Exclusive Interview with Charles Perkins from Fantazia

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vinyl vera

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Was very lucky to get to this interview.......he doesnt do them very often

Have provided you with some of the answers....if you would like to read the rest pls follow
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Interview by John Kidson & Vinyl Vera


What was your 1st memory of Fantazia?

Having a blast at the first one at the Eclipse. James (my brother) had been running a small club night in our home town of Cheltenham called Trance during much of 1990 and it had been pulling sell out capacity crowds each week. His original partners were Chris Griffin (founder of Perception, Vision, Mythology,Gods Kitchen and Gideon Dawson (later founded Obsession). Chris left to set up Perception which James helped fund before deciding to hold his own big events. They chose the Eclipse for the first one which was a massive success. It was an amazing venue and the atmosphere really was something else. So many pretty girls, great music and an all night license to dance. Carl Cox & Ellis Dee were 2 of the acts and I spent the next few months playing their set in my car stereo.


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What has been your proudest moment so far?

There are so many. The rush seeing the crowd at Summertime in Bournemouth in 1992 as the sun rose on a beautiful May morning takes some beating. Also reading pages in the main news paper like The News of the World, really tell you that people are noticing what you are involved in and that we had achieved something that no other promoter had. Selling several million copies of our album series was great to. But the best bit is when we used to receive letters and now when we get emails from people or posts on our forum saying what an impact those events had on peoples lives. It makes it all worth the effort. Priceless.


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In your eyes, what makes a good promoter?

We have always strived to do something just a little bit different and bigger than the norm. We stayed away from doing the safe route of doing the same venues as other promoters time and again. Big one offs whilst actually harder and less profitable where always more exciting and I think that showed through with crowds that came to our events. We also packed in more events. In 1992 we pulled off more large one off events than anyone else has even attempted before or will ever do so again. So I guess to answer your questions. Think big & take chances. For instance we did 1 million flyers for One Step Beyond. That got our flyers everywhere and dwarfed what anyone else would have done.


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Any tips for budding promoters out there?



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I think everyone has heard of Fantazia, but I seem to remember that most peeps thought they were a bunch of shisters...especially the new year 92/92 event was meant to be a shambles, buT thats only what I heard.
 

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obv i cant answer that question

maybe get in touch with chales via the fantazia forum


seem to be the answer to any question asked on other forums, and suprise surprise its always a why did fantazia fuck us over or along those lines

even after all those years people still remember the bad times
 

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i have been around for many years mat...and have found that when anything negative ever happens..people thrive on it...call it media, call it hype

if something good happens....people forget about it very quickly....such a shame......as there are usually many more good things than there are bad
 
I think everyone has heard of Fantazia, but I seem to remember that most peeps thought they were a bunch of shisters...especially the new year 92/92 event was meant to be a shambles, buT thats only what I heard.

My mates went to that - it was advertised as being inside in a stately home all warm & cosy... it was actually a freezing marque on the grounds...

They queued for hours & actually celebrated NYE chimes still waiting to get in...

It was wet, windy & one of my mates had a ketty pill & spent the majority of the night with St Johns..
 
if something good happens....people forget about it very quickly....such a shame......as there are usually many more good things than there are bad

Matchams was ace - there was a real vibe to everyone in our town (Redditch) gearing up to go... a bit like looking forward to Glasto... more of less EVERY raver made the effort to get down & it was a massive success... was a real away day type experience :thumbsup:
 
Talking of Obsession & Gideon... anyone else buy tickets for the rave that never existed lol ?

Spring 93 I think it was... supposed to be in Cornwall or Devon ?

I got v disillusioned with the major promotors, music (at least the hardcore stuff), punters & drugs in 93... it was a shite year imo

On the plus side 93 was the year I discovered One Dove :love: so it wasn't all bad :)

1994 kicked back with a vengeance when I discovered that clubs were the new raves - especially the Brum scene with Wobble, Steering Wheel, Marcos etc :)