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Gatecrasher

October 7, 11pm, One bar

If any event symbolised the 1990s rave-party movement, it was Gatecrasher.

With its strobe lights, smoke machines, lasers and pulsating trance music, the club night that started in Birmingham, England, in 1993 developed a huge cult following and even its own brief subculture. The so-called Crasher Kids were wide-eyed youngsters decked out in fluorescent clothing, spiky hair and sucking on babies' dummies who became the typical raver stereotype depicted in scaremongering media stories about the evils of dance parties.

As trance music grew in popularity, so did Gatecrasher. And as the crowds swelled, the event was forced to move to progressively larger clubs around Britain until it arrived at the Republic in Sheffield in 1997, where it became, arguably, Britain's best known club night. But with trends in dance music changing almost as fast as those in fashion, trance fell out of favour early in the new millennium and the crowds started dwindling.

Plans to open 10 new Gatecrasher venues around Britain were scrapped in 2003, with its managers saying the name had been tarnished by its association with the Crasher Kids and the now-untrendy trance music. But healthy sales of the Gatecrasher compilation CDs overseas pointed to a healthy market for the Crasher lifestyle outside of England, and the consensus was that it was time to take on the world.

Just as many local clubbers now celebrate National Day and the handover anniversary by attending a gigantic dance party, the Mid-Autumn Festival is now seen as a good excuse for a knees-up, and instead of lanterns this year many people will be waving glowsticks when Gatecrasher makes a return to town with Markus Schulz on the decks.

Ranked 21st on the widely watched DJ Mag list of the world's top 100 DJs, Schulz has been called the next big thing in trance, and is known for dropping thick bass lines over frantic, energetic percussion. Also quite handy as a producer, Schulz has served as a remixer for artists as diverse as Jewel, Fat Boy Slim, Depeche Mode, Everything but the Girl and Madonna.

Recommended for those nostalgic for a bit of pre-millennium rave action, and fans of dummies and fluoros.

Level 3, the Rotunda, One Exchange Square, Central, HK$280 (advance, HMV), HK$320 (door). Inquiries: 9128 9246

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