Right before I really started listening to house and techno (1987-1988) I remember getting frustrated with "The Wizard" a lot because he, as well as a dj on 107.5, used to play 1 particular track that I simply couldn't stand back then. Almost every one of my remaining Wizard tapes has it on there and I would debate with myself whether or not to stop the recorder when it came on.
It was Derrick May's "Nude Photo". I didn't like it back then 'cause it reminded me of the presets from my old Casio VL1 calculator/keyboard. It sounded corny as hell, but everyone played it to death. I tolerate it more today than back then... It still sounds corny. Another track (and my #2 all time favorite) that damned near every Detroit DJ played excessively was "Pacific 0101" by 808 State. Frankie Knuckles' "The Whistle Song" was in every crate and at every party around 1991. I may remember others later in the day. I'm only on my first can of Whoop Ass. phuture jacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/31/2001 03:16:05 AM ok i'll give it a shot i'm not from Detroit,and i certainly was not at the Music Institute,but i heard a few tapes from both May&Mills's earlier years on the WJLB radio station May first of all,the thing about may is that he used to play A LOT of his own stuff,in fact 70% on the couple of tapes i have heard,was his own! some chicago stuff too Phuture - pump up the bass,Lil Lois - Freq,Rosario - I want u,ten city etc some disco i can only clearly remember Harry Thuman - Underwater,but he did play some more "diva" type disco too,i just could not trainspot'em;) German Liason Dangerous -peut re pas(sp),avant apres &(obviously) Gotching(sp)-e1e2 new wave visage - freq7 in general i find May style to be very similer to Ron Hardy!(good long "musical"mixing,with some crossfader tricks in key) i don't know that his radio apearences were consisted of what he would play "out" as he obviously would have wanted to "showcase" his own stuff on radio. Wizard while i heard quiet a few Wizard tapes now,lets just say that they can be very good or realy boring,all depends on what you are after,usualy they consist of: 75% rap,hihop-electro Mantronix,Whodini,Globe,Utfo,Imperial Bro,Wrekin cr,Hashim,Eric b,Dynamix,RunDmc,Public Nme,Marley marl,Beasties,Spooni g,Unkown dj,Kool moe d,Heavy d Man Parish,Jj Fad,Bambata,TuffCrew,Egyptian lover,B Boys,Aleem,LLCoolJ etc etc 5% funk Paliament,Funkadelic,Prince&shila E,Hancock did i say Clinton:) 5% disco Kano,Kurtis Blow,Rhythm Heritage,War,Sugerhill,, 2% pop Micheal Jackson,Salt&Peper,We Papa girls,Mel&Kim,, 5%techno No Ufo,Future,the Sound,body to the box,(mm i don't think i heard any May at all tho) 13% house Chip E,Chip e,Chip e(he must have realy loved him,usualy there would be 3-4 tracks of his in every k7),Hurley-JYB,Pierre,BnC-house aint,Hercules - 7 ways,Rosario - Amour PuertRico,adonis - no way,Bad Boy -Mix&Tell,Hitrax-cool J Acid and other chicago stuff,as well as some uk(Pump Up The Volume,Krush - House Arrest)&New York (Raze - Jack The Groove) now all this is mixed on a four track(you would hear 3 tracks playing,or 2 and a third being scratched quiet often)yet it's very raw,usualy loses momentum after a while,beat is changing constantly, i don't think he was on the same class with the NY guys when it comes to scratching(if you ever heard DST,or Marley Marl tapes you'd now what i mean), the thing that i realy wanna know is: were was the "industrial" side of him,i have not heard anything industrial on any of his tapes yet some were around the time he made the Final Cut stuff? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
