Just a quick post this time. Somehow I never came across the Positive Sounds soundsystem at the time, but I certainly heard about them later on, and I believe I saw the latest incarnation of their rig a few years ago at a snowboarding event (not 100% sure about this one).
However, I have hung around in Brighton, town of perpetual slackers/students/house parties/Ovingdean/Rottingdean beach parties/ reggae / Essential Festival etc etc, so I have a vague idea that Positive Sounds raves were really rather top 
Today I stumbled across a link to this article on Positive Sounds and how they started:
on this blog:
http://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/
(well worth a read, loads of relevant/interesting stuff on there).
August 12, 2009 at 5:22 pm |
thanks for that….although I did not live in Brighton back then….it’s nice to read about the scene ……..although I did go to one party in Plumpton back in 1992…wish I had a camera back in those days ….SCENES!!
August 16, 2009 at 1:10 pm |
Having lived on and off in Brighton for many years and having been a regular at DiY events, here there and everywhere, the Positive partys were also great.
In fact they did a couple of DiY nights at the Concorde (new).
Still, it was on the Sussex Downs, Plumpton, Brighton Seafront, Chichester and warehouses where we had the most fun, still remember the 6 AM seaside sets from Dave Mothersole.
DJs included, the Wiggle lot, Eddie Richards (The Don), Terry Francis, Nathan Coles, Dave Mothersole.
Not forgetting the Positive lot, themselves:- Simon Atkinson, DJ Mee, Stu Cooke, Magnus Asberg and soundsystem head honcho Darren.
You would have seen them at a snowboarding event, big white and black speakers with a star, they used to a lot of these.
Happy Daze
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freepartypeople says: Aaaah, didn’t realise they were affiliated with the Wiggle lot. Used to go to some parties that were connected to that bunch (Mad Hatter’s/Heart and Soul/Wax Club/Woolwich Pavilion etc). And good that you confirmed the snowboard thing. I remember it was an amazing-sounding rig
August 17, 2009 at 7:55 am |
Indeed, great sound, 16K handbuilt – bloody heavy to lug around tho!
Other DJs of note that played, at the time, prior to the End, were Mr C and Mathew B.
A lot of regulars from Heart and Soul used to come down back in the day, never went to one unfortunately.
I was spending a lot of time in the South West, at the time, enjoying DiY and Lazyhouse.
I suppose you know about the DiY party planned for September, that will be one to watch for, now wheres my Zimmer frame!!