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11 111 " 9 770969 ,,,o,, I! I OW HMV • KNOW Contents April 1995 Vol 2 Issue 3

Features

10 Moby 14 Move D 19 Riccardo Rocchi 20 Danny Tenaglia 24 Crew 2000 2 6 Carl Craig 32 DJ Pierre 37 Dimitri 38 A Bad Night Out? 40 Havana 44 On-U-Sound 52 Caroline Lavelle 54 Going Global! 70 DJ Rap 81 Millennium Records

Live

65 Secret Knowledge 68 A Positive Life

Regulars

5 Letters 8 From The Floor 50 Fashion 57 Album Reviews 61 Single Reviews 71 Listings 82 The World According To ...

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Editor Dear Generator, Dear Generator, and wasting hours-worth of Tim Barr Que Pasa? Something seems to My friends and I are wondering conversationa l aimlessness in Assistant Editor (Advertising) have happened at Generator about a frequent visitor to your an attempt to discover exactly Barney York HQ. One minute, there I was letters page. It seems that the where it was you left those last thinking your magazine was military have moved up north three papers, or, indeed, your Art Direction & Design Paul Haggis & Derek Neeps well and t ruly firmed up with and installed someone with head. Hopelessness, despair the underground and t hen I see breathtaking wit and insight in and a bloody good read. Well Operations Director Morales on the cover. "There their dance music publication done. John Murphy goes the neighbourhood," I department. I'm referring, of Dave Dunn Clubs Editor thought. "Another deserter to course, to the mysterious Brighton Anna Smith the mass-market, hype Colonel Kevin J. Brewett, whose Contri buting Editor (New York) machin e." But, sometimes t he astonishingly pertinent Dear Generator, Darren Ressler occasional nice surprise is still comments have injected some Has anyone noticed how many to be had in these post- much needed right-thinking times you go to a club t hese Contributors Steven Ash, Maxine recessionary t imes. Steven into the otherwise dreary days and find a bunch of Beaumont, Shaun Besson, Ash's informative and incisive terrain ofthe letters page. Who miserable drugged-up gits Calvin Bush, Lewis Dene, article made me th ink twice is he? What is he? Either way I roaring "let's have some" in the David Fowler, Hugo Fluendy, Steve Cioddard, about someone I'd written off think we should be told. general direction ofthe dj Ciavin Hills, Martin James, years ago. Nice one! Perhaps the army might be booth everytime the bpms drop Carl Loben, Sherman, Graeme Coulter willing to relinquish his services below a hundred and fifty. No Colin Steven, Siobhan Sullivan, Oliver Swanton, London· for a while so t hat the music smiles, no grins, no fun. Just a Veena Virdi industry could set hi m up as a load of nutted no-hopers more Dear Generator, full-time spotter ofglaring interested in chemical overload Photography Matilda Bradshaw, Jamie Thanks for the best interview inconsistencies (and, naturally, than in good music. What's the Fry, Rosalind Ciaunt, Colin I've seen in a long time. I'm typog raphical errors) within the point? Some ofthem seem to Hawkins, Simon l(jng, Paul referring to last month's David business. Magazines like forg·et that the rest of us want Massey, Zed Nelson, Daniel Newman, Andrew Paterson, Morales extravaganza. I'm not yourselves cou ld pay a to enjoy ourselves without the Phil Pepper, Brian Sweeney in the habit of writing letters in subscription (or annual hassle of worrying about to magazines but Steven Ash's emolument) enabling him to whether or not the guy in front Guest Reviewers Kevin McKay, Steven excellent piece on the career of carry out this much-needed, is about to collapse or whether Middleton Def Mix's top man had my and very necessary work. our ea rdrums are going to attention from beginning to Bill Blenkinsop (Rtd.) finally give way under the Thanks to: Big Casa on the Mac, Tim end. Wh o'd have thought Manchester assault ofthose incessant Watling, Al Bird and Delroy Morales would turn out to be whistle-blowers at the back of Malcolm at Fast Point, The one ofthe good guys after a11 ? Dear Generator, the club. And where do all Sub Club (Cilasgow), Sex, Love & Motion (London), Rob Brewis Gavin Hills' piece on the joys of those lunatics come from who Lindsey Mclean Aberdeen t he morning after the night seem to have a need to walk before ('Messy' Volume 2, Issue through the midd le ofthe Generator is published by Gillies Publishing, 4-8 Peartree St, London Dear Generator, 2) made for some horribly dancefloor when the rest of us EClV 3SB (071 454-7855). Printed I shouldn't have done it, I familiar recollections. Laugh? I are trying to dance? by Acorn Web Offset Ltd and sold through retail newsagents and mean I only had a few stops to nearly cried. Don't let him near J. Thompson specialist record shops. Available on go, but st uck with the usual the typewriter ever again. All London annual subscription worldwide. Whilst every effort has been made to t ube train crowd for com pany, I those gritty-eyed, spotty-faced ensure the accuracy ofthe material took out my new issue of mornings were, thankfully, a Dear Generator, in this magaline, we cannot accept responsibility for the views of Generator and started on the thing ofthe past until I read his I very much enjoyed your contributors, errors or omissions or Morales interview. Before I article. The ill-advised, poorly- article on Steve Mason (Volume for those matters arising from derical or printers' errors or an knew it, I'd missed my stop and considered invitations to "come 2, Issue 2). I recently had the advertiser not completing a ended up in Richmond. Was back to mine", the broken- pleasure of seeing him play in contract. Nothing may be reprinted or published in any way without the t his a deliberate ploy? Great down lechery - I recognised it London at Club U.K. during a prior permission ofthe publishers article, but can you have a all only too well. Must we fling visit to Engla nd. It's good to see (except for review purposes). All unsolicited contributions must be word with Steven Ash and tell this filth at ou r pop kids, I ask that at least someone is giving accompanied by an SAE. him that he owes me the myself. Yes, I guess we must, if such an excel lent dj the credit excess fare? only to warn them of the tragic he deserves. Sue Marwick consequences ofturning a Burkhardt Reim London good night into a bad morning Munich

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The success of London's Club UK has inspired promoter Chris George to launch a new Wolverhampton venue, UK Midlands. Kicking off on Saturday April 8t h, the purpose-built cl ub will play host to Tri bal U.K. with a line-up including Danny Tenaglia, Doc Martin, Ph il Perry and Terry Farley. Also on offer will be a series of nights under the 'Trust' banner, from Cowboy Records' Charlie Chester, which will present upfront house and garage. The club will feature a 45K sound system, with hospitality and chill out rooms. For times, prices and further details of UK Midlands, turn to the cl ub listing pages.

Transmat, Planet E., R&S, Soma. Scotland's premier underground label have always found themselves in If you're looking for some solid but stylish trainers for clubbing, then these 'Psychlos' llUAUTY RECORDINGS distinguished from Boles might be the answer. Coming in both men's and women's sizes in a range of company since stunning colours, these thick-soled trainers cost £40 (womens) and £50 (mens). The their debut release with Siam's 'Eterna', best news is that we have five pairs of Psychlos to give away. Just send your name, four years ago. This month they continue address, phone number and shoe size on a postcard to this address by May 1 st: Boles to provide forward-thinking, high-quality Ciiveaway, Generator, 4-8 Peartree Street, London EC1 V 3SB. techno with 'San Narcisco' by Maas. One of the label's finest releases since 'Positive Education' it's already gaining Sheffield's Warp Records release the follow­ rave reviews. Also forthcoming is a new up to Seefeel's blissed-out debut album single, 'Don't Forget Who You Are', from 'Quique', this month. Sounding like a cross ReJuvlnatlon In advance of their long­ between mid-period Sheffield industria and awaited debut album due out next month. a rethreaded Eraserhead soundtrack, And for all those who have searched high 'Succour' is a combination of bleak, dubbed­ and low for a copy of Siam's masterpiece, out trip-scapes and harsh synthetics. "This the good news is that Soma are planning album was a concious effort to bring the to reissue 'Positive Education' later this music into the foreground," says the band's year. Described by Kenny Larkin recently Darren Seymour. "It's music which demands as "one of the most perfect techno your full attention. We want ed it to be records ever made", the re-release will darker, and more intense than t he first album." In effect, 'Succour' is the sound offour different come complete with a Luke Slater remix. people pulling apart. Drummer Justin Fletcher is a dub ent husiast, guitarist Mark Clifford prefers Those who can't wait should pick up a techno, vocalist Sarah Peacock is into indie-styled edginess and Darren himself is linked with the copy of the Soma Compilation, st ill in the more experimental end oft hings. "At t he time t he album was made," explains Mark, "everyone shops, which includes Richie Hawtin's had an idea about what it should sound like. It became quite intense in the studio really. 'Succour' minimalist reworking. is t he sound of us fighting wit h each other!" Live dates will be announced shortly.

6 Generator Techno takes another step forward in t he quest for mainstream acceptance, this month, thanks to some switched-on executives at Levi's. The latest in the series of 501 ads, which have previously featured t he likes of Marvin Gaye and Screamin' Jay Hawkins, will be soundtracked by Biosphere's 'Novelty Waves'. The new 'drugstore' ad (starring Tupelo Jereme), will be on your screens from the last week in March. Originally appearing on Biosphere's album 'Patashnik' last year, 'Novelty Waves' will be re-released to co-incide, in a chart­ busting number of formats on April 10th. The critically-acclaimed 'Patashnik' gets a re-release on 25th May, followed by a new Biosphere album in the autumn.

acicfFlaShhacH Rumour Records' latest Eye Q Records Juan Atkins returns this compilation is entitled are about to month, with one of his '.A.cid Flashback' and release an best tracks since last features tracks from the album of year's 3MB likes of Chris 'Barn Barn' remixed highlights from Sven Vath's 'The • collaboration, 'Jazz Is Westbrook, Phuture, Harlequin, The Robot & The Ballet Dancer' The Teacher'. 'Game Derrick May and Steve album. A bumper bundle of Eye Q-related One', written with Poindexter with the classic 'Computer Madness'. goodies will be be winging its way to the Orlando Voorn, is We have five copies to give away to the first five first person who correctly answers the released under the people who correctly answer this simple following question; Which well-known Irish name lnfiniti as a question: Name the members of Phuture? (Look DJ has been drafted in to provide the limited edition blue vinyl 12" on Kevin out for the clue in this month's DJ Pierre remix ofSven's epic 'Ballet Fusion' track? Saunderson's KMS label through Network. feature!). Answers on a suitably bright postcard Answers on a postcard (preferably a pretty Atkins is currently working on an album to Barney Acid, Generator Magazine, 4-8 one) to : Sven Vath Competition, Generator, project for R&S, due for release in the early Peartree Street, London, ECl V 3SB. 4-8 Peartree St., London EC1V 3SB. summer.

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Depth Charge An 'out there' trip through the low bpm hip-hop underworld, Depth Charge's opus 'Nine Deadly Venoms' brings together euphoric Brazilian football commentary, backstreet b- movie bytes and cult kung fu kitsch in one deliciously funky bag. Phat, phreaky, phucked, and five (or should that be phive?) years in the making, the album features the recently re­ released 'Shaolin Buddha Finger', which has often been cited as a major influence on The Chemical Brothers, Mo'Wax and the like. Lost in the chaos ofa Ladbroke Grove pub however, the surprisingly diminutive J. Saul Kane, couldn't be more reticent about his belated fortunes. "Well I'm pleased it's happened this way really," he explains. "I've had the luxury to slowly grow at my own pace; I couldn't have planned it better ifI'd tried." A prime mover in the West London hip-hop scene ofthe eighties, Kane's diverse musical knowledge is almost academic. The merest mention ofan obscure album from New York.jazz funk 'no wavers' Defunkt, and Kane enthusiastically recalls the best breaks, track by track. It's the kind of memory thatyour average DJ would die for, and a knowledge that takes a rare passion for sound. "There's just so much good stuff coming out from all around the world and ifyou listen to music with an ear for a good break then it's only natural that you build up a mental catalogue. which I reckon is a major part of being a DJ let alone a musician." enthuses the suddenly animated Kane, head nodding to the jazz fusion indulgence blaring out ofthe pub sound-system, "Just listen to this, now this is a break ripe for the taking." Add a John Woo sound byte and some funky bass sonics, and I could almost imagine the deep-water ballistics ofthe next Depth Charge single coming to life before my very eyes. Although at his current non­ prolific rate, I doubt the finished version would see the light ofthe pressing plant before the millenium is up. Sure, the wait will be worth it; just don't hold your breath. Martin James

'Shao/in Buddha Finger' is out now on Vinyl Solution subsidiary DC Records.

One of Italy's hottest exports, Francesco Farfa is getting around. Though he's based in Florence, today he's in Genoa's premier record shop, Good Music, picking up some tunes for a gig at Studio Circus in Cannes, later tonight. The day before yesterday, he was playing in Guadaloupe. Next week he'll be at Full Circle in London. It's an exhausting schedule, but for this lover ofdub reggae, psychedelic trance and deep house it's a case of have records, will travel. "Music, for me, is something which is very spiritual," he explains as the shop staffspin the latest releases for his approval. "My style is varied because I try to bring different things together. That's how I express myself. I prefer to have a concept behind what I do." Currently resident at the revered Insomnia club in Pisa, Francesco's career is accelerating towards supernova status. He's already a major star in Italy, playing everywhere from Echoes in Rimini to Gasolyne in Rome. His first visitto England, lastyear, saw him manning the wheels of steel at both The Ministry of Sound and The Drum Club where he caught the attention ofthe team at Ascension Records. He recently remixed Caspar Pound's 'House' for the label, and looks set to gain even more converts this month with the release of'The Ascension Collection', a compilation ofthe Rising High subsidiary's most compelling moments. Mixed in fine style by Francesco, the album combines the vibrant grooves of Red, Red Groovy's 'Another Kind of Find' with tracks from OBX, Positive Science and, naturally, the Rising High Collective. But, despite the pressure ofwork his enthusiasm for dj-ing hasn't diminished. "The first time I ever saw someone mixing, I was totally impressed by the possibility ofcreating something new from records," he says. "That's something which still fascinates me. With two decks and a mixer, you can be endlessly creative." Francesco's next British dates are at Vapourspace and The Ministry ofSound.

8 Generator

Feature profile oby is not a happy man. Sitting something to do with Moby's ex­ before me in the sterile girlfriend who litters the conversation so Matmosphere of his West London often that her presence is almost hotel room, exhausted by the never tangible. Despite his stance against the ending process of promotional violation of freewill, it would appear interviews, his £rail demeanour and lack­ that Moby may be forcing his lustre eyes present an image of melancholia onto his fans. Possibly even inexorable resignation. Quite different to exorcising his ghosts before a public the Moby I met only eight months ago, who would undoubtedly be expecting an on the video shoot for the sublime album of upbeat, positive techno. 'Hymn'. At this time he exuded an aura Something he is quick to deny. of positivity. Lacing his considered and "It's not malicious violation, like articulate conversation with, at times, killing a cow where some empirical vitriolic humour, he seemed every inch damage has been done. To use a sexual the artist in control. In 1995, with the analogy, if I force myself on a woman imminent release of 'Everything Is it's a violation of her rights, but if we've

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Wrong', his first album for Mute mutually consented that we'll tie each Records, Moby promotes the image of other up and beat each other that's fine someone in the throes of questioning because we've asked each other to do it. many of his most intrinsic beliefs. When you buy my album I'm only Defiantly anti-club culture, openly imposing myself by sharing a part of challenging towards other people and myself. It's not like I've marched up into apparently involved in a personal war someone's bedroom and forced them to against Richard James, Moby seems listen to it - they've actually asked me to weighed down with self-questioning and join the party by buying the album." defensive insecurity. Just one listen to the A strangely eclectic party it is too. album confirms this. A cut and paste of Ranging from anthemic rave to speed perverse style clashes, the opening tracks metal, taking in kitsch art-house drip with the kind of 'hands in the air' soundtracks and neo-classical systems euphoria we've come to expect from the music along the way, 'Everything Is so-called 'Iggy Pop of techno'. By the Wrong' would present a challenge to the album's closer, 'When It's Cold I'd Like most open-minded of listeners, whilst To Die', however, the listener has been flicking a prominent one-fingered salute taken unwittingly on a one-way trip into to the style purists of club culture. the depths of Moby's personal despair. "People's lives are structured by "Well that final track perfectly sums up purism. White supremists, football fans, for me that emotion of almost quiet favourite television shows, music, resignation," he explains, apparently tired clothing, whatever. Everyone has their of having to justify himself to people Like own structure. This purist approach is me. "The song provides a nice warm anti-evolution because growth relies on environment in which to take all of your hybridization. Some people try to define pathos and hurt. And, for my own dance music by an acceptable number of emotional purposes, the album's structure bpms - never faster, never slower, only was quite intentional because I wanted to sampled vocals, no live guitars - if be left feeling down at the end." anything, I feel there should be the 'pure' It's a safe bet that this mood has pragmatic approach to music of 'if it

Generator 11 Moby

works, it works and it doesn't matter seems_that the most popular end of dance things. In reality I may only challenge where it comes from'. With life in general music is ignored in favour of something people's musical tastes, however I guess I you're free to do most things and, much more esoteric. Something about hope to encourage people to realise that y'know, most legislation doesn't actually which Moby is most vocal. it's possible to broaden the scope of their apply. You can walk down the street "There's a big difference between the cultural influence. And, just as I'm screaming, talking to people, singing out spirit of something and the aesthetic. interested in breaking down barriers loud, and you won't get arrested. But we People talk about intelligent techno culturally, I would also like to see the have these little internal policemen saying being progressive, just because it's rigidly defined notions of masculinity you can't do this or that." clothed itself in all of the accoutrements and femininity changed. All types of Internalised cops who, in Moby's eyes, of experimental music. I sometimes think music can be wonderful, all of these stalk the corridors of many a musicians that the most experimental thing that different cultures can be great and so too mind, laying down laws on the these Bl2, Black Dog, Aphex Twin types can all different sexual experiences. At acceptable genres in their own personal could do would be to write a song with the moment, I guess I'm trying to present style structures. Hence technoheads an acoustic guitar and vocals, rather a spirit of experimentation and sexual rejecting all things rock or, of course, the than continually trying to see how open- mindedness." apparently almost universal rejection of esoteric and obscure they can be with Experimentation and sexual open­ more twenty minute long songs mindedness? How does this relate to "What I do of distorted 909's." Moby's much documented Christian faith? challenge Stand or fall, 'Everything is "I'm sure that God will understand Wrong' seems to set itself up this, but I embrace the idea of aware, and what against this apparent lack of sensual hedonism because people have I hope to honest, forward-looking vision been too wound up for far too long. I within the dance and electronic feel that things like 'intelligent techno' challenge scenes. However it's a case of are indicative of this. People like the are, I think, myopia equally applicable to the Aphex Twin appear to be afraid of their whole of the media, often own sexuality and exhibitionism, and very labouring under the arrogant have subsequently made a virtue out of different notion that the great unwashed anti-sexuality and inhibition. So, because public can only understand the people are afraid to express certain things." simplest of ideas. Moby agrees: things they make it politically correct to the UK's least praised export, hardcore. "People do embrace many quality not express them. What you're left with "It's a ridiculous thing about Britain. things without being told to by the is something non-sexual and bland Instead of responding to what people marketing process." because the threatening elements of actually like, the music press champion Flip the coin however and it could be dance music, and indeed life, have been what they think everyone should like. So argued that, with the new album's taken out." you get Suede forced upon you, and they onslaught of extremely diverse styles, With an unashamed sensuality coursing sell maybe four copies of their album in Moby's need to challenge our listening through his music, Moby's religious and the United States, and then you get the h;ibits is similarly arrogant. It assumes spiritual beliefs seem ultimately tied up rave scene with acts like Prodigy, N-Joi that tastes are generally so limited that with ideas about sexuality, so it makes and so on and they sell bucket loads all 'challenge' is inherent in eclecticism. perfect sense that he would take on over the world, but the press ignore "I don't write music to intentionally board the aesthetics of hedonism. them. This snobbery is a weird English challenge people. I'm more honest about 'Everything Is Wrong' balances an phenomena which I hope doesn't spread it in the fact that I put music out in a adrenalin rush of physical energy with a because it's killing English music on the more unconventional way, rather than close, sensual warmth, which in some global market." aim to screw with the listeners minds - I ways presents a more feminine angle. It's this 'very English snobbery' that only make music that I love and I hope Moby himself is adamant that music continually fails to notice that, in those that people can deal with that. Some should look towards it's sexual roots in parts of Britain which lie north of Luton people do use their specialized an attempt to overcome the barriers or even over the water from Liverpool, knowledge to ostracize people but I imposed by an unfeeling cognoscenti. hardcore stills reigns supreme. Much to don't. I also don't want to pander to And in so doing, perhaps our many the derision of the London-based music people. I mean anyone can write a dance 'internalised policemen' would turn the press, who would have us believe that record, where's the challenge in that?" other cheek and allow us to reject the trip-hop and intelligent techno are the There's that word 'challenge' again. self-imposed restrictions that control epitome of popular dance music. Jungle But what exactly does Moby 'challenge'? many areas of our lives. After all, may well be getting a full, and belated, "What I do challenge and what I hope eclecticism isn't just about listening to thumbs-up ~hese days, but ultimately it to challenge are, I think, very different different kinds of music. •

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THE ORB, WESTBAM. MOBY, JENS, THE GRID. HARDSEQUENCER , JAM & SPOON. PLUTONE. CARL COX, OLIVER LI EB. COSMIC BABY. CARL CRAIG . ILSA GOLD . Profile

RICCARDO ROCCHI Text Siobhan Su llivan Photography Matilda Bradshaw

Blessed with a prodigious talent and quietly confident attitude that led to really into that pure techno drive which maturity which belies his age, Riccardo Italian label ACV signing him when he I can play around with. I love the Rocchi already displays the ferocious was still only seventeen. "I went to see techno music which comes from aptitude necessary behind the decks the music director at ACV in Rome America, but I have no real desire to go which marks him out as a dj to watch. with my demo ... they liked me, and I there, maybe to visit Detroit, but I Playing his first ever UK gig, at liked them, so things kinda happened think what is happening in Europe is London's Eurobeat 2000 recently, a from there" . far more exciting. For most Italians nervous, but collected Riccardo arrived Put like that it all seems so easy, that's quite strange, because they dream for the beginning of a night he had another "overnight success" which only of going to America, but I love what's dreamt about since he started playing ever happens to the extraordinarily going on here, in the UK especially. I records at the age of 13. Born in Rome gifted or extremely lucky, or both, but also want to go to Germany and play in 1976, Riccardo is regarded as R iccardo's dj-ing career really began at there. The scene out there seems pretty something of a folk hero amongst the the age of fourteen when he took part good too. In Italy it's getting better, the friends he grew up with. Despite the in a scratching competition organised techno scene is growing and reaching adulation he receives at home, Riccardo by the Black Out club in Rome. A few people." seems remarkably unaffected and reveals years later on in 1992 he met How important does he think the how honoured he feels to be playing in producer/dj Freddy K and together they scene and culture is ro the music? "It's London. Tonight he's in good company, played regular slots at the Makumba really important", he replies playing alongside label-mate Leo Inn, one of the city's biggest clubs thoughtfully. "The way you think, the Anibaldi and the home-grown talents of before starting their own successful way you talk to people, even the way Dave Clarke. Altogether that's not bad radio show,Virus. you dress - it's all important. The going, not bad at all. "I feel very proud The collaboration between Riccardo techno movement is a lifestyle, it's a to be here doing what I do. I can't and Freddy K worked so well that the way of living and not merely music. believe it. But, back home, I am shy of Italian maestro went on to produce It's mind, music and culture combined. the attention I receive and I hate to be Riccardo's first ACV release 'Start'. Once you get onto its wavelength, treated any differently", he admits. This was followed by a remix of Robert there's no turning back, you cannot go But being different is something Armani's 'Work The Shit' and then the back to what you knew or felt before, Riccardo can't help or control. He just 'Boxer Dog' EP. "When I first started because the past doesn't make sense, is. There's no trace of Italian machismo out, I was into the Chicago house only as much as it helped create what or swagger to his demeanour, but a sound, but now I'm more into the we have now. And what we have now refreshing contained earthiness and cleaner sounds of Detroit, the likes of definitely makes sense." It surely does. intuitive intelligence. Perhaps it was his Richie Hawtin and Jeff Mills. I'm Hasta la vista! •

Generator 19 orn and raised on a healthy diet Garage from 1979 to 1985, and then realized that it was the '90s and there consisting of Motown and Philly from '85 to '90 I lived in Miami where was a whole new generation, so I had Bsoul, deep in the heart of I kinda developed my own style from to get with it." Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Danny what was coming out of the New York As is often the case, several of his Tenaglia helped sculpt his own and Chicago house music explosion," mixes haven't seen the light of day due uniquely deep mixing style when he he says. "Then, moving back to New to a plethora of record label politics. trekked down to Miami in 1985 to York in '90, techno was coming To Tenaglia, seeing his work pressed up serve as a resident at Cheer's. Since through and acid was phasing out and on a slab of vinyl is probably more returning to New York to pursue studio guys like DJ Pierre and Jay Dee were important than anything else. But if work, after a five-year stint at the club, all becoming influences to me. I just one thing in life is certain with creative Tenaglia's remix/production career has incorporated what they were doing and types, it's that running up against a quietly flourished. His bristling took it in because I liked the music and brick wall will get you thinking. After signature is often imitated, but never saw that it was working. I knew that if much thought, he came to the duplicated. I still wanted to be a working DJ, I conclusion that producing his own "I was definitely inspired by Paradise couldn't just play Ten City all night. I album was his best way to finding his

20 Generator With a reputation based on rock- solid grooves and an inspired touch both behind the decks and in the studio, Brooklyn's finest stretches soulful garage into tough house. You want it? He's got it. Darren Ressler tells the story.

own creative salvation, so he began had of late. David Morales' LP for be false for me. That's not even my testing the waters. Mercury was a flop, and long-time pals field, so I would never attempt such a "It happened to me several times The Daou were unceremoniously thing," he says, flatly. Besides, when it where I did some of my best work and dropped from Columbia when their comes to R&B (and house music, too), then my mix never came out," relates excellent debut did well in the dance Danny Tenaglia is a staunch purist. A Tenaglia with a lilting sense of charts, but stiffed everwhere else. lifelong devotee of the Motown sound, disappointment in his distinctively gruff Knowing full well that it would be he's baffled by the gangsters du jour New York voice. "So I said, 'Fuck this! absurd to seek a deal with a major who are thrust upon the airwaves each I'm gonna start doing my own stuff!' I label, who would no doubt want him week. Many have no songs of any real mean, why put your heart into a to dilute his sound to get radio airplay, substance and their lyrical matter is project when it's never going to come Tenaglia's quest for a deal was solely about their skills in the bump out." complete when Tribal guru Rob Di and grind category. At first, the only thing which was Stefano offered him the opportunity "Tribal is a dance label, and they holding Tenaglia back was the poor last year to do an album. wanted a dance album, and that's what track record many DJ/producers have "To do a rap or R&B album would I gave them. There was no pressure

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and I had complete creative freedom to Heavy' and 'Look Ahead', calls from do what I wanted," Tenaglia says of his all over Europe keep coming in. dazzling eight-song full-length debut, Tenaglia still yearns for the studio and 'Hard & Soul'. "With me, I'd rather do recently did a mix for East 17, but he a good dance album and sell 50,000 has mixed feelings about rebuilding copies than try and do rap and R&B other people's tracks. and try to sell 500,000. That would be "It's not even remixing now - it's a gamble for me and to do something reproducing. A label will come to you, in a field that I'm not personally ask you to remix a record and then involved with would be a mistake. I'm they'll want it yesterday. Then, all you not gonna fool myself because I'm 100 have is an acappella and you have to percent dance." build a whole new song in three days. Admittedly, I didn't know what to It's not easy to remix roday because on expect from 'Hard & Soul', but the top of that they'll also want other title is a pretty apt description. As versions like a slammin' dub, an someone who's maintained interests in aggressive mix and a radio mix. both garage and harder house, Tenaglia Without the proper budget, it's not has found a neat balance of his two even worth it." loves by juxtaposing his more But where remixing has often aggressive, bass-heavy, style with frustrated him due to the post-mix deeper, more melodic sounds which aggravation he's had to deal with, he come straight from his days at the "As a dj, if I found admits to learning a lot about himself Paradise Garage. It wasn't an easy task through the sessions for 'Hard & Soul'. by any means, but Tenaglia took his two minutes out "Even though I've done over a hundred time and came up with excellent solid remixes, now is the first time that results. of the whole I've really felt comfortable producing," Luckily for Tenaglia, he also received he says with a heavy degtee of lots of help from his friends. Louie twelve-inch that modesty. "Working with Carole and 'Balo' Guzman, who runs Eightball's Scott was great and I'd like to pursue studio and is also a talented· caught my other situations like that with other remixer/producer in his own right, artists." helped out wth editing and ·adding attention, I'd buy What else is in the pipeline for percussion. Satoshi Tomeii·came by to Tenaglia? Plenty. He's just completed do strings on 'Look Ahead', and Tribal two copies and his second continuous mix CD for drag star Roxy helped to work up a Tribal, 'Mix This Pussy: Can Your cover of'$ (That's What I Want)'. just work those Pussy Do The Dog?' which nicely Factor in top-notch vocal contributions follows-up his first Tribal mix CD, from Scott White (an R&B two minutes ... 'Mix This Pussy'. He's also just put the vocalist/songwriter whom Tengalia met finishing touches on several tracks for by chance at the studio while he was people would go release through his own label, Sexy recording} and Carole Sylvan, who Records, which is run in association graces the single, 'Look Ahead', and crazy" with Maxi. He's still remixing, but on a you've got what shapes up to be one of much more selective basis, and longs to this year's best full-length dance attention, I'd buy two copies and just work with artists such as Chaka Khan, albums. work those two minutes and people Ten City and even Robert Owens. Releasing an underground house would go crazy and rush to the booth. "I knew as a little boy that I'd be in album (especially in America) is an Taking things a step further was what music. While I didn't know that I'd be extremely risky proposition. But going got me attention as a dj. I still stay up an international dj/producer, I always out on a limb for the music he believes all night listening carefully to records." knew that it was going to be music", in is part of Danny Tenaglia's psyche. The next few months will find Danny he says. "I'm determined to keep "I always wanted to be innovative", he Tengalia· wrapped up in fulfilling underground house and garage music stresses, "and I think that I learned various promotional commitments alive and present even if it's only on a from the Garage more than anything to around the world. He recently spent small scale. I'll do what I have to do have an individual style of my own. As time in Japan and has gigs in both the and I'll never sell out. I couldn't a dj, -if I found two minutes out of the UK and Italy planned soon. Given the because I don't know how to do whole twelve-inch that caught my success of his two singles, "Bottom anything else" •

