> Is it the one with James brown at the beginning? I don't know actually, it was recommended to me by a friend, but I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. It's supposed to be pretty good though.
> Thanks for the tip > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Bean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 February 2006 09:52 > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May - nice mix online > > > There's a mix on Samurai FM by Derrick, it's a tape of his closing set > from the one of the first DEMFs. > > You wrote: > > I had a bit of a google yesterday. I've tried and failed to find mixes > > > by D=3D M online before but this one looks to be a bit of a gem. I = > don't > > > think I've=3D seen it posted to the list before, but apologies if = > this=20 > > is old news. I ca=3D nt get streaming audio at work but had a little=20 > > listen last night and the s=3D nippets I heard sounded very nice.=3D20 > >=20 > > www.betalounge.com=3D20 > >=20 > > Got to "past shows" and search the archive for "derrick may".=3D20 > >=20 > > Mark > >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: /0 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 23 February 2006 13:28 > > To: Hardie, Nick > > Cc: Mark Pays; Robert Taylor > > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > >=20 > > yes except it was like 45 minutes, and it was speedy j live :) > >=20 > > ---- "Hardie wrote:=3D20 > > > So you don't ever recall standing about for 30 minutes waiting for=20 > > >a=3D20 beat ;-) =3D20 > > > That was Juan > > >=3D20 > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Robert Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 23 February 2006 09:56 > > > To: Mark Pays; Hardie, Nick; 313@hyperreal.org > > > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > > >=3D20 > > > I was there - don't remember Atkins playing there though - I've > always th=3D > > ought I'd never heard him DJ - obviously he must have been very=20 > > unmemorable! > > > Twas a great night - The Advent were due to play too, but because=20 > > > the sh*=3D > > tty venue double booked with another event, the night was condensed=20 > > from 2 =3D to 1 room and The Advent lost their slot.=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mark Pays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 21 February 2006 14:44 > > > To: Hardie, Nick; 313@hyperreal.org > > > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > > >=3D20 > > > Yeah that's right. I'd forgotten about that bit. Weren't the two=20 > > >clubs se=3D > > parated by a bit of scaffolding and some large curtains? Not exactly=20 > > sound =3D proofing!=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > > Those were the days. > > >=3D20 > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Hardie, Nick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 21 February 2006 14:23 > > > To: Mark Pays; 313@hyperreal.org > > > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > > >=3D20 > > > And if memory serves me right, it was made all the more impressive=20 > > >by hav=3D > > ing to play over some awful UK garage coming from the club next door. > > >=3D20 > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mark Pays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 21 February 2006 13:57 > > > To: 313@hyperreal.org > > > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > > >=3D20 > > > I've only seen DM play once but it was a belter. It showed me what=20 > > >it mea=3D > > ns to be a truly professional DJ. I've often thought of sharing it=20 > > with the=3D list. The evening went something like this..... > > >=3D20 > > > It was an event called Hybrid sometime around '96 in a London=20 > > >warehouse =3D > > type venue just south of the river. The line-up was mouth watering - =20 > > Juan =3D Atkins, Joey Beltram and Derrick May in that order. > > >=3D20 > > > It started Badly. After the warm-up came Juan. He played a bad set=20 > > >that g=3D > > ot worse. He looked like he'd rather be anywhere but behind the decks. > > > He s=3D tarted getting booed. So he responded by playing 25 minutes of = > > > beatless amb=3D ient nonsense mixed badly with a beatless mix of = > strings > > > of life. Someone s=3D tarted throwing empty plastic water bottles at = > the > > > stage and off he went. R=3D ubbish. Started to think I'd wasted my=20 > > money. > > >=3D20 > > > On came Beltram. As ever, he started with Energy Flash and then=20 > > >dropped a=3D > > classic set of his own stuff interlaced with plenty of dark Chicago=20 > > jackin=3D g grooves and a load of the Robert Armani catalogue. The = > place > > > came to life=3D . Then the power went. The music stopped for about an=20 > > hour. Everyone waited=3D it out though. When the power came back DM=20 > > came on. > > >=3D20 > > > I can only think that DM felt he had to make up for what went=20 > > >before. Jua=3D > > n was an embarrassment, while Joey was great, he was stopped in his=20 > > tracks =3D by the power cut. > > >=3D20 > > > DM dropped an absolutely classic set of house and techno. His mixing > > > >was =3D > > lightning fast, often using the headphones for just a few seconds=20 > > before d=3D ropping the next track. The crowd responded brilliantly. = > He=20 > > worked the eq, =3D and cut and scratched superbly. He went way, way,=20 > > over time until the bounc=3D ers came to the stage and started = > shouting=20 > > at him to stop. He wasn't having=3D any of it so this big bouncer guy = > > > just starts shaking the scaffold that Ma=3D y is standing on and the=20 > > record starts jumping all over the place. May look=3D s at the guy and = > > > shakes his head then picks the up the deck and holds it ou=3D t in his = > > > palm right above the bouncer and plays the tune again. This time t=3D = > he > > > shaking doesn't make the record jump. May is grinning his head off,=20 > > the =3D crowd are cheering like mad and the bouncer looks like he's=20 > > going to explod=3D e. We got a few more minutes of his last track = > before > > > they turned off the p=3D ower to make him stop! > > >=3D20 > > > He then hung around for 30 mins afterwards chatting with stragglers=20 > > >and g=3D > > etting well deserved thanks and compliments from all. It was one of=20 > > the bes=3D t sets I've seen, but most impressive was the work rate,=20 > > passion and commit=3D ment. He could have done his two hours and left, = > > > but instead he turned a ba=3D d night into one of the most memorable = > and > > > that makes him a great DJ in my =3D eyes. > > >=3D20 > > > It was a long time ago now, but I've heard plenty of people with=20 > > >similar =3D > > stories. I really must see him play again sometime.... > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Paul Kendrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 20 February 2006 11:05 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org > > > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > > >=3D20 > > > Its like Tristan and Rob said, Space base is about disco /funk=20 > > >and=3D20 your influences, its not LOST and DM being booked to play = > was > > > >getting=3D20 me all excited and he came and played techno &=20 > > >house....:O/ =3D20 At least when Mills played he get in the spirit = > of=20 > > >it and plays loads of =3D > > disco, mixed very badly I must point out. He has the problem of=20 > > thinking he=3D is playing techno and can't leave the records alone, = > and > > > tries to mix for =3D to long with un beat synced records ha-ha. > > >=3D20 > > > I saw DM Play a really good house/disco set years ago at the=20 > > >original Pla=3D > > stic People when it was on Oxford Street (central London) on a Thur.=20 > > night =3D and boy he killed it and that's what I was hoping we were=20 > > going to get, but=3D we didn't. That was about 10 years ago though. > > >=3D20 > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 20 February 2006 10:47 > > > To: 313@hyperreal.org > > > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > > I couldn't disagree more ! > > >=3D20 > > > I find that his Spacebase sets are usually quite messy. His=20 > > >selections ar=3D > > e O.K but the level of DJing usually moves up a notch when the guest=20 > > comes =3D on. > > >=3D20 > > > I loved that Mills Spacebase set too! > > >=3D20 > > > I do agree on this though ... > > >=3D20 > > > ... Bring on the weekly sessions > > >=3D20 > > > Joy! :o) > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > > > > > >=3D > > =3D20 > > > "Paul Kendrick" > =3D > > =3D20 > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > psia.co.uk>, <313@hyperreal.org> =3D20 > > > .com> cc: > =3D > > =3D20 > > > Fax to: > =3D > > =3D20 > > > 20/02/06 09:06 Subject: RE: (313) > RE: De=3D > > rrick May =3D20 > > > > > > > =3D > > =3D20 > > > > > > > =3D > > =3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > > Its all about Bicknell for me at Space base, because his techno sets > > > >are =3D > > lacking skills to say the least, but when he puts a disco/funk set=20 > > together=3D he really comes alive... > > >=3D20 > > > I've missed 2 space bases but from the ones I've been to Bicknell=20 > > >out pla=3D > > yed all the other djs- that's mills , may and Slater.. > > >=3D20 > > > Bring on the weekly sessions > > >=3D20 > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tristan Watkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 18 February 2006 15:46 > > > To: 313@hyperreal.org > > > Subject: Re: (313) RE: Derrick May > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: 18 February 2006 15:37 > > > > To: 313@hyperreal.org > > > > Subject: Re: (313) RE: Derrick May > > > > > > > > On 2/18/06, Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I didn't enjoy May's set at all cos I was expecting disco and=20 > > > > > got=3D20 techno. If I'd been prepared for a techno set, I would=20 > > > > > have > > > > probably > > > > > loved it > > > > > > > > were you expecting disco from derrick may? any reason? i dont=20 > > > > think=3D20 ive ever heard of him playing much disco, or was this a = > > > > > special event? > > >=3D20 > > > It was a Lost Spacebass, which they do every so often at Plastic=20 > > >People -=3D > > soon to be weekly on Fridays. It started out with Jeff Mills, Luke=20 > > Slater =3D and Steve Bicknell as a sorta-Xmas party at the Bridge &=20 > > Tunnel for =3DA35. T=3D hey all played funk, disco and house. It was = > dope. > > > Since then they've done =3D it with a lot of their regular guests -=20 > > basically Mills and the Belleville =3D Three. The idea is that the=20 > > guests will all play great stuff from the past,=3D be it house, = > techno, > > > funk, soul, disco - whatever. Derrick May basically t=3D urned out a=20 > > modern house set, which while good in it's own right didn't rea=3D lly = > > > fit the bill. > > >=3D20 > > > It will be interesting to see how the weekly turns out and who the=20 > > >guests=3D > > are. > > >=3D20 > > > Tristan > > > =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D > > > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >=3D20 > > > -- > > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date:=3D20 = > =20 > > >10/02/2006 =3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security > System.=3D20 > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security > System.=3D20 > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > > To find out more about Reuters visit www.about.reuters.com > > >=3D20 > > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender, e=3D > > xcept where the sender specifically states them to be the views of=20 > > Reuters =3D Ltd. > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > > To find out more about Reuters visit www.about.reuters.com =3D20 > > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender, e=3D > > xcept where the sender specifically states them to be the views of=20 > > Reuters =3D Ltd. > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 > > >=3D20 =20 > > >##################################################################### > > ># > > > ############### > > > Note: > > >=3D20 > > > Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not=3D20 > > > necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television > Corporation=3D20 > > > unless specifically stated. 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