Hi guys, >Neil, Adam, and rest, >further response about the old days of rave.... > Boy, am I glad I,m not the only one old enough (hitting the big three o soon) to remember the 'real' early days of rave. >So the white glove party is back eh? Yeah, the glostick thing was big over >here for awhile too. I must confess... I was a parka and plastic pacifier >wearing fiend during the time. O.K, if we are into confession time, well - I guess I would have fallen into the astro boy backpack and chuppa-chupp catagory. >Playing With Knives.....Praga Khan...OH THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!! Oh my god, it,s all flooding back now, especially after seeing those magic words "Praga Khan" -" injected with a poison - are you listening to me - we don,t need that any more" (I think that,s how it went), followed by that absolutely wonderfull grinding tone that sent your eyes right into the back of your head. Ahh, those were the days of blissfull nights and "love you more" of course. >It bites really... for all the actual great talent that 2Unlimited is/was, >Get Ready For This (over here in the United States) was driven into the >ground (heard it on radio, tv, commericals, movies, etc. etc. etc.) Dave, I don,t know if you were subscribed to the list when I wrote a heated defence of the finer qualities of "get ready for this" - (and if my memory serves me right, I think Joost was on the recieving end - sorry about that - nothing personal), but I did defend the origins of Rave and all those great tunes that ended up turning into commercial cheese. Another bit of trivia is that Kylie Minogue was actually the first one that used the instrumental part of what eventually became "get ready for this" on a track call "I guess I like it". I think the ownership of that bit of music was lost in the Stock Atkin and Waterman pool of sampling. >And to top it off, LA Style, who as you noted, had the same if not WAY MORE >success over in Europe (and even attention in the United States)...just >faded away over here. I have an extra c.d single copy of that tune if anyone is interested. >Rave could have been the next big big big thing.... I don,t know what happened in the States, but Rave was a very big thing here in Australia for quite a few years. After that, we had a siesta for a while, up until a couple of years ago - and we are now starting to rave again (this time, we are trying to keep it undergroud - the way it should have always been). We don,t want to scare the natives like we did last time. >I have found one way of getting that old rave style again though... it's a >big ego headed thing (from America, what else!?! :-) ) because I'm >composing/mixing/sampling the music myself... but I got into using >Evolution's Dance Station hardware/software (www.dancestation.com) after >trying my hand with Mixman Studio. If you are up for some on-line, real time jamming - check out Res Rocket. Beware though - the software takes quite a while to download (about 3 hours on my standard modem - 28k) but along with a few cheap instruments lying around my house, If you have the talent and the passion for what you are trying to make, you can achive it with the most basic set up. A lot of people have the most expensive and up to date gear, but still don,t have a clue on how to utalise it. >I've got a couple of really really good mixes under my belt thanks to that >and thus another aspect of the area of free music begins.... > Good to hear - keep it up. We can only keep this genre evolving if everyone follows their dreams with a passion. thanks, jamie k ********************************************************* You are being sent this message because you are subscribed to the Sunscreem Mailing List. For help send the message text: help to [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************
