While we are all feeling a little retrospective....
Tonight on Groovetech Radio London: www.groovetech.com
Colin Dale's Abstrakt Dance Show from 10pm - Midnight
(GMT)-
'A HISTORY OF HOUSE SPECIAL' featuring classics from
1985 -
88.........enjoy!!
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From: Tom Robbins/Tom Magic Feet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 1:52 AM
To: 313 mailing list
Subject: Re: [313] Pump up the Volume
Yeah, best thing on TV about this ever! I was surprised no-one commented on
last week's 2nd segment (mind you, neither did I...) seeing as that was
where Detroit came into play. Having said that, Derrick May and Kevin
Saunderson were both featured but Juan Atkins wasn't mentioned at all. Also
interesting about last week's was a former UK Chief Constable admitting that
the police wilfully broke the law to try and stop parties going off.
Last night's was pretty much excellent too, although you could tell that the
timeline (1990-present) had been extended because the made some pretty big
jumps. I think they gave the Happy Mondays rather too much credit for
'bringing house to the masses' early on, for one thing and I really don't
think that that Leftfield/Lydon record was anywhere near as important as
they made it seem. What struck me about the part about Beltram and 'Energy
Flash' was that it was a good example of how a record could get noticed
initially for its novelty value - the 'Ecstasy' sample - but then go on to
be recognised as a classic for its musical qualities.
And if there's one club I regret never going to, it's Rage. Watching last
night's programme reminded me that I gave my copy of Goldie's 'Terminator'
to a now ex-girlfriend! It was also interesting when Goldie said that his
whole thing at one time was to freak out Derrick May wth his music. And
Pierre made a good point about music and sounds being "like shareware", so
he was happy that other people had picked up on his ideas and done them
their own way. Finally, Daniel Pemberton's title music was cool too - very
reminiscent of brittle early Chicago house.
Yup, best house programme ever without a doubt. Unfortunately I didn't video
it, I can't. I would imagine that it will be repeated soon on E4, though, as
it's had a very positive reaction in general, so there's the chance for
someone to get it all on tape and get a copy off to, um, whoever it was on
this list who said they could convert the tape for US machines.
TOM
NP: David Donohoe: First Course In Hygiene (D1) - good stuff.
Subject: [313] Pump up the Volume
> Just watching tonights episode, pretty mad.
>
> Hearing Joey Beltram talk about how he couldn't understand how he got
labeled as a techno producer after making Energy Flash and that to him it
was just a house tune. I think it really says a lot for the New York sound
of the time. When I interviewed Frankie Bones he said that none of the music
from Detroit really began to filter into NY until the early 90s and that all
the early Nu Groove stuff that they all did really was concieved in
isolation from techno.
>
> I have to say, its a pretty good programme and has been telling it pretty
much how it was, even if Derrick May did slate England for labelling music
too much :)
>
> Stewart
>
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