The betalounge set from 97 is the first time he played Motor. I am pretty sure it was the first time techno was broadcasted live on the radio from Motor.
The Samurai set is indeed from the first festival. Probably one of the best, if not the best, DJ sets ever from the fest IMHO.
Cheers!
From: Emile Facey - Plant43 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dan Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,Paul Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: (313) RE: Derrick May - nice mix online
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:40:09 +0000
>If it's the one with the James Brown at the start that was on the first DEMF
>video archive it's amazing. As far as I'm concerned one of the best set
>openings ever. Is that footage still available anywhere?
>
>
>
>on 24/2/06 10:31 am, Dan Bean at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >> Is it the one with James brown at the beginning?
> >
> > I don't know actually, it was recommended to me by a friend, but I haven't had
> > a chance to listen to it yet. It's supposed to be pretty good though.
> >
> >> 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=3D M online before but this one looks to be a bit of a gem. I =
> >> don't
> >>
> >>> think I've=3D seen it posted to the list before, but apologies if =
> >> this=20
> >>> is old news. I ca=3D nt get streaming audio at work but had a little=20
> >>> listen last night and the s=3D nippets I heard sounded very nice.=3D20
> >>> =20
> >>> www.betalounge.com=3D20
> >>> =20
> >>> Got to "past shows" and search the archive for "derrick may".=3D20
> >>> =20
> >>> Mark
> >>> =20
> >>> -----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
> >>> =20
> >>> yes except it was like 45 minutes, and it was speedy j live :)
> >>> =20
> >>> ---- "Hardie wrote:=3D20
> >>>> So you don't ever recall standing about for 30 minutes waiting for="">> >>>> a=3D20 beat ;-) =3D20
> >>>> That was Juan
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> -----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
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> I was there - don't remember Atkins playing there though - I've
> >> always th=3D
> >>> ought I'd never heard him DJ - obviously he must have been very=20
> >>> unmemorable!
> >>>> Twas a great night - The Advent were due to play too, but because=20
> >>>> the sh*=3D
> >>> tty venue double booked with another event, the night was condensed=20
> >>> from 2 =3D to 1 room and The Advent lost their slot.=3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> -----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
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> Yeah that's right. I'd forgotten about that bit. Weren't the two=20
> >>>> clubs se=3D
> >>> parated by a bit of scaffolding and some large curtains? Not exactly=20
> >>> sound =3D proofing!=3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> Those were the days.
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> -----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
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> And if memory serves me right, it was made all the more impressive=20
> >>>> by hav=3D
> >>> ing to play over some awful UK garage coming from the club next door.
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Mark Pays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>> Sent: 21 February 2006 13:57
> >>>> To: [email protected]
> >>>> Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> I've only seen DM play once but it was a belter. It showed me what=20
> >>>> it mea=3D
> >>> ns to be a truly professional DJ. I've often thought of sharing it=20
> >>> with the=3D list. The evening went something like this.....
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> It was an event called Hybrid sometime around '96 in a London=20
> >>>> warehouse =3D
> >>> type venue just south of the river. The line-up was mouth watering - =20
> >>> Juan =3D Atkins, Joey Beltram and Derrick May in that order.
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> It started Badly. After the warm-up came Juan. He played a bad set=20
> >>>> that g=3D
> >>> ot worse. He looked like he'd rather be anywhere but behind the decks.
> >>
> >>> He s=3D tarted getting booed. So he responded by playing 25 minutes of =
> >>
> >>> beatless amb=3D ient nonsense mixed badly with a beatless mix of =
> >> strings
> >>
> >>> of life. Someone s=3D tarted throwing empty plastic water bottles at =
> >> the
> >>
> >>> stage and off he went. R=3D ubbish. Started to think I'd wasted my=20
> >>> money.
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> On came Beltram. As ever, he started with Energy Flash and then=20
> >>>> dropped a=3D
> >>> classic set of his own stuff interlaced with plenty of dark Chicago=20
> >>> jackin=3D g grooves and a load of the Robert Armani catalogue. The =
> >> place
> >>
> >>> came to life=3D . Then the power went. The music stopped for about an=20
> >>> hour. Everyone waited=3D it out though. When the power came back DM=20
> >>> came on.
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> I can only think that DM felt he had to make up for what went=20
> >>>> before. Jua=3D
> >>> n was an embarrassment, while Joey was great, he was stopped in his=20
> >>> tracks =3D by the power cut.
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> DM dropped an absolutely classic set of house and techno. His mixing
> >>
> >>>> was =3D
> >>> lightning fast, often using the headphones for just a few seconds=20
> >>> before d=3D ropping the next track. The crowd responded brilliantly. =
> >> He=20
> >>> worked the eq, =3D and cut and scratched superbly. He went way, way,=20
> >>> over time until the bounc=3D ers came to the stage and started =
> >> shouting=20
> >>> at him to stop. He wasn't having=3D any of it so this big bouncer guy =
> >>
> >>> just starts shaking the scaffold that Ma=3D y is standing on and the=20
> >>> record starts jumping all over the place. May look=3D s at the guy and =
> >>
> >>> shakes his head then picks the up the deck and holds it ou=3D t in his =
> >>
> >>> palm right above the bouncer and plays the tune again. This time t=3D =
> >> he
> >>
> >>> shaking doesn't make the record jump. May is grinning his head off,=20
> >>> the =3D crowd are cheering like mad and the bouncer looks like he's=20
> >>> going to explod=3D e. We got a few more minutes of his last track =
> >> before
> >>
> >>> they turned off the p=3D ower to make him stop!
