Hi everyone,
We’ve recently received some very important news that long standing pioneer of conscious partying, Fraser Clark has recently been diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer. His time with us is possibly drawing to a close.
A special one-off Megatripolis event is being held as a fund-raiser for specialist medical care tomorrow night at Heaven, we can't be there due to Planet Angel being this Friday and instead would like to raise awareness of the fighting fund to which we will be making a donation, if you'd like to, please see the details below...
In the winter of November 1999 Planet Angel tested the concept and hosted it's first 'space' within Fraser Clarkes event 'The Warp' at a car park in London bridge (review here) - since developed into the renouned SE1 club. Those days were special times indeed, Fraser created a space for many of the organisations we know and love today to test out their budding concepts and find a footing to grow into the wonderful community gatherings, buildings, cafes and festival we all know and love very much in today’s scene.
As written by another:
In the late 1980s Fraser was the creator and editor of the Encyclopaedia Psychedelica, (EPi) a London based magazine, which achieved international recognition. In it he developed the concept of, and coined the phrase Zippie, with the idea of saving the planet, encouraging a return to consciousness and embracing technology.
In 1990 he was the editor of Evolution, which was the flagship magazine of rave culture, and which gained wide recognition both here and in America, thus paving the way for Fraser's next move into dance culture...
In 1993 he founded Megatripolis - one of the first events to recognise the synergy arising from combining New Age ideology with Rave culture. It was the first UK indoor festival where people were exposed to cross-cultural ideas and experiences.
Megatripolis was also a pioneer of the "Parallel University", the concept of offering live talks by philosophers, scientists and activists (along with supporting literature) to club-goers. Visits from speakers such as Allen Ginsberg, Terence McKenna, George Monbiot, Howard Marks and Ram Dass were common. Megatripolis spawned a thousand imitators and is perhaps Fraser's most enduring legacy.
In the late 1990's, Fraser teamed up with alternative theatre writer / actor / director / genius Ken Campbell to create The Warp Experience, a 24 hour stage play by Neil Oram, within a 24 hour party.
The Warp Experience was based at The Drome - the cavernous tunnels under London Bridge Station now known as seOne. After it finished, a number of the production crew went on to create The Synergy Project - now known as Luminopolis.
Fraser's trailblazing has led directly to the amazing parties that we run today - he is our spiritual grandfather.
“Deep down this man is a teacher, a spokesman and advocate for the modern urban neopagans who has dedicated his life to the spread of archaic consciousness, specifically through the Youth Culture, which he sees as our last hope for planetary survival.
Like their ancestors and most current mathematicians and physicists, Zippies have abandoned organised rules of logic in favour of reality hacking - riding the waves, watching for trends, keeping an open mind, and staying connected to the flow. For the Zippy, exploration itself is a kind of understanding, and the process of exploring is the meaning of life.”
Douglas Rushkoff: Cyberia (Harper Collins)
Donations to Fraser’s fighting fund:
http://www.accessallareas.org/payment
Megatripolis reunion:
A benefit event for Fraser Clark
Full Moon, Thursday 13th November 2008
Starting at 10pm and finishing at 6am.
Heaven Night Club, Villiers Street, London WC2N 6NG Phone: 0207 267 8320
Tickets £8.00 on the door
Advance online tickets are available at:
http://www.onlinestall.com/cgi-bin/stall2.pl?act=viewitem&item=1502
Order over the phone Tel: 02072678320 and 02072676148
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