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on the club circuit pop a pill or snort a they aimed for risk-prevention, explaining powder without knowing the potential what was in the drugs, the effect, the effects of what they're taking, let alone potential damage, and the legal the actual content? A recent survey in consequences. Gay Times tested thirteen street Ecstacy Nowadays, three years since that first tablets, and found MOMA (real "ecstasy") leaflet, Crew 2000 are seen as the main in only two of them, and in such small providers of drug information on the club­ trace amounts as to be negligible. scene in Scotland. Where once they were Nevertheless, consumption has shown no scraping for funds, their importance is now signs of abatement. Indeed, compared to recognised by the Scottish Office, who the late eighties, when "E' first appeared provide their funding. Their on the scene, your average clubber is determination and success has altered the taking twice or three times the amount, as mind-set of many of those invo!ved in well as combining it with a cocktail of drug-prevention. And you're more likely to other highs. see them setting up a stall at Rezerection As ever, the health and government or The Fubar, dispensing advice in a bodies in charge of policy in this area have language that ordinary clubbers can relate tended to be misinformed and hopelessly to, than working in a faceless office. tardy in picking up on street trends, They've been lauded at international drug reflected in such ill-conceived progammes conferences, and liaised with the police to as the laughable anti-heroin campaigns of keep up to date with the changing nature the last decade. Thankfully, the priority of drug abuse, without ever being seen as has shifted in recent years, moving from a "one of them". policy of simply saying "don't take drugs" This month, they're opening their first to one of recognising that people are "shop", right in the heart of Edinburgh. going to take drugs, and the least we can Intended as a combination of information do is to make sure they're fully aware of centre, and advice-cum-talk shop, this will the risks, so minimising any potential be the place to go when you want to ask (i) danger. questions about drugs without Undoubtedly, one of the organisations embarrassment. According to the Crew's responsible for this move to pragmatic co-ordinator, Liz Skelton, there will even be education are Edinburgh's Crew 2000. a data-base "so if you want to find out Taking their cue from Manchester's about "E", you just tap in and get it all on Lifeline organisation, and Liverpool's screen, and we can then add information 2000 M.D.T.A. (Whose "Chill-Out Pete" leaflets from the street as people come in and give you may have seen), Crew 2000 shifted us it." There'll be leaflets from around the Text-Calvin Bush the agenda in Scotland from the country, tack Ii ng everything from skunk to authorities' maligned drug-prevention cocaine, and Crew 2000 volunteers on Taking drugs has, of course, always meant message to one of peer education and hand to answer queries confidentially. We taking risks. Legal risks, health risks, and, awareness. The "Crew" were all volunteer may not be as progressive as Holland, as last year's high-profile deaths at ravers and clubbers, many still taking where raves even have "E"-testing Hangar 13 and the Metro showed, recreational drugs, which meant crucially stations, but Crew 2000's shop is a vital potentially lethal risks. But still people that they could draw on their own addition to ensuring the tragedies like take them. Just like legal drugs­ experiences and knowledge in reaching those at Hangar 13 and The Metro don't cigarettes, coffee, alcohol - in spite of the out to fellow clubbers. So their leaflets, happen again. increasingly draconian warnings from such as the invaluable "Jelly Time" and The Crew 2000 shop is located at 32 those in authority, there are always people "Dunts", talked street-talk and used Cockburn Street, Edinburgh. Telephone: who are unable to resist the innate human cartoons to show the effects of the drugs, 0131-220-3404. Their latest leaflet, desire to feel better. Yet how many people lristead of telling people not to indulge, "Crack", is available now•

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Generator 25 Feature profile

Breaking through the boundaries of electronic music, the first generation of Detroit's new dance music vision introduced the future with a series of alien, abstract records which went on to seduce the world. Ten years on, and techno is still crossing the lines. Now, the second generation has come on-stream. There is only one ru le. Innovate...

■ ra1 Text Tim Barr Photography Steve Double

We're racing down a six-lane highway. filling the screen. Somehow the situation The road suddenly swoops steeply reverses itself and, all of a sudden, I'm towards a sharp left-hand bend. Beads of steering into Carl's car, sending him sticky sweat trickle down my back. I'm skidding across the tarmac. The blue concentrating so hard on driving that I saloon bounces unsteadily into the air barely register the speed. We're so far and overturns spectacularly. I'm drained. over any known national limit that it Physically and mentally exhausted. As doesn't matter anyway. The scenery flies Carl curses gently, the words 'Extra past. Up ahead, Carl Craig's blue saloon Time' flash up on my screen. swerves almost imperceptibly, then In an arcade, somewhere in Soho, Carl brakes urgently as it hits the curve. A Craig and I are playing expensive mistake? Perhaps. But I'm not taking computer games. Outside, the rain is any chances. The accelerator is shoved soaking the streets. Inside, the hard to the floor as I gun the car in a surroundings are appropriately techno. line which will avoid Carl and, Flashing lights and grinding, computer­ hopefully, get me through the corner generated noise echo around the interior. safely. I'm no longer sure whether I'm in Machines litter the floor like confetti. It's control or just hanging on. The car slides a futuristic playground where the only skittishly across the turn, narrowly limit is the amount of change in your missing a supporting wall. Somebody up pocket. Scrambling for coins, we expend there must like me. the last of our resources and head off for Or not. As the cars draw level, I steal an something to eat. urgent glance sideways. A broad grin Sometime later, in a fairly chic restaurant creases Carl's long-lashed, almost pretty in Kensington, Carl is ill at ease. features. Without warning, and with Chaperoned by his new Press Officer, he great deliberation, he wrenches his car punctuates the conversation with long, toward mine. Jesus! We must be doing awkward silences. It's an unnatural about two hundred miles an hour. The situation. I ask him questions about his steering lurches sickeningly under the new album, 'Landcruising', but the impact as I grip the wheel feverishly in a answers seem carefully rehearsed, almost desperate attempt to avoid being forced guarded. He seems a million miles away. off the road. Head spinning, mind a I try to reach him, but I can't. It's blank, I see the crash barrier almost strange. This isn't the first time we've

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Ca rl Craig

met, it's certainly not the first time musical influences were supplied by his couldn't really go that far. I couldn't get we've spoken. But, I guess, he's a long older brother's Led Zeppelin collection. any weird noises or effects which would way from home. A stranger in a strange As a student at Cooley High in Detroit, make it more electronic. They were land. At one point he announces "I'm his first instrument was the guitar more like Prince-type things." going to stop making music!" and then before the electronic disco of 'Computer After hearing early Transmat releases says nothing more. World' and Afrika Bambaata's 'Planet like May's own 'Nude Photo' and Four months ago, when we last met, the Rock' began tugging at his imagination. Suburban Knight's 'Groove', Craig story wasn't quite the same. Untouched, Still too young to attend the parties and enrolled in an electronic music class. as yet, by the media blitz which was clubs which were so crucial to the "It was more like a musician's look at about to roll into view just a few weeks development of the city's new sound, his electronic music. In the way that Wendy afterwards, he was relaxed, natural and exposure to real-life dance music was Carlos would make electronic music. To more than capable of dealing with his limited to a Michigan-based television do anything experimental you had co go position as techno's heir apparent. show called The Scene, a stripped-down, out on your own. I really don't think Because for more than half a decade, the funkier version of the more mainstream that the instructor knew where I was underground has perceived Carl Craig Soul Train. At around the same time, he going with it. Any kind of as Derrick May's appointed successor. was also introduced to Yello. experimentation had to come from And more than anything else, it's his "I read somewhere that Deiter Meier within yourself. By this time, the kind of relationship with May which has been and Boris Blank used to record songs by things that I was listening co were so responsible for much of what he has dubbing two cassettes, back and forth," different from the music most of the achieved during those years. he explains, smiling fondly at the people who went to school listened to, Before Derrick 11 May, Kevin Saunderson recollection. So I tried that. The music that 1 ended up going it alone, just and Juan Atkins rethreaded the jerky was different though, because I had a teaching myself about how the futurism ofKraftwerk into a brand new guitar. I didn't have any real effects equipment worked, how to create modernist soundtrack, Carl Craig's boxes or anything like that, so I sounds with it and the way those sounds

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28 Generator could be applied in music." Five years of stunningly brilliant It was during this period, that the releases, which range from the epochal 'Strings of Life' was released. At compelling, pretty jazz of 'At Les' to the the time, Derrick May was not only a hard-edged angles of 'Jam The Box', major force on the warehouse party from the techno/house crossover of scene, in addition he was running classic Paperclip People tracks like Transmat and featuring on an influential 'Remake' and 'Throw' to a sparkling radio show. Seduced by the strange, remix career which has covered oblique phenomenon of the records and everything from the major-label the all-pervasive presence of May on minimalism of his breathtaking Tori Detroit's music scene, Craig determined Amos remix to a thumping remix of to forward some of his own tapes to Maurizio's 'Domina' on Basic Channel. Derrick. By chance, a mutual friend Throw in a few iconic numbers like Ron introduced the two. Trent's 'Altered States', Inner City's "I started playing some of my stuff to 'Ahnongay', 'Strings of Life' itself, or him," recalls Carl. "I'm not sure he 'Suefio Latino' and you've got the liked it too much but he was still perfect credentials for a career in techno encouraging. That's how our stardom. Add in the current media relationship developed. I've always attention and the timing couldn't be considered Derrick to be my mentor and better. I think in any kind of relationship like Or could it? Carl Craig is the first that, it's got to be on a personal level as member of techno's second generation well as a business level. It just built into to break from the ranks of the the way it is now, to the point where we underground by signing to a major don't need to have the business label. Unlike his contemporaries, Kenny relationship." Larkin, who recently released the superb What's special about their relationship 'Metaphor' on R&S, or Stacey Pullen, is the way in which it so obviously currently recording an album for encouraged Carl Craig's talent to Transmat, he's chosen a route which is develop at such an astonishing rate. normally perceived as being Almost simultaneously with rhe release diametrically opposed to the quick, hit of his debut on Transmat, the heavily­ that, not only could Carl Craig turn in 'n' run guerilla tactics of the textured 'Crackdown' under the name tracks of rare brilliance, but he could underground. All of a sudden, there's Psyche, Fragile released the first BFC also deliver a bewildering variety of major press interest in someone who has single 'Galaxy'. Before long, Craig was seemingly diverse, but subtly related, previously only enjoyed star status collaborating with May, not only styles. Those in the know began to refer within the rareified confines of the remixing an updated version of 'Strings to him in the kind of terms which had, underground. It's left Carl feeling of Life' but also co-writing the Rhythim only a few years previously, been uncomfortable. When I ask him about Is Rhythim track 'Drama'. Craig soon reserved by the rock press for the lone­ it, he expresses his concern with a set up his own label, RetroActive, as a wolf artistry of Prince and his numerous meaningful look which says more than vehicle for his own material. Between backup outfits. The similarities don't enough. 1990 and 1991, RetroActive released six end there, Though Carl admits that "To be honest, it scares me a little," he Craig singles ranging from the vibrant Prince was a huge influence on his explains later. "I look in magazines to BFC singles, 'Please Stand By' and 'The guitar-playing (and he's engagingly see if there's a review of a record or Climax' (recently reworked as the new modest about his skills in that direction something about a Planet E artist and, Paperclip People single on Open) to the despite the sweeping flurries of reverse ofren, I'm left wondering about when first of only a handful of releases to date guitar which decorate both 'Mind of A the bad reviews are going to come in. I which have appeared under his own Machine' and 'Science Fiction' to good don't want to be like R.E.M. or name. RetroActive was also the home of effect on the new album) it's also somebody like The Aphex Twin. I just the very first Paperclip People track, apparent that the kind of tactical career want to be able to continue making 'Oscillator'. planning which distinguished Prince's music without worrying about a A series of startlingly original releases ascent from Minneapolis club act to backlash or being over-exposed. Think followed as Retroactive metamorphosed mega-star is something which he has about someone like Prince who never into Planet E Communications. Opening applied to his own career. did interviews. While he stuck to that with the maverick genius of 69's 'Four Carl Craig has patiently waited for the policy, his music was something really Jazz Funk Classics' they demonstrated right time to release his debut album. special. Then he changed his mind and

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suddenly his music seemed to change. I which weaves a langorous spell, twisting feel the connection between Detroit and don't know. I guess, some of the gradually into your conciousness, like Chicago. We really had good times. mystique went out of it for me, Maybe every classic album you ever heard, all Derrick had his radio show, that was it was because he was using some other rolled into one. It probably doesn't really booming. Kevin, on occasions, avenue of expression rather than sound anything like you'd expect it to. would have his own show. It was really expressing himself just through his 'Landcruising' offers another, more inspirational stuff. We'd all go to songs." quietly assure~ side of Carl Craig's Chicago for a couple of days. There'd "And sometimes, that's how I feel about multiple musical personae. There is less be a whole lot of different stuff going the whole press thing. I'd rather put that emphasis on the complex hip-hop on but we built inter-relations between energy back into the music. Of course, derived rhythms of old and a soft, the two cities. It wasn't a case of any artist wants their music to reach as under-stated touch with melody which thinking about what was going to be many people as possible, but the main sets it apart in just the same way as, say, big. It was a case of thinking about thing, for me, is to make sure that the Kenny Larkin's deft touch with warm, what was good. I don't think that policy music is as good as it possibly can be. I emotive shapes did with 'Metaphor', of dividing things up was ever healthy listened to a lot of albums before I made And in just the same way as both Prince or productive. Things are different now. 'Landcruising' because I wanted it to be and The Beatles delivered albums which It's changing slowly, but it's changing." effective. Basically, I studied all my were emblematic of their time, Carl "It felt so special back then. I thought it favourite albums, just to see what it was Craig has managed to create a work would be different to the way it's turned that made them so exciting for me. I which is equally representative of his. It out. I thought that, when Derrick and didn't want to put too many tracks on it marks both a watershed for techno, and Kevin were at their peak, it'd be like because the albums that I really love, a step forward. that for a long time. It was a very like 'Computer World' don't have At times, shades of Carl Craig's other idealistic period. It's like when you have fourteen or fifteen cuts. I figure that musical manifestations drift through the a good job, you think you're always gives the listener a chance to dreamy, pulsing grooves which going to be doing that job. But the concentrate on the individual tracks characterise 'Landcruising'. In unexpected always happens. That's instead of being swamped by all this 'Einebahn' the ghost of BFC whispers techno, I guess!" music. The idea I borrowed from Public softly through the driving sequences, or, But, with albums due later this year Enemy was to make the total running* elsewhere, the sophisticated, warping from Juan Atkins and Derrick May, time around an hour long, because I production tricks which characterise the amongst others, and a renewed interest always felt their records worked really most imaginative Paperdip People in Detroit's legacy, it looks like well over that length. You've got time releases appear in the uncanniest of something of renaissance is about to enough to get into the flow of the places. Check out the dreamy closer, occur. The critical attention paid to album, but not enough for it to become 'Home Entertainment' for further Planet E's most recent release, the boring." evidence. exceptional 'Elements Of And "Making the album was an exciting More than anything else over the past Experiments With Sound' which challenge. I've waited a long time, year, Carl Craig has been indicted as featured outstanding contributions from specifically, because I wanted to have one of those responsible for bringing a new generation of Detroit musicians, the kind of budget that would allow me house and techno back together again. surpassed that gained by their previous to spend more time on the album tracks Breaking down the artificial barriers 'Intergalactic Beats' collection. Also than I would do, say, on a twelve-inch. I thrown up during the genre-hungry forthcoming on Planet E is The wanted it to be something special, period which followed the first Connection Machine's 'Bitflower E.P.' something other than just a bunch of irresistible salvos from Chicago and from the Dutch duo Jereon Brandies tracks. This record was designed to be Detroit, he's created music which draws and Natasja Hagemeier which rethreads listened to as an album." on elements of both. In particular, it's the imaginative leaps of 'Virtual Sex' era And 'Landcruising' is exactly that. An been those Paperclip People releases Detroit through a remarkably album. In the same way as 'Purple Rain' which have caught most attention. adventurous series of cuts. And perhaps or 'Sgt. Pepper' brought together a Released through The Ministry of that's what Carl Craig means by the collection of songs which worked Sound's label, Open, both 'Throw' and unexpected. together as one complete entity, the craftily-reworked 'Climax' have Because no one could ever have 'Landcruising' collates nine tracks of built on the success of 'Remake' to gain predicted that the stylistic tropisms of pure, visionary techno which segue and critical acclaim as the vanguard of the such a small group of individuals, hard-edit their way across an imaginary latest move to reunite the dance music however talented, would have landscape, combining the lush synthetics tribes. An open mind, after all, is just as disseminated such compelling influence of Yello and Kraftwerk with the free­ much a prerequisite of house music as it around the world. Whether it's The thinking iconoclasm of modern Detroit. is of techno and jungle. Connection Machine in Holland, or the It isn't an immediate album. But it's one "Four or five years ago, you could really angular abstractions of labels like Sahko

30 Generator and Dum in Finland, Tresor in Berlin or Soma in Glasgow, the sound of Detroit, and, in particular, the wildly visionary music of Carl Craig and his closest allies, has penetrated every corner of the avant-garde underground. The picture of a different future which was once shared exclusively by them, has spread around the world and has, perhaps, become something different. So it's easy to understand the sense of loss which pervades any conversation about Detroit's golden age. Even easier to understand the kind of reticence when it comes to talking about their music, which many of the city's artists share. Somehow, it all seems to contribute to the music. There's definitely something in this water which does compute. Think about any of the recent releases from Detroit. The music has become brightei; boldei; deeper and wider. More abstract, more lucid than at any time since the beginning of the decade. With 'Landcruising', Carl Craig has proved that fechno still has territory worth exploring and boundaries which are still worth challenging. So Carl Craig isn't about to stop making music. In fact, there will be a Paperclip People EP due on Open sometime soon. In the meantime, Carl's remix of Yello's 'La Habanera' is released this month as part of Polydor's "Four or five years ago, you could really feel 'Hands On Yello' collection. It seems like he's come full circle. It was, after the connection between Detroit and Chicago. all, Yello's technical hirits with which he We really had good times ... We'd all go to began his recording career. Now he's remixing them. If anything, this is just Chicago for a couple of days. There'd be a the end of the first chapter because his debut album marks the start of a whole whole lot of different stuff going on but we new beginning. Somewhere in Detroit, there's the sound built inter-relations between the two cities. It of a car door slamming. A key turns in the ignition and an engine purrs into wasn't a case of thinking about what was life. AI, the car pulls onto East Jefferson going to be big. It was a case of thinking about Avenue, the driver slips a cassette into the player. A cool, drive-time symphony what was good." tumbles from the speakers, full of breathy strings and heart-tugging lead­ lines. By the time he arrives at his destination, just under four minutes later, the music has finished. It's his own personal soundtrack for the carefully-timed journey downtown and it's called 'Landcruising'.

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It's four o'clock in the morning about an hour outside of the city. All Vasquez are renowned for doing it and and we're in a kebab house in the the djs there were so competitive, they last night, DJ Pierre did it too. From centre of Glasgow. Nathaniel Jones is didn't want me to dj because they were Masters at Work's jazz-house classic trying to find out what on earth he's scared. They didn't want me to take 'Our Mute Horn' to the vocal delights about* to eat and the owner's half­ their spotlight. However, just after I put of Robert Owens' 'Bring Down The Turkish, half-Glaswegian accent isn't out 'Acid Tracks', this guy called Lil' Walls'. From the old skool tough-talk helping. In the end he decides he's so Louis hooked me up with a party in the of 'Seven Ways To Jack' to fond hungry he just doesn't care and takes city. After that, it was still political, recollections with Roy Ayers and Gil what he's given. other people wouldn't hire me, they'd Scott Heron. Farley and Heller met the For someone who's just played a say, "You dj for Louis, we can't hire new Chicago sound of Relief and The spell-binding three hour set at you". I'm appreciative to him for giving Bucketheads met Mike Inc .. "When I Glasgow's Voodoo Room and who di­ me that first start in Chicago. He dj, I want people to think that they've ed for a gruelling six hours the night helped me a great deal because his never heard anything like it before. I'll before at Hard Times, DJ Pierre looks parties were always the biggest. There'd play deep until they're yearning for surprisingly lively. As we start to talk he be four or five thousand people in a something harder and then I'll take it bravely tackles his pizza, piled high warehouse and just me playing for six up and it'll mean so much more. I'll with kebab meat, not quite knowing hours, then Louis for six." play old vocal tracks by introducing old what to expect. I feel the same way as I A far cry from corporate clubbing instrumentals beforehand, because if look at this small and unassuming dj in Britain today where any all-night you get them thinking about that point from the suburbs of Chicago, the co­ extravaganza has to have a different in time by playing tracks, the vocal founder of acid house, the man behind pin-up star every hour and the thought means so much more." the Wild Pitch sound, the distorted of having only two names on the bill is Back in the States where cities like disco groove that the New Yorican plainly... unthinkable? Longer sets give Chicago, Detroit and New York each skool of DJ Duke and Co. owe so much djs the chance to make a night out have their own distinctive sound, what to. So how did he do it? How did he more than just a night out, to turn do people make of the man who can get here? clubbing into an unbelievable create a sugar-sweet vocal cut and then "In the beginning I used to have experience. They provide the drop a track like the Slam mix of problems because I was from the opportunity to entertain and educate, to 'House of Virginism' when he's playing suburbs and all the big parties were in showcase the vast range of styles which out? "In New York people don't Chicago. l wasn't from there. I lived exist inside dance music. Djs like Junior promote tracks like that, so when I go

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"It doesn't matter what into a record store and ask for what's on that", so he played new, they don't even have those type of music it is, I'll just around With the chords. But records. You have to realise, in the it's all his track, it's him and circle I hang with, the people aren't like play it at the speed I play I think it really fits him. me. I like to play everything. I get into There's a lot of me in there all kinds of shit. It doesn't matter what at. I play a lot of music too, but he brought a type of music it is, I'll just play it at the different side to it. I think speed I play at. I play a lot of music that's considered techno, I he's got his own vibe. The that's considered techno, I just play it track's definitely not just slower. Just like people who play the just play it slower" mine. I hate it when people Wild Pitch stuff fast". say that and it happens all Pierre's productions have always been the time. I see it in the that way, part house, part techno. No charts, it says 'DJ Pierre - neat catagorisation. k. part of Phuture Dance Dance' and it's not he was responsible for the original acid my track, it's his track. sound, with the hard-hitting techno­ Plenty of times, I work with funk of 'Add Tracks', as weJI as people and they like to say recording the dark, vocal meanderings it's all mine, they like to of 'We AI.e Phuture" along with Darrel credit me for the whole Lewis. But, as much as he loved doing track, that and old stuff too. tracks he loved vocal records too and Like with acid, they say DJ wrote the lyrics to Pierre's Pfantasy Pierre created acid, but it Club's 'Dream Girl' after a fifteen year wasn't me alone. It was me old Felix da House Cat played him the and this guy named Spank music down the 'phone. Later on, once Spank and this guy named Pierre had moved to his current home Herb, the whole group in New Jersey, his love of vocals Phuture." returned with Photon Inc.'s 'Give a Whether alone or with Little Love' and the more recent others DJ Pierre has made collaboration with his wife Lavette, the kind of records which 'Muzik Set You Free' on Tribal. The make a difference. From the Phuture tracks continued on Strictly original Photon Inc. track Rhythm with 'Rise From Your Grave', 'Generate Power', which 'Inside Out' and 'Mental Breakdown' started the Wild Pitch ball maintaining the obsession for deep, rolling, to the main cut on spoken vocals over stripped-down steely his latest EP for Strictly beats and haunting strings. Rhythm, 'Da Bomb (Blow It Unlike the djs in Chicago, way back my wife and I told him he should do Up)', he's been consistently innovative in 1987, Pierre's not jealous or some house stuff, but he didn't really and de'vastating on the dancefloor. But, protective about his style, even with know anything about it. So one day, as the bill arrives and I'm trying to get artists like Nate Williams, Roy Davis after I was finished doing a track, I a grip on the number of killer cuts he's Jnr. and Felix da Housecat putting out gave him some sounds to see what he sculpted and the range of styles that he such a wealth of tracks, all with that could come up with. We had this disk can get into, there's one more thing I unmistakable Wild Pitch vibe. "Nate's a with a couple of thousand samples on it need to know from this dean-cut good friend of mine, we go way way and he sampled a drum loop and suburban knight. Where on earth did back. He used to go to all the parties in started messing around with it and the name DJ Pierre come from? He Chicago with me. Every time I dj-ed, making it sound kinda crazy. I said, gives a wry smile, "Pierre's my middle him and this dude named Clint that he "yeah, that sounds good, now we need name, I didn't like the name Nathaniel, used to kick with would come to the a bassline". So I went to the keyboard it didn't have no flow to it. It just club. It's good that he's finally doing and started messing around and came wasn't funky." I should have guessed! some music." up with a bassline. The roles were It was Pierre who also introduced reversed. I'm used to directing other Photon Inc.'s 'Blast Project' is out now Danell Dixon to house. "Yeah, he's a people and now I'm helping him in a on Strictly Rhythm. A selection of keyboard player I know. He plays keyboard fashion. It was weird. So I'm Phuture tracks is featured on the mostly R&B. He was out at my house playing this bassline and thinking, current Rumour compilation 'Acid and we were working on an album for "yeah this is a groove, put some chords Flashback'.

