Rave: Carnival Ov Thee Mind

Date: Saturday, 12 June 1993

Production:

Venue: Eveleigh Railyards, Redfern. Corner of Forbes and Wilson St Newtown.

DJs: Meat Beat Manifesto, Vagas, Abel, Crisis, Nik Fish, Biz E, Hooligan (UK), MD, Hi Shock, Free Bass, Nick TT, Sub Bass Snarl, Spellbound

Description: Clip from the ABC documentary Growing Up Fast, this clip takes us to the ’Carnival Ov Thee Mind’ inner city rave in a disused railway yard, Eveleigh Railyards in Sydney’s Redfern. Awesome party and location, but was shut down at around 2am. The promoters had signs at the entrances saying “Extras enter here” or something along that line, to make it look like the rave was a film set. The party was unbelievable; you had to walk through the maze of train carriages to get to the different rooms. 🎥 The main room was huge, and Meat Beat Manifesto played that night. They entered with each member carrying a 40 gallon drum and beating it with a stick. They were all in balaclavas, and once out the front, they stood on their gallon drums and then proceeded to light a flare each. Their set was awesome. The chillout was called “The haunted fishtank” and had heaps of decorations attached to string hanging from the ceiling. Heaps of people in fluro were dancing in there whilst bouncing on exercise trampolines! SR: cracking party! the upside down tables in the chill space 😅 Mookie: Those drums of fire, dogdy holes everywhere and the entrance through trains carriages all added to a deliciously dangerous rave adventure! 🤩 CL: OMG what a memorable event of our time! That night was sooooo much fun! You’d never do that these days as it would be considered dangerous and a fire trap. Absolutely monged in the train talking shit then running out to dance 😂☀️ 📷.Video: ABC Documentary Growing Up Fast