,,, . •=,. t.... ' • TEMPLE Ml LONDON E15 a1 ■RAI FORTHCOMING: BIZZY B & D LUX A):TAl<E A DEEP BREATH 8): TAKE CONTROL OUT NOW: BIZZY B &, TECHNO CHI LD A): DUBPLATE WARS B): OBSESSIONS BIZZY B: A): I WISTED MENTASM B): BAD BOY SWIFT AND 2 INC VOL 2 I DISTRIBUTED BY MO'S MUSIC MACHINE FOR LIVE PA BOOKINGS AND GENERAL INFO TEL: 081 539 9787 14 August 1993 691 Promotions Ltd 9pm-8am CONTENTS Presents 4. TAYLA INTERVIEW ATMOSPHERE 6 Gordon Rood, Southend-on-Seo 5. ITS NICE UP THERE • •• Essex SS 1 1NQ 6. ANDY C INTERVIEW ADVERTISING & ENQUIRIES 8. SIMON BASSLINE SMITH TEL: 0702 344384, FAX: 0702 463343 ro. NU TOONS MOBILE: 0850 410307 rr. ADAMS HOUSE EDITOR r2. SYNCHRONOME DJ FRENZIC r3. NEWS AND VIEWS ASSISTANT EDITOR DUBRUNNER ASSISTANT EDITORESS • RED This month's issue of Atmosphere brings you interviews CONTRIBUTORS with Simon "Bassline" Smith, Andy C, ayla & A'DAM • DOOBIE Synchronome. 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I also have another track called llltls Picture the scene: Bang the Drums (which is currently out on dubpiate) to be Patient: 'Doctor, Iwant lo lose some weight." released on Good Looking Records within the next Doctor:"Certainly, take these pills. You'll lose weight and have T'AYIA month. Nice more energy.' Over 25 years ago, this used lo happen in doctors surgeries AGE: 21 LIVES: WATFORD WHAT DO YOU SEE YOURSELF DOING IN THE all over Britain. Just icase you are wondering, no you can't get FUTURE? Up them anymore. Speed on the streets now is usually only, al best, WHY DID I START? I am currently in the process of getting some equipment 10% pure. That means that 90% of the speed you're taking is an I was always fascinated by DJing when I was young. So I together and starting my own studio as I wish to pursue There, unknown quantity. saved up bought some Technics when Iwas 16 or 17 and engineering and producing my own work and possibly for Basically, speed stimulates your central nervous system. just practiced. But the original intention wasn't to play in others ,that is what I would like to see myself doing in th e This is responsible for the extra energy and confidence you feel. clubs. I just loved mixing and was quite content to be future. As for DJing, I can never see myself stopping. I am But It's Because it cuts down you appetite, if you start using regularly, doing it in my bedroom . Then I went on holiday to Ibiza always going to want to play my favourite records to a weight loss could be one of the first danger signs. WATCH and took some records with me hoping to maybe get YOUR WEIGHT! Also it increases your confidence, so some crowd and there is nothing else that gives me the buzz ALong people start feeling confused and paranoid. THERE IS NO SAFE some work at one of the clubs out there, anyway I that DJing has. managed to ponce a set at aclub called Summon, had a AMOUNT! If you notice that you need lo use more to gel the same blindin laugh, and came back with the enthusiasm to try WHAT PRODUCERS DO YOU RATE? Way and get work over here. The first club I played over here effect (ie tolerence) don1 think you're invincible to the problems. I rate any producer that sits down and puts a sensible 11 You're not, you just think you are! Even people who don~ inject was Milwawkees tor Murray from Dreamscape and have amount of time and thought into their work. Too many gradually built up work from there. Down! their drugs can have severe problems. 