Thanks for sharing, never seen that. So many WTF moments in there: The Ovaltinies (for context, the song they were singing was from one of the TV ads); Chris Hill singing (singing!); the sheer amount of talking by the DJs lol.
I found it particularly bamboozling because my introduction - perhaps induction would be a better word - to the world of dance music was on the periphery of this scene. Closest I came to the epicentre was an alldayer at Margate Winter Gardens and The Caister Roadshow when it blew through Ramsgate. That night I learned that the tradition at Caister was to end the weekend with Luluās Shout, at which point the entire crowd would lie on the dancefloor and shake their arms and legs in the air.
I loved a good singalong (still do!) but a lot of the more braindead audience participation antics were a huge turnoff. Arguably both reached a nadir with Steve Walsh.
Thanks again. Reminded me of a lot of stuff Iād forgotten.
That whole āon the micā thing is so strange to watch now, but I think back to the first all soul/dance dayer I went to in 1988 and one of the DJs was specifically introduced as a DJ who doesnāt talk! That āpersonality jockā stuff died really quickly after that at the clubs I went to, though I do remember Nightmares on Wax using the mic sometimes even in 1989/90. Imagine it now! (Then again, Moodymanā¦)
That whole call/response thing is tired an irrelevant today but I do like at least a little mic action: thanks for coming, see you next time kinda thing. Not because I want thanking, but because it adds to the sense of community, togertherness. Yeah, Iām a softieā¦
I know its a different scene and crowd but I cant imagine the soundsystems without the mic action ā¦
A lot of the UKG parties were whipped up by the mic man too.
Tenaglia wasnt adverse to getting on the mic in miami either, albeit after a good few hours of lights out, heads down houseā¦
Pretty much the only thing that I like from the soul scene was the few second break after a DJ had finished their set so you could show your appreciation. Always thought that was a civilised act.
a website that plays a few seconds of random YouTube videos with almost no views. After a few seconds, it starts playing another video. Itās oddly addictive.
Thatās lovely. I finally had a moment with āApple Venus Vol. 1ā, a beauty, I fell asleep and woke up a few moments later with my headphones on, which was incredibleā¦however English Settlement has been stuck on my mind and turntable for several years, this is the album whose songs I sing along to as I walk down the street, itās therapeutic isnāt it
Maybe someone already posted this but I really enjoyed watching this, despite not being the worldās biggest fan of new London jazz funk stuff (just think itās a bit saturated at this point, although Yussef is an incredible drummer)
The setting and the additional footage in Japan is really cool, plus the tunes with Minami Kuzuki some of the best stuff heās made.
