London Party scene,
Psychedelic Soul

What came out of the meeting at green angels is that the is definitely a new wave of music coming through it will incorporate alot of different things in regards to sound and spirit. The general feeling is that the metallic, industrial psychedelic scene is wearing a little thin. I dispute this a little but know that a new wave of music is coming through very soon. It shall be called a new term - "PsychEdelic Soul"

Remember you heard the term here first at Zak.net.

Conscious Archives : March 13, 2003 Time 23:54

Greg at the Metaconceptual,
Dominic of Idspiral 4 years ago at the warp

Green Angels, the Drome and Planet Angel

There is a place in London called the green angels. Its a lovely space that is very magical. I remember trying to switch off the lights in the place and having to climb up ladders and trace wires, through statues of mermaids, mayan glifs and spirally turny things. We eventually found the off switch was a piece of string with a piece of fabric attached to it. The place has interesting alters in it and is a melting pot of delightful people. It was the setting for the post-synergy party.
        These meetings are getting more and more organised. There is a Chair person, usually the party host, and the host. The host selects those who need to talk. Its very similar to a board meeting, but a little bit more spontaneous. Everything in the "underworld" is refining people are more on the ball then ever before. There is a real sense of things coming together. The meeting ended with a chant. Very nice. The chant was "HAA DEE" the Haa is with the head up and the dee is with the head down. The feedback from the space that we created was amazing. Basically it was agreed that our space was one of the best spaces in the club. Not that other spaces were crap. It was that our space had an alive element to it. Great, I've been working toward this for years. It suggests that the next wave of clubbing is forming. Funny that it happened at the drome. Only four years ago, I arranged a group of friends to come down to make a space at the same venue.

The Drome (now SEone)

This was four years ago. I invited  my friends below to help me create a performance\ dance space this was in the "metaconceptual art gallery" hosted by the legendary Gregory Scott turner the founder.

I sat in a meeting with Gregory and Fraser Clark (see www.theparallelyouniversity.com) for hours designing the layout for the room. The plan was to have the now planet angel crew on the decks, Space girl doing the poetry and myself co-ordinating. I wanted to create a new vibe that hasn't been done before. Something special. Gregory agreed to my friends coming down (finally) and we kicked off. The night was a success. The planet angel crew went off  to create more parties, but never invited me to join them. I felt cheated as did spacegirl who invested time and money. I never resolved what actually happened here I think some personal issues got in the way. Nevermind. Planet angel are a raging success with there own record labels etc. I carried on supporting them, being true to myself and endlessly promoted there parties. By regularly emailing lots of people and flyering in all the hip and trendy places. I'm sure they will never know what I did. 

Conclusions I derived from the situation were... 

1, Assist. But ensure you are acknowledged for the work you put in.
2, If you invite people into your space ensure that you have terms and conditions.
3, If you invest time or money ensure that it is reciprocated.
4, If you want to work with a team you have to be part of that team.
5, Agree an exchange for the work that you do.

They in-turn created a popular party night, expanding on the themes in the drome. Visit there site www.planetangel.net

The background was Gregorys idea to allow people to express their ideas creatively. Planet Angel have adopted this idea in their club scene.

Siobhan, Bella and Poi-master Matt T.

 
Picture of Green Angels four years ago. The beginning of my wacky london quasi-mystical spiritual journey.