Elevation The Story Continues
Roller Express, Edmonton • Easter Saturday 10 April 1993. The original flyer fixes this event to the Lea Valley Trading Estate on Angel Road and gives it the Bank Holiday billing ‘The Story Continues’. Rave Archive UK preserves DJ Rap with MC MC and Stevie Hyper D from the night.
A 1993 Roller Express snapshot
By spring 1993, hardcore was changing quickly: darker breakbeats, tougher basslines and the ingredients that would feed jungle were increasingly present alongside the euphoric sound that had dominated the previous year. Elevation’s Easter Saturday event sits neatly inside that transition.
The Rave Archive UK survivor pairs DJ Rap with MC MC and Stevie Hyper D. Other recordings from the same event include Grooverider and a Donovan Bad Boy Smith / Simon Bassline Smith tape. Together they widen the picture, while the exact live running order remains unconfirmed.
The flyer is especially useful because it gives unusually precise venue detail: Roller Express, Lea Valley Trading Estate, Angel Road, Edmonton, London N18.
DJ Rap — 10.4.93
DJ Rap w/ MC MC & Stevie Hyper D — Elevation ‘The Story Continues’ — Roller Express — 10.4.93
Where the story comes from
Original Elevation flyer and DJ Rap / MC MC / Stevie Hyper D Mixcloud recording.
The 10 April 1993 ‘The Story Continues’ billing.
Wider surviving recordings from the night.
