There's a mix on Samurai FM by Derrick, it's a tape of his closing set from the one of the first DEMFs.
You wrote: > I had a bit of a google yesterday. I've tried and failed to find mixes by D= > M online before but this one looks to be a bit of a gem. I don't think I've= > seen it posted to the list before, but apologies if this is old news. I ca= > nt get streaming audio at work but had a little listen last night and the s= > nippets I heard sounded very nice.=20 > > www.betalounge.com=20 > > Got to "past shows" and search the archive for "derrick may".=20 > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: /0 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 February 2006 13:28 > To: Hardie, Nick > Cc: Mark Pays; Robert Taylor > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > > yes except it was like 45 minutes, and it was speedy j live :) > > ---- "Hardie wrote:=20 > > So you don't ever recall standing about for 30 minutes waiting for a=20 > > beat ;-) > >=20 > > That was Juan > >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 23 February 2006 09:56 > > To: Mark Pays; Hardie, Nick; [email protected] > > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > >=20 > > I was there - don't remember Atkins playing there though - I've always th= > ought I'd never heard him DJ - obviously he must have been very unmemorable! > > Twas a great night - The Advent were due to play too, but because the sh*= > tty venue double booked with another event, the night was condensed from 2 = > to 1 room and The Advent lost their slot.=20 > >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Pays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 21 February 2006 14:44 > > To: Hardie, Nick; [email protected] > > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > >=20 > > Yeah that's right. I'd forgotten about that bit. Weren't the two clubs se= > parated by a bit of scaffolding and some large curtains? Not exactly sound = > proofing!=20 > >=20 > > Those were the days. > >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hardie, Nick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 21 February 2006 14:23 > > To: Mark Pays; [email protected] > > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > >=20 > > And if memory serves me right, it was made all the more impressive by hav= > ing to play over some awful UK garage coming from the club next door. > >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Pays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 21 February 2006 13:57 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > >=20 > > I've only seen DM play once but it was a belter. It showed me what it mea= > ns to be a truly professional DJ. I've often thought of sharing it with the= > list. The evening went something like this..... > >=20 > > It was an event called Hybrid sometime around '96 in a London warehouse = > type venue just south of the river. The line-up was mouth watering - Juan = > Atkins, Joey Beltram and Derrick May in that order. > >=20 > > It started Badly. After the warm-up came Juan. He played a bad set that g= > ot worse. He looked like he'd rather be anywhere but behind the decks. He s= > tarted getting booed. So he responded by playing 25 minutes of beatless amb= > ient nonsense mixed badly with a beatless mix of strings of life. Someone s= > tarted throwing empty plastic water bottles at the stage and off he went. R= > ubbish. Started to think I'd wasted my money. > >=20 > > On came Beltram. As ever, he started with Energy Flash and then dropped a= > classic set of his own stuff interlaced with plenty of dark Chicago jackin= > g grooves and a load of the Robert Armani catalogue. The place came to life= > . Then the power went. The music stopped for about an hour. Everyone waited= > it out though. When the power came back DM came on. > >=20 > > I can only think that DM felt he had to make up for what went before. Jua= > n was an embarrassment, while Joey was great, he was stopped in his tracks = > by the power cut. > >=20 > > DM dropped an absolutely classic set of house and techno. His mixing was = > lightning fast, often using the headphones for just a few seconds before d= > ropping the next track. The crowd responded brilliantly. He worked the eq, = > and cut and scratched superbly. He went way, way, over time until the bounc= > ers came to the stage and started shouting at him to stop. He wasn't having= > any of it so this big bouncer guy just starts shaking the scaffold that Ma= > y is standing on and the record starts jumping all over the place. May look= > s at the guy and shakes his head then picks the up the deck and holds it ou= > t in his palm right above the bouncer and plays the tune again. This time t= > he shaking doesn't make the record jump. May is grinning his head off, the = > crowd are cheering like mad and the bouncer looks like he's going to explod= > e. We got a few more minutes of his last track before they turned off the p= > ower to make him stop! > >=20 > > He then hung around for 30 mins afterwards chatting with stragglers and g= > etting well deserved thanks and compliments from all. It was one of the bes= > t sets I've seen, but most impressive was the work rate, passion