Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
May 1, 1990
Playboy Magazine discovers Planet E and calls it "Amsterdam's best interstellar experience since the Planetarium"... "Spaced! Apart! Modern!"
Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
April 1990
Planet E is now open several days a week opertating on a temporary license. Fridays are WigWam - the Queer night. Thursdays are Alternative/Industrial and Saturdays are Acid, Techno & House.
Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
March 1990, Lower East Side Records, les004 (NL)
Part of a set of two, vol 1 featured Dano & Dylan Hermelyn. All tracks were recorded on the Planet E dancefloor, during weekdays, using the soundsystem of the club for mixing down.
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March 1990, Lower East Side Records, les004 (NL) Part of a set of two, vol 1 featured Dano & Dylan Hermelyn. All tracks were rec
Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
March 1990
Dutch daily newspaper Volkskrant reviewed The Sound Of Planet Earth vol. 1 & vol. 2, calling "Whipped Kream" the strongest track so far released by FRD. To date, "Whipped Kream" is still part of the FRD live show!
Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
February 10, 1990
Dutch news magazine HP (Haagse Post) reviewed the very first Fierce Ruling Diva live performance ever, February 1990 at their own Planet E club in the center of Amsterdam. This show was 100% live, not using any dat or tape - just a Roland W30 sampler/sequencer, a 303, a 909, a Yamaha DX100, and of course Abraxas on the mic...
Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
January 1990
Dutch Progressive music magazine Oor is one of the first music press to recognize the evolving unique Dutch Housemusic sound, naming Eddy de Clercq's "Pay The Piper" as the first House-12" to come out of Amsterdam and classifying Fierce Ruling Diva's first two releases ("I Don't Wanna Be A Freak" and "Keep Moving In Time") as strong as steel...
Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
January 1990
Dutch Progressive music magazine Oor is one of the first music press to recognize the evolving unique Dutch Housemusic sound, naming Eddy de Clercq's "Pay The Piper" as the first House-12" to come out of Amsterdam and classifying Fierce Ruling Diva's first two releases ("I Don't Wanna Be A Freak" and "Keep Moving In Time") as strong as steel...
Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
November 25, 1989
The flyer and poster in a time when there were no computers... It's all scissors, glue and rubb-on letters! This is the original design sheet that is sent to the printer to make the film and print the posters...
Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
November 18, 1989
After 4 weeks on the Damrak, Planet E moves to the new location in the Koggestraat, even closer to Central Station. The after hours madness continues without missing a weekend!
Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
November 11, 1989
Last night for Planet E in the abandoned sauna on the Damrak 53 in Amsterdam (in front of Central Station). Three floors of after-hour "Madness with a message"...
Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
October 15, 1989
Planet E opens its doors in a squatted abandoned sauna on the Damrak. Abraxas is planning on mixing cassettes at home for the music, but Flamman insists of having live Dj mixing and gets behind the decks for his first public appearance as Dj Flamman. Flamman & Abraxas as Dj-team are now a fact of life!
Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
September 16, 1989
Flamman & Abraxas spin at this illegal squat-rave in the Wielingen, a large squatted complex opposite the RAI congress center. A picture taken at this event became the front cover photo for the "Whipped Kream - The Summer Remixes" six months later.
Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
August 1989, Lower East Side Records, les001 (nld)
The first FRD 12" is one of the very first house 12"s ever to come out of Holland. Even though only 500 copies were pressed, it was distributed to specialty stores around the globe.
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August 1989, Lower East Side Records, les001 (nld) The first FRD 12" is one of the very first house 12"s ever to come out of Hol
Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
Fierce Ruling DivaFriday December 02, 2011 12:00
December 29, 1988
Before calling themselves Fierce Ruling Diva, Flamman & Abraxas were resident dj's/hosts at the DOK club in Amsterdam. Owners Rob & Jacques were quick to adopt Housemusic as the next big thing and December 29, 1988 was SOLD OUT, the club was loaded to it's capacity.