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> He then hung around for 30 mins afterwards chatting with stragglers=20
> >>>> and g=3D
> >>> etting well deserved thanks and compliments from all. It was one of=20
> >>> the bes=3D t sets I've seen, but most impressive was the work rate,=20
> >>> passion and commit=3D ment. He could have done his two hours and left, =
> >>
> >>> but instead he turned a ba=3D d night into one of the most memorable =
> >> and
> >>
> >>> that makes him a great DJ in my =3D eyes.
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> It was a long time ago now, but I've heard plenty of people with=20
> >>>> similar =3D
> >>> stories. I really must see him play again sometime....
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> -----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
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> Its like Tristan and Rob said, Space base is about disco /funk=20
> >>>> and=3D20 your influences, its not LOST and DM being booked to play =
> >> was
> >>
> >>>> getting=3D20 me all excited and he came and played techno &=20
> >>>> house....:O/ =3D20 At least when Mills played he get in the spirit =
> >> of=20
> >>>> it and plays loads of =3D
> >>> disco, mixed very badly I must point out. He has the problem of=20
> >>> thinking he=3D is playing techno and can't leave the records alone, =
> >> and
> >>
> >>> tries to mix for ="" to long with un beat synced records ha-ha.
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> I saw DM Play a really good house/disco set years ago at the=20
> >>>> original Pla=3D
> >>> stic People when it was on Oxford Street (central London) on a Thur.=20
> >>> night =3D and boy he killed it and that's what I was hoping we were=20
> >>> going to get, but=3D we didn't. That was about 10 years ago though.
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>> Sent: 20 February 2006 10:47
> >>>> To: [email protected]
> >>>> Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> I couldn't disagree more !
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> I find that his Spacebase sets are usually quite messy. His=20
> >>>> selections ar=3D
> >>> e O.K but the level of DJing usually moves up a notch when the guest=20
> >>> comes =3D on.
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> I loved that Mills Spacebase set too!
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> I do agree on this though ...
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> ... Bring on the weekly sessions
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> Joy! :o)
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>> =3D
> >>> =3D20
> >>>> "Paul Kendrick"
> >> =3D
> >>> =3D20
> >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> psia.co.uk>, <[email protected]> =3D20
> >>>> .com> cc:
> >> =3D
> >>> =3D20
> >>>> Fax to:
> >> =3D
> >>> =3D20
> >>>> 20/02/06 09:06 Subject: RE: (313)
> >> RE: De=3D
> >>> rrick May =3D20
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>> =3D
> >>> =3D20
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>> =3D
> >>> =3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> Its all about Bicknell for me at Space base, because his techno sets
> >>
> >>>> are =3D
> >>> lacking skills to say the least, but when he puts a disco/funk set=20
> >>> together=3D he really comes alive...
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> I've missed 2 space bases but from the ones I've been to Bicknell=20
> >>>> out pla=3D
> >>> yed all the other djs- that's mills , may and Slater..
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> Bring on the weekly sessions
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Tristan Watkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>> Sent: 18 February 2006 15:46
> >>>> To: [email protected]
> >>>> Subject: Re: (313) RE: Derrick May
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>>> -----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=20
> >>>>>> got=3D20 techno. If I'd been prepared for a techno set, I would=20
> >>>>>> have
> >>>>> probably
> >>>>>> loved it
> >>>>>
> >>>>> were you expecting disco from derrick may? any reason? i dont=20
> >>>>> think=3D20 ive ever heard of him playing much disco, or was this a =
> >>
> >>>>> special event?
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> It was a Lost Spacebass, which they do every so often at Plastic=20
> >>>> People -=3D
> >>> soon to be weekly on Fridays. It started out with Jeff Mills, Luke=20
> >>> Slater =3D and Steve Bicknell as a sorta-Xmas party at the Bridge &=20
> >>> Tunnel for ="" T=3D hey all played funk, disco and house. It was =
> >> dope.
> >>
> >>> Since then they've done =3D it with a lot of their regular guests -=20
> >>> basically Mills and the Belleville =3D Three. The idea is that the=20
> >>> guests will all play great stuff from the past,=3D be it house, =
> >> techno,
> >>
> >>> funk, soul, disco - whatever. Derrick May basically t=3D urned out a=20
> >>> modern house set, which while good in it's own right didn't rea=3D lly =
> >>
> >>> fit the bill.
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> It will be interesting to see how the weekly turns out and who the=20
> >>>> guests=3D
> >>> are.
> >>>> =3D20
> >>>> Tristan
> >>>> =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D
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