22: Ep22: Vibealite's Gary Jaques, Part 1 - The early days & why he’s finally speaking out!

02/19/21 • 60 min

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Vibealite Gary Jaques, Part 2 – Growing, evolving & peaking

In yet another exclusive for ROAR: The ‘90s Rave Podcast, renowned VIBEALITE promoter GARY JAQUES gives his first interview in 25 YEARS. In this the second of three parts, Gary discusses how he grew Vibealite from a club night to a huge multi-arena event, monetised the growing brand through merchandise including the recorded-on-the-night tapes and the famous bomber jackets, and gave some of today’s big name DJs their first breaks. Plus he reveals how the prospect of performing at Vibealite made even rave scene stalwarts like Kenny Ken tremble! The third and final part lands on TUESDAY! Watch Donate Help us fund future episodes by donating to our crowdfunded: ...

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Vibealite’s Gary Jaques, Part 3 – Promoter wars, the decline & a potential reunion?

In yet another exclusive for ROAR: The ‘90s Rave Podcast, renowned VIBEALITE promoter GARY JAQUES gives his first interview in 25 years. In this the third and final part, Gary discusses the difficulties of running raves against the backdrop of a splitting scene and then happy hardcore’s demise, how he became disillusioned after being ripped off and having to do battle rival promoters, why he finally decided to walk away from promoting – and he gives hope to those of you who want to party at one more Vibealite! (Apologies for slight sound issues in this episode, but you can blame Gary for living in...