Randall McNeil was born 2nd April 1970. In the mid 80s, he was part of the Limited Edition sound system.
Drum 'n' Bass & Jungle DJ/producer from London. Began attending raves whilst working as a messenger in the World Trade Centre in London. His first bookings, after sending out tape demos, was at Delirium in London, playing Thursdays and Saturdays He then began his own show on Centreforce FM.
Resident DJ at A.W.O.L., Orange, Innersense and Together As 1 and also had shows on Rave FM and Pressure FM.
Also co-owned the De Underground record shop in Forest Gate.
Not content with his sound being across the airwaves of London, and playing out at the illusive illegal raves of the time. Randall pushed harder, recalling his big break to be when he got a gig playing at ‘Living Dream’ at Eastway Speed Stadium in Leyton a10,000 capacity event. Colin Dale didn’t turn up for his set and Randall ended up playing a three-hour set a feat that got people talking! This not only directly lead to a Saturday night residency that lasted three years with the infamous ‘Orange’ at the Rocket Club in Holloway road, London (along side DJs Hype, Grooverider, Fabio, Rap, Squirrel etc)… But also saw Randall playing out with the ‘AWOL/World Dance’ crew at the Paradise Club, Islington (with other legends Mickey Finn, Kenny Ken, Darren Jay, Gachet and MC GQ). This circle of friends and crews found Randall at De-Underground Record shop making history, as we know it with DJ Cool Hand flex & co-founding Mac II Recordings.
The Sanctuary Music Arena was a 22,000 sq ft, 3,500 capacity music venue in Denbigh North, Milton Keynes in the UK, and most well known for its connection to the rave scene.
Originally intended for industrial use, the unit was built speculatively in 1990 but failed to find a tenant due to the early 1990s' recession. It was first used as a music venue by ESP Promotions to host their inaugural Dreamscape raves from December 1991, after ESP Promotions owner (the late Murray Beetson) had reached an agreement with the landlord for short-term event hire. Beetson had been looking for a larger venue after the success of his nights at Milwaukees nightclub, Bedfordshire.
As it was never designed for this purpose, there were a number of licensing conditions to be met before the go ahead was given by the local authorities, one of which was the installation of additional fire exits – at ESP's expense – to cope with the planned 4,000 capacity.
Due to the success of the four Dreamscape parties held at the venue from December 1991 to May 1992 (each party selling out in advance), entrepreneur Tony Rosenberg purchased the site and had it re-purposed into a dedicated music venue.
After closing in the autumn of 1992 for the redevelopment work to take place, the venue reopened in December as The Sanctuary Music Arena and included dedicated toilet and bar facilities with an ancient Rome theme running throughout, as well as adding a second smaller dance arena upstairs. Due to the redesign and additional features, the licensed capacity of the venue was reduced to 3,500 people.
The venue became pivotal in the development of numerous underground electronic dance music genres, sub-genres and styles.
Owned by Tony Rosenberg, The Sanctuary played host to the UK's biggest dance music promoters of the time, including Dreamscape, Helter Skelter, Slammin Vinyl, Gatecrasher, Hardcore Heaven, Cream, Slinky, Uproar, Sidewinder, and Godskitchen. The venue attracted a national audience to its 12-hour all night events.
As well as rave events, several high-profile live music acts appeared at The Sanctuary, including The Cult, The Prodigy, Brand New Heavies, Gary Numan, and Paul Weller.
Starting with ESP's New Year's Eve 1994 Dreamscape event, promoters would occasionally use the adjacent "Rollers UK" roller skating rink as an extra dance arena in conjunction with The Sanctuary. Later still (early 2000s), event promoters Slammin' Vinyl also made use of the "Fastrack" go-karting arena (the third and final unit on the site), creating a 9,000 capacity multi-arena dance venue, one of the largest of its kind in the country.
Dreamscape was a legendary rave throughout the 1990s, first held 6 December 1991 at what would become known as the Sanctuary Music Arena. Originally founded and run by Murray Beetson (RIP) of ESP PROMOTIONS until his untimely death on 16th March 1996 as a result of a car accident. Beetson had been running nights at Milwaukees, Bedfordshire (Fun House Promotions) but sought a larger venue when the warehouse on Denbigh Leisure Park, Saxon Street, Milton Keynes came available.
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