Cool, I been looking for that mix for a while ..... Is it the one with James brown at the beginning?
Thanks for the tip -----Original Message----- From: Dan Bean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 February 2006 09:52 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May - nice mix online 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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