and commit= > ment. He could have done his two hours and left, but instead he turned a ba= > d night into one of the most memorable and that makes him a great DJ in my = > eyes. > >=20 > > It was a long time ago now, but I've heard plenty of people with similar = > stories. I really must see him play again sometime.... > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Kendrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 20 February 2006 11:05 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > >=20 > > Its like Tristan and Rob said, Space base is about disco /funk and=20 > > your influences, its not LOST and DM being booked to play was getting=20 > > me all excited and he came and played techno & house....:O/ > >=20 > > At least when Mills played he get in the spirit of it and plays loads of = > disco, mixed very badly I must point out. He has the problem of thinking he= > is playing techno and can't leave the records alone, and tries to mix for = > to long with un beat synced records ha-ha. > >=20 > > I saw DM Play a really good house/disco set years ago at the original Pla= > stic People when it was on Oxford Street (central London) on a Thur. night = > and boy he killed it and that's what I was hoping we were going to get, but= > we didn't. That was about 10 years ago though. > >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 20 February 2006 10:47 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > I couldn't disagree more ! > >=20 > > I find that his Spacebase sets are usually quite messy. His selections ar= > e O.K but the level of DJing usually moves up a notch when the guest comes = > on. > >=20 > > I loved that Mills Spacebase set too! > >=20 > > I do agree on this though ... > >=20 > > ... Bring on the weekly sessions > >=20 > > Joy! :o) > >=20 > >=20 > > = > =20 > > "Paul Kendrick" = > =20 > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > psia.co.uk>, <[email protected]> =20 > > .com> cc: = > =20 > > Fax to: = > =20 > > 20/02/06 09:06 Subject: RE: (313) RE: De= > rrick May =20 > > = > =20 > > = > =20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > Its all about Bicknell for me at Space base, because his techno sets are = > lacking skills to say the least, but when he puts a disco/funk set together= > he really comes alive... > >=20 > > I've missed 2 space bases but from the ones I've been to Bicknell out pla= > yed all the other djs- that's mills , may and Slater.. > >=20 > > Bring on the weekly sessions > >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tristan Watkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 18 February 2006 15:46 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: (313) RE: Derrick May > >=20 > >=20 > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 18 February 2006 15:37 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: (313) RE: Derrick May > > > > > > On 2/18/06, Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I didn't enjoy May's set at all cos I was expecting disco and got=20 > > > > techno. If I'd been prepared for a techno set, I would have > > > probably > > > > loved it > > > > > > were you expecting disco from derrick may? any reason? i dont think=20 > > > ive ever heard of him playing much disco, or was this a special event? > >=20 > > It was a Lost Spacebass, which they do every so often at Plastic People -= > soon to be weekly on Fridays. It started out with Jeff Mills, Luke Slater = > and Steve Bicknell as a sorta-Xmas party at the Bridge & Tunnel for =A35. T= > hey all played funk, disco and house. It was dope. Since then they've done = > it with a lot of their regular guests - basically Mills and the Belleville = > Three. The idea is that the guests will all play great stuff from the past,= > be it house, techno, funk, soul, disco - whatever. Derrick May basically t= > urned out a modern house set, which while good in it's own right didn't rea= > lly fit the bill. > >=20 > > It will be interesting to see how the weekly turns out and who the guests= > are. > >=20 > > Tristan > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >=20 > > -- > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date:=20 > > 10/02/2006 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System.=20 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System.=20 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > >=20 > >=20 > > To find out more about Reuters visit www.about.reuters.com > >=20 > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, e= > xcept where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters = > Ltd. > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > To find out more about Reuters visit www.about.reuters.com > >=20 > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, e= > xcept where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters = > Ltd. > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > ###################################################################### > > ############### > > Note: > >=20 > > Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not=20 > > necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation=20 > > unless specifically stated. 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