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Dimitri inspires the kind of devotion .> normally associated with over-zealous r / religious movements - a cultish, fiercely loyal following who show an unswerving 1,t' ./' / aHiegance to their chosen faith. In Dimitri's case however, these aren't blind I adherents ready to follow their guru down whichever dead-end their musical dogmatism might take them. Their one commandment is good music, a stratagem acted out by the faithful for the past four years at his regular Thursday night in Amsterdam's Roxy. "Hi-Tee Soul Movement is the basis of everything I do," he says. "It's like a family - I can't leave it for too long." Along with his Wednesday's at The Richter, Dimitri has shaped the sound of Amsterdam at the sweaty, intimate nights held in The Roxy, an old cinema not far from the red light district. For a country better known perhaps for the hardcore mayhem of Rotterdam, his set list is surprising. Dimitri gleefully traverses musical borders with the ease of some coked-out diplomat in search of the ultimate in ambassadorial I receptions. Including techno, disco, house and I garage in his well-travelled flight-case, Jr he blends the ingredients to create his j own funked-up concoction. i :\ •, I Namechecking Detroit hero, Carl Craig ,4' and godfather of Chicago house, Chip ,, E. as his biggest musical influences, he describes his approach to dj-ing as "like styles, all the music I play can be A double pack, 'Solid Sessions' on ' telling a story, the beginning lies with stripped down to one basic force - the B.E.S.T. (an offshoot of Outland), is the people there, to make them dance rhythm." With Carl Craig funking up due out next month to remind us just but I also want to make them think - the automated austerity which has who was there first. Sadly an infrequent it's all a message." rendered some recent techno sterile and visitor to these shores, Dimitri will be A message that, for Dimitri, is closely N.Y.C.'s finest Johnny Vicious and tearing himself away from his beloved bound up with '92's release on his own Armand Van Heiden taking house out Roxy long enough to take his rhythmic label, Outland. Dimitri and Jaimy's of the self-indulgent loop of squawking, mission to Club U.K. and Bristol's 'Don't Be A Prisoner Of Your Style' is as disco diva samples into the fiercer Lakota soon. Don't worry if you can't close to a rigid statement of intent that sounds of dark garage, house is make it along as Dimitri is featured on Dimitri gets. But what is it that congeals developing a unity not seen since the the latest instalment of Brainiak's these disparate elements into the cogent earliest days when dance floors lacked Journeys By DJ series - a timely force that, far from leaving dancefloors the bigoted segregation of today. reminder that there's more to standing in confused bewilderment, Standing at the crossroads, Dimitri Amsterdam than tooling around on a sends people completely loopy? "It's no clocked this convergence of styles a long rickety pushbike off your face on coincidence that I play these different way off and has prepared himself well. spacecake. Hugo Fluendy

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Text Gavin Hills

Good nights out are over-rated. Anyone spent with the lights off and no one masse, heading down a valley, through can have a good night out. Memories of saying a word. The silence was fields. Our eyes fixed on the tents fine times are ten-a-penny nowadays. eventually broken by the Spanish riot ahead, my rabbit ears waving proudly There's nothing big or clever about police breaking down the door and in the evening air like a pair of fluffy enjoying yourself. With the wide batoning us against the wall. white bananas. All of a sudden the availability of euphoric substances and Returning to the club next evening I sound of dogs are heard. I turn behind the recent price drop in litre bottles of was showered by a hail of thrown to see a pack of Alsatians chasing us, vodka, it's now quite possible to have a glasses. I left soon after, never to return. unleashed by the forces of law and decent night out in a phone box or a bus order. What I don't see is that I am stop. No, it's bad nights out which are the The Proddy Club (Antrim} - Ten pints leading everybody, at break neck speed, real art form. There lies the spirit of of lager and a large orange sash please. into a barbed wire fence. I leap head adventure and the sweet fruits of I am the innocent party in a dispute first and rocket over the top of the knowledge. I've travelled far and wide in over some guy's pig ugly girlfriend. She fence, shredding my legs on the spikes. search ofthe most terrible of nights, and asked me to buy her a drink, I, like Mr The rave is cancelled. We retreat to a now I see fit to share with you my Paisley, say no. She tells her brute of a 'hot tip alternative' night out which experiences. Not as a warning, but as an boyfriend about this. I am stuck in a turns out to be one strobe and a ghetto inspiration. A hope that you, like me, will Biffa Bacon world. If I'd offered to buy blaster in a building site in Bow. It's not waste your life merely in seeking the her a drink I would hav·e been twatted freezing cold and I develop chilblains in vacuous pit of 'good times', but take the for chatting her up. I am now about to my legs as they are unclothed by my challenge, sip from the sancgrail, and be twatted for insulting her. Luckily I warm rabbit fur. swallow the bloody juices that make up am saved by the DJ putting 'Hi Ho the entity of human existence. Soon you Silver Lining' on. Every one gets on the The Youth Club (Leyton) -After will realise a bad night out is that most table and sings "Hi Ho, we love attending several raided or cancelled precious of things, a rarity, a joy, an Ulster." I make my exit. events, we follow the car of a friend of a enlightening remembrance. A bad night friend who thinks he knows where out is good to find. Energy (somewhere off the M25) -The something is on. We arrive at Leyton police are everywhere. Luckily the tents Youth Club all completely smashed on Bananas (Magalut) - After taking acid and fairground attractions of these what appear to be very strong Es. The with some friends we decided to use outdoor 'raves' are clearly in sight. two pound entry fee seems reasonable our two-for-one cocktail tickets at this Music is to be heard and if we can only although the music appears very Hitman "best disco in Majorca". After a quick make it through the police lines a good and Her: The room is pitch black except birdie dance and a few agadoos a large night will be on the cards. For some for a huge 'Just Say No To Drugs' man from 'Carlisle Service Crew' reason, which my memory has happily banner that is fluorescing under a UV decided to punch our fucking Cockney blurred, I am dressed as a rabbit. My light. I soon realise that the oldest heads in. We were chased out of the ears prove a rallying banner for those person in the room is about fifteen, that club and up the road by a gang of who seek to get into the illicit fields. I is the oldest who isn't a parent of one of twenty rioting Cumbrians. After take on the role of commander and lead the kids there. As we are the only ones making it back to the hotel we a charge against the police lines. We are dancing, and probably the only ones managed to barricade ourselves in our many, they are few. We succeeded in who paid, the DJ (someone's dad) comes hotel room. A paranoid half hour was breaking the thin blue line. We surge en over and asks us what records we'd like

38 Generator to heaL All E'd up with enthusiasm we make tea with, not the kind you smoke. They start to play 'Ride On Time' pick some real club classics, like I am tripping my nuts off, so is he. He through them. Dancers are advised to 'anything by Simple Minds'. After a nose comes up to me and pulls a knife out of remove their guns to prevent accidents. up in the bogs we fear we might be his bum-bag and announces, "Hi, I'm The place swings. I meet the most rumbled as it becomes apparent the Johnny and I'm going to kill you!." Life attractive woman in the world. She community police officer is one of the is imitating fiction. I am very, very smiles at me. We spend the evening organisers. He brings around a tray of scared. We stand motionless while the sighing. We don't speak the same coke: Sainsbury's coke in plastic beakers. system blares out 'Ride A White Horse.' language. I sleep, drunk, cold, alone. He asks us if we have seen the anti-drugs I am saved by the presence of a lady Mosquitoes feast on my pale corpse. I video next door. We try not to gum too who tells me that Sarah has completely wake in a dust storm with snot as black much as we run for the exit. freaked and needs walking back to her as coal. hotel. I break from the trance, free A Hippy House (Goa) - I've spent the myself from Johnny's madness, go to Silvers Luanda (Angola)- I am the day reading the Martin Amis novel the toilet, then walk this girl home. The youngest in the club. Phil Collins fills 'Dark Secrets'. The book is about a trip home is odd. Sarah keeps looking at the air. I drink a cheap local spirit bunch of hippies and a situationist mass me and asking "What are you playing which takes me to an almost murder. The climax of the book ends in at?" Every so often she breaks down in psychedelic high. South African some ghastly murders and the revelation tears and says she's going mad. I walk mercenaries and fat UN officials dance that the murderer is called 'Johnny'. In her to her door then decide to go home. with local prostitutes. After being the evening I attend a party in some As I walk along silently I stare down at propositioned for a threesome in the hippy's house in deepest Goa. I am my feet. It is then I see the shrivelled UNICEF barracks I walk home. It is given 'Kerala' grass: the strongest weed mass of my penis sticking out my jeans. beyond curfew and I am shot at by known to man. It is so strong I believe I was wearing boxer shorts, the jeans police. I return to my hostel to find my that my drink must have been spiked had a button fly. I had forgotten to put friend delirious with malaria. Blood is with acid earlier. I enter the dancefloor my dick back after my slash. pouring from his mouth as he has and spot the tough guy from collapsed and banged his head on the Middlesborough who I sold my opium Segunda Mountes Refugee Camp toilet. I fall asleep, waking three days to the night before. I had neglected to Chapel (El Salvador) - The priest puts a later in a pile of vomit and my own tell him it was the kind of opium you couple of huge speakers on his altar. crap. Top, eh?

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"It's always been there. You just have ability to be opinionated. Think how the very beginning, we got classed as a to find it." many interviews you've read that could band 'cos we were recording with Robert Leiner, The Source. have been written by press officers Gypsy." desparately chasing the headline A bit of history. You've almost he story of Havana might sound "Deadly but dull". Like why is certainly heard of Havana - maybe familiar. The events all occurred eveybody being so nice? you've heard they were Scotland's Tover the last few years, but it's a But Tony Scott is Glaswegian to pioneers of what's now dismissively story which resounds through the the very end of his tumbling wet-curls, termed "progressive house", that history of popular music over the last and that means getting on with the peculiarly British moment when house forty years. The characters change, the local tradition of saying what you music got bouncy, cheery, tribal, and song remains the same. It's a story of bloody well mean. So we're sat in the deep without going overboard. Maybe youthful exuberance tempered with living room cum studio of his partner you know them as flagbearers for naivete. Of chance encounters, lucky Richie Millar's flat, there's a shar-pei Scotland's biggest dance label, Limbo. breaks and over-burdening success. dog casually snoring in one corner, a Maybe you just thought they were yet Comfortable record sales, countered by pirhana filching languidly around his another faceless production duo too uncomfortable self-questioning and tropical tank in the other, the turtles are steeped in conformity, and too absent confusion. A story of rediscovery and next door, and all is quiet. Except Tony. from the live circuit to be worth reinvention, of one band's quest for a There's just too much shit gone down checking. Or maybe, just maybe, you've truthful aesthetic, the freedom of self­ and being in Glasgow, you don't get been following them from the start of expression in the face of a opportunities to offer mitigating their careers. commercialism which corrupts. It's circumstances. "Unfortunately, Billy If you have you'll already know that about the journey rather than the (Kiltie, head honcho supreme of their their debut 'Schtoom', released back in

Text Calvin Bush Photography Brian Sweeney destination, the search for redemption Limbo label) doesn't play or buy the 1991, was, after Siam's debut 'Eterna' rather than the fulfillment of ambition. music we buy so he doesn't respect the the year before, the catalyst that put The first chapters are barely completed, people we respect. It's a totally different Scottish house on the global map. "At but thus far, it looks like we could be in league. It's a bit like Future Sound of the time Sasha and Fabi Paras were very for a happy ending. This is the story of London, when they were on that really trendy" explains Tony, "so obviously Havana, and a million other casualties crap label, Jumpin and Pumpin, and you were looking at them. And maybe of the fickle vicissitudes of the music they were very different from all the some of the American guys like industry, and it starts in a cramped other stuff on it." Justification, self­ Morales, and of course Leftfield, so it living room deep in Glasgow's suburban defence, the zealous need to just was like a fusion." 'Schtoom' was, southside. explain. You get the feeling some of this quite simply, enormous. For the first "You know, we only ever made stuff has been bottled up for quite some time, Scotland was where everyone was records to get gigs as djs." Tony Scott is time. looking, bandying around phrases like the talkative one in Havana. When he's It's always been there. Just that this is "the young sound of Scotland" and riding the conversation, all you can do the first time Havana have found the "the heirs of Postcard". This was the is hold on tight, and go with it. When courage to talk about it. Ask them time of tribal house - classics like God made techno/house musicians, for about the origins of Havana and Richie Mombassa's 'Cry Freedom' and of the most part, he left out one crucial will tell you, with a sigh, that "people course, Gat Decor's 'Passion' were the characteristic, as gods do when they kind of imagined us as these guys soundtrack - and Havana had create the world while trying to watch standing there with guitars and drums inadvertantly found themselves in its the footie : he forgot to include the and white gloves and a dj. Right from vanguard. The follow up, 'Shift', was

40 Generator almost as big. intuition for the sound of the younger then. We were still a bit wet Tony: "The funny thing is that Soma underground was held back by their behind the ears." Richie: "I think we actually wanted to put 'Schtoom' out, lack of musical skills. The result was a were always too cautious of our next but they didn't decide quick enough. reliance on Graham, whose preference step to really look." They used to take ages to give you an for the more listener-friendly sound of The massive success of 'Ethnic Prayer' answer, and Billy decided first." classy pop-style dance meant a clash brought the internal turmoil to crisis "We just couldnae wait" adds Richie was inevitable. Now that Drinnan's point. Something had to be done. "and basically we just thought we were relocated to London, they feel easier Unlike so many of their so lucky to get a record out." talking about those early days, doing so contemporaries, Havana sussed pretty The early sound of Havana, however, with an openness that verges on quickly where the whole progressive was the sound of compromise and contempt. Reflecting on their third house" movement was leading. "We uncertainty, and it's one that Tony and single, the Tears for Fears-sampling had to move on" says Richie "or we'd Richie seek endlessly to justify. As they 'Ethnic Prayer', they refer to it have been on the tip, or signed to some laugh ironically, " everyone had us dismissively as 'Ethnic Cheddar'. major making cheddar." pegged as the anthem kings of the Tony: "To be honest, after the first Having poked their heads over the club". record was so big, and the second one parapets of mass success and heard the From the beginning, the two had still does the busines, everyone's relying fanfares gening louder, they clamped worked with engineer Graham on the third. So we were kind of stuck their hands over their ears and Drinnan, better known as Gypsy. It was in the whole hype thing. And we still screamed. This wasn't what they'd left a classic set-up - the two djs whose wanted it, of course, 'cos we were a lot their bike and van courier jobs for.

Generator 41 They'd always been best friends at so far. Sliding effortlessly from the school, sharing the same vinyl fantasies, adrenalised hard-loop delirium of and they still did. Meaning Underground Chicago house on 'Hitch' and 'Infinite' Resistance, the original mind-whoosh of to the sublime Detroit glide-by aquatics acid house, the future sound of Detroit, of 'Soul Plates', working its way around the subversive life-blood of electronic the darker areas of the ultra-modern adventurism... and not the whole dance-floor without ever hiding in the "party-house ethic" which had corners, and culminating in the gentle infiltrated· the sound of British house masterpiece of fluttering breakbeat funk music like a viral infection. They took a of 'The Jeet', 'Hitch' should be the one break and when they returned with the that finally makes people realise that this "Condensed" double-pack, you could pair have escaped the shadow cast over hear in the angst-ridden rasp of the them by their past reputation. rawer production a band determined to "I think we're starting to find our own avenge past mistakes. This was the new sound now" Tony ventures, visibly more Havana, hoovering up the whole at ease with talking about this stuff, "I spectrum of sounds they were hearing in think the best career move we could the clubs they liked and spraying them have made is to come up with a good back into tracks that tempered generic album, and we've done that. And we're adherence with emotive individuality. already working our second album, Remember, these are the boys who've which is miles away from this one. But been running clubs all round Scotland we're always taking steps." for the last few years, bringing up the The new Havana are more attuned likes of Luke Slater and Steve Bicknell to the mid-nineties' need for diversity, simply to satisfy their curiosity and "I think we're the propulsive desire to fuse without because no-one else would. That strait­ prejudice. So now they're talking bravely jacket of the 'prog-house' tag can be a starting to find our of asking 4 Hero to remix 'The Jeet' - hard one to shake, but you can't fault they met Gus while dj-ing as guests of them for determination. own sound now... Josh Wink out in Philadelphia, and were After a brief trial with another Limbo inspired by the fact that "he isn't one of engineer, Stuart Crichton (better known I think the best those guys who just talks about music for the unashamed crowd-pleasers as all the time." They're remembering the Solo, and dismissed by Tony as "Hue career move we long-lost Ready for Dead ambient track and Crichton"), they finally found which got licensed to R&S and has someone who could translate their could have made is remained in the Belgian vaults. Maybe influences fluently - Aberdeen's Chris they'll remix it for a future release. Cowie. Nowadays, they have to travel to come up with a "Maybe that's what we need to do. just to get in the studio, but for the Shock a few people instead of blending peace of mind and musical testament it good album, and in" says Tony. For a minute, I can see brings, Tony swears it's easily worth the he's thinking about what he's just said. hassle. "I mean this is a compliment to we've done that." The thoughts of a past remembered not Chris. He's learnt from us talking and so fondly still hurt sometimes. He falls playing him records. Now we're doing are just the studio excesses of Tony and silent. And then, after a few moments of most of our mixes live, especially the Richie gone solo. Somewhere along the self-doubt, he smiles, nods his head, and more loop type records." line, Remould and Space Buggy also you can see the mute determination The result has been such a huge enter the equation. They won't say written large across his face. Time to get increase in output that it's time it was which is by who, or even admit to real. Time to fulfil. Time to show the brought out in the open. Just another authorship as far as some of the projects world what Havana is all about. The part of the resurrection shuffle. Out on a are concerned. All part of the process of first chapter has drawn to a close. The Limb is Limbo's 'underground' arm, distancing themselves from their past, second one looks destined for a plot of where the cloak of anonymity masks and Limbo's present while validating intrigue, white-knuckle grooves and identity and allows the label to indulge a themselves in the eyes of the purist seering tear-ups down the dark tunnel of little. Except that most of the stuff out devotees of the stringent underground. mystery into the unknown. To be so far, including Manual's storming 'In­ Their de but album, 'Hitch', continued• Sense' and F2's 'Dominica' (chosen by however, should prove to be the high­ Dave Angel for the next X-Mix project) point of their remarkable rejuvenation 'Hitch' is out now on Limbo Records.

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f On-U-Sound had a family tree, it been, according to Adrian Sherwood, "a and you'll find the seventeen year old would cover the rainforest. Taking in crack and a laugh", but there's a ring of Sherwood at the helm of a ILee 'Scratch' Perry, The Pop Group, truth which has echoed right up until label/distribution company by the name The Slits, PiL, Prince Far I and some of now. of Carib Gems. Along with his three rap music's finest, it would touch every Adrian Sherwood; producer and partners they worked labels like Trojan, form of music which has had any mixer extraordinaire. Linch-pin to one Virgin, Click and batches of Jamaican cultural impact over the past thirty of the most creative musical banks to imports to the tune of a few thousand a years. And when On-U were putting have emerged from the British music week, until a year later a few mistakes records out in the early eighties, their scene over the past twenty years, fifteen and some untimely bad debts left them covers proclaimed they were recordings of which have seen On-U-Sound bankrupt. But whilst under the Carib for the nineteen nineties. Were On-U Recordings issue some of the most Gems banner, Sherwood, who was really ten years ahead? It would appear radical and triumphant takes on selecting all the music which appeared so, judging by today's dubbed-out modern music to be channelled through on the label, first encountered some of measurements and mekanikal hip-hop these ears. Happy Birthday On-U. the characters with whom he would climate, the futuristic labelling may have Rewind selector. Spin back to 1975 later work. One of those selections was

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Prince Far I's legendary 'Psalms' album. "That's how I met him" says Adrian. "I went to Birmingham and I heard he wanted to see me. I got there and people were telling me he was in the next shop and he wanted to kill me! But I met him and we got on great." Further labels followed in the shape of Hit Run, Creation Rebel and 4-D Rhythms - for which Creation Rebel's much acclaimed 'Starship Africa' first appeared as a limited pressing alongside 4D's other act, The Mothmen, who metamorphosed into Simply Red. Then in 1980 and still in debt, Sherwood founded On-U-Sound with Kishi Yamamoto (his wife at the time) and partners Pete Holdsworth, Lizard, Creation Rebel's Tony Phillips and future Jamiroquai sound engineer Martin Harrison. Generally ignored for their first efforts (a London Underground/New Age Steppers 7" and a batch of now highly collectable 10- inchers), they nonetheless attracted the together comprised the skin-tight identification still eludes them. interests of artists like PIL, The Slits backing band for the groundbreaking "Most of our records have been mad and The Pop Group who all made the eighties rap outfit, The Sugarhill Gang, a instrumental records and too weird for connection with On-U's rebellious whole new episode began. the general public. You have to bear in stance. Collaborations followed, some Sherwood first met the trio in '83 at mind that most people don't really like of which still continue to this day. his first and final New Music Seminar, music, it's a social thing for them, they Hypnotised by reggae music, under orders from Kishi to bring them listen to a bit of music but their life isn't Sherwood's early interpretations took the back to England. As Tackhead and its consumed by it. To them it's a noise and form off at new tangents, twisting its travelling live sound system, Sherwood they either like thar noise or they don't. system up into soundscapes which drew co-produced their sample-crazed There are thousands of very serious inspirationally from Lee Ferry's armoury and once the political and music-heads in Britain who are very psychedelic collages and King T ubby's observational rantings of Bristolian critical, they're the ones who feed us." sonic sound barrages, often polishing brickie Gary Clail were installed, they "We're like a musical equivalent of this carefree, yet disciplined, approach were an awesome combination. someone like Jean Luc Goddard" with an almost metallic sheen and Around him Sherwood has attracted deliberates Pete Holdsworth, an ex­ rounding it off with distorted thunder. and built a team of adept musicians member of On-U band London The New Age Steppers (featuring ex-Slits with a common denominator of mutual Underground, who has been partnering vocalist Ari-Up), Creation Rebel, Singers respect. Musically accomplished, highly Adrian since the 4-D days, "who & Players, African Head Charge, were influential and with such a background everybody checks, though his films all on a parallel with Sherwood's ideas script, you would surely have expected aren't commercially successful. It's a and when he hooked up with the by now to have found On-U on higher similar kind of thing. People love us but renowned trio of Keith Leblanc, Doug ground, but even though they have we don't sell records in corresponding Wimbish and Skip McDonald, who magnetised a cult following, wider amounts".

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The present situation may mean more Sherman cuts, which amalgamates string Everybody obviously thinks they're kudos than sales, but judging by their sections recorded in Bollywood (the good, everyone thinks their thing's cool, forthcoming programme for this year heart of Bombay's film industry) with but I'm really confident about the things alone and with dance music embracing Indian and Western percussion. And if we're doing." more electro, hip-hop and dub that's not enough to keep any On-U­ On a Sherwood mix there may be a influences, the climate is gradually head going, he'll begin attempting to thousand different candles burning. The changing in On-U's favour. follow up African Head Charge's last live punch-in's volume variations, and "I love it at the moment because it's two stunning albums, offering "pure effects, co-mingle to pack a potent all coming round our way" says Adrian spirit" as the sow·ce for its approach. punch. Watching Sherwood mix, the who with the first three African Head On-U have always released albums at confidence is evident as he moves swiftly around the board with "We're now assured precision. No­ one can touch him for in the sheer-hand speed. . . Anybody else in the same seat and it would sound pos1t1on to like a mess. This year, by their own be able to admission, they've "taken it all a bit more do things in seriously" and expanded. They've got the will and the way they've got a new studio. In the heart of sunny we'd like to Walthamstow where the plot for East Enders was do them... " surely hatched, sits the hottest control room in Charge albums alone, produced extra­ a phenomenal rate, something which has town. For its approach and attitude terrestrial sheets of sound and scientific often bemused distant onlookers. alone, never mind the glorious sound, rhythms that would still shame some of Sherwood's reckless abandon in taking it's prompted esteemed reggae historian today's efforts. "It could be Little Axe on projects is reflected not only in On­ Steve Barrow (well-known for his work this year, or it could be Bim Sherman, it U's own releases, but his characteristic in compiling Trojan records' historical could be Akabu or Two Bad Card next production and remix tricks which are collections in the late eighties and early year, or it could be Madelaine Edgehill woven into everyone from Cabaret nineties) to proclaim it the closest to who's a phenomenal talent." Voltaire, Ministry and Depeche Mode to anything in JA. Aside from these offerings, there's a Sons Of Arqua and the lesser known "We're now in the position to be able new offshoot label, Pressure Sounds, on Che. By these standards, On-U works to do things in the way we'd like to do which some of the original reggae music more on the premise of classic labels like them", says Pete, citing the Bollywood which has inspired the On-U party will Stax, Watts and Motown, and their idea trip as a prime example of their be issued. The first release, a of in-house rhythm sections - the team expanding freedom. "It's incredible for a compilation of material culled from of McDonald, Wimbish and Leblanc, company of this size to be taking on early seventies producer Leonard 'Santic' who were constructing electro hip-hop projects like that. We've muddled and Chin, will be followed by the legendary from robotic pans long before the blundered through, somehow, and Prince Far I LP 'Dub To Africa'. spares were so readily available, turning collected together a band of outsiders Alongside this major project, the 'Pay It in a hefty percentage of On-U's output. who are all getting on." All Back' series will reach Volume 5 as "Normally we've got three or four "If we were a football team, who "a real return to form". There'll be projects going at any given time and we would we be?" ponders Bobby albums from Dub Syndicate, Japan's jump from one to another so we don't Marshall, another On-U old schooler Audio Active, Akabu, Two Bad Card - get bored. But we don't just knock this who is very much part of the bubbling Sherwood's first real digital reggae shit out," says Sherwood. "We really do vibe which circles On-U studios. album - a Mark Stewart album for Mute spend a lot of time on our projects. "We'd probably be Wimbledon, much which sees the former Pop Group Perhaps sometimes it would be better if 1 as I hate them!" roars Pete. "Fifteen frontman returning to the acerbic style just concentrated on one thing. We may years of the long-ball game!" which tore through his first solo outings, spread ourselves a bit thin occasionally, Park football it may be, but how come an acoustic set of old and new Bim but I'm proud of what we've done. Van Basten's wearing number nine? •

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"I messed about for ages in bands. When I was about and 'Phat Lab Nightmare' was released. He then bought thirteen, I played drums in a band called The Hate a sampler, and his modus operandi changed. His first Brothers. Then I played bass for somebody else. We got album 'Throbbing Pouch' ("maybe I had a big packet of as far as Exeter. Then I met Jeremy Simmonds who had Golden Virginia at the time") - which has just been a four-track and it just progressed from there." released - is the sweetest, phunky, flighty-yet-blunted Hailing from Falmouth in Cornwall, Luke Vibert (aka jazzy-techno. It gives 'Ninja Cuts' or Mo Wax's 'Headz' Wagon Christ) is explaining a musical expression that a serious run for its money in the spliffed-cool stakes has led him to sunny Clapton in north east London and (yes, James Lavelle has been onto him), but don't call it a rosy future in techno. trip-hop: words can't do justice to the beauty of these Scratching in a breakbeat album over keyboards and blue, nightowl grooves which the dance cognoscenti are bass, the duo gave a tape to a schoolfriend of Luke's now picking up on. who was setting up his own record label. His label Words don't always come easy to Luke, either. Like partner happened to be one Richard James, genial his pal Richard James (check his Deep Gong remix on techno genius, and some upgrading of their the asthmatic Aphex Twin 'Ventolin' EP) he has noodling'n'scratchin' produced the deeply experimental difficulty naming tracks and so is prone to resort to 'Weirs' album for Rephlex as Vibert/Simmonds. something, well, a bit silly. Expect his Mo'Wax moniker Having pretended on the phone to Rising High that he to be something like Chinese Landlady Car Vandal. was an ambient artist, he quickly recorded some tracks Carl Loben

SPEEDY J heights; flowing from the energy of the people to go in certain directions, which I dancefloor on an ether-bound electro-glide. try to avoid. Since I've been here in London "It still amazes me that people would be Believing that his musical growth is I think I've heard the word "jungle" about a interested in what I think," says Jochem Intrinsically bound up with his geographic thousand times. Everyone is being Paap a.k.a Speedy J. "For me my music says location, (much of 'G Spot' was conceived influenced by it. I try to ignore that kind of it all really." And if that's the case then his during a convalescent stay in Lanzarote) pressure but sometimes it's very difficult. new album, 'G Spot' is doing a lot of talking. Jochem regards the close knit scene in There isn't so much of a scene in the A powerful follow up to l 993's stunning London as a potentially limiting factor. Netherlands because although all the debut 'Ginger', Jochem's latest offering is a "I think if you're an artist it's a very people doing this kind of music do know smoother affair than the crunching individual point which you have to get each other, we're pretty isolated. I think it's technofunk of its predecessor. The across," he explains. "So if you get really healthy because, in many ways, previously erratic edge has been replaced influenced by other people you're more making my kind of music is a solitary thing. by a well-rounded pulsing groove, laced likely to end up with every musician saying The freedom from any scene allows me the throughout with a jazz-fusion undercurrent. the same thing. What people think of you space to do what I feel without worrying Light years away from his earliest solo also has an influence, so in that way I'm in a whether or not it will fit in with other outings like 'Lift Off' and 'Take Me There', continual predicament because there's people's ideas. In a lot of ways that's why I Jochem has taken his music to glorious new always pressure from the media or other chose 'G Spot' as the album title - it doesn't

48 Generator GLOBO McGregor and Steve Appleton, are in Norwich is just one more Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant. Not a bad place to unusual aspect of a band who start. A cultural t reasure trove of multi-layered celebrate the unexpected. Having meanings? A modern parable? A cop flick which released two singles last year on sparkles with multiple resonances? Think about that Hydrogen Dukebox, ' Beautiful scene in the chapel where Keitel moans like an Feeling' and the seductive animal in mortal agony. Is it a cry of anguish over 'Autosleeper', t hey've spent the t he nun's rape or simply rage at his own moral intervening period shuttling decline? Christ's presence before the altar. An image computer disks between their two of redemption? Or just a bad drug vision? Nothing is studios, crafting a breathtaking ever what it seems to be. And sometimes that's all it a lbum which combines ambient, ever is. Life as a mixed bag of cultural imperat ives, dub, minimalist techno and, of pop iconography and good turned to bad. course, The Beatles. This is the world which Globo inhabit. They took "They're something of an their name from a Brazilian t .v. station, their tracks obsession with me," explains have titles like 'Flirt With Fascism' and 'Ba n Mark. "On so many levels. What Everything', they collide a whole world full of they actually did, in t he years when they were influences and concepts in a thought-provoking around, was to start and finish pop music. The only melange of pure techno and ambient harmolodics. things which have been created outside of their They love The Beatles and hate censorship. Their influence, since then, have been rap and techno. new album is called 'Pro War' and yet they surround Apart from t hat, The Beatles defined everything." themselves with a humanitarian consciousness 'Pro War' is drenched with a series of infinite which is directly at odds with the ethics of violence. aesthetics. The melodic sensibilities of Lennon and They laugh with pleasure at the creative starbursts McCartney surface in the breathy funk of 'Wah Wah of Kraftwerk, Can and Devo and declare an interest Pedal', the theories of Levi Strauss preface 'Alive' and in pricking the conscience of superficial the rippling backbeats of 'Adult Channel' veer closer libertarianism. And their music is very, very good. to the sixties/ nineties paranoia of cable culture than "Everything we do, we try to load with resonance," the chemical-induced hedonism of modern dance. says Mark Wernham from his South London base. "Techno needs to split open f rom constraints," say "We're trying to push ideas into places you wouldn't Globo and t hey mean it. From Bad Lieutenant to The normally expect. We're quite aware that we're not Beat les, Globo want t o blur t he edges and kick-start obeying any rules and that's the way we want it to be. you r mind. Welcome to their world. The fact that Mark is based in South London while t he other membe rs of Globo, Paul Thompson, Ia n Cont act Globo at - http:// iuma.southern.com / HDB / /.

mea n anything in particular, unlike most t he mind t han t he body. I mean jazz fusion, elect ronic artists whose album t itles always funk and electro have always been a major have a obvious immediate reference to influence on me but not soul. Any warmth their music. 'G Spot' just doesn't fit in with on this album simply has to do with the fact people's expectat ions." t hat I was dealing with my feelings. The big Though 'G·Spot' slips through the difference between the first and second corridors of Detroit, creating a lush interi or albums is that the first album was really of sublime ambien ce and insistent rhythms, force d, I had a set idea on how I wanted it Jochem disagrees with descriptions of his to sound but with this one l just let it flow. I music which use terms like "warm" or had a starting point for each track but no "sou lfu l". set formula; so I wrote it to explore what I "I don'tt hink my music is like t hat," he feel rather than what I think." counters. 'To me, warm music is American Head music for t he soul, or soul music for soul. Some electronic artists have a strong the head, either way Speedy J hits the spot sense of soul in what they do; Ken ny Larkin every time. to an extent, and Carl Craig, he has a lot of soul in his st uff, but what I do is more for Martin James

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Caroline Lavelle is getting ready to play ambient landscapes. "All the mixes are by traditional and the experimental. The on 'Top of the Pops'. Inspecting her William," she admits. "I find it odd in the seemingly unlikely pairing of classical foundation-streaked face in a hand later mixes, since my input diminishes and folk sounds with ambient drum beats mirror, she launches into the interview and his increases, but it sounds great so I brings out an electronic pastorale which breezily but slightly nervously, "You'll don't mind! I think our strengths is both dreamy and stirring. Chilling out have to tell me what to do, I haven't compliment each other. He's strong in is a universal occupation: 'Spirit' beckons done this before.~ the places where I'm weak." you to lie back and lose yourself in Having accompanied the likes of Peter Caroline writes most of her own music, intimate harmonies and swirling Gabriel, The Cranberries, Boy George and and was responsible for eight out of the symphonies whatever your musical Alison Moyet on the cello, Caroline ten songs on her LP 'Spirit'. nwhen I first inclination. Lavelle has now started to sing. Her first started writing I'd write a backing track 'Moorlough Shore' is a perfect example solo single, 'Moorlough Shore', is about to and listen to it over and over again until of this: a traditional Irish folk song with be released, shortly followed by her the music told me what it was about. It an ambient fee\. "It's about this woman debut album, and she is obviously unused was about all kinds of odd things - who waited seven years for her lover to to all the attention. prostitutes framed for murder and stuff!" come back - who's probably off with "I'm amazed by the whole thing, really," An instinctual writer, Caroline is someone else! You'd think she'd know she says excitedly. "It's all starting to unwilling to tailor her music to fit into better, wouldn't you!" happen - we've done the video and any categories. ttl don't think I'm enough Suddenly Caroline looks at her watch everything. It's lovely! We went to Turkey of a craftsperson to craft a pop song, or a and screams. to do the shoot. Every day was a new and song directed in a particular way. I've "The clock's stopped! They're going to more wonderful way of getting tried it and it didn't turn out too well." kill me!" She's late for filming. Still completely wet and frozen. There was She laughs as she tells me about her grinning broadly, she hurriedly gathers this huge waterfall, and a sunset. It recording equipment. "The stuff I have at her make-up together. Flustered, slightly married really well with the music, it has home now is ancient, but the soul of the scatty and eternally eager, she has the an epic quality." music is there. I quite like that roughness. appealing honesty of an innocent Caroline's vocal talents were On the album there are two tracks I did propelled into a new, exciting and discovered by collaborator William Orbit at home - I'm sure on one of them you confusing future.

