In pictures: the happy hardcore ravers of London’s Planet Fun

Imagine Dungeons and Dragons meets Helter Skelter and you’ll probably arrive somewhere near to Planet Fun. The London club night is a mind-warping trip through the outer rim of high fantasy and hard dance, with themed nights that bring together their own extensive RPG lore, from the lightning speed funhouse BPMs of The Drop Zone to stock market parody Coinstorm. 

Fronted by DJ Fingerblast, Peggy Viennetta and Trancey Beaker, the nights have instant memeic appeal, building on hardcore’s fast and wacky history of eye-popping sounds, themed costumes and weird ephemera to build an immersive world inhabited by saucer-eyed rave heads, LARPers and fringe weirdos. Think: emoji inflatables, snotty goblin decor, and many, many Minions. Regulars behind the decks are equally goofed-up, and include the likes of DJ Snot and DJ Lord of the Rings.

“In 2017, London was lacking anything that was fun, hardcore and accessible to everyone, hyperactive bootlegs began to gain traction online so we just put a roof over it all and named it Planet Fun,” says DJ Fingerblast. “Without prompt, we just started attaching themes to the parties which span from sci-fi, medieval, business, etc. under the guise that Planet Fun was this multiverse of realms.”

With recent bookings such as Torus and DJ Sarah Bonito, the collective is expanding its horizons, with dance music favourites that embody Planet Fun’s euphoric ethos beyond the boings. “We either make a line-up and work out the thread between them and base the whole party on this or we make the concept and then select the people who fit into the vision,” DJ Fingerblast adds. “We never wanted to pigeon hole ourselves as a ‘donk party’ or ‘hardstyle party’ or whatever.”

There’s even a newly-launched club membership for Planet Fun frequent flyers: the BoingSociety©, where members receive lifetime access to a private, audio archive of BoingTools© that gets updated each month, as well as early-access tickets to Planet Fun parties as well as guest-list giveaways. Click through the gallery to find out more – and don’t forget to pick up an official Boing towel when you pass GO. Or, as DJ Fingerblast puts it: “The first boing will make you laugh and the last boing will make you cry.”

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