▌ The music of Ecos de la Noche

Porche, 1994–95

Music that brings back Ecos de la Noche: the tapes Porche, the nightclub on the A Coruña road in Villalba, near Madrid, gave away with the ticket to its parties, and the posters and flyers from those nights.

▌ The tapes

Side A and side B of two tapes. At Porche’s parties the ticket came with a “free tape, recorded by the party’s disc jockeys”, and these are two of them: from The Most Autenthic Party on Saturday 1 October 1994, and from the second one, on Saturday 1 April 1995. They sound the way a thirty-year-old cassette sounds.

▌ Posters and flyers

Pink poster for The Most Autenthic Party at Porche, Saturday 1 October, with a spiral background and the DJ line-up. — Satisfaxion presents The Most Autenthic Party at Porche, Saturday 1 October, midnight. DJs: Miguel (Radical), David “Bure” (Specka), Makoki (Revolcón), Raúl “Peque” (Friends), Cristian (Snow-Epsilon), Pepo (Van-Vas), Edu “Sopo” and D’Amelio (Porche). Entry plus a drink plus a free tape, “recorded by the party’s disc jockeys”: 1,500 pesetas at the door, 1,000 in advance. “The biggest music, light and sound show ever seen in the sierra.” PR: Natalia, Rubén and Alf; organised by Rubén. Tickets at Nica Records (Villalba), The End of Side Discos, Planet Music, Mad House Import Records and D.A.A.T. Records (Madrid). The poster doesn’t print the year. In the nineties, 1 October only fell on a Saturday in 1994, the month of the first tape.

Inside of a blue and red tri-fold flyer from the Porche nightclub, with the line-up for Friday 18, Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 November. — Friday 18, Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 November 1994. “Porche presents”: a new JBL sound system, intelligent lighting, lasers, robots, smoke machines and sirens. DJs Edu “Sopo”, Mario D’Amelio, Miguel and Panchi; on Saturday, Tobías (Over Drive) too, and on Sunday Cristian Power Music, DJ at Epsilon. Saturday entry: 1,000 pesetas. The flyer doesn’t print the year. It says “Friday 18 Nov.”, and in the whole of the nineties 18 November only fell on a Friday in 1994.

Outside of the same Porche tri-fold flyer, in red and blue, with the sponsors, the address and the slogan The New Porche’s Sensation. — The other side of the same flyer. Porche, A Coruña road, km 39, Villalba. “The New Porche’s Sensation”, the night’s sponsors and the “Porche advice”: no entry under 16; if you drink, don’t drive.

Yellow poster for The Most Autenthic Party II at Porche, Saturday 1 April 1995, with two live acts and the DJ line-up. — The Most Autenthic Party II, Saturday 1 April ’95. Live: Kuatrero (“introduction hard core trance”) and Side Effects (“introduction hard trance”). DJs: Pájaro (The End), David “Bure” (Specka), Makoki (Revolcón), Raúl “Peque” (Friends-Legend), Cristian (Epsilon-Now), Tobías (Planet Music), Edu “Sopo” and D’Amelio (Porche). The same free tape and the same prices. PR: Natalia, Rubén, Alf, Mars and Cris.

Lilac poster for The Most Autenthic Party III at Porche, Saturday 14 October, with the launch of the Porche record. — Imagination presents The Most Autenthic Party III (“we keep outdoing ourselves”), Saturday 14 October, with the launch of the Porche record and the Megatrón trumpets. DJs: Valen (Goa-Radical), Manolo “Pirata” (A.C.T.V., Valencia), Raúl “Peque” (Friend’s-Porche), Makoki (Revolcón), Cristian (Epsilon), David “Bure” (The Mission), Ppo (Specka) and D’Amelio (Porche). Again with a free tape. PR: Susi, Alex, Sol and Luis; organised by Rubén. No year printed either: 14 October fell on a Saturday in 1995, and it is the third after the April ’95 one.

Another Porche flyer, undated: “Las puertas del pasado…” (“The doors of the past…”).

Front of a 1994 folder covered in nightclub tickets and stickers