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when he heard her on a Massive Attack can hear a car go past!" Moving into her solo career with EP. "1 went into a studio thinking I was 'Spirit' reflects the sense of natural unassuming, somewhat bemused doing this cello thing for Massive Attack. spontaneity Caroline exudes as she enthusiasm, Caroline Lavelle is unsure of They'd asked for a tape for a friend, so I speaks. Her voice soars and cascades over the world she is entering, and the nature sent them a song. They booked a studio soft, haunting melodies, against a of its inhabitants. Who does she think her to do this track and no-one told me! ! got layered backdrop of classical instruments, music will appeal to? "It's difficult to say. there and I was doing the lead vocal. electronic sounds and dub beats. The I really like it, so people like me l That was when William first heard my sumptious cello tones lend depth and suppose. And William really likes it, so voice. Thank goodness he did!" richness to this contemporary landscape. people like William. If there is anybody · William signed Caroline to N-Gram and It's a juxtaposition that could signal like William." re-worked her breathy, folksy sound into the future: the marriage of the But is there anybody like Caroline ...?

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The chances are you probably still think ofdance music as basically a large British cottage industry. Lots oflittle labels managing to eke a living out ofselling two to three thousand white labels here and there? The odd five hundred quid out oflicensing a track to some godforsaken outback territory? Underground clubs filled with the hip cognoscenti checking out the elite grooves? Think again.

anee music- in all its forms - is now has enabled Suburban Base to establish a huge international concern. The itself in markets all around the world. It Department D Of Trade and Industry used to be unavoidable that an only recently credited the UK music independent label wanting to break into industry for the huge sums it generates new markets would need to go to a major overseas; in terms of export sales as well as to obtain the necessary muscle. As 'invisible' earnings like royalty payments. As Donnelly says; "I've had major labels usual dance music is at the cutting edge moonshine wanting to license tracks saying to me 'You of this kind of international progress, need our money to make this work: and l opening up new territories and markets all just think 'Fuck that!' We're in the same around the world. Jn most cases this is done business as them, let's compete." without the financicll back•up and business Indeed in 1992 Suburban Base had their expertise of the major labels. The fling with a major in the shape ofa label independents are now forging truly global deal with US giant Atlantic. In the end identities for themselves. Suburban Base got a huge advance and not Look-for instance - at Dan Donnelly's a territory we hadn't given much thought one record was ever released under the Suburban Base label. A couple of years ago, to previously, but they want back agreement! "Well what happens/ an}' article written about Suburban Base catalogue, the works. I was really surprised continues Donnelly, "is that majors get a would have focused on the fact that they at how enthusiastic they were. l think it's pet project, y'know 'Jet's get a rave label!', were based in Essex and reflected the true going to work really well." then they lose interest and just sit on them. sound of the south east jungle It's a far cry from Suburban Base's early You might get an advance, but there's no underground. Not anymore. Thanks to days when Donnelly started pressing up product coming out." Surely you've at least international label deals, Essex and Egypt 12" singles simply so that it would bring got paid? "Nah, you're not doing anything aren't that far apart anymore and Donnelly customers into his Boogie Times record for the scene. You're not taking itforward, is in a position to co-ordinate simultaneous shop! Since then the label has broadened not doing anything and if you don't do that release dates between Rio and Romford. in scope to incorporate Fruit Tree which then pretty soon there ain't gonna be a Indeed, the 24 year old label boss is shortly releases the housier product like Gerideau, fucking scene!" offto the South American capital to ink a and Breakdown, which puts out the hugely However, it's no longer the case that UK rather prestigious label deal. "Basically successful 'Strictly Drum & Bass' labels need to go cap in hand to the majors they approached us right out of the blue. I compilations. Remaining independent in order to obtain the funding and mean, we had no idea there was even an while adopting major label techniques distribution necessary to achieve a truly industry there, let alone a scene! So it was when it comes to promotion and marketing global profile. It's now possible for

54 Generator independent labels to set up international structures for releasing product without going near a major unless they want to. One man who always believed this was possible was Moonshine Music MD Steve Levy, who has stuck at building the worldwide profile of his label when others would either have 'gone over' to a major or been content to remain big fish in a small, domestic pond. "Thinking small or local has never been part of our agenda," says Levy. Set up in l 992 by Levy and his brother Jonathan with money made from promoting LA:s biggest warehouse parties - "We realised pretty quickly that we wanted to get into something with a bit more longevity!" - Moonshine quickly established itself as North America's premier compilations label. Not content with this last year they opened a London office and set up Moonshine UK, which has gradually established itself as a respected player in the already competitive UK compilations scene; its 'Psychotrance' series and recent 'This Ain't Trip Hop' compilation bearing testament to a bold A&R policy and refreshingly non "indie" marketing stance. "What we're about is taking things that are at the cutting edge, which are perceived to be the province of an elite, and bringing them to a wider audience," says UK label manager Steffan Chandler. To accusations of exploitation or 'gatecrashing' scenes he responds, "I always thought that if you had a great track then you'd want as many people as possible to hear it! That's what Moonshine does for UK indies. Gives them the chance to put their material onto the shelves of major US retailers." Steve Levy takes up the story; "You only have to look at the British labels we're handling; Cleveland City, Suburban Base, Prolekult... they're all the best within their field and they're all bringing product to us. They don't need to go to a major because we can put them where they need to be and we understand the culture because it's the same as ours. We're all coming from the same place." Which is? "Independent labels who want to retain their credibility and independence while becoming key players and selling as many records as possible." These are obviously sentiments echoed

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indepe ndent, we don't like being told lads in their early 20s decked out in Sti.issy what to do!" As well as the chance to tap gear, licensing underground techno into another label's local knowledge the re sing les to each other. There was no is also the lack of red tape that goes with doubting that a new gua rd had arrived. dealing with people on the same level. "You can't help but notice a younger You're as likely to find Steve Levy mucking contingent at Midem t hese days," sa id one in with the graphic design and radio international product manager in his plugg ing as you are to find him sitting forties, "they seem to have more fun than doing label deals in expensive resta ura nts. anyone else and they seem to be doing Or, as Donnelly puts it, "Steve and I can more business..." just cal l each other up. You don't need to In fact look at the UK indies who go throug h all that "Can I speak to the attended Midem; apa rt from Suburban vice preside nt please?" We're on the same Base and Moonshine t here were wavelength as Moonsh ine, run ning t hings representatives from Rising High, Limbo, prope rly and playing the majors at t heir Bomba, Soma, Nova Mute, JDJ, own game." Finiflex.. t he list goes on. What this means It may be the case that major labels are is that dance music is gradually now starting to sit up and take notice of developing an international network for the fact t hat there are independent labels itself, a way for sma ll labels to effectively around the world who are aim ing that distribute and market t heir releases little bit higher t han operat ions normally throughout the world. By tapping into the branded 'indie '. loca l knowledge and expertise of labels SUBURBAN Nowhere was this more evident t han at from similar backgrounds and cultures this year's Midem convention, which dance music can advance itself globally BASE provided visi ble proof ofthe new without having to worry about being 'sat RECORD 'S international profile of dance music. Held on' by major labels as soon as they get annual ly in Cannes in t he south of France bored with t heir new toy. Steve Levy this is the music industry's equ ivalent to poi nts out that "most people thought we'd by independent label heads arou nd the the Can nes film festival: a place where either have gone to a major or folded by world, so it was no surprise to see key players come to do deals (as we ll as now; but we're still here, gradually Moonshine striking a deal with Suburban see and be seen, drink hundred quid expanding and taki ng it to the next Base where the former distributes the bottles of champagne and polish off six stage," and Dan Donnelly doesn't just talk latter in North America; two independent thousand franc dinners!) Over t he last few about competing and 'playing the majors labels fusing their A&R and ma rketing years the presence ofthe dance industry at their own game', he actually does it; resources to further their profiles without has become more and more noticeable look at the sales ofthe 'Strictly Drum and having to depend on t he whims of a unt il, this year, it was unignorable. Bass' series. major. It wou ld seem a logical way Up until recently Midem was more "Basically," says Levy, "we're independent forward for Don nel ly after the hiatus he about old men in suits discussing how to labels wit h major fucking attitudes." The experienced with Atlantic; "We're from the sell more Mariah Carey CDs than anything fat cats at Midem had best start looking same background as Moonshine. We're else. Thisyea r you we re as likely to see very carefully at their laurels.

56 Generator reviews■ the verdict on this month's releases April 1995 Albu ms and Singles Albums

ELFISH ECHO 'Multiple Void Enjoyment' {Source) Heidelberg's Sou rce Records have been responsible for some ofthe most innovative, imaginative and downright breathtaking techno of recent yea rs. Borrowing the iconoclastic futurism of Detroit and adding their own instinctive art-house tendencies, they've come up with a blend of staggering originality which is so wildly 'out th ere' that they should, ifthere was any justice, be funded by NASA. That isn't to say that this music is inaccessible, far from it, it's immediate, compelling and, unfortunately, too good for words. Wh ich makes writing a review somewhat ofa sticky proposition. Th is is techno in its purest form. A forward-thinking collage of electronic sound and asymmetric rhythms. Try the abstract funk of 'Kitchen Window', for example, or the stark prettiness of 'Ornoi Kokuru'. Techno has always been music for the mind as well as the body and there are some fairly adventurous intellectual processes going on here. The trickling electrics of'Denia', for instance, combine a complex soundscape with the kind of ingenuous melody that only someone pushing the barriers of imagination could come up with. It's when tracks like the deceptively minimal 'Mangetsu' or 'Somewhere On A Train' suck you into their alternate realities that you begin to realise just how much is actually happening. This is, indeed, music for the twenty-first century. Open your mind wide, sit back and prepare to be amazed. 00000 Steven Ash

MORE ROCKERS 'Dub Plate Selection Volume 1: {More Rockers) What is it about Bristol that makes people form collectives. Pe rhaps it's something in the water but everyone from Massive Attack through to the Pop God fam ily seem to reject the traditional group in favour of the collective. More Rockers are a loose collect ive from Bristol, based around th eaxis of Rob Smith, ofthe awesome Smit h & Mighty, and Peter D, a one­ time member ofthe Massive posse. Together they collect influences from lover's rock, dub, funk, jazz and hip-hop, fusing them together on this, their debut album, to create one of the most enticing jungle releases of the year so far. From the ambient spark of 'The Rain', 'Dub Plate Selection' unfolds

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through seamlessly-mixed sexually­ those drafted in to re-paint and re­ so successful. Like a Dust• sorry, charged, sensual visions of blues colour some of the songs are Irish Chemical - Brothers set, it leaps parties, ganja cafe lock-ins and pure clubland guru David Holmes, whose re­ everywhere, completely unconcerned unadulterated hedonism. The sultry working of 'Ballet Fusion' is surely his with what's cool, totally concerned with deep love(s vocals by Marilyn finest opus since the revered 'Smoke what's good. (Which, obviously, makes Mcfarlane on key cuts like 'I Need Belch' project. Introducing some much­ it cool). Hearing the squeaky, bubbly, Some Lovin' and 'You're Gonna' take needed sharpness into Sven's original, madly infectious hip-hop ofSt Etienne's jungle into frantic funk terrain, adding he turns itinto a decadent dance-floor 'Filthy' give way to the dirty, bass­ a feminine twist to the often destroyer. Acid Junkies and Hardfloor heavy dub ofThe Dust's 'Mercury testosterone-infused genre, wh ilst 'After twiddle some bubbling TB303 into the Mouth' makes you wonder why more X (How Can A Man)' is pure Rockers­ bones of'Robot' whi lst Alter Ego drag people aren't this adventurous with stylee over rough cut beats. Tru ly a the bpms down and turn 'Harlequ in their compilations. In addition to this. mesmerizing album, basslines unfold Plays Bells' into a sublime, blissed-out you get great tracks from the likes of over each other, licking the hypnotic affair. Other contributions from LA's Crystal Method and London's The vocal snatches and underpinning the Underworld and Mark Broom boost the Aloof. An object lesson in how it its memory. I ca n remember when fidgeting bass drum triplets. overall quality of this release, making it should be done and a surefire Junior Vasquez mixes were nothing With the current universal acclaim a must-have collection of alternative compi lation ofthe month. special, just another American DJ awarded to the Omni Trio album, 'Dub interpretations. 0000 Steven Ash trying his hand at production. However, Plate Selection, Volume 1' takes the 0000 Barney York there was a point about two years ago vision to the wildest extreme yet seen. VARIOUS when that all started to change. He got Not simply drum 'n' bass, More Rockers VARIOUS 'The Future Sound of New York' hold of the Wild Pitch sound and did wrap up the whole ofthe black music 'This Ain't Trip Hop' {Sound ofMinistry) something very special with it. He underground into an essential, (Moonshine Music) At four o'clock in the morning on added a certain rough ness and a challenging, collective aural orgy. There are a few compilations doing the Sunday the 12th of February, New certa in uncertainty to the sound that 00000 Martin James rounds just now that have their sights York's legendary Sound Factory closed the likes of DJ Pierre, Felix da Housecat set on the rather dubiously titled genre its doors. With the dancefloor in tears, and Roy Davis Jnr had made their own. SVEN VATH 'trip hop'. Th is is probably the most the DJ who had made the place a Most importantly, he broke a few rules. 'Touch Themes - The Harlequin, the diverse and varied of the lot and as legend, Junior Vasquez, put Donna The trademark long drawn-out grooves Robot and the Ballet Dancer'. such it should be the most likely to Summer on to the turntable and joined were suddenly filled with high-powered (EyeQ/WEA) draw in a diverse range of record the saddened throng. Other DJs like breakdowns and gritty tribal rhythms After the luke-warm response given to buyers. Containing tracks by Rocky from X-Press 2 have put Vasquez which put a new lease of life into the Sven Vath's recent album release by established artists such as Paul Well er on a God-like pedestal and fellow club somewhat jaded New York house scene. the press, Eye Q have opted for a and St Etienne, as well as tracks by The runners like Back To Basic's Dave Beer Producers like DJ Duke, Danny different strategy. What they have Woodshed and Tranquility Bass. It's have described the club as nothing Tenaglia, Johnny Vicious and Armand done is retained the finer points of the this flexibility ofscope and lackof short of a religious experience. By way Van Heiden were all doing the same. album and introduced a host of remixes concern for what might reasonably be of a tribute to the club the Sound of They took inspiration from both garage by some of Europe's top names.Among called 'trip hop' that makes the album Ministry have dedicated this album to and techno and came up with

58 Generator something altogether different. This located in Hamburg, to the animated long-playe r celebrates all these people antics of cartoon communication on P­ and more. The album itself is, as you Eye-Eye's lost At Sea'. Stopping along would expect, seamlessly mixed by the way to peep into the wonderful Vasquez with tracks courtesy ofJunior world of Paul Frankland's Woob, who himself, Aphrohead, Phuturescope and delivers an epic live am bi-dub workout E.G. Fullalove as well as unreleased in the shape of'Fourteen Thirty Three'. material from DJ Pierre and Felix. Challenging? Not content with utilising There's no real need to say any more the talents ofsome ofthe most thought because it's simply essential listening. provoking musicians from the Experience at first hand the aural 'electronic edge', '2295' also features delight that is the Future Sound of New Celia Green ofthe Institute of York. 00000 Kevin McKay Psychophysical Research in Oxford, whose 'In the Extreme' will have VARIOUS pa rents everywhere running to Dr.Spock 'Journeys By OJ' (Dimitri) for comfort, and psychoanalysts (Brainiak) clinging to Freud for assurance. Amsterdam and clubland life seem to Defying the ambient category in wh ich go hand in hand, what with the city's they are so often placed, Em:t openly relaxed approach to the consumption encourage the listener to use their ofcombustibles, pharmaceuticals and minds. '2295' offers the most diverse other nocturnal activities. Who better, collection of brain teasers thisside of then, to provide us with a musical A-Z Mensa. 00000 Kevin McKay ofthe house scene in this fabulous city than DJ Dimitri. As well as being an VARIOUS internationa lly renowned DJ, he is 'Jazz In The House' resident at the Roxy, hosting the {Slip 'n'Slide) legendary 'Hi-Tech Soul Movement' DJs like Tony Humphriesand Lil' Louie every Thu rsday at this infamous venue. Vega have always championed the type He is also co-founder of the oftunes which aren't made for instant Outland/Spiritual Records empire, dancefloor gratification. The ones surely Amsterdam's most productive which creep up on you gradually until full house label. It is therefore no su rprise you're hooked.This album is packed to find that Dimitri has chosen some of of them, odd jazzy moments from the juiciest tracks from his label, obscure American labels like Lazy Boy, alongside outings from R&S, Flying Trax and the now defunct Nu Groove, Records and Fonky f ibe. Witness for the type oflabels which have always yourself the delights of the bongo stayed true to the underground. The manic 'Brazil 2000' blending effortlessly album itself kicks offwith the infamous with tracks like Welcome To Da Klub' by Masters at Work mix ofMondo Grosso's Mike Dunn, an epic track in its own 'Scuffle',a sublime collection of sax, was only ever right. Other notable contributions flute and funky bass. This include Dimitri's co-production with available on bootleg and was one of Jaimy on the mysterious Waitress OfAn the most sought-after tunes oflast year. Open Mind' and the ever-so-deep'Didn't Many a dj found himself in a the I Give You Dub' by Dominica. San trainspotter panic searching Fransisco's DJ EFX chips in with a disco­ lenghth and breadth ofthe country to tastic mix of 'Melody of Bells' whilst find one. Productions by Todd Terry's Euro man ofthe moment Patrick Prins Freeze label and the on-form 95 North assaults us with 'Drum Track Melody' by boys follow, before the totally flipped­ Subliminal Cuts. Hopefully after this out guitar meanderings ofDeep Aural With Tito' album, Dimitri's talents as a Penetration's 'Into The Kick DJ/producer will be truly recogn ised punches in. Thisshows offthe other and we look forward to seeing more of side of top techno producer Josh Wink him on these shores. as he and his 'E-Culture' partner, Britt 0000 Ba rney York King, get down to some seriously jazzy vibes. It also, for those who like to know, VARIOUS ARTISTS features the sample he used on his at '2295' (Em:t) classic 'How's The Music'. Masters There's something slightly incongruous Work are up again with the definitive about reviewing a preview cassette of 'Our Mute Horn', a trackwhich stands to anything from the Em:t roster. out as one of their finest product.ions Championing the sonic sculpturing date and is still played by djs all over technique ofthe Roland RSS 3-D Sound the world. It's their tribute to the great Imaging System, theirs is the kind of Miles Davis and featu res a monstrous output which DAT, let alone CD, was mute trumpet solo by Ray Vega. Other invented for. Unfortunately the lo-fi notable inclusions are 'Secret Code', delights of audio cassette can't quite Jazz Document's tranced-out jazz cope with Em:t's emissions, with much groove which was produced by the ofthe tonal range lost in a sea of hiss. legendary Rheji Burrell, very good and However, despite the odds being very difficult to get a hold oftoo. All in stacked against it, this album is the all, Slip 'n' Slide have successfully label's finest collection of perverse and captured on one long-player a host of challenging moments yet, even on classics, some favourites. some MORE THAN Available at cassetteI obscurities, some classic deep house WIN ONE OF Perverse? The wide vision of '2295' and some plain old-fashioned 60 "EXTREME"- PRIZES ranges from Coco Steal and Lovebom b's weirdness. Whatever you taste in dance send this coupon to the following address: miss. Just 'Berlinerstrasse' which would lick the music this is one album you can't Serious Ahernarive Music LTD stains out ofthe Rheeperbahn ifitwas Kevin McKay 00000 I 77 Norvol Rood, Wembley, Midd~ HAO3TA MEGASTORES• Generator 59 T . reviews

twilight world inhabited by cyber­ every weekend brings two new releases 2010 Generat'ron' this collection terrorists such as Black Dog, Link and and their catalogue numbers are in the delivers a generous sixteen tracks Skanna where genres become confused three hundred range, React give us from the likes of Ken Ishii, Orlando and musicians start over-using the their fourth view of the red-bricked Voorn, Mijk Van Dijk, Flux and Coil. As letter "k" in their names. What with brigade. The sonic barrage kicks off a rule, ambient compilations are Juan Atkins being spotted at Speed with the Satoshi Tomiie produced, Loop notoriously difficult to pull off (lTJ Bukem's club at The Milk Bar in 7 -"The Theme", an endearing slice of successful!y, but when you're London's dealing West End) and people like Doc piano-tinged house, one ofthe few with artists of this calibre the Scott chances stepping out of the shadows, you tracks to carry off the mid-track tempo of putfing something worthwhile can only expect more of the same. change in style. In addition to the together are infinitely greater. 00000 Hugo Fluendy Japanese studio wizzard and the two Opening with the considered tones of new British artists featured, there are Nighttripper's 'Intro Jnterval', things VARIOUS also contributions from two rising stars shift quickly into gear with 'Strictly Rhythm Volume 4' of the New York house scene. The Microglobe's Trust', a coo! drifting (React) much-hyped Armand Van Heiden adds collage of breathy vocals, seductive There's been a lot of changes since the his blend of hard house with the fired­ riffs and clicking last percussion. Strictly compilation on React. up "Wrtch Dokto( and Jason Nevins Elsewhere, there's Crispin the aptly-titled J. Glover, under his caucasian pulls out all the stops on Motion Atlantic Under Clouds' from XMT Boy moniker, became the first British VARIOUS Lotion's cut and paste disco treat, 'The which floats along on rippling hi-hats artist to have two single releases 'Journey Through on Sound". Of course, it would be and pulsing keyboards, and no less The Land of the cult U.S. Drum label with the 'hasta la ·impossible to put together a Strictly than three contributions 'n' Bass' (Mixed by DJ Rap) vista' hypnotics of 'Goin' from Ken Clear" compilation without including the Ishii. The first of these, (Confusion) following up 'Northern under his Rap Lights', the acid­ undisputable talents of former Rising Sun alias shifts drops a few surprises into a set. house classic of a sparkling last year. Bookerl. foreman, George Morel, and the man arpeggio over typically jagged which though it doesn't bear much jo1ned the long resemblance lost jazz-house outfit now at the helm of Groove On Records percussion to create to the kind of thing you 'Endangered Species' one of the would expect as the third U.K is out in force with cuts from both standout tracks on this to hear her play out, is Strictly signee with superb expertly mixed. his Inner Soul Morel's Grooves 6 and 7. There's old collection. Check out Featuring some of the project's tough London garage the quiet finest drum'n' bass names cut, and new, vocals and dubs, hard and brilliance of Dreamlogik's like Crystal, "Tearin' me apart". We saw a lot 'Hluminated Waxdoctor and Alex Reece, less of soul all on one great album. What more {By Touching)' or the warped she adds the underground Erick Morillo artists more normally as Mr could you possibly need? Get out there strangeness of Coil's The Snow' associated with "More· spent a lot more time on his for techno like Carl Craig, The and get one. Now. further evidence. Post·Eno ambience Future lucrative Real !I Reel venture and we Sound of LoOOon and Peter Lazenby 00000 Kevin McKay was once described as 'picture music'. to welcomed back Roger Sanchez to label help her conduct a whistle-stop tour If that's true then The Ambient he recorded his second ever track for, (twenty-five tracks in one hour!) VARIOUS Grooves ..'offers an art gallery at of the the deeply drifting Luv Oancin' way liquid nitrogen dipped domain The Ambient Grooves• ESP Vol. 3' your fingertips. Tum on, tune in and of back in 1990 when Strictly had a ·intell'lgent breakbeat. It's a mere (Sun) trip out! murky, 20 records under their belt! Now, as Subtitled 'Future Soundscapes For The 00000 Tim Barr vocal tracks of last year with this DJ EFX HELLER & FARLEY PROJECT Singles compelling crossover workout. Now 'Give Em Panik E.P: 'From The DAT Volume l' provided with mixes by Chez 'n' Trent {Strictly Rhythm) (Jus'Trox) House/Garage and Kevin Saunderson, 'Feel The Fire' Determinedly good-humoured house Terry Farley and Pete Heller have, under also boasts two new Craig versions. from San Francisco's finest. Kicking off various guises, created some of the best Thumping beats, which will appeal to all with the imaginatively-titled 'Dale house music ever to come out of the UK. ASHLEY BEEDLE those who don't worry about crossing Paniko Asi', this four-tracker makes a This time they use yet another different 'Roots Revolution EP' dance music's·chalkmark demarcation detour towards the weird-out mayhem of name for an all together different type (Narcotic) lines, and the kind of inspired production 'Battle Cry' before settling down to some ofep, an ep that goes much deeper. Ashley Beedle turns in five tracks on this, which sets great records apart from good serious grooving on the sublime 'Robine Kicking off with the Roach Motel mix of the third release on Roger Sanchez's new records, make this one to check out at all at The Roxy'. Stand-out cut, though, is 'B-Boy Black', they use their trademark and fairly diversified Narcotic imprint. A costs. the epic 'Munchen, Koln, Berlin', a sweat· sounds and effects in a much more real cocktail of surprises as the man 00000 Tim Barr soaked travelogue which underpins hypnotic style than usual, running the behind the Black Science Orchestra and squawking horns with an insistent bass 'Be black, be strong' vocal over a deep The East Village Loft Society goes deep DEEP DISH present DC DEPRESSED riff. Grab a copy, quick!. Wild Pitch groove. 'Golden Afro' is a underground with tracks ranging from 'Come Back' 0000 Steven Ash gorgeous percussive workout complete the bizarre, freaked-out techno-grunge of (Slip'n'Slide) with snippets ofthe synths from the 'Surf Hat Moment' to the down-tempo Washington's favourite sons tum in E.G. FULLALLOVE previous Roach Motel cut. 'Transatlantic' dirtiness of'Pimpology'. It's hard to pick another tripped-out vocal extravaganza 'Divas To The Dancefloor' and some of the most sumptious strings an outright winne1 as 'Jumpin' At the with the Viper Room Dub' standing up (Sound OfMinistry) l've heard in a long time while 'Jus' Factory Bar', Ashley's tribute to Louie as the finer cut of the two. Slick Sanchez­ The first time I heard this record was in Friends' captures some of the out-takes Vega's Wednesday night at the Sound style beats back up the Dish's powerful Glasgow's Voodoo Room, Danny from the last Fire Island cut and pastes Factory Bar, is as monstrously disco as organ hook as the vocal cuts in and out, Tenaglia was dj-ing and there was a them over a grinding Murk-like backing. 'Physical Insanity' is devastatingly layered and re·layered, MK style. Their crowd of other djs frantically The most accessible cut on the whole Detroit. However, if I had to, it'd be 'The trademark arrangement, which has the trainspotting this anthem in the making. twelve comes in the form of'Ultra Flava'. Sleaze Track' for being the first truly non­ spaced-out effect of a Wild Pitch track First available way back in November on a full-on organ masterpiece complete cringeworthy sample house track in a and the raw energy of a cut 'n' paste New York's hipper than hip Hardtrax with strong stabs and slight acidic long time with its obvious out-takes houser, fits the groove perfectly. Not as label, it was soon picked up by Junior tendencies. As 11 says on the label, 'Hey being used to such effect that it could immediate or awesome as 'Elastic Vasquez who turned it into a Sound boy, you say it's too dark in this gar-age, only come from the mind of a star. Reality' or 'Prana' but after a couple of Factory anthem. It was subsequently get your sorry ass the fuck outa here'. Too Thanks Ashley. plays, it's equally as effective, Search it grabbed by Emotive in the States and right. 00000 Kevin McKay out. then later by the Ministry over here, 00000 Kevin McKay 0000 Kevin McKay Recognisable for its cam ply-spoken MARY J, BLlPaul Oakenfold listed 'Control' 1n his Top vocal cut. Undeniably infectious samba percussion·led groove with some nice Three tracks of stunningly inventive, Ten. I'm inclined to agree with him. In rhythms soak up the soaring, choral iauy keys built on as the track funk-injected house from the mysterious fact, there's very little of Traci in any of vocals and with gorgeous flanged strings progresses and a simple vocal loop Gregor. 'Pangaea· overlays insistent these arrangements. Her few whispered providing the breakdowns and the S-man keeping the interest up all the way percussion with brassy keyboard stabs one liners, however, do provided some on the congas this rs a latin groove-train through. The flip holds the ace in the and pretty riffs in a kind of'Luvspunge extra, added bounce. you can't afford to miss. pack, 'The Murder Track', a deep-style Get Serious' style. 'Hanneman's Groove' 00000 Steve Goddard 0000 Kevin McKay mover that'll keep this record 1n my box and 'Snowride to Helios', meanwhile, are for a very long time. The final track, more determinedly funky, colliding fat­ LOU2 NAOMI DANIEL 'Rough Dreams' takes Kenny Dope's 'It's ass bass and exuberant lead-lines in a 'Freaky' 'Feel The Fire' an Ill Groove' and shuffles its parts to jitterbug frenzy of major league (Strictly Rhythm) (KMS / Network) come up with something just as proportions. Time to get happy! An after-dinner conversation in Italy.A Another classic. Carl Craig and Naomi appealing as the original. 00000 Tim Barr studio m New York. A telephone Daniel created one of the most enduring 00000 Stephen Middleton conversation and a taxi-cab ride. These

