English Summary
On this episode of the livestreamed "Rave Tales" with host BOF, Paul Hamon was the guest for a long, freewheeling look back at Adelaide's early rave scene. Paul recalled his first rave as "Origin" in 1992 — headlined by Sasha, Adelaide's first international guest DJ — and traced how that led into Instantaneous Productions (IP), the party crew he co-founded with Daniel, whom he'd met while doing the bookkeeping for The CORE magazine's earlier owners. IP's first big show, "Inquest," ran over the January 1993 long weekend.
From there Paul walked through starting The CORE Magazine itself with Acb Tyson, Stilgherrian, Matt Pierce, and Tae Won Lee after the previous owners ran out of money and steam, describing two years of sleeping under his desk and living on cheap food to keep it going. The conversation moved on to Continuous Flow, the crew he ran with Nathan Hughes, and their Smile parties — the same events behind the Smile '26 reunion referenced elsewhere on this site — plus a run of shows at the Adelaide venue Heaven in the late '90s.
The back half of the episode covers the birth of Anthems in 1997 as a lower-key, more inclusive alternative to the bigger raves of the era, and wraps with Paul and BOF previewing that year's Anthems return for Adelaide Fringe, including the pre-drinks setup at Gluttony and an after-party a short walk away on Rundle Street.