Rave: Utopia

Date: Saturday, 15 July 1995

Production: Powerhouse Productions

Venue: Centennial Basketball Stadium, 9 Redfern Road, Minto

DJs: Brett Beetroot, Spellbound, Vic, Just Geoff, Pee Wee, Slammin J, Jade, Reaver, Paul Holden, Jumping Jack, Dyno vs Stylus, Sam-E, MC Maestro D, DJ Crisis (3 Decks), DJ Insane (UK) & Chester

Description: Polanski: The first Utopia/Powerhouse Party. Catchphrase – Everything you need. Litrally half the DJs didn’t turn up. It’s amazing the Utopia juggernaut came from such humble beginnings. DJ Chester: I wasn’t billed to play as I was still in my rookie year, and I was back in the city at another party, but I got the call to come out to Minto and jump on the decks to play the morning set, I was stoked to say the least, I got up there and Dj Reaver was playing b4 me, he dared me to start my set with The Beatles - Here Comes The ☀️ Sun, I was like mate no need to dare me it’s 6am let me put that sucker on, I remember looking at the crowd and most were just so happy to hear such a tune!. Now fast forward to the end of my set the cops came at me to shut it down, I’m like really, they said yep that’s it, shut it down now, I went over to have a chat and I said to them, if I shut it off now there’s going to be a 1000 angry punters, let me play one more track and I’ll tell them that’s it, they’ll walk away happy, they had a chat between themselves then turned me and said go on, ONE MORE, I jumped up to my record box and I was quickly looking for the best record to play that one last time, came across Vision 4 Five - Everything You Need and the crowd went nuts, I cranked the volume as loud as possible! Sam came up to me and said mate, this is awesome thanks for playing this track and I was like, what do you mean? He said the name of the party was Utopia - EVERYTHING YOU NEED! So it will forever be etched into my memory!