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are the ingredients which brought the Beats' sees Terry and Pete on a much getting a mention over his cool and underlying drums. Both Versions 2 and godfather of house and the king of heavier tip than previously, influenced collected saxy groove. The flip contains 4 are fairly minimal affairs while Puerto Rican soul together to create by the Basic Channel's 'Phy\ypp's Trak II' a fully instrumental affair with Version 3 flips to the opposite end of one of this month's most essential while the 'See Da Future' mix gives us a Navarre's subtle beats in perfect the spectrum for a full•on acid-tinged releases. lil' Louis delivers a poem on slice of tripped-out acid mayhem a la harmony with a lald·back jazz piano organ workout which is reminiscent of the politics of sexual chemistry over a Roy Davis or Felix da Housecat. solo of epic proportions. This is indeed the earlier stuff on Touche. All in all, a masterful backing courtesy of little Thumpin'. the blues. brilliant EP which, like the Eddie Wolf Louie Vega. At times, chillingly 000 Kevin McKay 00000 Kevin McKay release on Underwater, takes influences atmospheric, 'Freaky' shifts towards a from both house and techno and deliriously euphoric climax. Three DONALD 0 SERIOUS GROOVES results in a very undefinable state of mixes, three moods. Seduction, 'I've Got LO\le In My Heart' The Remixes' affairs. This is most definitely a good consummation and post-coital tristesse. (Six 6) (Network) thing. No barriers. Just music. ls it too early to use the word genius?. What expensive packages to send out It's always the same when a certain 0000 Kevin McKay Tim Barr 00000 to deejays and critics. Three twelves, sound becomes fashionable, producers two displayiiig UK remixes and the always play on it and, in the end, the DJ VISE MASS -FUSION FEAT STEVEN third, the original Smack Productions whole vibe gets ruined. They put out 'Unreleased Project' GRANVILLE from the US, in elaborate and glossy diluted product that's a million quality (Tribal U.K) 'Running Back To Me' sleeves. This gloriously soulful garage miles away from the original. That's The Lisbon Hard Team punch the clock {Interstate) groove is a must for tracking with Fire what happened with Terrence Parker once more with an inspired blend of This is BookerTs first outing on this Island's 'If You Should Need a Friend' or and Serious Grooves with the big piano tough house. The 'LHT Goes E' version excellent label. It's a vocal house similar. The original Smack Productions sound. However, this twelve marks a combines high·octane beats with a thang with swing in' drums and the are more emotional, as one might return to form for Detroit's house huge bass-line to provide a sure•fire voice of Steven Granville, recently expect, whereas the UK's technical dudes. D•Pac pull off a major dancefloor hit while the percussive heard on Booke~s Strictly exploits. He prowess shines through with such knob achievement, sampling Lisa Stansfield aeronautics ofVibebeats' delivers fu!!· sings very like Byron Stingely in style twiddlers as Xen Mantra and Spice of without sounding too kitsch while B· throttle mix potential. On the other and turns in a nice performance. The Life giving their all. Whatever your Line give usan amazing nu-skool disco side, the delirious '2 P.M: alternative Booker vocal mix is a laid-back, quality choice, you're left with a feeling of treat in the form of'Aphrodisiac'. Great weighs in with equally user-friendly production which plods along on admiration for Donald and Six 6 stuff, panache. All this and a bonus in the minimal piano and mofe Rhodes. Records. 0000 Kevin McKay shape ofthe Kingsize remix of'So Get However, all my money is on the 0000 Steve Goddard Up'. As my learned friend Mr. York once Disciple mixes on the flip. Disciple's SKUNK remarked, it's a simple case of "buy or Dub is urgent with chunky percussion ROUND TWO 'Jon E. Boogaloo' die"\ and utilising the !coped tit!e-!ine. The 'New Day' (Pukka) 00000 Tim Barr tracks ooze with groove and it's one of (US Main Street) Jon E. Boogaloo is a dark and dusky bar the Disciple's finer moments. The Bow The duo behind Prescription in the backwaters of Mexico where the EDDIE WOLF Road Dub is a deeper affair with drums Underground, Ron Trent and Chez team players spent much of their time 'The Nu Jacks EP' very similar to Booker's and a pleasant Dami er follow up the amazing 'Round chasing the worm until the sun rose (Underwater) organ riff, but not much else. Two One• I'm Your Brother' with another from behind the cactus. Mark, the Rough pencil sketches of mythical mixes out of four ain't bad. stunning vocal track. No wailing divas, Pukka man, noticed the band in a creatures adorn the cover. Neptune and 000 Steven Middleton no corny hooks and no huge piano Mexican eatery and, not only impressed his trident standing guard over a breaks. In fact this record has with the food, he was fascinated by the me1maid, her flowing locks floating MASTERS AT WORK alias 200 absolutely nothing to do with the guys and their Johnny cash, Miami freely while the cherubim play gleefully SHEEP rotten dance·by-numbers that has Sound Machine and Dust Brothers above. Both images separated by the 'The Hard Times March b/w Why' given garage a bad name. It's the. influences!? So much so that he signed air we breath and yet united in a (Hard Times) complete opposite and everything them up and added some Tabasco to mythical past. Tech no and house, The fact that Steve Raine, the Hard about it makes you wonder why people the tune, resulting in this pungent and separated by the words we use and yet Times promoter, is also a sheep farmer. bother with anything less. Too good for saucy little concoction. united in spirit; to move forward, no probably hasn't come to many people's words, you just have to get one. It's 0000 Steve Goddard boundaries, just music. This EP covers attention. However during the studio almost certain that this will remain the lot. It steals from here, there and session when the Master's were laying obscure, destined to sell a few htindred SUNZ OF ISHEN everywhere. New York, Chicago, down the track, Steve was busy bidding on import and that's a crime. It says a 'Missing' Detroit. It sounds like Touche but not at an auction in Skipton, via his mobile Jot about the industry today that (Caustic Vision) quite. It just sounds like house music, I phone. Just at the point when price was companies will spend a fortune on Heavyweight house from West London. think. It sounds like dance music, I'm right, Steve hurls himself upwards licensing tracks like Doop while Ashley Beedle, Dean Thatcher, sure. Eddie Wolf is a clever man. Well screaming, '200 sheep, buy 200 sheep'. songwriters of this calibre go Boomshanka and Brendan Mccarthy done, that's all Ican say. The Masters were in such hysterics over unnoticed. If you liked 'Round One .. ' or get down to business with this 00000 Kevin McKay the antics of the man with many acres Chez 'n'Trent's 'The Choice', you'll workman-like, but worthwhile, that they named the track specially already have it. If you don't know what percussive workout. More intriguing xs after the occasion. The Hard Times I'm talking about go and get all three. with every listen, this is the kind of 'Subsurfaced EP' March' is a tough_ tribal workout You won't be disappointed. track to have on hand when the (Yoshitoshi) peppered with African chants and cut· 00000 Kevin McKay adrenalin levels need pumping and the The third release on Deep Dish's dubby up in a similar style to the Bucketheads lights are switched low. The flip•side's off.shoot sees Sharam and Dubfire intro while 'Why' is a much funkier track SAINT GERMAIN Who Killed The King', meanwhile, is a enlisting a new artist in the form of filled with deep strings and skippy 'Boulevard 1/3' rare, dub.fused gem which will find Jean-Philippe Aviance. This highly beats. Two solid underground cuts. (F. Communications) favour with all those who like their original EP covers a range of styles 0000 Kevin McKay This is the first part of a three single music raw, atmospheric and excellent. from the fierce cut 'n' paste house style package which signals the return of 0000 Tim Barr of'Phantasy Tribe' to the deep tripped­ MR MONDAY Ludovic Navarre, the amazing Parisian out triballsms of'Just Like candy'. The 'Future (Roach Motel Mixes)' responsible for the unique 'Alabama SWAG stand·out cut, however, has to be (Open) Blues' back in '93 and the more recent 'Dark Corners EP' 'Deeper', afunk-blessed rollercoaster After earl Craig's mixes, you would 'Nuages EP'. Just like the other two (JusTrax) ride through cut-up vocals and have thought that there wasn't a need extended players in the series, this Four tracks here on Junior Boy's Own's sweeping string arrangements which, for any more. But the Ministry, in their twelve contains three separate tracks deeper imprint with the tracks simply at full-throttle, drives like a Wild Pitch divine wisdom, thought otherwise and and on this occasion Navarre has titled Versions l, 2, 3 and 4. Version l groove yet has the soul and texture of sought out those fine purveyors of all decided to make the main cut, What's starts the ball rolling with a pounding a Chez 'n' Trent masterpiece. Class. things deep, Farley and Heller, to New', a tribute to the New York house house groove similar in style to Nate 0000 Kevin McKay deliver their update of this classic track. elite, with everyone from the Masters William's recent 'Club Patrol' with a Thank goodness they did. 'Jus' Jim to Sanchez, Smack to Easy Street strangely swirling synth ravishing the

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affected, but nonetheless compelling, seventies funk into an organised dozen years ago. Both Mccready and Singles backdrop of racing sequences and collage of truly world-like organic Parker tum in excellent mixes which pulsing bass·lines it's a wild roller· music. Excellent follow-up to the retain the spirit of the original without Techno/Jungle coaster ride into techno's dark under­ delicacies of their emotive 'Slacker'/ ever becoming over-awed by the task in side. Packaged with a variety of mixes 'Leggy' EP. From Hull to the Rio hand. Superb. from Geir Jenssen himself, along with carnival, in two easy steps, this is 00000 Tim Barr AQUATHEREUM well-crafted v_ersions by Higher blissful, eclectic stuff. Don't forget your 'Bonny Doon' Intelligence Agency and Mark Bell, this passports. HAZED (Bomba) is one release which should be checked 0000 Barney York 'Bells' Pulsing trance from Brendan McCarthy, out as soon as possible. (Plus 8 Recordings) who's becoming something of a name 0000 Tim Barr FOUL PLAY This EP was originally recorded for the to conjure with these days. 'Bonny 'Total Control' Florida-based Hallucination label and Doon' fuses house percussion with BLACK KNIGHT (Moving Shadow) features the talents of Rich Simpson rising acid lines and chord patterns to 'Capita' call the police! This is hallucinogenic, and David Christophere, who are create a remarkably up-beat workout. (Source) but like all the best drugs, it's too new responsible for the epic Rabbit In the On the other side, 'Listen' is the one to Electro and techno collide in this latest to have entered the statute books. Moon project. 'Bells' itself is asleek, go fm co!liding hip-hop, ambient release from Heidelberg's vibe Every time you think you've caught up laid-back acid-tinged groover, whilst soundscapes and glassy arpeggios to merchants, Source. Black Knight is the with Foul Play, they add a molecule 'World Watches' is a more sublime good effect. Those with a more latest alter-ego of Robert Gordon, here and there and produce some drum-drive number. The finest moment, adventurous disposition should check Sheffield's answer to the Belleville entirely new compound. Hysterical however, is saved for 'Bell Chant', which out the final cut 'Boocha' which Three. Forward-thinking, innovative laughter introduces a shuffling is minimal psychedelic trance of the combines the genre-hopping elements and deeply groovy, •capita' is one of breakbeat, sinuous double bass and a highest order. Seek and obtain. of the other two in a hugely those singles which restores your faith mellow sax break that's just begging to 0000 Barney York atmospheric trip soundtrack. in dance music's ability to amaze. If you be compared to trip-hop. However you 0000 Steven Ash haven't yet been switched onto the say it, frying synapses have never HITIANTWIN sound of Source. now's your chance to smelled so good. 'Jajuvka' ROBERT ARMANI climb onboard. But, be warned· you're 00000 Hugo Fluendy (Torema) 'Madman Stand' in for a hell of a trip! Weird? Definitely. This four-tracker from (ACV) 00000 Tim Barr FRAK Japan kicks in at 128 bpm, lacing a Anyone who thought that Armani had 'Not Straight' confident, funky techno backing with lost his marbles with the bland 'Big MR,BWNT (Borft) discordant melodics to devastating Dick' release should think again. 'Blunt Beats' Uncompromising techno from Sweden. effect. Try Tuttle & Dynamo's 'Funk' and Armani's initial reputation was built on (Beluga) Frak turn in four-tracks of powerful 'Drum' mixes for the global feel or shift his ability to fuse the minimal sounds of While Glasgow labels like Limbo, Soma percussive mayhem. 'Not Straight' is an over for Last Front's Hardfloor-ish Chicago with the futuristic edge of and Bomba, along with newcomers like exceptional kick 'n' snare workout 'Chaos' version which pumps the European techno and with 'Madman', Fifth Freedom and Musique Tropique, which injects a considerable amount of accelerator up tb 140 bpm and pays it's more of the same. This EP is Armani have been carving a fairly high-profile funk into the European aesthetic. Flip­ close attention to the label's motto - at his best, sewing intricate patterns for themselves, further north Beluga side's 'First Snow in Harlem' and 'mad sound with energy from the chaos: around some flawless beats. With six have been content to release aseries of 'Impulse One and One' continue with Quite! tracks to choose from, there should be equally high quality singles. Their latest the beat fetish but lace the blend with 0000 Steven Ash something for everybody, and this will offering from the mysterious Mr. Blunt a neat line in dreamy melodics. Along hopefully re-launch Armani back into is a vibrant fusion of house and techno with the driving 'Magic's Welcome' this INFINITI the techno limelight after something of overlaid with the kind of majm·league makes for one import which you can't 'Game One' afallow period. Requires your hookline which should gain them many afford to miss out on. Superb. (KMS / Network) attention. converts. Three tracks in all, each one 00000 Steven Ash Juan Atkins and Orlando Voorn weigh 00000 Barney York ofthem special. You should buy it! in with one of this month's most 0000 Tim Barr HASHIM captivating singles. Lacing a hook-line BIOSPHERE 'Al Naafiysh (The Soul)' of epic proportions over a coolly 'Novelty Wave1 FILA BRAZILIA (Network) insistent backing, 'Game One' has (Apollo) 'A Zed and Two Ls" - One of electro's most classic moments, classic written all over it. Firing on all Biosphere's music has always been 'Harmonicas Are Shite' revised and up-dated by John four cylinders, it could've been released impossibly evocative, arching through (Pork) Mccready and Terrence Parker (here ten years ago, or ten years from now. the unexplored terrain of distant and, A cup-winning release if ever I heard under his Jovan Blade alias). Radical, The end result would still be the same. at times, claustrophobic sound one. More finely-packaged mayhem fresh and different - and that's just the Sheer inspired brilliance. This is how canvases. 'Novelty Wave5, taken from from those Hull-based types as they original mixes, 'AI-Naafiysh' still sounds Juan Atkins earned the epithet 'magic'. last yea(s excellent 'Patashnik' album, effortlessly blend hip-hop, skippy as relevant today as it did when it was 00000 Tim Barr is no exception. Swerving across an techno, elements of jungle and first released on Cutting, more than a

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INNER CITY RUSSELL PENN Crashing headfirst into the future, WILLIAMS & CLAYDEN 'Ahnongay' 'State of Grace' Underground Science enlist the services 'The Crow' (Six By Six) (Rainforest) of Mark Gage for a trip through the (Rainforest Records) Another classic. This time around, Foot to the floor techno which races at sturm und drang of space·age industria. Produced by the guys responsible for though, 'Ahnongay' comes complete breakneck pace through rattling 'Bug Lyphe' is a dark, moody workout the Acorn Arts project, this twelve inch with a brand new Dave Clarke remix percussion, rippling bass sequences and full of acid tweaks and insistent bass seethes with power and energy. alongside the lavishly percussive Carl guitar feedback which will prove pulses. 'Waterwurld Dub', meanwhile, Combining a shuddering bassline with Craig_vers1on. Draped in Clarke's effective for those moments when the gets even deeper with a more some ferocious frequency-filled trademark suck 'n' blow sample, it's a dancefloor is accelerating towards the immediate collision of drugged-up breakdowns, this track will not fail to surprisingly successfu Isolution to the ether. Check out Tony Crooks' 'Break of trance and synapse-stretching excite. The B·side features an problem of reworking an original which Dawn' remix for a sonic travelogue subsonics. A fine follow-up to last amphetamine·fue!led Tony Crooks is pretty near perfect anyway. The through peak·time Euro·frenzy, full of month's exceptional Blue Goose remix. Another quality release from this prospect of having all three on a single cascading riffs and mayhem-inducing release. fast moving British label. twelve-inch makes for an unmissable breaks. Pure adrenalin. 000 Steven Ash 00000 Barney York release and one which serves as a 000 Steven Ash reminder of just how talented Kevin Saunderson can be when he switches PRIZNA (feat. Demolition Man) on the driven imagination which 'Fire' characte11ses all of his best work. (labelfo Blanco) Import Report 00000 Steven Ash More mouth than man, Demolition Man (a.k.a. Wayne Young) dominates LUNA ECLIPSE this release from the excellent Labella KENLOU SOLE FUSION 'Return Home' Blanco records, which is quite 'Moonshine b/w The Hillbilly Song' The Chosen Path' (Cancan) something when you consider Prizna's (US MAW) (U5 Strictly Rhythm) Brendan McCarthy records under past releases have seen the likes of This i1 rI1e first ;ele:,se 011 the ne,.-,iy 11ecently, Tl1e /-.lilfa'IS cd ·,:Vork's Se>ll' several different guises. From his Jumping Jad Frost at the controls. ro,111eci 1·-..1as1us at \Vo,~ label a,,d C11sirn1 p,ojec1· 11:11 sl1m·:11 ,,rr rile explosive trance workouts as Featuring mixes from Urban fE.11.i1res 1j1c inilllitable talents ol 11:-ore e,,1wri111e111cil side IT> r.ilei, Aquatherium on Xplicit Vinyl and 3rd Shakedown (Mickey Finn and K,0 1111y 'Ooµe· Gonzalez all() 'lit!le' 1IatI1rcs 'i."itli the glass-sriusl1q Floor Recordings through to more Aphrodite), Rogue Unit and Nasty Lo11ie Veg:,. Already ,it near c1111 liern acidilil'S uf 'Bass-to,w· 110111(1 1111· dubby, sublime trip-hop outings under Jungle (remember Unique 3?), 'Fire' status tl@1ks to hot test prcs,I11g pr,ine ex,1111plc. Ti1,s ouri119 i< 110 the banner of Luna Eclipse. Mccarthy combines catchy ragga vocal and a a pl<1ys f,0111 tile likes or CJ lvt1cintosli. diff,crcnr. The "li;rnn' i•,•ii/ is,, effortlessly fuses hiphop and house bludgeoning breakbeat that's sure to Pa11I 'Trouble' Anderson ,1,1rl OJ r11irun1al Ol•jiill ml cornplcil' '-'•:itll with devastating results. Return Home do well commemally. Pierrr, 'Moonshine· is dllotlic, jau­ rOLl•Jh l1ili2I ,7 s,mplc 1>111 IS his best moment to date and quite 00000 Hugo Fluendy edqes, literally blew the roof off at Open All lio11se clcSSIC Ill the SiHlle lec1gue dS effccti-,e il,1sslir1e ,rnrl a \J,Jorl 1nlid Hours before Christmas during his live their n,i,21 of Mo11do Gw,so's kick drur;i_ T11e strangely ri1lwi P.A. with its high frequency chimes and SUN BEATS DOWN ·soufil,,: Three si111ple jaz, llooks Teclmo mi:< fc;,rures a vl·'ry sir11il,,, skipping percussion that throws this 'Escape' flo,;; Ind: over a ru11k/ bass ~nd grnove IJJ(ked up b\f an ol1sce11el·i' track into a league of its own. With (SCR Recordings) tlleir :nde111i1rk superb drnrn jilZZy keylJuaid solo ·:,:hici1 iii tin1cs another single coming out soon on Claude Duvet heralds SCR's fifth p1ogran1rni119 'Nliid1 tl1is tirne has ,,e,ges inro ser11i-adc!ic 1,,11 i1ory. r..ro Bomba, world dominance 1s surely release to date. And what a corker it is! go\ an i11creciibly live feel to it. Tile li(Jill'\"leicrhr tin~lirl(jl lie«' Clrld i1 imminent. It follows hot on the heels of the Hillbilly 511119' is o rni,ch slov.'er aff<1i1 cf,tai1ily t.akes a re,..-.,, liii1'11110 WI File under Futuristic. gratuitous dancefloor epic 'Dog Trax' a11d reatures ,1 sexy hi1n11oiucJ yo11r lw,1d 10111111, lmt it's ._..._,ell 'North 00000 Barney York Duvet takes a more subtle approach on groo,,c soiJked over lush str111gs and it ,JI Ilic e11d. Not for tile l:1i11I this EP, as he effortlessly fuses deep J gorgro,,s ;21unci1y backin9 bl'ilL lie;irlt•d MAAS trans•African influences as on 'Safari' sirr1iL1, in 5tylc to tl,eir dJ,sic 'Ot,r (.~(.'i(.H.'i 'San Narcisco' with blissful post•house ambience on fv\11sic Horn: Croovy (Somo) 'Sun Slows Down'. The most breath­ (.';;'j(j(.';(.. Sometimes it just gets too good for taking moment, however, is saved for words. I could bore you w1than endless 'Escape', which clocks in at over 13 THE MUSIC FREAKS BOO WILLIAMS cascade of adjectives... but Iwon't. minutes and launches with an amazing 'Da Pitch Is Wild 'Midnight Express EP' Instead, I'll just explain that you should scythe-like synth that builds and builds {U5 Relief) (U.5. 5ex Trax) buy this record without any delay. Four until the kick•drum slips in and out, Cl1icant>'s finest conrir11,e I11c-'11 tracks for the twenty-first century transforming this ego·centric track into One ol tl1e last releases on DJ D11ke's 011sln1;giH aPcl Boo rollm·_.., 11µ 1.i1c dancefloor. What's in the grooves? A something resembling house. 110>.'·•' dd1mct Sex Trax label and he's near classic 'Ne·.'-' Gegi,111i119· v:ith trip of epic dimensions involving 0000 Barney York certainly gone out in style with a ,,.,otlie1 four-trader of Ilic hi[1lics1 pulsing acid, techno beats and white· trxk th~, has tCI he played from q,.1ai;tY 't,..-lid,riLJlir Express' kirh hot atmospherics which laces house THE 7TH PLAIN bcgirrning to end to fully ,1pp1eciate tiling; off witll ,l rlOrl·SlOp 1Jc1, Ii>(,iC of with hip-hop, beauty with toughness. 'Shades Amaze' its true ·,mrth. 011kr tea,es you ,,.,_,ith ,w,.!,ng 1:ri1,9s and S'.'•1ee11irHJ Search out at all costs. (CPR) tile ulli111atc groovr as he slo,-.,s it ,.111aloguc p;1ds v"ilich JI 8 !:e:n ,1iu0 ly 00000 Tim Barr What's a concept E.P.? In this case it's dO\".Jrl irtHI speed; it bad: up ,1gJi11 i11 1n cl,c'd ,_...,itl1 Roo·s fimo1,1 clr11111 Iills Luke Slater delivering three tracks of a vl'r)' 'F1e11Lh Kiss' manneI lllPt. don't 'Pl,111ct Ea1;.li" adds ,ome old skoc,I OUTLAWS pretty, arpeggio-driven techno. 'Shades be p111 off by that as tl1is is no tc.cky and 'Cloud Bu1sr' rak~\ tl1r 'Ghetto Youth' Amaze' is a dreamy collage of analogue Slo' !\lotion rrp-off. rllis is J p11rc Goorlrnen's classic IJ,..isslir"-' .cml 11,p:; (S.QU.R.) and digItal, laye11ng fluttering melodics crroovc He 9ives enou~h of l"ih,1t's rn it abou\ u:r(ic·,, Gov·s vrbr,:;rri clrurrrs. Bouncy, summertime vibe jungle and wordless vocals over crashing, co111e ,;,ithout rui11i11q the o;urprise For the c,e,Hive dlilOrl(J',I !II, 1\.l, courtesy of the Outlaws provides reverb-soaked rhythms. 'Bigfield' and by Ilic end of tile third Willirnao; lrt1 tlli' fuul Priou9h of possilJili1ie1 Full rna, h once ag;;i11 bit. but the mood is still a smooth, atmospherics, if you're looking for the l1is O\"ill cle~ manip11L1tivns kh 10 (.~00()0 street·soul inspired, reggae picnic definitive mix. holcl l'iw i"te;est ris1ht until thr rnrl. whose cross·over potential won't upset 0000 Steven Ash I/cry 11sdul, very useful incieed. even the most rabid ofjunglists 0(.)0() Kevin McKay digestion. UNDERGROUND SCIENCE 000 Hugo fluendy 'Waterwurld' (PIink Plonk)

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Secret Knowledge / Delta Lady . Bugged Out!- Manchester Text- Oliver Swanton Photography- Simon King

Firstly, let's get beautiful bluesy something number. She cleared up. might not quite Secret be Billie Knowledge Holiday, but and Delta she's a total lady are one star and and the same - leaves the that is to say average disco the bands have diva standing. the same line­ Her vocals hang up, just in a so nicely in the different order. air because Kris Kris Needs with Needs doesn't female vocal ist, plaster them to the Wonder, are Secret wall wit h a busy full-on Knowledge and Wonder techno assault. Fu ll credit with keyboard and studio to both of them. wizard, Kris Needs, are Delta 'Anything You Want' came in a Lady. They don't exactly suffer from close third. Its delayed, clapping schizophrenia, but multi-personalities are t he bassline soun ded beefed up for the gig and order of the day. came out of the sound-system at about a hundred miles an On stage there's no difference. They don't come out hou r. Here Wonder's vocals complement the techno rather twice and perform their material separately, t hey slap the than steal centre-stage, giving Kris a chance to show what tracks back to back, thus destroying any remaining he's about and why he's in such demand for rem ix work. confusion. (Except, that is, for the lad who wanted a Th is gig was more of a PA than a stadium rock 'n'.roll refund because he thought one of t he bands hadn't turned affair. In front of a keyboard, which had no leads coming up.) For arguments sake let's just ca ll them Secret Delta. out of its back, Kris j umped around like a madman - classic Wonder and Kris Needs came out onto a stage, at Top of the Pops imitation. {At times, the look of Bugged Out!, wh ich looked like something,straight out of concentration on his face was so convincing that he not Des O'Connor Tonight - the black back-drop was covered in only nearly convinced me he wasn't miming, he almost a sea of star-like lights. However, from the very first convinced himself.) In between tracks he exited stage left opening bars of 'After World' it was more than obvious this to switch DAT tapes - everyone knew it was a studio­ wasn't going to be light entertainment. (Kris really likes comes-to-the-stage mime, rather than the traditi onal live his repetitive slamming-metal-door samples put through guitars gig, but it didn't matter because Kris didn't care. the reverb box.) He had no shame and didn't try to pretend it was anythi ng_ Second up was 'Sugar Daddy'. If it wasn't for the other than an act - for that I've got to respect him• remarkable vocal abilities of Wonder this track might have remained just a pretty good dub/trance techno effort. {April 74 The Chemical/Oust Brothers are on stage at However, Wonder really lets ri p and the track becomes a Bugged Out! and on May 5 Rejuvination do it Soma style.)

