INDIA

Mission to India is the most epic, the furthest-reaching and the longest mission of a European tribe. Filmed in 2001, this documentary tells the story of Sound Conspiracy, the reunion of three sound-systems: OQP, Total Resistance and Facom Unit who decide to set off the mythical Goa. Filmed by Paula of Sound Conspiracy, the documentary follows a travel log where the collective survived a fast, while crossing Iran, imposed armed escort through Pakistan where brutal robbers lurk, and heavy-handed checks by the omnipresent Turkish army in Kurdistan. They arrive exhausted in Goa at the end of November to organize several parties despite the undreamt-of local mafia implanted in this paradise of electronic music.

Running time: 45 Minutes

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COMBAT WOMBAT & LAB RATS

"Police Brutality" by Combat Wombat

Dragonfly Animation's video clip to Australian political hip hop group Combat Wombat's song 'Police Brutality' is a mixture of animated stiillls and footage from the protests at Beverly uranium Mine and Pine Gap US Military Base in the central desert. 

Combat Wombat are an outspoken troupe of hip hop punks mainly located in Melbourne. Armed with only samplers, mics and turntables, powered by solar energy and an uncompromising belief in Truth over Spin, these desert nomads are the real deal, creating an album that reflects the frontline activism they have become famous for. They delve into issues of national identity, the government's treatment of refugees, indigenous sovereignty, US military force and uranium mining with a sense of urgency that is balanced by their ability to turn words into action. 

"Don't wait for your government to change their policies because you will be choking on black air by the time they wake up to the reality that we are facing today on this well and truly buggered up planet. Get active and speak out."
Monkeymarc - Combat Wombat
 

At Combat Wombat's core is the Lab Rats Solar Sound System, which was formed at the Jabiluka uranium mine protests in 1998. Monkey Marc and MC Izzy are Australian pioneers of vegetable oil conversions for diesel engines (which will also fuel their upcoming national tour). Their fully equipped mobile studio runs off the solar panels on the van's roof, and their record Unsound $ystem was written and recorded using this same eco-friendly energy.

The LabRats go anywhere and everywhere we can get to. From the desert blockades in South Australia to the Forest blockades of Victoria to events like Reclaim the Streets all over... to free parties and benefits in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Darwin. To remote Aboriginal communities near Coober Pedy and Alice Springs.... to Tasmania and back again.

They made a video called Tunin' Technology to explain their vegie oil car, wind powered cinema and solar powered sound system. 

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PHAT BUS

Sound conspiracy truck

LES NOMADES DE LA TEKNO

 

  

  

 

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THE LOST TRIBE OF MIG

Old spiral tribe flyer

31.12.1992

Tacheles squat - Berlin (DE)

THE BASSLINE CIRCUS

"From a fusion of Desert Storm sound system and other mentalist performance all stars came The Bassline Circus"

Formed in 2003 Bassline Circus represents the transformation of some of the UK's and Europe's most high-profile illegal rave outfits into a legitimate organisation. Bassline Circus is a crew of performers, musicians, mechanics, visual artists, tour bookers, truck drivers, creatives, logistics, humanistics and holistics. It's most active members have dedicated years to this project with very little financial comeback. Most of the time they are working for nothing but the love and the belief that one day it will pay off somehow. They support the believe that the system wont supply the means for a vast majority of the population to express themselves and that you must create your own reality. The system creates a virtual reality, by tv or other media.

DON'T BE FOOLED!

A little history of Bassline Circus can be found on their website or below.

HISTORY

NOT FOR PROFIT

Bassline Circus is a not for profit organization based around a central ethos of create, innovate, educate, activate and of course, mutate. We are a traveling circus troupe, a production company, performance agency, a tent and equipment hire company, an education institution and much more.

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE

We have spent the last five years in the heat of the furnace that is life in modern London, growing and developing our style, gathering and garnering talent and ideas like a giant artistic pirate ship, plundering the pool of raw skills that is out there, creating a hardcore, dedicated crew. Like all good things, time and energy have evolved this thing, from the nucleus of a good idea, into a vessel through which is channelled a whole load of creative and perceptive ideas.
This project is born from the ashes of the European and British festival, free party and circus scene, and is a direct result of what happens when circus meets the dance floor.

DIVERSITY AND HERITAGE

Such diverse groups as Desert Storm, Total Resistance, Sound Conspiracy, NoFit State, Reclaim the Streets, Foolhardy Folk and many more all find their influence and legacy here in this new skool mashup of people and culture.

JUMP AND SPREAD OUT

Sound Conspiracy was an international crew based in Europe, comprised of several different sound systems of the day, Total Resistance, Facom Unit and OQP. They spent years in Italy putting on massive illegal raves before heading off to Bosnia and Republika Serbska for a summer of madness before heading further east. First to Istanbul, and then on through Turkey Iran and Pakistan to India, where they spent the winter in Goa and the Summer in Manali before heading back to Italy a year and a half after they left. They got back just in time to join in the Millennium celebrations in the south of France. This epic journey, which was started with fifteen trucks and buses, over thirty people and ten dogs, and which finished with just three vehicles seven people and two dogs can be seen as a documentary as part of the world travelleradventures dvd.

TOTAL RESISTANCE

This collective of travelers was born in England and traveled all over Europe and beyond, a strong family massive drawing loads of different people for many different reasons. Freedom of expression and free from exploitation, death to the oppressor and fuck the shitty system were some of them, as was self styled survival in the case of heavy oppression. The political atmosphere in the early nineties against travellers was such that some kind of resistance was needed, both spiritual and physical, and in some ways we are trying to keep some of this spirit, travelling families with a focus on staying clear of the pitfalls of modern society, the apathy, the addiction and the melancholy. Trying to create a positive environment for our children to grow, for our art forms to flourish and for our brains to try to avoid the kind of dead end bullshit cul de sacs of thought that the mass media and tv try to force us in every fucking day.

RESIST! - Quoted from Basslinecircus.org


ADVERTIGO 

In preparation to their Advertigo tour Network23 caught up with the Bassline crew and made a documentary about these tekno-circus nomads that was formed in the aftermath of the World Travellers Adventures.

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Advertigo is one of the shows in which Bassline Circus brings you its spectacular mix of high wire antics, genetically modified street arts and new skool music. For this show the crew cooperated with Pierrot Bidon from Archaos¹. In the famous Big Top tent you can experience its full tilt, multi-media show with digital film and graphics, high energy physical circus skills and the infectious sounds of new skool beats. This is circus as you've never seen it before. You can view the show reel below.
[¹]: Archoas is an alternative circus that dates from back in 1987 and on. - http://www.archaos.fr

More info on ADVERTIGO.

- http://www.myspace.com/basslinecircus
- http://www.basslinecircus.org