'Every one's after me.' people rush their tracks and it shows. But the people who Ecstacy is related to speed, so be careful and don't overdo I respect the most are the those like aGuy Called Gerald, it. Use one or the other, not both. If yQU do, you might just find WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST BIG BREAK? For thousands of years we have all been using various simply because I feel that nobody else is producing the chemicals and substances to change the way we feel, and like out how lo really panic in half the time. My first big break was at Dreamscape 4 at the beginning standard of work that he is. Also LTJ Bukem tor his Research shows by the age of 15, 1/3 people hove tried 1 ol '92, in Milton Keynes. It was amemorable night tor me. the dedicated chemist that is within us all, we keep on refining. originality and the way he arranges his tracks there are Surely, if we can have unleaded petrol we can have safer drugs? illegal drug , with speed cannabis and LSD being the most also people like Bodysnatch, CMC, and Primary Source. Like 'No Poll Tax', 'Jobs For All', and an exciting day at the popular. It doesn't matter how old or young you are you can still WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THE SCENE AND Job Centre - nice thought shame about the outcome. get busted. WHERE DO YOU SEE IT GOING? WHAT DJS DO YOU RATE? Because when so many people are willing to try the latest Never hold drugs for someone else. It's you who will spend For me personally, I prefer the deep, ambient drum and LTJ Bukem (respect Dan), Fabio and the rest of th e 'roller coaster, mind expanding, completely safe Super Drug' the the night in the cells. bass style of hardcore, that tends to be what I find the Groove Connection Crew, all Djs on my agency (Fluid quality, along with agood hot curry goes right down the toilet. If you do use drugs and get busted GET ASOLICITOR, and more sensibly produced and well thought about our music Motion), Kid Bachelor, Eddie Richards, DJ Ron , Peshay So hold on real tight and just hope that you can find yourself the it wouldn~ do any harm to ring your LOCAL DRUG SERVICE. which 90%of the time shines through and I enjoy seeing (Hello Mate), Trace and all of the bedroom DJs out the re next day. \Some people ore still fooking!) Lifeline began in 1971, and each year sees over 1,000 that very much. As to where I see it going - I think it is Of al the drugs that are available, it is the stimulants that people, 70% under the age of 25. We provide a telephone who are trying to get theirs and helping to keep the scene advice line and we also see people. We also provide support to hard to predict which way ascene will go, I mean ii good alive. have proven most popular in recent times, it's a case of whizz, ideas and different ideas are being used the music will bang, go, go, go!! parents (DON'T PANIC, THEY NEED INFO AS WELL). We progress, but I think possibly a few records that were produce a range of mainly comic based drugs info. ANY SHOUTS? ECSTACY released last year which had chart success have All at the Good Looking Stables, Danny , Paul, Chalky, disillusioned some people as to exactly what this music is In 1914 MOMA \'fOS invented, that's Long Boy, Vicky, Perry, Scott, Dean, Cass, Bowi , Chicken METHYLENEDIOXYMETH AMPHETAMINE (quick, Ma, pass the all about. They are contusing their ideas which Mid, and Danny Rachael. consequently creates bad music. dictionary). In the 60's &70's Psychotherapists used it to help people get in touch with themselves in less time than if they HAVE YOU PLAYED ABROAD · IF SO ANY MORE received counselling alone. Eventually, of course, it.reached our tiny island and got onto the streets. PLANS? Because of th enourmous profits to be made by diluting it As I said earlier, I played in Ibiza in '91. I have no with other substances and chemicals, quality went out of the immediate plans to play abroad at the moment, I want to window. So now you pays your money, takes your chance and concentrate my efforts over here first. hope for the best. Quality can even vary in the same batch, so several friends WHERE DO YOU LIKE PLAYING AND WHY? buying off the some dealer might find only one of them has a The best club I have played is Quest in Wolverhampton, bad time. because of the system , the old warehouse style venue Aoid mixing you drugs. Eis related to speed. Whizzing is and avery sensible crowd. Pandemonium at the Institute one thing, rapid weight loss and paranoia are some things you in Birmingham, any Dreamscape event, World Dance, don't need.