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One of the biggest projects being SUNDAY launched this month is 'UK Midlands: Lush Voodoo Rooms 11 pm·3am Oscar & Following in the footsteps of London's Har1i + guests April 9th Armand Van aub UK, the Wolverhampton club Heiden All drlnks fl kicks off on Saturday 8th April with Sub aub Sub Oub ES Tribal DJs Diinny Tenaglia, Terry The Blue Room The Venue E2 Ambient Farley and Dot Martin. The venue night with live PAs also plays hosts to the Cowboy Taste The Vaults £5 11 pm-4am Records/Back 2 Basics crew the fol­ lowing week. Promising a chill out ADDRESSES room with a TY, video and eyen a Arches Glasgow 041 ·221 8385 shower room, this purpose-built club The Bond Croft Street, Kilmarnock could be one to check out ifyou're in OS63·73600 the area. Citrus Club 40-42 Grindfy Street, Absolutely no excuses for staying in Edinburgh 031-229 6697 on April 1st, as clubland presents a Fat Sams Dundee host ofspecial nights on this Saturday. Glasgow School of Art 167 Renfrew If you fancy an 'April Fools Ball' you Street, Glasgow 041-353 4500 could visit the World Dance event at Joy l Regent Quay, Aberdeen Lydd Airport in Kent, or London's Not La Belle Angele 11 Hasties C!ose, 231 Forgotten at the ECl. Welsh readers Cowgate, Edinburgh 031 ·225 2774 can experience the collaboration of Neptune Aberdeen Renaissance and Absolutely Fabulous Pavilion Textile College, Galashiels this night, when Essence comes to the 0896 751869 Patti Pavilion in Swansea. A Bush Rocksy's Basement Below Koo I Noor Records Party also visits this venue on restaurant New Sneddon Street, Paisley 29th. 041 •889 7909 Finally, Happy Birthday to London's Royal Highland Centre Edinburgh 031- Leisure Lounge. Celebrating one year 333 2843 ofthe dub on, yes, you guessed it, Sub Club 22 Jamaica Street, Glasgow that momentous date of April 1st, will Ryal & Martin Collins plus guests at 1:30am) Elliot Eastwick, Miles Hollway 041·2484600 be Smokin' Jo, Roy the Roach, Rad Rice Glasgow's best Thursday night extrava• join residents Scott Gallacher, AJ & Tunnel 84 Metro Street, Glasgow 041 • and others. Many happy returns to ganza Andy 204 1000 them, and indeed many happy nights Vaults Niddry Street, Edinburgh 031 · to you this month. Enjoy I FRIDAY SATURDAY 556 0001 The Ark The Tunnel f5/E3 NUS resi• Absolutely Fabulous The Bond Venue Calton Road, Edinburgh 031-5S7 SCOTLAND dents Michael Kilkie, Scott McKay, Residents Scott Gibson & Billy Kiltie+ 3073 Stephen Mccreery+ guests guests. Organised in conjunction with Voodoo Room 22 C-ambridge Street, WEDNESDAY Fetish La Belle Angele fortnightly Limbo Records Glasgow Divine Inspiration La Belle Angele f4 E5/f4 11 pm•3am DJs George T (Tribal Burger Queen The Vaults f6 11 pm-4am Wilkie House The Cowgate, Edinburgh llpm•4am Function) & Nicci. House, hip hop & dub. Celebrate life Joy fS 9pm-2am 031-225 2079 Dress fruity & free Resident Billy Davidson THURSDAY The Yard Sub Club New weekly garage aub 69 Rocksy's Basement 9:30pm, SOUTH Clubhouse The Vaults f3.SO/f2.50 & house night wth Gareth Somerville& 2am Residents William Sandieson & cones 11 pm4am Stuart McCorrisken + guests April 14th Martin McKay+ guests TUESDAY Eden Wilke House fS advance tickets Paul 'Trouble' Anderson, Dave Lambert Disco Inferno The Venue alternate The Abduction Club Pyramids Centre from roCTAll pm-3am (1 :30am curfew, April 21st Kerri Chandler Saturdays £4 DJ Nick from Ripping £l 9pm-2am occasional Thursdays) Resident Scott Pure The Venue f5/f3 cones 10:30pm• Records Elegance The Venue £4/£3 mems Gallacher+ guests 3am Residents Twitch & Brainstorm+ Dogtastic La Belle Angele (fortnightly) 9pm-lam Residents Simon G, Ian Elliot Made In America The Venue f4/f2 guests Scott Ferguson &Andy Williams &Piers+ April 18th Dave Kendrick with flyer 10:30pm•3am fortnightly DJ Sateva The Vaults £4-£6 (depending on Flirt Fat Sams £5 Resident Dave C-alikes April 25th Spencer Williams Info on Kool (Paris), Wolle DJs) 11 pm-4am Sexy Voodoo Rooms 11 pm-3am 01637 875096 Silc Kuts The Venue £4/£3 with flyer Secret Garden Joy £5 9pm-2am Residents Kevin Mckay & Me! Barr+ Wonderland Academy 2 7pm-11 pm before 12 10:30pm•3am fortnightly 'Orgiastic house with home grown DJs' guests April 1st Dominic Moir Under 18s night £4/fS adv Martin the Fisher & Price, Stuart Tennant. Dunks, Slam The Arches E6 Residents Stuart Skank Neptune ES Residents Michael Hat, DJ Dream, DJ Dance+ guests. !nfo • Bimbo, Jimmy & Craig+ guests Mcmillan & Orde Meikle+ guests Kilkie &Zammo 0202 290421 Snorkel Pavilion f4/f2 mems Voodoo Rooms Voodoo Rooms £6 Source Barrowlands ElO + fee Spm• Residents Colin Walker & Martyn 11 pm.Jam Residents Mel & Nigel Hayes 12am Under 18s night on first Saturday WEDNESDAY Henderson playing house, hip hop & + guests April 21st David ea macho ofthe month. Loads of DJs and PAs. For Liberty Maclisons E2 Garage & House jazz April 28th Breeze - Facing Hard Times info call 0836·551296 with Mark Kidd, Si Gracia/Seth Sanchez UK Gold Sub Club ES Residents Mark Vaults ES/f7 1l pm-3am (curfew Sub Club Super Saturday £8 Harri, Shake Yer Wig The Jazz Place £2 lOpm·

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2am Funk with Robert, Luis+ guests Fisher, Martin P, Duffa & PJ. + guests Davies DJ Dulcie Danger April 1 st Princess Volts Volts 9pm·lam Contact venue for April 7th DJ Sy & Seduction (happy Stressed Volts 9pm-lam free before Julia April 8th Danny Rampling April details hardcore night) April 14th John Kelly 10pm Andy Finnie, Lord Louis & Honey 15th Rich B, Paulette April 22nd Pau l Zap Zap Multimedia every Wednesday, April 21st Judge Jules, Fabio, Luke Suit Yourself Wierton Manor f3.50 Trouble Anderson with drama, trapeze artists, live video Neville, Ron, Jon Fisher, Donovan Smith, Residents Eddie Lock & Chris Davis+ Joy Felbridge Hotel E6 9pm-2am House mixing, Internet link ups,and techno AndyC, Krust(El 3/El4} April 28th guests & garage DJs Dom inic Moir Sweet Sticky Thing Tuskers E5/f3 Koyanisquatsi The Palace E4 doors March 29th ABSORB presents Peaches Frisky Brunel Rooms Alternate Fridays before lOpm/free before 9pm/mems 9pm info 0202 554034 Soul, jazz & & Cream The Rectory Nightclub E3 B4 E4 84 11 pm ES after 9pm-3am f3/free before 10pm 8pm-2am Jazzy funk 10pm, ES after 8pm•2am John Kelly, Residents Jon Fisher, Paul+ guests vibes from Chris Brown & Aud upstairs+ Nationfunktasia Vibe E3/E4 B4 Darryl Stanley, Emma & The Dredded March 31st Siste r Bliss. Nick Warren solid house from Johnny Walker &James 10:30pm, E4/ES after Residents Bob Wayne April 14th John Kelly Martin downstairs Povey, Jon Coomer & Aiden Giddy Simpsons E7/E4 after 3am Tasty The Wh ite Lion Free 8· 11 pm Rick Orbit After Dark Club Check with venue THURSDAY lOpm-Sam (fortnightly) Residents Gannon, Lee Davey, Jimi Sae, Laurence for details Checkpoint Charlie After Dark Club Richa rd Ford, Pierre, Stripe+ guests Butler & Tone Planet Earth Oscar's E4 84 11 pm 9pm- (fortnightly) E5·6/mems El less 9pm· G.O.D. Oscars ES 84 10pm 9pm-2am WOK Club Bojanglez Monthly (April 2am Force & Styles, Stevee B, Busta + 2am Residents Richard Ford, Pierre & Residents Andy Smith & Dave Williams 7th} £5 84 11 pm/mems all night 9pm- guests Stripe+ guests + guests 3am DJs Ed Wilman, Jon Skinner, Breeze, Q.E.D. Ragamuffine Nightclub E6/E4 Club 303 Cabaret Club E4/f3 NUS Hard and Heavy SES l st Friday of the Nicky Holloway before 10:30pm 9pm-2am New night presenting underground & month ES 9pm-4am DJs Kenny Ken, April 7th Tokyo Sex Whale/Orbit The Soapbox Bensons (monthly) £7 lOpm• uplifting house with residents Robert 4am Residents Lee Cakebread, Sidney Webb downstairs; Mark Salter & James, Nev Benjamin James upstairs+ guests April Revolution Lakota E8/E7 mems 6th Jamie & Percy (Tenerife) April 13th 9.30pm-4am Residents Nick Warren, Sarah Chapman April 20th Mark Kidd lvor Wilson, Nathan Pope, Grayson April 27th Tony de Vit For info phone Shipley+ guests April 1 st Boy George, Rob on 01329 832778 CJ Mackintosh (6 am finish) April 8th Lust for Life Henry's ES 9pm-2am Lisa Loud, Al McKenzie April 15th Residents Norman Jay & Brian Jacobs+ Danny Rampling, Ash ley Beadle April guests 22nd Doc Martin April 29th Ministry Shakedown Volts 9pm-lam free before of Sound night with Alister Whitehead, 10pm Acid Jazz night with Lord Louis, Clivilles, Harvey Ross Reynolds, Spider & Nigel ROAR! Club Loco E6/E~ mems/NUS Spank Club Loco Fetish evening accom· 9pm-2:30am Residents Ron i Size, Krust, panied by house music, promising lots of Hype, Stix, Cukoo, Daydream. LIT+ Depot E8/E6 NUS/concs 9pm-4am Dazee, MC Megatron, MC Jakes+ guests fun! Strict dress code. Tickets from guests Residents Ben Parker, Sol Ray, Jah April 1st Grooverider April 8th Religion, Bristol Junction 2 Zen Nightclub E7/ES mems Woosh + DJ Dag, Gayle San, John E Bloc. Jumping Jack Frost April 15th Andy C Upstairs Gino's Ba r E2.50 8.30pm - late 9:30pm-2am resident Mark Syers & per­ Ch ill out room: DJ Culture, Dave Harvey April 22nd Mickey Finn April 29th DJ (2am licence) New regu lar night with cussion ist Steve Smith+ guests Info on 01179 424180/0532 523542 Rap local DJs playing 'a selection ofdance Mad Tommy's Depot ES l0pm-4am April 1st Delight The Venue E4 84 music with the accent firmly on quality Residents Jen Jen & Apollo+ guests SATURDAY 9:30pm/E6 9pm-lam Residents Simon house and garage'. · Midnight Mass Caligari E4/ES 9pm­ Bingo Bongo Shark Club l0:30pm-3am G& Ian Elliot+ John ·oo· Flemming Vive La Shaft Zap f3.50/E3/ El for late New fortnightly night. Residents Tim Jeffery+ guests (mems & regulars April 1st The April Fools Ball from the first 100 people l0:30pm-2am Dan Pedro & Rik Wa lker+ guests on ly) World Dance Organisation. The Main Inferno & Gordon Lovetra in. Uplifting Naughty But Nice The Rooms f3:50 84 Bump N Hustle Showbar (twice month· Hangar & Warehouse, Lydd Airport music mixed with live percussion, digeri­ 10pm, £4:50 after ly) from 8pm E8/E6 mems/NUS El 9/E21 mems/E23 9pm-7am DJs doos and visuals. The Outer Limits The G·Spot f3 Residents Bob Povey, John Croomer+ Grooverider, Hype, Slipmatt, Kenny Ken, April 13th CPS a manor house, two B410pm/£4 84 11 pm/ES thereafter. guests Info on 0202-317277 Ellis Dee, Randall, Swan-E, DJ Vibes. miles from M4 Junct. 11 (nr Reading) • Mems El cheaper. 9pm-2am Resident Chill Westcourt Arms same as Friday Vinyl Groover, Pooch, Phil Perry, Frankie details on tickets. phone 0273 709709· Pau l Edge+ guests Cultural Vibes Club Oz £6/ES 9pm- Valentine, LuvDup, Queen Maxine, credit card, or 0374 628535. DJs The Palace from 9pm For info phone 2am Cleveland City, Danny Hodges + MC Andrew Weatherall. Jon Pleased 0202 554034 Deja Vu Academy E7 mems/E9 guests Fearless & MC Stevie Hyper Info on 071 Wimmin, Billy Nasty, Rad Rice, Lisa Loud, Pump Oub Art New monthly hard 9pm till late Residents Greg B, Wair 613 4768 Lady Eva + Checkpoint Charlie residents house night April 28th Craig Walsh Morrison, Tony Angus. Steve Oates, April 1s t Pure Sex Gaiety Suite E8 Richard Ford, Pierre & Stripe. Red Zap E6/ES mems + cones. Miles Copeland. Murray+ guests mems/ £ 10 Residents Steve Conway & l0:30pm-4am ( E7IE6 till Sam every Enough to Make You Come Club Art Stu Rising+ Carl Cox FRIDAY second and last Friday of the month) Residents Simon Barry & Chris Powell April 22nd Hysteria presents Beach Banana Republic Rhino Club f3/E4 Eric Powell + guests play uplifting house+ guests April 1st Party Extravaganza Cornwall Collesium 10pm-2am Residents Conrad & Marcus Roya l House Madisons ES 9pm-2am Choci April 8th Brandon Block April 7pm-2am DJs Ellis Dee. Sy, Easygroove, Saunderson Upstairs: "Spanish Inquisition' with Si 15th Alex PApril 29th Al McKenzie Ramos, The Producer, Scorpio, Cabaret Voltaire Face 2 Face E6 Gracia & Seth Sanchez Downstairs: Paul Escape Club Escape Club 9pm-2am Destruction, C. Smooth, Chemistry & 11 :30pm-6am Sawyer & Michael Speed+ guests Frisky The Brunel Rooms f3 before Storm, Prom is. Apache, DJ Brendan, G· Chill Westcourt Arms Free 8pm-late Sioux Soir Madisons ES 9pm-2am 10pm/E4 before 11 / ES after 9pm-2am Spot+ MCs Ribba, Magika, Marley & QC. House & garage night with residents House & garage night with residents Jon Fisher, Martin P & PJ. + guests April April 29th Natural Rhythm The Venue Ruffian & Gary C+ guests Steve Moule, Si Garcia, Seth Sanchez+ 15th l Love get Frisky with Mike Shawe, E4 84 9:30pm/E6 after/E4 mems all Club Foot The Warehouse Club ES guests James Savage. Ian Wilkie April 22nd night 9pm·lam Resident Simon G + Fortnightly Solid State Lakota £7/ ES mems Dave Lambert (Positiva) April 29th Nick Warren Fair Shout Club Loco ES 9.30pm-2am 9:30pm-4am Residents Jody (Way Out Mike c. Peer Guest DJs: April 7th Christian West) & Ian Wilkie+ guests March 31 st Good Times Junction E6 adv/E7 lOpm· SUNDAY Woodyatt, James Savage April 14th Jon Dave Angel, Gayle San April 7th Mr C 3am - no entry after 1am April 30th ABSORB presents Let it da Silva. Mike Shawe, Grayson Shipley April 14th Laurent Garnier April 21 st Hard & Fast downstairs Madisons Roll The Rectory Nightclub E3 84 April 21 st Si Long, Phil Gifford, Nathan Carl Cox. Pete Tong E8/E6 mems 9pm-2am with resident 10pm, ES after 8pm-2am Jason Jay, Top Pope April 28th Norman Jay, Paul Southern Exposure Atomics E6 9pm• DJ Storm + guests Juicy Fruit upstairs Buzz, Lisa & Emma Harris. Greg Evans 2am Joint effort from The Leisu re with residents Steve Moule, Mark Kidd, The Fruit Club The Brunel Rooms E4 Lounge, Club UK and High Spirits. With Lee Mainwaring ADDRESSES before 11 pm/ES after 9pm·3am T. Brown Bongo Massive every week It Zap E7/£6 mems/concs 10:30pm• Academy 570 Christchurch Road, Alternate Fridays. Residents Gwange, March 31 st Steve Proctor, Breeze, Andy 4am Resident Paulette (Flesh} + guests Bournemouth, Dorset BHl 4BH 0202- Intensity, Lee, M.C.Bustamove, Jon Morris, Marc French, Nick Brown, Cris DJ Commacho, Roger Trinity (Jersey) & 399922

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Adlib Lucy Road Southend-On-Sea, guests Essex 0702-469469 playing full-blooded jazz techno Sol Y Sombra Cuba £3 9pm-2am After Dark Club 112 London Street, DJ Dave Hucker Reading 0532-532649 + live PA by Descarga Latin Jazz Jam once a Atomics Unit A, Hart Street, month Salsa Maidstone, dance class at Kent 081 293 5355/0956 8:30 with Elli Starsky & Hutch 261732/0831 250812 Ronnie Scot's (Upstairs) £5/£3 NUS/£2 before 10:30 The Base King Street, East Grinstead, 10pm-3am Sussex 70s & 80s discoand rare groove with Andy G, Bensons Remenham Hill, Henley on Kristos + guest DJ Femi (Young Disciples) Thames 0491 575430 Zest The Borderline Bojanglez Guildford 0483-304202 f4/£3 flyer/f2 NUS/£2 first 100 people Starts Bower Ashton UWE, Clanage Road, Bristol 11:30pm The Balearic Boys Brunel Rooms Havelock Square, THURSDAY Swindon 0793-531384 Above All That Cabaret Club, Holdenhurst Road, Velvet Underground Bournemouth Hosted by Caroline & Elton+ guests Luke Neville, Rob Sykes, Caligari Cheapside, Luton Dave Dorrell, Dominic Moir Club Art9 Elmer Approach, Southend­ Animal House on-Sea, Essex 0702-333277 The Gardening Club £5/£3 NUS All drinks Club Loco 84 Stokes Croft, Bristol 0272 £2 DJs Chris and James+ 426193 guests April 6th Lisa Loud April 13th Nick Hanson April Club Oz 36-38 Union Street, Plymouth 20th 0752-224200 Paul Gardner April 27th Laurence Showbar Bournemouth Pier, 10:30pm/f5 after 9:30pm DJs Traps, Nelson Concorde Brighton Bournemouth 0202-551685 Twizzler, Sam Cobb Eurobeat 2000 Turnmills ES 84 Depot Lawrence Hill, Bristol 0392· Simpsons The Ring, Brackne ll, 11pm/f7 after f5 mems/concs 431313 Berkshire 0344-427222 B4 TUESDAY 12am/£4 after 3am 10.30pm-6am Escape Club Brighton The Studios Hendford Yeovil Break It Down The Borderline fS/£3 Residents Frankie D, Axis, Alex Hazzard, Face 2 Face Torwood Gardens Road, Tuskers 221 Yorktown Road, Sandhurst, NUS 11 :30pm-3am Funky rare grooves T23 + guests March 30th DJ Hell, Nigel Torquay 0295-252412 Camberley, Surrey 0252-878181 with resident DJs Richards, Jasper the Satellite Felbridge Hotel London Road, East Upper Deck 4-6 Woodbridge Road, Bombay Jungle The Wag £3 stu­ Get Down to Earth The Earth Club£2 Grinstead, Sussex 0342-326992 Guildford 0483-304202 • dents/ES l0pm-3am mems/£4 guests DJs Luce & Marc Gaiety Suite South Parade Pier, UWE Students' Union Frenchay The Pinch Gardening Club £4/£3 Brown with a 'full-on jam session' Portsmouth Campus, Bristol 0272-656261 (day) mems/NUS 10pm-3am April 4th Gayle Giant Steps Club Koo £5 10pm-3:30am Gino's Bar Wallington High Street, 0272-750418 (night) San April 11thJosh Wink April 18th Ricco, Sa rjid, Colin & Panos Surrey Venue Bramwells Mill, Penzance, Phil Perry April 25th Rad Rice Heavy Melon Basement The G-Spot 8 Sunrise Business Park, Cornwall Free 10:30- Salsa Pa' Ti Bar Rumba DJ Dominique 3:30 DJs Bunny, Xavier+ guests playing Higher Shaftesbury Road, Blandford, Vibe 206 Old Christchurch Road, with hard & soft salsa Dorset funk, disco & garage with 'no musical Bournemouth Time Is Tight Velvet Underground boundaries' Henry's Harthorne lane, Burnham Volts 4 The Quay, Exeter 0392-2111347 £4/£3 cones 10pm-3am Funky grooves Horny legends £6/£4 mems (mems Beeches, Bucks 0753 643227 Warehouse Plymouth 0752-224200 from Smithers (Humpty Dump), Keb free before 11 )/£2 before 11 pm 10pm- The Jazz Place 10 Ship Street, Brighton The Warehouse Club Brighton Debarge {leave My Wife Alone), Ben & 4am Double Jay, Scorpio, Phreek Junction Clifton Road, Cambridge Westcourt Arms Crew, Canterbury Street, Pete Leslie O(Barely Breaking Even)+ Mickey Simms 0223-412600 Gillingham 0634 851806 guests Leave My Wife Alone TheWag £4 B4 Lakota 6 Upper York Street, Bristol White Lion 11 SHigh Street, Egham, Vibe Cuba £3 9pm-2am Funk night 11 pm+ flyer/ £6 after 10:30pm- 0272-427102 Surrey 081-569 9449 with DJ Mikey & The Vibe Collective live 3:30am Jazz funk loftClub Brighton Wierton Manor Wierton Road, Malachite/XS ECl l0pm-6am Madisons The Square, Bournemouth Boughton Monche lsea, Nr Maidstone, WEDNESDAY Megatripolis Heaven £6/£4 0202-290247 Kent 0622-661757 $1-09c Beluga £5 9pm-2am. Residents NUS/UB40 8pm-3am Malcolm X Centre 141 City Road, Zap Old Ship Beach, Brighton 0273- Dan Harrison, Barnaby Bervena playing Neon Fish Bar Rumba £5/£4 10pm- Bristol 0272-554497 821588 funky boogie beat choons 3:30am DJs Andrew C, Paul Fordham+ Mirage William Street, Windsor 0753- Zen Kent Road, Dartford, Kent 0322- Fresh n' Funky Iceni fS/£2 before guests playing old & new house 856222 222423 11 pm 10pm-3am Hip hop, jazz, swing & Panic 414 Club £3 l0pm-6am New Trinity Hall Trinity Road, Old Colin, live performance Richard, Market, Bristol Stevie+ guests playing hard 0272-55065 LONDON Fruit Machine Heaven £1 B4 house Odyssey Nelson Street, Bristol 0272- 11 :30pm/f4 without/£6 after Ratio Vox £4/free before 12 11 pm- 292658 MONDAY 10:30pm-late Rich B, Martin Confusion, 3am Joint venture between Quirky's Osca~s The Pier, Clackton onSea, Essex The Color Purple Shuffles £2 l0:30pm- Jeffrey Hinton+ guests own Spykid 0255 424268 and former Dubology resi­ 3am Dr lee, Iance. Chris+ Guests. 'The The Loft HQ's 9pm-2.:im £5/£4 dent Roast Chi~ken The Palace Hinton Road, Bournemouth Sounds Of Minneapolis' mems/NUS/MU/£3 before 11 pm Paul 0202-550434 Reservoir Dogs Iceni £5 10:30pm- Cyclone A London CityStudio (-ex virtu­ 'Trouble' Anderson, Norman Jay+ 3:30am Andy Westbrook, Pavilion North Will-0-The­ Parade, Bath 022 5- al reality golf course!) info from Lulu guests W 461lll isp, Ben Bellman,Steve Marshall, 071 490 0385 £12 adv/£10 mems Make The Break Bar Rumba Mark Andy Sawyer Pavillion Ballroom Bournemouth 0202- £15/ £12 on door 11 pm-7am Mr C., Tonderai playing soul, funk & hip hop + Shake it Loose Bar Rumba £4/£2 cone. 552122 Matthew B., Dave Angel, Richard Grey & live comedy sketches Clayeon, Clinton, & Christine play funky Ragamuffine Nightclub Main Square Luke Slater Maze Club Ruby's £5/£3 before 10:30 jazz, rare grooves, soulful garage Camberley, Surrey 0276-61404 The Monday Club The Rose 11 am-11 pm 9:30pm-late Soul, funk & reggae+ live Solenoid Club Koo l0pm-6am £5/£3 The RectoryNightclub Aylesbury, New house & garage all-dayer performances after 3am. Andy Noir & The Hideous Bucks(l 1/2 milesout of Aylesbury on Salseros Cuba £2 + dance dass at8:30 Planet Earth The limelight £6/£4 with Brothers. Tranced out house. the A413 towards Buckingham) with Elli 9pm-2am DJ Ara playing Salsa tlyer/£2 with flyer before 11 l0:30pm- Soul Spectrum II Beluga £6/fS with Rhino Club Waterloo Terra ce, That's How It Is Bar Rumba £3 10pm- 3am Residents David,Jimbo, Russ+ flyer 9pm-2am Southampton DJs Michaela-May, Pinky, 3am Gilles Peterson & James Lavelle+ guests Owen Washington Rhythm Station Station Road, live performances &guests Pleased Velvet Underground £5 l0pm- Speed The Mars Bar £4/£5 Aldershot, Hants 9.30pm• W.O.R.L.D. R.E.C.E.S.S.1.0.N.Velvet 3am Jon Pleased Wimmin Paul Woods 2am Jungle night with resident SES LTJ Deptford Broadway Underground f5/f4 NUS Paul Ha rris, + guests Bukem The Richmond Br ighton Nicky Holloway Rotary Club Ga rden ing Club £5 l0pm- Spirit World Upstairs at the Pigeons Shark Club Brighton April 17th Bamboozle HQ £3 B4 3am Dave Angel, Frankie Valentine+ Alternate Thursdays (March 2nd, 16th,

