HISTORY
Once upon a time, in a distant land called Estonia, there was a net-cafe named "Enter", beneath the Estonian
Academy of Arts. It was a cafe where alternative music could be heard at all times and artsy movies were being shown. On weekends, there were various meetings, happenings and parties.
The owners, and also the makers, of "Enter" were two friends, Lõvi and Lemmy. The latter, in turn, was friends with Anders, also known as 4-got-10, who lately had developed an interest in playing music at parties, and channeled that desire into the form of playing trip-hop and breakbeat at underground parties, right there in the above-mentioned cafe. Lemmy, who lately had discovered extreme electronic music for himself, offered that why not start making parties of such music right there, in "Enter". Done and done. All that was left was getting the necessary equipment and a name for the party. Variants were many and were they discussed long or short, matters not - in the end, the party was named Beats
from the Vault.
For some bizarre reason, none these days remember, what year the first Beats
from the Vault party took place, for the flyer does not portray the year, just the date and time. Anders himself, however, guesses it could be 1998. In the following years, two more pretty identical parties took place, but this time named In
the Steel Room, which Lemmy obviously fancied more.
All seemed nice and dandy, but the fates, as per usual, had other plans and Lemmy died, ironically and unfortunately (of course), on either 31st of December 1999 or 1st of January 2000. The details are pointless and trivial, the reasons, as always, purely human ones.
The following years were silent. Only in summer 2002 were there
further attempts to make another Beats from the Vault, but since "Enter" had
deceased as well, it was to take place in the Depeche
Mode Bar. The start was made, but for several reasons, it never really
took off.
Thus came Autumn 2003, when Anders was contacted by Sergei from the Estonian
Gothic Portal website, and thought that Estonia could use, once again, an industrial music party. The deal was made and the forces were united. In November 2003, the 3rd Beats
from the Vault happened, in a small bar in Tallinn called "Teine
Kodu".
The party was a successful beyond the expectations of the Makers, and thus a descision was born to make these parties into regular happenings. The next Beats
from the Vault took place two months later, and after that, fates once again intervened, this time in the form of a personal strife between Anders and Sergei. The former decided to continue the party series alone and thus Beats
from the Vault now takes place once every few months.
These days, in addition to an excellent, dark and eclectic choice of dark machinery music, there's also a Special
Hour in the beginning of each party, dedicated to one act only. Any that are interested in dancing to dark music - well, or just listening to it really loud - are welcome!
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