Yes, to this day Chris Liberator adores Alan Oldham because he came up to them and laughed about it - something like, I'm from Detroit, I'm intelligent and I'm XXXX 'avin' it.
Rightly or wrongly, the idea behind the title according to the guys was a dig at the UK dance press, not Detroit, which at the time was very snobbish about counterpointing the US music against rave culture. (Oh how soon that evaporated, with the rise of that old UK imperialism.....) Most of those guys, especially Chris, have backgrounds in punk music. They have a good allegiance with Carl Cox too. Until lately those guys' scene, the squat party/acid techno scene, was ignored by the UK press but apparently their records have been supported by the hard house contingent. Until lately Chris was living in a council flat, so they are humble guys. I think there was an article in Seven in which they cited an appreciation for early UR stuff. They come out to Australia a lot. ---------- >From: "Odeluga, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Tim Maughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Org" ><[email protected]> >Subject: [313] Liberators >Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 7:33 PM > >>> 'for those that don't know, the liberator DJs are part of London's >>> "underground" rance scene. they once did a mix CD called "its not from >>> Detroit and its not intelligent but its f*cking banging". >>> >>> i think that says it all really.' -Eric Scuccimarra > > Me, I actually LIKE the Liberators! They know how to rock a crowd and keep a > positive vibe going. It's true, it's not brain food (mostly - I heard > 'Moonraker' by the Foremost Poets first dropped by them - the original mix) > but it's damned good fun! Most importantly, they've still got this idea > about dance being something like a unifying and catalytic social force. > (Naive, I agree, but I'm a sucker for sincere idealists and triers). And > underpinning the compilations of medieval acid, is always a push to get > people involved in their environments and take control of their lives - > usually politically. > > Sound familiar, Detroit? > > I had a laugh recently when I read a track title on one of Chris' latest > mixes 'Hackney Council Are A Bunch of C*nts'! I think the Nuclear Free Zone > parties are still running at 414 (Brixton)... I'd recommend them. > > K > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Tim Maughan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:34 PM >>To: Ploegmakers, Joost; [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [313] re- gary numan >> >> >>yeah that was it. well spotted. >> >>on 14/2/02 3:11 pm, Ploegmakers, Joost at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> "F*cking 'avin' it" was actually the last part of the title. >>> >>> Well at least they're honest about themselves... >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Tim Maughan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: donderdag 14 februari 2002 16:03 >>> To: Eric Scuccimarra; D.Maj. DDBB-P; [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [313] re- gary numan >>> >>> >>> on 14/2/02 1:37 pm, Eric Scuccimarra at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> Liberator D.J.s >>> >>> for those that don't know, the liberator DJs are part of London's >>> "underground" rance scene. they once did a mix CD called "its not from >>> Detroit and its not intelligent but its f*cking banging". >>> >>> i think that says it all really. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