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30th) £3/f2:50 cones 8pm-l am. Submerged f8/£5 Paul Tibbs, Nick · 2:30am Residents E.Z. & Nicky Dee + Academy E20/fl 5 cones. tbc. 9pm-6am Techno/hard house from residents Marc Dare, Rocky & Diesel, Kenny Charles guests such as MC Wriggler, Billy Bunter, Usual Megatripolis features+ more Williams, Dee Troit, DJ KSD + guests Feel Real Raw Two rooms ofdeeply Ellis Dee, Nickle Bee & Kid Andy SATURDAY Starsky & Hutch Ronnie Scot's groovy house and garage relocating Jumpin' Beluga £7/ ES mems/free Club 157 Jingles (monthly) ES/£3 (Upstairs) f6/f4 cones/£2 before from the Gardening Club. In room one, before 11 pm lOpm-late Residents cons. DJs Andy M, Dan-E, Ewan & D­ 10pm. Same as Wednesday DJs are The Full Crew & Mystic Aurra. Strictly Norton, Karl 'Tuff Enur Brown, Light That'll do nicely! Zeebrabar E3 l0pm- Room two has Ashley Beadle & Ben Matt 'Jam' Lamon t+ guests Garage City Bar Rumba t ill 6am on 3am Residents Simon Lawrence, Torrens playing funk and jazz. Kat Klub Bar Rumba £6/£3 84 11 pm rotation: Bobbi, Steve & Zoo Spencer Broughton+ guests Feel The Rhythm Leisure Lounge 10pm-4am Club classicsfrom Ronnie Independence E10 Lee Fisher, Steve The Swinging Cymbal Cuba E2 9pm- £8/ES before 12 10:30pm-5am Kid Here!, Keiran B& Wilber Wilberforce Proctor, John Kelly, Luvdup Native 2am with melting pot DJs Mambo, Batchelor, Linden C, Dennis Valentine+ Londinium Browns 11 pm-4am Strictly Tongue E2 Roy & Roach, Dave Dorrell, Chacha & Bugalu alternates with Hi Ho guests play house, garage & smooth glamorous dress code! Fat Tony, Nancy Noise Experience with Ray Whittard & Mellow techno Open All Hours Ministry Of Sound Been There, Seen It, Done It Ormonds Cee Final Frontier Club UK E11 /f.9 mems El 2/EB mems/f.6 after 3am 11pm - 10.30-3.30am Thirst caM de Paris El/ES before after 11 :30pm/E9/E7 mems before. 7am March 31 st Jim Masters. Phil Perry, Best of British Chunnel Club £12/£8 12/NUS l0pm-3am DJ Alon + guests Membership f.2 l0pm-6am March 31st DJ Skull, Rad Rice, X-Press 2, Ashley, before 11 pm/E8 mems 10pm-6am Won Ton Beats Gardening Club ES.SO CJ Bolland (Belgium), Mike Huckaby, Rocky, Deisel April 7th Jim Masters, Bon Voyage Hattons Last Saturday of 11 pm-3:30am JSaul Kane, James Dave Clarke, Dino Psaras, Jonathan Pierre, Armand, Armand Van Heiden, every month E15/E10 adv April 29th Lavelle, Will & Masaui + kung fu movie Cooke, Tin Tin April 7th Mr Oz, Derrick Richard Fearless, earl Reckless, Terry Ray luck, DJ Mell, Simon Romp, Fat visuals Carter, Josh Win k, Jody, Mark Williams, Farley Tony, Mark James, Jacqui Nanson Zone Gass Club E6/E5 mems 9pm- Fabio Paras, Gayle San April 14th Mr Peach Cafe De Paris ElO/f.7 before Bump Subterania E6 10pm-3:30am 3:30am Resident Lenny Dee Music, Tony Sapino, DJ Hell, JeffMills, 11pm/E7 mems 10pm-6am Graham Hosts Grace & Rod Lay DJs Princess April 13th Plenty! The Cross £10 on Julia, Ta llulah, KCC & Jeffrey Hinton + the door/£5 after 3am 10pm-6am DJs guest PAs Jeremy Healy, Dave Dorrell, John Kelly, Bump 'N' Hustle Beluga E10/E7 before Luke Neville 12/f.S mems 9pm-2am Uplifting night with resident Stevie Jay + guests. 'Dress FRIDAY to undress'. Atomic Model Iceni ElO 10pm-3am Carwash Le Scandale E8 l0pm-3:30am Dom T, Ben Bellman, Miles, Guy Preston, 70s & 90s disco grooves with DJs Roberto Zazzi + guests with three floors Deckster & Miss Jo Lively Dress code: ofhouse, garage, reggae & latin 'nothing from Next' Babe Fridge £10 mems/El 2 10pm- Club Cuba Cuba f3 9pm-2am Darren+ 5am New night with Girls FM DJs. Call guests 071 582 931 Sfor membership info etc Club For Life The Rock Club Cuba Cuba E3 9pm-2am Mike Garden/Gardening Club £13/f.ll Parsons + guests mems/fS after 4am l 0:30pm-6am DJS Club Fantastique Mars El0/E8 before Chris & James+ guests April 1st Jon l 2am/ £6 mems/ES after 3am 11 pm­ Pleased Wimmin, Kevin Swain, Kevin Sam Bobbi, Steve+ guests playing Andy Morris, Charlie Hall, Carl Cox April Gold, Darren Pearce, Dave Lambert, Hurry, Craig Campbell, Phil Mison, funky house 21 st Alex Knight, Dave Angel, Miss Craig Dimech Jeremy Healy, Phil Perry, Paul Gardener Club 1-Q Ormonds E8/E6 mems 84 12 Djax, Andrew Weatherall, Phil Jubb, Quirky Vox 10pm-6am E6/ES April 8th Laurence Nelson, Von, 10pm-3.30am Chris Phillips, Brian Dave Clarke, Justin Robertson, Billy cones/ £4 mems/ £4 before 11 pm & Brandon Block, Lisa Loud, Jay Chappell Norman, Daddy Bug, Jasper the Vinyl Nasty April 28th Laurent's French Tea r after 3am Residents Nick The Record, April 22nd Dave Dorrell, Tall Pau l Junkie, Lloyd Life, Keith Lawrence, Up Special with Kortex, Manu le Malin, Adam Domican, Edit, Lee Belford + Newman, James Mac, Si Long, The Boot Ronnie Coldsweat, Gary Tra pdoor+ live Laurent Garnier, DJ Jacques, DJ guests Boys April 29th Lee Fischer, Craig PA from Alison Evelyn Barbarella, Jerome Packman Rapture Soundshaft E8/E6 before Jenson, Darren Stokes, Matt Frost, Phil Do Scrapey Loops Rock Garden 10pm- Freeway Turnm ills El0/£7 11 pm Mems fS & £7 10pm-4am Mison 6am E8 (fortnightly) Residents Ashley mems/ £6 after 3am/'Babes' free B4 'Uplifting upfront happy house' from Damn Funky Jazz Cafe E6 11 pm-2am Marlowe, Andrew Weatherall, Curley+ 11.30pm. Free membership.10pm-6am regulars Steve Johnson, Dave Anthony, Femi (Young Disciples), Dodge & IG guests Residents Matt 'Jam' Lamont,Tee Smith, Tony Price & Micky Custance (Big Audio ECl ECl 10pm-6am April 1st Not ECl ECl 10pm-6am April 7th Owen Clark+ guests Dynamite)+ guests. Tim Larke on the Forgotten presents an April Fools Ball Sabresonic f8 Andrew Weatherall April Fruity Legends £8/f.5 before 11 pm and bongos every week. (till 7am) f l 2 With Paul Daley 14th Born to be Cool E8 Dan J, Dave R, after 3am 10pm-6am Residents Spencer Rotation Subterania £6 with flyer (Leftfield), Cra ig Jensen, Mark Felton, Rob Andrews, Neville, Robert Hurley, Broughton, Rob Blake, Bradley Jay, Mark 10pm-3:30am On rotation Alex Baby, James O'Brien, Terry Luther, Mark Roy Sloam April 21 st Hot Anthony+ guests Dodge, Sam B, Femi Fem Needham Tickets in advance April 8th Records/Aqua Booty April 28th Future World Market Tavern £4/E3 Rude SWl ElOpm/ES after 3am Screams of Passion E10 April 15th mems 11 pm-Sam Hard & happy house 10:30pm-6am Anselm & Rob + guests Shakavara El 2 Graham Gold, Dave with residents Shugz, DJugly + guests Soul Circle HQ's 9pm-2am E6/E4 Dorrell, James Parker, Mark & Adrian The Garage Heaven E4 B4 11 :30pm before 10:30pm Indigo & Maura Miller LuvDup April 22nd Contento El0/E5 with flye r/ES without/El.SO after. (Fresh 'n' Funky), Frea k-y Reidy (Good, after 3am Fat Tony, Bobby & Steve, Mixed gay night with residents Mrs Bad and the Ugly) Ma rk Jam Lamont, Mark Jones April Wood, Dr Mu, Blu Peter, Steve Young, Spellbound Club Koo E8/E5 after 3am 29th That's the Way to do It presents Rachel Auburn, Princess Julia, DJ Steven l0pm-6am Residents Stacey Tough & Face The Music E10 Norris Windross, Glitterati The Cross E10/E7 mems Robin Ball+ guests Phil Usher, Nick Whitstanley, Phil Baker, 10:30pm-4:30am Residents Danny Takin' Off Subterania (fortnightly) E6 Mat Kenny Rampling, Seb Fontaine & Luke Neville 11 pm-3:30am Resident DJ Lee + guests Euphonia Annex E2 9pm-2am + guests Tribal Dance Paradise Club E9/E6 Fierce Child Mars £10/EB mems/fS Hardware 414 Club 10:30pm-6am £4 after 4am 10:30pm-9am Randall, Hype DJs Fat Tony, Cool Hand Luke, John mems/U840/NUS before ll /E6 oth­ & Ray Keith Cecchini ers/E3 after 3am Residents Tony 2 Dam Funky Colosseum 11 pm-Sam Flipside Iceni £10/£7 before 10pm & Weech, Cra ig Thomas, Terry Mitchell, ElO/f.5 mems (membership £2) Two for mems. Residents Chris Checkly, Hazy & Rob Lawrence + guests rooms• the Big Bass Warehouse with Dezzie D, Dodge, Patrick Forge, Torro, Heart Attack Velvet Undergroun d Seb Fontaine & guests, and the Slow Paul Martin. El0/E8 mems/ES after 3am 10pm- and funky room with Smooch & the Soul GISM Club Koo (fortnightly) £10 10pm- 6am Residents Nicky Holloway & Kitchen massive 6am Graham Gold, Darren Pearce, Rob Lawrence Nelson + guests April 7th Megatripolis in association Jeffrey, Mark Mills, Le DJ Roy, Rob Jack's Dome The Dome £5 10pm- with Experimental Soundfield Brixton Parrish, Darren Poole, Sabs & Shiv

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The Goodfoot The Wag £6 + with DJs Todd Terry, Pau l Oakenfold, flyer/NUS/£10without. Downstairs: DJ Smokin' Jo; PAs from China Black, Secret Alon, Big Mike & Kingsize play hip hop, Life & Deja Vu. Hosted by Michaela­ swing, funk classics; upstairs Starsky & Mae & Simone Angel.Tickets from Royal Hutch with 70s funk, soul, jazz & groove Albert Hall, Beluga Leisure, Sign of the Hazardous Waist Hubble & Co £8 Times & Stroke of Genius. 10pm onwards on every folJrth Saturday April 15th Centrefold Gardening CJ Mackintosh, Bukem, Gary Williams+ Club/Rock Club £12 Jeremy Healy, guests Steve Lee, Darren Emerson, Josh Wink, Heaven Heaven £6 B4 11 :30pm with John Nelson, Phil Mison flyer/ £7 without/£8 after Resident Ian April 15th Club For Life Linford Film D+ guests play happy house & techno Studios Jeremy Healy, Brandon Block, at this popular gay night. Funk & soul in Chris & James, Vivien Markey, Laurence the Dakota Bar Nelson, Danny Keith leisure Lounge Leisu re Lounge £12 April 15th Renaissance The Cross £ 12 lOpm-lOam Residents Andy Morris & 10pm-6am John Digweed, Jan Ossia, Arron+ guests April l st Smokin Jo, Roy Keoki, Dave Seaman the Roach, Breeze, Rad Rice, Biko, Scott James, Darrin Parks, Filippe April 8th SUNDAY Alex Party, Daniele Davoli, Steve After Hours Chunnel Club £5, mems Proctor, Gayle San, Steve Johnson, only. Residents Marie, Dean Lambert, James White, Rad Rice, Simon Barry Arron, Bobby & Steve, Normski April 15th Fabio Paras, Phil Perry, Cheeky Monkey Beluga £5/£4 cones Alistair Whitehead, Matt Frost, Dean 8pm-midnight Residents Andy Stratten, Junior Perez, Rad Rice, Jay Saul Heathcote & Sean Gibson + Danny Kane April 22nd Judge Jules, Seb Foster, Andy B, Dan Harrison & Barnaby Fonta ine, Dom T, Dean Savonne, Bubba Bervena Haymes,Jules Verne, Terry Marks, The Chemistry Of Dance HQ's £5/£3 Michael Andrews April 29th Smokin' mems/£2 cones before 10:30pm 9pm- Jo, LuvDup, Andy Carroll, Paul 2am Dan& 0 Bleasdale, Steve Goddard, John Warren, Club Clantestino Cuba Havana hits+ Rob Roar, James White Compa rsa Conga live & Percussion Jam Love Muscle XX Fridge £9/£7 before The Colisseum £6/£5 9am-4pm 12 with flyer/£6 after 3am l0pm-3am Residents Roy the Roach, Drew & Kelly Marc Andrews & Gareth + hosts Polly, Scillard, Rob Cockerton Ivan & SJ 'A night for queers and dykes Funky Sunday ECl 8pm • 2am £5 with the best looking bodies in the uni­ Bobby & Steve, Norris Windross, Graham verse· Gold, Dominic, Steve Flight, Richie Nuclear Free Zone 414 Alternate Sats Fingers, Tony Trax, Ray Locke f3 B4 11 :30pm/£5 after 10pm-6am Gone Ga Ga Velvet Underground £5 Future trance & techno from residents 7pm-lam Joe Fish & Bongo+ guests Liberator, Chris Aaron, Julian+ guests The Pooh c;lub Jongleurs Battersea £3 One For You Happy Jax £ 10/£7 llam-4pm Alex Hall, Mike Humphries & mems/ £5 before 11pm 10pm-6am DJ Fionn present a mixture of rare Resident Amanda + guests groove & classic house People Like Flowers Velvet Spread Love Project Gass £7/ £5 mems Underground £10/£8 mems/£5 11 pm-6am Residents Dominic, Flighty, after 3am 10pm-6am Nicky Holloway, Daryl B, Hermit+ on rotation, Norris Anthony Bryan, Colin Hudd Windross, Matt Jam Lamont, Micky Sims, Philip Salon's Mud Club Bagleys Studio DJ Bags £12 10pm-6am Sunday Mass The Arches £6/£8 12 Release The Pressure Cafe de Paris noon-11 pm Residents Matt Lamont, £12/£10 mems after 12/£8 mems Micky Simms, Graham Gold, Arron, before 12am/£5 after 3:30am Smart Roger the Doctor & Normski dress- no sportswear Sunny Side Up Leisure Lounge £6/£5 Rulin' Ministry ofSound £15/£10 mems 10am-5pm. All day party playing mems 11 pm-9am Over 21 's. Residents uplifting house. Residents Drew & Luce CJ Mackintosh & Harvey+ guests + guests April 2nd Sherlock, Sabs, March 25th Erick Morillo's Birthday Darren Poole, Rob Campbell April 9th Bash with Erick Morillo, CJ Mackintosh, Roach, Dave Lambert, Laurence Nelson Wimmmin, Nancy Noise, Al McKenzie, Loose, Nick Hook, Tony Price, Terry + live Reel to Real, Ben & Andy, Armi Strawberry Sundae 167 Drury Lane Steve Harvey, Kelvin Andrews, Queen Marks April 16th Mazey, Martin Sharp, Salsa Boogie On The Lock HQ's 9pm- £7/£5 mems 12am -12pm Residents Maxine, Luv Dup, Nick Brown, Arron, Andy Morris, Pete Wardman April 23rd 2am £6/£3 before 10pm Cool Hands Luke, Chris Martin, Rob Sally Dee, Oliver MacGregor + PA from Robin, Chris Martin, Leroy, Hilka April Satellite Club Colosseum £12/ £10 Parish, Peter Haslam + guests Shades of Rhythm 30th Loose, Brother Jim, Luis Paris, before 12/£8 before 11 pm Galactic The Surgery Shuffles £7/£4 Wonderland Avenue Plastic People Trixta Dress code: 'Come wearing a Heights, Craig Dimech, John Edis, Nicky NUS+UB40/f3 before 10:30pm 9pm• £8/ £6 mems/£5 after 3am 10:30pm- smileI' Holloway, + CJ Mackintosh, JeffJohn, 3am Dr Bob Jones. CJ. + guests 6am Harvey, Des Doonican & Val Thunder & Joy RAW £8/£4 before 12 Seamus in 'Levans Comet' United Kingdom Club UK El 5/£12 O'Connor+ guests 10:30pm-Bam Jungle night with DJs Sex, Love & Motion Soundshaft EB/£5 mems 10pm-9am April 1st Steve April l st Spank Ya Monkey Jack's such as Rap, Younghead, Ron before 11 :30pm/mems £7/£4 before Proctor, Tony de Vit, Dom T, Fabio Paras, House, Linford Film Studios £10 Strutt The Cross ES 8pm-1 am 11 :30pm 10:30pm-3am Russ Cox, Keith Dean Thatcher, Oscar, Danny Eke, adv/£12:50 11pm-7am DJs Brandon Residents Nick James & Chris C + guests Fielder, Pa ul Tibbs+ guests April 1st Gareth Cooke, John Warren, Lee Block, Alex P, Paul Gardener,Jon Mark Williams April 8th Robin Ball Gardener, Pau l Graham April 8th Nelson, Enzo, Pete Doyle, John ADDRESSES April 15th Josh Wink April 22nd Andy Danny Rampling, Brandon Block, Biko, Weatherly + Plastic Fantastic DJs 41 4 414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton Dixon, Stuart (Troublesome Records) Steve Harvey, Rocky & Diesel, Ashley April 15thThe Black & White Ball SW9 , April 29th Johnny Moy Beadle, Lofty, Jamie Tolley, Jack & Royal Albert Hall 79 Club 79 Oxford Street Wl 071-439 Spirit SWl £10/£8 before 11 pm/£5 Daniels, Mark Wilkinson, Nick Dare, £25/£76.50/£88.50/ £100 In aid of 7250 after 3am l0pm-6am Harvey, Roy the Andy Lewis April 15th Jon Pleased the Roy Castle Cause For Hope Appea l, Annex Epping Forest Country Club

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The Arches 53 Southwark St, nr London WC2 071-839 3852 SES THURSDAY BridgeSEl HQ's West Yard, camden Lock NWl Ruby's 49 earn a by Street Wl 071-287 Funky Innovation Theatre Bar Free 84 Bagley's Studio York Way, Kings Cross 071-485 6044/9987 3957 11 pm/f2 after 10pm-2am Triksta & Nl 071-278 4300/2777 Hubble & Co 54 Charterhouse Street, Le Scandale 53-54 Berwick Street Wl Late Bar Rumba 36 Shaftesbury Avenue Wl Smithfield Market, off Farringdon Road, 071-437 6830 Funky Lemon Picassos fl .50 9pm-2am 071-2872715 ECl 071-2531612 Shuffles 3-5 Rathbone Place Wl 071- Resident Adam Teecy in house & Bass Clef 35 Coronet Street Nl 071- Iceni 11 White Horse Street Wl 071- 255 1098 garage room with guests 729 2476 495 5333 Soundshaft Hungerford Lane WC2 081- Goodnight Vienna Gold Club. Resident Beluga 309 Finchley Road NW3 071- Jazz cafe 5 Parkway NWl 011.916 397 5249 Christian Woodyatt + guests 7941267 6060 Starlight Praed Street W2 Life's a Bitch Backstage 10pm-2am Borderline Orange Yard, Manette Jingles 95 Kingsland High Road ES Subterania 12 Aki am Road WlO 0B1- Residents Si Storer & Scott March 30th Street, Cha ring Cross Road Wl 071-734 0171 2498152/0181 8060466 9604590 M,C 2095 Jongleurs Comedy Club Battersea SWl 191 Victoria Street SWl 071-828 April 20th Loungin' Beatroot E2 Browns 4 Great Queen Street, WC2 Lavende1 Hill, Battersea SWl 071-924 7455 mems/E3 guests/E2:50 NUS/UB40 0374117714 2766 Turnmills 63 Clerkenwell Road ECl DJs Pablo, Jazz Spirit, Cl? & the Phat Cafe de Paris 3 Coventry Street Wl JunctionSWll 071-7389000 071-250 34090 Plank duo 071-287 3602/3481 Koo Club 28 Leicester Square WC2 071- 120 Camden Palace 1a Camden High Street 839 2633 Underworld 174 Camden High Street FRIDAY NWl 071-387 0428 Legends 29 Old Burlington Street Wl 071 482 1932 Absolutely Fabulous Backstage E3 Chunnel Club 101 Tinworth Street, 071-437 9933 United Kingdom 143 Cha ring Cross mems/NUS /£4 B4 11 pm E4/ES after London SEl Leisure Lounge 121 Holborn ECl 071- Road 081 877 0110 Residents Errol Russel! & Adam Teecey Church's 20 Kensington Church Street 242 1345 Velvet Underground 143 Charing Cross + guests March 31st Nexus & Daba WB Limelight 136 Shaftesbury Avenue Road WC2 071-734 4687 playing club classics April 7th Adam The Clink 1 Clink Street, London SEl WCl 071-434 0572 Venue 2a Clifton Rise, New Cross SEl 4 Teecey, Miles Hollway Apri114th Errol Club 9 Young Street, Kensington W8 Linford Film Studios 41 Linford Street, 081-692 4077 Russell, Adam Teecey, Chris Anslow 071-937 9403 London swa 4UN Te! 071 627 1133 Vox 9 Brighton Terrace, Brixton Hill April 21st Adam Teecey, Chris & James Colosseum 1 Nine Elms Lane SWS London Central 38 Kensington High SW9 071-737 2095 Bare The Capitol Club ES mems/E7 The Cross Goods Way Depot, off York Street W8 071-938 1078 Wag Club 35 Wardour Street Wl 071 • 9pm-3am Residents John Graham, Way, Kings Cross 071 837 0828 Loughborough Hotel Evandale Roads, 437 5534 Wayne Richardson, Danny Mills & Jeff CUba 11-13 Kensington High Street WS Brixton SW9 071-737 0157 Woody's 41 -43 Woodfield Road W9 Parris 071 •938 4137 Market Tavern 1 Nine Elms Lane, 071-286 5574 Blue Note C!ub Blue Note Oub E4 Dome 178 Junction Road Nl 9 071-281 Vauxhall swa 071-622 5655 Zeebrabar 62 Frith Street, Soho 10pm·2.30am 2478/2195 Marquee 105 Charing Cross Road WC2 Zombie Club Euston Station Concourse Fur & Feathers Toots E4 NUS/E3 men ECl Basement 29-35 Farringdon Road 071-437 6601 /6603 NWl 071-3882221 in skirts/girls in wigs Others E6 071 242 1571 Mars/Basement (formerly the Milk Resident Mark Hughes April 7th Errol Electric Ballroom 184 Camden High Bar) 12 Sutton Row, London MIDLANDS Russel, Delia April 14th Craig Fields '.treet NWl 07l 4R'i q(J(Jf, Maximu~ 14 I eke~ter Squ;ire WC.2 071- April 21 ~t Graham Fisher Emporium 62 Kingly Street Wl 071- 734 4111 TUESDAY Garage Grooves Theatre Bar E2/free 7343190 Ministry Of Sound 103 Gaunt Street Bounce Beatroot El mems/E2 guests before 11 pm 8pm·2am DJ Kiddo Fridge Town Hall Parade. Srixton Hill SEl 071-378 6528 10pm-2am DJs Shotski & Cl Miciti & ROAR After Dark E6 SW2 071-326 5100 Ormond's Ormond's Yard SWl 071-930 Fortnightly 'No illegal substances, blag- Garage Highbury Corner N5 071-607 2842 WEDNESDAY gers or guest list', {which counts most of 1818 Le Palais 242 Shepherds Bush Road, Decadence Bakers April 5th Jeremy us out) Info on 0850 093535/0973 Gardening Club 4 The Piazza WC2 071 • W6081-7482812 Healy April 12th Brandon Block, Alex P 32304 497 3154 Paradise dub l ·5 Parkfield Street, April 19th Tony de Vit April 26th Pimp Picasso's E2 84 11 pm/E3 .after Gass Club Whitcomb Street WC2 071· Islington Nl 071-354 9993 Alister Whitehead 9:30pm-2am March 31st Paloma's ES 839 3922 The Pigeons 120 Romford Road E15 Eargasm Bellamys 8pm-11.30pm Dave Seaman, Paul Hards, Lisa Loud Gossips 69 Dean Street Wl 071-434 Plastic People 37-39 Oxford Street Wl Fortnightly DJ 4 minutes 33 + guests April 7th Fabio, Guy April 14th Lee 4480 Prohibition 9 Rocket Hanover Street April 12th Nail, Tony Global April 26th Fisher, Neil Macey April 21st Crunch Grand St John's Hill, Clapham Wl 071-493 0689 Thrash, Kris Weston Crew: Mark Jarman, John Hollis April Grays 4 Grays Inn Road WCI 071-430 Raw 112a Great Russel Street WCl 071- Lust For life Newhalls El 9pm-2am DJ 28th Paul Oakenfold, Paul Bleasdale, 1161 637 3375 Mark & friends with happy house and Graeme Park Hanover Grand Hanover Street, London Rock Garden 6-7 The Piazza, Covent funk Ripe The Yard E4 9pm-2am Residents WI Garden WC2 071-836 4052 Moist Theatre Bar Free Spm-11 pm DJ Nick Rodgers & Duncan+ guests Happy Jax London Bridge SEl 071-378 Ronnie Scot's 47 Frith Street, Wl 071- Chook-0 playing garage & mellow S.LA.G. Steering Wheel E5/E4 9828 439 0747 house adv/NUS lOpm-late. Advance tickets Heaven Villiers Street Charing Cross The Rose Edmund Street, ~mberwell from Birmingham University. 'Free & -~-.....;;; -I •

