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The Arches in London Bridge, 16th September 2000 E-mail
Written by Angel   
Monday, 25 September 2000

Click here for a full set of photos from this month's party. 

We planned a mad 24 hours party in the woods about two months ago (yes this is relevant to the last Planet Angel party!).  On the Saturday afternoon in question however, it was pissing down and the phone was quiet.  Hum…  This was not going to happen.   

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Photo: Ian Hunter
Then, the unstoppable party spirit started to seep through… sod it, lets do it in the rain. We jumped in the car and headed for the woods through the pouring rain - like some scene out of Apocalypse Now.  We trudged through the mud, set up waterproof shelters and had a party…  a blinder.  

Maybe adversity is just an acid test of people's spirit.  

What could possibly go wrong at this Planet Angel party?  We had the venue sorted, the lights, sounds, decor, art, crew, flyers and schedule...  

"What petrol crisis?"  We said, one week before the party.  Then three days before….  "Nah, its definitely gonna be over... right?"  Then came the point where a decision had to be made, but there really was no decision - the party is NOT going to stop.   

Having said that, trudging up the motorway to rescue the equipment with a 5-gallon drum of petrol that you've had to surgically extract ("no petrol cans mate") is no fun.

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Photo: Ian Hunter
And so we did!  And what a party. We'd built a vantage point on the lighting tower in the main room so that we could operate the lights better.  And what a sight, at some point in that mad, wonderful night the view was simply a sea of arms stretched up and heaving to rhythm and the vibe.  

We knew that Lick The Toad's live set would shake things up a bit, but he totally span the atmosphere on its axis! This is an artist utterly tuned to his own innovation and he is going straight to the top - full stop.  DJs U4IC and Tequila entranced and exhausted us. The blend of creativity, friendship and atmosphere was… well… lovely!

Planet Angel is promoted by word-of-mouth, a collective effort to get like-minded people together in an environment that we all want to be a part of.  

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Photo: Ian Hunter
At the time of writing this, we are facing a new challenge - we have to find a new venue. We are on the case and by the time we write the next review it will be interesting to see how we dealt with this adversity.  

The thing that spurs us on is seeing the most important element of Planet Angel arrive, brimming with personality and love, infecting the atmosphere with that special buzz…