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in association with DiY and FACT for ISEA @ CREAM, Liverpool Friday 4 September 1998 10pm-4am, £7, £4 concs sound: IAN O'BRIEN, CO-FUSION (sublime records, japan), DIGS & WOOSH (diy), SCANNER, DJ WADA visuals: D-FUSE, TRACTOR, HEXSTATIC(tbc), GREYWORLD, STUDIOFISH + OTHERS Once upon a time, clubs were boring places where DJs played crap records over a dodgy system and the most you could expect in the way of visual entertainment were those nausea-inducing lights that spin round on the floor. Thankfully, those days have faded into a distant memory as the growth of DJ culture has been matched over recent years by the development of increasingly sophisticated sonic design and club art. And now Sub.Merge, in association with one of the country's leading party promoters DiY, are here to take things to the next level? On September 4 1998, the Sub.Merge crew will descend upon Liverpool's Cream club to present a whole new clubbing experience to party-goers across the North-West. Using various forms of electronic trickery, Sub.Merge will create a unique interface between clubbers, DJs and visual crews, allowing clubbers to influence what they are hearing or seeing by exploring the club environment, through a series of gizmo's hidden around the venue. Sub.Merge will create a living party space, blurring the relationship between performers and audience, and getting people involved. All are welcome, Inertia is not an option! Music for the night will be provided by DiY jocks Digs & Woosh, the newly crowned jazz techno king Ian O'Brien and DJ Wada, plus live sets from Scanner and the stars of the emerging Japanese dance scene Sublime Records duo Co-Fusion (who are being specially flown in for the event), while visuals will be provided by the likes of D-Fuse, Tractor and Hexstatic (tbc). Sub.Merge is part of ISEA, an international conference