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easy night out' (but not that free Henry April 15th Cowboy Shakespeare Street, Nottingham April 1st Essence The Patti Pavilion £8 though). Info on 021-415 4313 Records/Back 2 Basic.s Tour+ Deja Vu Old Joe's Birmingham University Guild adv. 8pm-2am Renaissance & Spacehopper Que Club f5/E4 84 live April 22nd ID world tour of Students, Edgbaston Park Road, Absolutely Fabulous present John 11 pm 10pm·2.30am For info tel 021 Underground Club Underground Club Birmingham 021-472 1841 D1gweed, Nigel Dawson, Errol Russell, 2120770 £5/£3 mems/NUS/free before 11 pm Picassos 34-36 Broad Street, Adam Teecey, Jamie Griffiths, Jamie Swoon Colosseum f7/f5 before 10pm-late Resident Mark Parker. l11fo on Wolverhampton 0902-711619 Griffiths 11 pm/mems/NUS El off9:30pm-2am 0831-211869 Q'ue Club Corporation Stieet, April 29th Essence presents Bush Residents Angel, Mark Rowley+ guests Wobble Branstons 11 pm-7am Residents Birmingham 021-212 0550 Records Party Patti Pavilion £7 adv. Underground Club Underground aub Phil &Si Long+ guests Rockadero Nottingham 8pm-2am Eric Powell, Carl Cox, Errol fS 10pm-6am House night lube Zuba Que Oub (fortnightly) Sanctuary North Denbigh Leisure, V7 Russell, Jamie Griffiths. Party Tribe Vinyl Maniacs Conservatory £7 9pm- 10pm-2am £3.50/£3 before 11 pm Acid Saxon Street, Bletchley, Milton Keynes 2am. Free fruit handout! Jazz dance night with lots of guest DJs 0908-368984 ADDRESSES + live PAs and jamming Steering Wheel Wrottesley Street, Oeopatra's Bargoed, Mid Glamorgan SATURDAY April 15th Spacehopper prese11ts a Birmingham 021-622 S700 0443-821500 Amazon 151: Base £7 9.30pm-2am Full Moon Special Que Club £6 adv. Theatre Bar Lichfield Street, Clwb lfor Bach 11 Woman by Street, April 1st Rob Foster, Grooverider, 10pm-7am Psychedelic trance & techno Wolverhampton Cardiff0222-232199 Brockie, Devious D, Younghead, MC with Sid Shanti, Hayden, Voodoo, Psy Toots Hagley Road, Birmingham DJ's Penally, Nr Ten by, Dyfed 0834- Moose, MC Navigator April 8th Ned Wild, T.C.P, Serotonin, Peace keeper+ UK Midlands Foxes Lane, 8452779 Ryder, Fallout, Andy C, MC Fearless, MC performance trance from Mammal, Man Hip'po Oub 3-7 Penarth Road, Cardiff Phantom April 15th Micky Finn, Ray Made Man, Diglta!is 0222-2261168 Keith, Brian Gee, Fabio, Jumping Jack April 29th Hot To Trot Venue 44 £16 Patti Pavilion, Gors Lane, Swansea Frost, Grooverider, MC Conrad, MC 11 pm-7:30am Boy George, Smokin' Jo, Tramps The Kingsway, Swansea Sassman April 22nd LDouble, OJ Ron, Paul Trouble' Anderson, Wilber DJ SS, MC Phantom, MC Fearless April Wilberforce NORTH 29th Donovan Bad Boy Smith, Kenny Ken, NRG, MC Sassman, MCGQ SUNDAY MONDAY Angels Angels £12/£10 mems Marco Polo Marco Polo Bar £3 8pm- Bounty (A Taste of Paradise) Paradise Residents Paul Taylor, Rick B, Mark 3am Resident Joseph '. Factory 10pm-2am E2/fl before Currie & Chris O'Brien+ guests 11 pm/free to mems DJs Dave Booth, Don't Forget Your Hat Nottingham ADDRESSES Huey, Andy Dawson, Andy Fisher University £5/£6 8pm-late 1st Base Worcester Street, Pepper Club Middlesborough Arena House of God Dance Factory (fortnight­ Wolverhampton 0902 712 924/0902 £3/£1 .50 NUS 10pm-2am ly) £5/£4 mems 9pm-2amHerbie, Paul 716762 April 17th Emotive Tour Sugar Shack Damage, Terry Donovan+ guests April After Dark Station Street Nottingham with residents Alan Appleton, Phil 1st April Fools with Eddy April 15th Abigail's Bartholomew Street, Dale Faversham, Junior Jones+ DJ Pierre & Egge Barn Yasi live End, Birmingham 021-643 6371 Felix da Housecat IQ2 Sanctuary £10/£8 mems/£6 Angels Burnley, Lancashire 0282 before 10pm 35222 TUESDAY Miss Monneypenny's Bonds EB.50 Backstage 69 Lichfield Street, Doncaster Warehouse £10 9pm-8am 9:30pm-late Simon OWen, Russel Wolverhampton 0902 22252 April 11 th The Dentist &Trevor Salisbury+ guests April 1 st Lee fisher Bakers Broad Street, Birmingham 021- Wolverhampton Rockcliffe April 18th DJ Vibes & April 8th DJ Pants April 15th Chris & 633 3839 Underground The Basement, 1 Easygroove April 25th DJ Demand & James April 22nd Matt Booker April Beatroot 6-8 Broadway, The Lace Wellington Street, Leicester 0332- Stu Allan 28th Scott Bond Market, Nottingham 0602-240852 360537 Dry 201 Student Night Dry 201 Free Mom I'm Only Dancing! The Theatre Bellamys 36 Houndsgate, Nottingham Venue Branston Street, Hockley, bus !ater to the Student Night at the Bar & Backstage fB/£7 mems. 8pm- 0602-475B23 Birmingham Hacienda, open from 9:30pm-2am and 2am Residents PatrickSmoove & Mark Blue Note Club 14a Sadler Gate, De1by Ve11ue 44 44 Belvedere Street, costs f3 before 11 pm/£3 after. Don't Hughes+ guests 0332-295155 Mansfield, Notts 0623-22648 forget your NUS card. Progress The Conservatory EB 9pm- Bonds Hampton Street, Hockley, Wherehouse 110a Friargate, Derby Hot Tub Dance Factory £3:50 Acid Jazz 2am Residents Pete & Russell+ guests Birmingham 021-236 5503 0332-381169 night with weekly guests Info on 0589 Live guitar from Anthony Wheeldon, BranstonsJewelryQuarter, Hockley, Yard 61 Westgate, Mansfield, 442486 Keith Angel on the congas & Jimmy Birmingham 021-236 0984 Nottinghamshire 0623-22230 Cousins on the sax April 1stJon of the Club Zen 28 The Concourse, B!etchley, Zig Zags Worcester WEDNESDAY Pleased Wimmin April 8th Jeremy Milton Keynes 0908-366979 Bliss The Venue Manchester (fortnight­ Healy, Jools April 15th Boy George, Colliseum Newport Road, Stafford 0785 WALES ly) £4/E3 flyer/NUS/UB40. :A.mbience Brandon Block April 22nd Paul 42444/224955 and intelligent techno' Oakenfold, Al McKenzie April 29th Lisa Conservatory Willow Row, Derby 0782- THURSDAY Burger Queen Hacienda £5/£4 NUS Loud, Daniele Davoli 714224/711404 Dance Odyssey Cleopatra's £2 before UB40 Edinburgh club night comes to Quest Paloma's (Picassos) 8pm-2am ES Custard Factory Gibb Street, 10pm Residents Big Al, Case, Simon W the Ha~ with Craig, Huggy, Glyn B4 10:30pm April 29th DJ Kid, Nexus, Birmingham 021-608 7900 Juice Joint Clwb lfor Bach 10pm-2am Sheriston + guest ?A TBA. Grooverider, DJ SS, Mickey Finn, Dance Factory Underneath the f2.50 Chris Jenkins & Phil Raa play an Dry 201 Dry 201 Bpm-11 pm Free night Slipmatt, Pilgrim, MC Ribbs, MC Scarlet Digbeth Institute, Birmingham eclectic mix of Acid Jazz, funk and rare with Sister Dee playing dassicfunk, soul Recognition Theatre Bar Free B4 The Fan Club Leicester groove and disco 11 pm/£2 after 10pm-2am Resident Gold Club 169-173 Huntingdon Street, Discopogo at Paradise Factory loft £4 Carlton+ weekly up & coming guests - Nottingham 0602-587071 FRIDAY 9pm-2am strictly no hardcore. Phone 0836 The Holy Trinity Willow Row, Derby Hip'po Hip'po 10pm-2am Residents Flesh Hacienda (monthly) £8/£6 mems 744875 if you're a DJ interested in The Institute Digbeth High Street, Ollie, Pablo P& Freebass + guests 10pm-4am Tim Lennox, Paulette, Cath playing Digbeth, Birmingham 021-643 7788 Infinity Tramps fS 9pm-late Ryan. Lots of fabulous acts. Info from A Ripe The Yard £4 March 31st Leicester University University Road, Up For It DJ's £5/f4 before 10:30 Bit.Ginger on 061-237 9460 Smokin' Jo Leicester OS33 556282 9pm-2am flesident Danny Slade+ Ope11 House Music Factory Sheffield Savage Old Joe's (Birmingham Li11coln Drill Hall Broadgate, Lincoln guests 9pm-2am Residents Paul Clliswick University Guild ofStudents) Every Lo Club Willow Row, Derby & Dino+ guests. Two free bottles other Saturday £4/£3 adv Marco Polo Bar 30 Ladywell Walk, SATURDAY of Pils Shopping The Holy Trinity £5/£6 Birmingham 021-666 7032 Hip'po Hip'po 10pm-2am Residents Play Time Bel-Air £4/£3 NUS 9pm- UK Midlands UK Midlands New Moseley Dance Centre Alcester Road, Ollie, Pablo P & Free bass+ guests 2am Residents Paul Bleasdale (Cream), Wolverhampton club April 8th Darmy Moseley, Birmingham 021-449 0779 Strictly Groovy Tramps £3.50-£5.50 Ian Ossia (Renaissance)+ guests Tenaglia, Doc Martin, Terry Farley & Fire Newhalls Newhall St, Birmingham 9.30pm-230am Residents Linsey & Lee Remember the Hungiy Al's Musiccafe Island, Boy George, Phil Perry, Clive Nottingham University Byron House, + guests £3 9pm-2am DJs A Guy Called Gerald,

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Danny B, Derek Cwith the Free Angels Maurice & Beaumont Hannant,joined April 28th Ministry Of Sound comes to forthe Hac &Octopussy playing techno fusion once a fortnight by Darren Emerson Cream 1ony Humphries, CJ Mackintosh, Feel University of Central Lanes 9pm- and/or Laurent Garnier Harvey, David Holmes, Jim Masters 2am £5 Residents Duncan Bruce THURSDAY Bugged Out! San key's Soap £4/£5 (Go(den), Matthew Roberts (Cream), 2KINKY San key's Soap monthly £5 10pm-3am Resident James Holroyd+ SATURDAY George Thompson+ guests NUS/£6 10pm-4am Residents Paul guests March 31 st Peter Ford, Mark Angels Angels £8/£7 mems Residents Forbidden Fruit The Capitol £6 9pm- Taylor, Big Danny, Mark Currie+ guests Broom April 7th Darren Price April Paul 1aylor (Loveland), Mark CUrrie & 4,m April 20th Jon Pleased Wimmin 14th Derrick Carter Rick B. Live percussion from Chris Freedom Boardwalk l0pm-3am £5/£4 Big Bang JJZ £2.50 9pm- lam Weekly Lick This! & Women's Own Paradise O'Brien before 11 pm Dave Haslam with 'intelli­ house night Factory £2 10:30pm-2:30am Hosted by Back To Basics Pleasure Rooms gent dance and underground house for Born to Get Buzy Upstairs at the Angel Valentine & Coco Laverne. DJs fl0/£8 mems 10pm-6am Residents liberated youth' Grafton El B4 10/£3 9pm-2am Tee Dave Booth &Huey. Upstairs is an 'oasis Ralph Lawson, Huggy, James Holroyd, Gingerland Equinox ES 10pm-4am Harris, Paul Myers, lee Greenwood, DJ of sery women' with DJs Liz, Susan, lee Wright, Simon Mu+ guests from the makers of Flesh K-D Lite, Simon S, DJ Olabean Tabs. The only queer way to spend Beat In Yer Bones World £6 9:30pm· Golden Academy (Stoke-on-Trent) candy's House of Love Equinox £5/£4 Friday night' 2am Barry May, Mike Woods+ guests £10/£8 mem 9pm-2am conr.s 10pm-4am Gay night with resi­ Nice Planet Earth f5 Residents Hans & on first week of every month. 'No Hacienda Hacienda fl 2 9:30pm-3am dents Dave & Huey+ guests Skev + guests April 7th Greg Fenton Ravers'. Info on 0925·659235/659235 Graeme Park, 1om Wainwright & Bobby carwash UFO - The Unstoppable Funky April 14th Ricky Stone Brahms & Liszt Brahms & Liszt f4/f3 Langley (in the 5th Man) Catch Raj & Object The Man Alive £3 10pm-2am Miles Hollway April 28th Jim 'Shaft' Herbie playing pre-Hat house at Ory Trafford Lovething Ryan from Spm-11 pm with free coach down Kult The 5th Man (Hacienda basement) Passion & Back to the Old Skool Dance BABE to the club April 15th Megatripolis New night in a new venue brought to Factory £3:50 B4 lOpm/£5 after Tour you by the Hae that promises 'a fro. Residents Stu Allen &Matt Bell+ Hallelujah Paradise Factory £7/£5 mage free evening for those who don't guests Info on 0589 442486 before 11:30pm/mems 10pm·3am like their music dressed in silver and Phunk Konjunlction 1en Caft'! Bar 8pm­ Hosted by Divine David, with Tim guest list'. Residents Jon Dasilva, John l 2midnight The Fat City Lads play jazz, Lennox (Kiss 102), Dave Kendrick, Dave Mccready, Pete Robinson, Jason funk & hip hop. Only f2 or fl befoie Booth, Huey. For fags, fagettes and Boardman, Dave Rofe, Mark Ward, Rob 10pm which includes a free veggie friends Bright, James Holroyd+ guests curry! Hard Times Music Factory, Leeds fB Pearl Granby's Cellar fl .50 10pm-2am Rise Leadmill £5/£4 mems 10pm-3am mems/£10 guests 9.30pm-3am Ja22-funk night with Steve Gato & Mark Resident DJ Sully+ guests Residents Elliot Eastwick & Miles Whittingham Shine Hacienda £4/£5 B4 10:30pm, Hollway+ guests April 1st Joe 1 Pleasure Music Factory Leeds f3 10pm- £5/£6 after 10pm-3am Residents Vannelli, Jon Marsh April 8th Terry 2am. Every fortnight. Residents Simon Buckley, Raj Acquilla, &first Friday of Farley, Peter Heller, Justin Berkmann Frieze. JC, Andrew Sisters playing old & the month, Nipper+ guests March 31st April 15th Tribal Records Party with new house music PA by Hysterix Residents in the 5th Danny Tenaglia, Rob di Stefano, Richard Thursday Night Showcase Canal Cafe Man : Stuart B, Nie Loveur, Dave Rote Breedon April 22nd Free Town Records Bar 7:30pm·l 2 midnight New night Sugar Baby Lollipop ilast Friday of the Party with CJ Mackintosh, Ke1ri which showcases new DJs and PAs month) Garlands 10pm-6am (last entry Chandler, Steve Canueto + PA from Up Uranus Equinox boldly going again. 1:45am) Residents Heath, Laydee, Arnold Jarvis April 29th Danny · Check with club for details Mickey+ guest Wear what you dare, lf before 11 pm/f2 before 10pm 9pm· 'Bhudda' Morales. Terry Hunter, The Wild Pitch Paradise Factory £5/f3 you don't like it don't cum'. 2am OJ Phil with classic disco & ambi­ Klubb Kidz before 11 pm 10pm-2am Residents Dave Sugar Shack Empire £5 9:30pm-late ent house Horny The Mill 9pm-late Resident Phil Kendrick & Moonboots+ guests with Residents Phil Fave!Sham, Alan Club Avanti Riverside {upstairs) £3/£2 Morley+ guests Info on 0253· 'the hippest heterosexual night in town'. Appleton & Junior Jones+ guests before 11 pm Carnaval & guest DJs play 782128/0831 321196 On the first Thursday of every month, March 31 st Jeremy Healy April 7th Jazz, Latin, African & Reggae Kick leisuredrome £10/£8 Resident Wild Pitch hands over to Justin Brandon Block, Paul Gotel April 14th Club Paradise 1he Basement £5 Jymbo + guests Roberston and his new night Sleuth DJ Disciple+ Reese Project live April mems/£6 guest 2am-6am After hours Life Bowlers £10/£8 NUS before 10pm (Info: 051-709 3541) 21 st Lisa Loud April 28th Frankie club. Phone 0532 428589 or 0831 Residents Kenny Grogan, John Anythingoes Rio's £5/£4 10pm-2am. Foncett, Bert Bevans 303698 at least 48 hours before the Waddicke1 & Sowa+ guests Resident Steve Shiels+ guests Thrust The Underground Nick Hussey, night Love to be Music Factory Sheffield Aqua Booty Music Factory, Leeds (mid· Looney Tunes, Dr Sparks March 31st Cream Nation f7 /£5 mems 9:30pin• £8/£6 mems 9:30pm-3am Residents die fioor) New night from the makers of 11 pm-Sam price+ additional DJs tba 2am April 1st Cream Album Launch Greg Robinson & Scott Harris Love to Be with 1esidents Curtis & Un>der:ground The Music Factory, Party with Graeme Park, Danny Luv Shack Kirklevington Country Club Darren Bouvier+ guests March 31st Sheffield Rampling, Justin Robertson, Rocky & £6 9pm-2am Residents Steve Butler & Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk Vegas Music Factory, Leeds £6/fS Diesel April 8th Judge Jules, Harvey+ Dave Moore+ guests Cactus Club (upstairs) Middlesborough NUS/mems (incl Angels mems)lOpm- Shiver live April 15th Easter Weekend Maximes Maxi mes £7 adv/£9 9pm- Arena Spunkadelic (downstairs) 4amResidents Paul Taylor, Jon Williams, Party with Andrew Weatherall, Cl 2,m £3.50/£2.50 before 10:30pm 9pm- Jon Land, Rick B Mackintosh, Chemical Brothers 9former­ Middlesbrough Arena 2,m Zone Venue 8pm-2am Chris Baker, ly the Dust Brothe!S) April 22nd Jeremy Middlesbrough Arena £6-£8 9pm-2am carry on •.• Garlands 10pm-6am Heath, Andy Pendle, Dave Taylor, John J, Healy, Carl Cox, Dave Seaman April mems &guests only (mem fl per Laydee & Mickey. Different theme each Andrew Dean & Mc Breeze 29th Danny Rampling, Rocky & Diesel month or £5 per year) Residents Col!in week. Reduced admission for the most Worx1he Mill £6/£4 before 10pm Dance Factory Dance Factory £4 B4 Patterson, Simon Gibb, Hooligan X, 1ino outrageous outfit 9pm-2am Matt Bell, Paul Walker+ 10pm/f6 after & Edzy + guests Lawson Deja Vu Room f7 mems/fS NUS/f9 guests The Dock 1he Dock £5/£3 before Orbit Afterdark 8pm-2am f8 Techno, guests Residents Terry, John Lancaster & Yellow Boardwalk £5/£4 before 10pm 10pm DJ Christian & OJ Demand+ techno, techno. Marianne+ guests April 7th Dave 9pm-2am Rare groove &disco with guests Out in the Sticks Bluenote £6 10pm- Camacho (New York), Tom Wainwright Dave Haslam, Elliot Eastwick & Jason Doncaster Warehouse Doncaster 3am residents Russ & Craig+ guests April 14th Graeme Park+ live PA Boardman Warehouse £10 Residents M-Zone. 007, April 8th Rude Boy Jay Floyd April Gerideau April 21st DJ Disciple, Al Young, Gifted & Slack Dry 201 E-Spy, Noya, Speed+ MCs Natz & 27th Andy Ward McKenzie April 28th Terry Hunter, Showcase of non-working DJs. Send Marcus+ guests April 1 st (Forze Propaganda 1he Cockpit ES 11 pm-6am Benji Candelario your tapes to Leroy at Dry 201: phone Records Tour) Paul Elstack, DJ Larsz, DJ ResidentsJonni B, Mark Wilkinson, Andy Fever Mardi Gras £3/£2 B4 11 pm Joe 0161 236 5920. Resident compare & Panic+ PA by Forze DJ Teamfl 2.50 on & Ash+ guests April 1st Melanie McKechnie, The Mind Winder & Probe-E adjudicator Richard 0-oft. the door April 8th The Producer+ DJ Sy Williams & Joe Roberts, Doc Martin spinning hard house March 31st Cream lbil8 Reunion April 15th The Fu bar meets Doncaste1 April 8th Christian Woodyatt, Steve Funky Mutha 1he Man Alive f3 before Nation Paul Oakenfold, Justin Warehouse with Mikey 8, Excel & DJ AK Sutler April 15th Mark Aurbach, Keith 11 pm 10pm-2am Hip hop & sou! Robertson, Alistair Whitehead, Jose, April 22nd GE Real & C. Smooth Boynton April 22nd Jon Da Silva, H2o Music Factory Sheffield Residents Tom & Jerry Bouthier, Tommy 0 Dry 201 DJs Raj & Herbie warm you up Danny Slade April 29th Paul Trouble

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Anderson, Tom Wainwright 15th fvil Eddie Richards April 22nd on-Trent 0782 213838 Music Factory Sheffield 0742-799022 Pussy Galore Pussy Galore £7 /£8 Second Birthday Bash with Mr.C. Kris After Dark Club South Queen Street, Nation Wolstenholme Square, Liverpool 9.30pm·2am Needs+ live PA Secret Knowledge April Morley 0532-523542/523649 051-7091693 Sat at Home Home £10/£8 adv/NUS 29th Mr Craig Walsh Angels Curzon Street, Burnley 0282- Northumbria University Kings Walk, Residents Mark and Adrian LuvDup, Zone Venue 8pm-2am Chris Baker, 35222 Newcastle 091-232 B402 Paula and Tabs, Jamie Scahill, Mark Dave Taylor, John J, Andrew Dean & MC Al's Music caf6 Oxford Street, Paradise Factory 112-116 Princess Hogg+ guests Breeze+ guests Manchester Street, Manchester 061-273 5422 Scuba Room 10pm•6am £5 mems/£6 April 1st Tech Knowledge The Arches Sheffield 0742-722900 Planet Earth Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NUS/£7 guests (£1 extra for 6am fin­ Richmond f3/E4 DJs tbc Athenaem 1 York Street, Manchester 0374-666160 ishes). Pork, PVP & Sheik play 'techno Bar Kay 4a South King Street, Pleasure Rooms 9 Merrion Street, Leeds with attitude'+ guests April 1st Nkk SUNDAY Manchester061-737 9710 0532-450923 Warren (Massive Attack), Beige, Jeff Chocolato Dry 201 Free 7pm-10:30pm Barrister's Tithebarn Street, Preston Preston Students Union University of lbbson, Patrick Garry (till 4am) April OJ Dean winds up the weekend with 0772-2577735 Central Lancashire, Fylde Road, Preston 8th A Pork Recordings Night with Fili a jazz and soul sounds Basement Leeds Pussy Galore Lordsmill St, Chesterfield Brazillia & Beige April 15th DJ Lewis, Energise The Manor House Free 9pm- Le Bateau 52 Duke Street, Liverpool Rio's 39 Fleet Street. Liverpool Bliss, Beige, Jeff lbbson (till4am) April 12:15am DJ Christian playing 'garage, 051-709 6508 Riverside 57-59 Melbourne Street, 22nd Patrick Garry, Beige, Jeff lbbson, house, ltalo, piano, techno'. Bel-Air Queen Street, Huddersfield Newcastle 091-261 4386 Geezer April 29th Kelvin Andrews. Jeff Manto• The Breakfast Club Manto £1 0484-426055 Room 82-88 George Street, Hull 0482- lbbson, Andy Hall, Patrick Garry, Beige 2am-6am Resident Dave Booth with Boardwalk Little Peter Street, 23154 Shindig Rimside (downstairs) £5/£4 uptempo but chilled Balearic tunes. Hot Manchester 061-228 3555 Royal Court Liverpool 051-709 4321 before 10:30 9pm-2am mems & guests and cold drinks and a full breakfast Bowlers Longbridge Road, Trafford Rude Kings Street, Oldham only (mem £1 per month or £5 per menu Park, Manchester Ml 3 (Enquiries to Sankey's Soap Beehive Mill, Jersey year) Scott Bradford, Scooby + guests The Morning After Equinoll from 9am. 051-656 1667) Street, Manchester 061-237 5605 The Tube Tube f7 DJ Welly, Triple X, Mellow out upstairs in La Cage Brahms & Liszt 43a Brown Street, Sheffield University Western Bank, G,y April 30th Deja Vu 2nd Anniversary Manchester 061-B34 0551 Sheffie!d 0742-724076 Throb Garlands f4 9pm•2am Residents Ball Tower Ballroom10pm-8am Danny canal cau. Bar Whitworth Street West, Silks Picton Road, Wavertree 051 -734 Dave & Huey from Paradise Factory. Rampling, Jeremy Healy, Allister Manchester 061-237 1819 4581 Throbbing boothes, peep shows. huma· Whitehead, Ian Ossia, Tom Wainwright, capitol Matilda Street Sheffield Stage Door Brunswick Street, Hanley, nariums 'and many other stimulating Miles Holloway Ceasars Hull Stoke-On-Trent 0782-214991 surprises'. Info 0374--784673 The Cockpit The Arches, Swine gate, TeN cau Bar Tariff Street, Manchester Vague The Warehouse, Leeds £6/f8 ADDRESSES Leeds 0532 443446 061-228 2938 10pm-4am Info on 0532 461033 5th Avenue 121 Princess Street, Corn Exchange Leeds 0532-340363 Tube Wigan Pier, Wigan 0942•30769 Voodoo Le Bateau £5/f4 Manchester Dance Factory (formerly The Mill) University of central Lancashire Fylde mems/NUS/UB40 10pm-2am April Academy Oxford Road, Manchester Aqueduct Street, Preston 0831 Road, Preston 0772-258382 1st Bounce with OIY DJs Digs & 061-2754815 321196/310969 Venue Whitworth Street West, Whoosh April 8th Billy Nasty April Academy Glass Street, Hanley, Stoke- Doncaster Warehouse Marshgate, Manchester 061-236 0026 Ooncaste, 0302-322199 Venue 37 Central Drive, Blackpool Drome Henry Street, Birkenhead, 0253-22525 Merseyside Venue 106 Mirfield, WYorks Dry 201 28-30 Oldham Street, Warehouse 19-21 Somers Street, Leeds Manchester 061-236 5920 0532-468287 Empire Corporation Road, Wildlife Bradford Middlesborough 0642-253553 Winter Gardens Kingsway, Qeethorpes Equinox Bloom Street, Manchester 061- 0472-692925 236 4445 World Warrington Garlands Eberle St, off Dale St, Liverpool 051-236 3307 IRELAND Granby's Cellar Princess Street, Manchester 061-236 3786 THURSDAY Grafton West Derby Road, Liverpool L5 Sweat Sir Henry's £5 9pm-2:30am Greg Hai;:ienda 11-13 Whitworth Street, Dowling & Shane Johnson Nailer, Manchester 061-236 5051 Mickey Barry, Laim Dollard Hard Dock Stanley Dock, Regent Road, UFO Columbia Mills f6/ES with flyer Liverpool 051-298 2300 /E4.50 mems 11 pm-late. Weekly trance Home Oucie House, Ducie Street, & techno night with residents Fran'°is Manchester 061-228 1112 and Mark Kavanagh {monthly) JJZ 1 Norman by Road, Scunthorpe Wisdom The Network f7 8pm-late 0724-852593 'Pure techno' Kiss Liverpool Kirklevington Country Club Kirklevington, Yarm, Cleveland SATURDAY 0642·790681 Best The Network £8 8pm-late leadmill 5-7 Leadmill Road, Sheffield Uplifting house in Belfast's newest dub 0742·754500 Sweat Sir Henrjs As Thursday Leeds University Leeds 0532-439071 Unknown Pleasures Columbia Mills Liberty's Barnsley 0226-249600 £7 /f8 New weekly from Red Records Man Alive Grosvenor Street East, All with resident Mark Kavanagh+ guests. Saints, Manchester Ml 3 061 •273 4110 Music policy: entertainment not educa­ Manor House Edge Lane, Liverpool 051- tion 263 8958 Manto 46 Canal Street, Manchester ADDRESSES 061-236 2667 Columbia Mills, Sir John Ro9ersons Mardi Gras Liverpool 051 7085358 Quay, Dublin Maximes 59 Standishgate, Wigan Metroland Waterford, Southern Ireland 0942-39717 The Network Club 11 a Lower North Middlesbrough Arena 208 Newport Street, Belfast 0232·310497 Road, Middlesborough 0642-251854 Roxy Waterford, Southern Ireland Music Factory 174 Briggate, Leeds Sir Henry's South Main Street, Cork City 0532-470480 (+353) 021-274391 •

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*According to Sean Melusky

Full-time clubland impresario, when you were little, 'you can't have a What do you think of the scene at the good time all the time!' It's true! moment? Sean Melusky points a finger in the direction of the button You've been involved with a lot of clubs I think it's dull. There don't seem to be - The Love Ranch, Leisure Lounge, a lot of creative people within it. I think marked Q&A Club UK... what kind of atmosphere do the people make the scene - characters you want to create? are really important. Characters who go You've got a punk band ('Speedway'), a to clubs as well as promoters. You can rock label ('Fantasy Ashtray'), and lots I wanted to put on the kind of party usually spot 'em - they stand above of dance clubs ... how do you manage to that you'd want to be invited to but everyone else, 'cos they're larger than be part of several scenes at the same didn't get invited to, because no-one life. A new batch will come, though. time? had the guts to put it together. Unless I It kind of comes naturally. When I did want to be there, to me, it's crap. I'm What are your plans for the Leisure the Love Ranch at Maximus for a really getting into the design side of Lounge? couple of years, I used to put punk things now as well. I'm interested in bands on in the middle of the night just creating venues that are historically The small room's been completely to upset people. relevant. refurbished and we're doing a separate night on a Saturday night. Sort of an And did it upset people? umbrella thing called the Nuclear Family. It's about getting the people Yeah, it was great, people were who are actually making the music into throwing things at them. We had bands one space on a Saturday night. It's like Fabulous and the Disco Assassins, going to be deep house, acid trance and who really stood out like a sore thumb some techno. It'll be hard - but British, in a room full of e-heads. People would London, hard. leave, going, 'Oh, it's ruining my drugs, man.' Good, fuck off! So we had a bit What's the best book you read recently? of that punk rock attitude in what was a hippy, trippy, peace 'n' love scene, 'Dice Man', that was really good. which was all bogus and phoney 'cos it About a guy who throws dice to decide was full of gangsters. what to do all the time. He'll write down six possibilities of what he's So you' re not fond of ecstasy? going to do - he throws a dice and he sticks to it. It could be anything from, I think it's quite debilitating after a like, spend the day on your hands and while and I don't touch it. I'm quite knees, to talk in gibberish, to live as a lucky like that - I actually find it quite transvestite for a year! It's quite repulsive after a while. You know, it liberating reading something like that. actually tastes horrible and feels nasty. I It's like one of those self-awareness think there are going to be a lot of courses in a novel. casualties. A friend of mine says that your brain's like a pair of knickers - So what effect did it have on your life? stretch it too much and it won't spring back! It's like what your mum said It made me have more fun!!!•

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