From: phuag@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr C J Tilbury)
Newsgroups: alt.rave
Subject: Re: Rave is dead.
Followup-To: alt.rave
Date: 18 Nov 1992 17:26:49 -0000
Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
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Summary: Rave is - !RaVe! isn't (unfortunately), and stuff bout DJ Magazine.
Keywords: Warehouse, Paradise Garage, Frankie Knuckles, Aly-US, DJ Pierre, DJ Magazine.

In article <BxwrEy.FHy@dcs.ed.ac.uk> djts@dcs.ed.ac.uk (David Sumpter) writes:
>It seems strange that in the clubs all over our country, the top DJ's are not
>playing rave music but good old house music. Why is there no alt.music.house
>or something.

Good question.......

>Andy Weatherall, Graham Park, Justin Robertson, Pete Tong etc. all stopped
>playing Rave a long time ago. This message seems to hit the colleges and
>Uni's around Britain very slowly. We can't expect the Americans to keep up
                                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Its probably worth mentioning here that 'House' music in its original form is
an american invention. It even got its name from the club where the style was 
originally played/devised (The Warehouse, sadly no longer with us), in the
same way that 'Garage' got its label from its club (The Paradise Garage). 
	And what makes you think that they've not 'kept up'? The US alt.ravers
represent one (tiny) facaet of the US american scene, who by nature are 
interested in rave. Frankie Knuckles (arguably the best house/garage DJ in the
world) plays regular 8 hour sets at the Roxy (in NYC - I think!). He _doesn't_
play 'rave'. If you look with open eyes, you'll find that the US dance music
scene is just bigger. On alt.rave we see only a part of it.

>but here in Britain we should be commenting on such classics as the Justin
>Robertson remix of Funky Guitar, which hit the top 40 at 40 on Sunday.

Damn. Last time that'll be heard in a club then. :)

>
>The dance song of the moment, not available in Britain yet, is 'Follow Me' by
>Alias.

Actually, it's by 'Aly-US', and if you check out the current edition of DJ 
Magazine, then on the cover is a rather classy DJ Mastermix tape, by DJ Pierre
(Strictly Rhythm). And on that tape, is a mix of Follow me, as well as numerous
other tunes from the label.

A:	Cynthia M		-	Everything I do
	Mark Davis		-	Special
	Underground Solution	-	Luv Dancin
	Logic			-	The Warning
	Photon Inc		-	Generate Power	
	Phuture			-	Rise from your grave
	CLS			-	Can you feel it? (start)

B:	CLS			-	Can you feel it? (cont)
	Simone			-	My Family depends on me
	Endangered species	-	Ping Pong
	Aly-US			-	Follow me
	Djaimen			-	Give you     (top choon!)
	SR-1			-	The Rhythm   (only a snippet of this)

	IMHO, a well sorted tape of (hardish)house/garage tunes, superbly mixed
and well worth the 1.95 cover price of the magazine. There are also good
interviews with Jeremy-'Everything starts with an E-zee-posse'-Healy, the Rebel
MC, above-metioned DJ Pierre, and a 'day-in-the life' at Eastern Block records
in Manchester. Check it out if you get a chance.
 
	 Keep the faith,

			Chris.


			


-- 
Chris Tilbury						phuag@csv.warwick.ac.uk
"Q:How many ravers does it take to change a light bulb?
 A:100 : 1 to change it, and 99 to moan about how much better the old one was."
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