Obsession is a dangerous thing. I've been obsessed with making beats and DJing since I realised I wasn't going to make it as a professional footballer. I was 14 then. I had fucking no chance to be honest. I love profanity, it's another obsession of mine, as is football (that's soccer to you yanks) And yes, that is patronising but better to be on the safe side.
So where were we? Yes, obsession. Ever since I frequented the Tunnel Under 18's and had this otherworldly experience. What the fuck was this music they were playing? I had never heard this shit on the radio. How could you get it? Where did you buy it? Fuck me, I'm on a podium with a lightstick and a Daniel Poole jumper. That was it, I wanted to play and make this kind of music, I was hooked.
First electronic record I bought was a Belgian import - Neon - The Creator. Bet you can guess what that sampled? (The first record I ever bought was The Human League - Don't You Want Me Baby. Well, technically my mum bought it as I was only 4 years old but you get the picture) It turns out that the records they were playing at The Tunnel were Slam - Positive Education and a very sneaky promo mix of Energy 52 - Cafe del mar - at least 3 years before that tune blew up. Those were the 2 in particular that stood out for me.
Fact: I saw The Prodigy at the Tunnel U18S for three quid. No bullshit. They were promoting Experience.
Anyway, obsession... So I've gone through phases like everyone else, loved happy hardcore and mental techno back then, got quite a few gigs playing that as well, learned my craft as a DJ, how to read a crowd, things that have always stayed with me - but I always returned to House and soul music.
Bought a sampler, tried to make trax, failed miserably. Went to Uni, lived in France for a year - I can speak French. Did I mention that I can speak French and lived in France? A series of girlfriends came and went, relationships often a casualty of this all-consuming obsession. Got my degree and a series of jobs that I had no interest in, first release in 2003, house, mortgage etc etc always wanted to jack it all in and just dj and make music full-time. Which I finally did at the end of 2006. Best decision I've ever made.
Which takes us to now. The bold digital era. The digital era has taken away as much as it has given. What I miss most is getting up early on a Saturday morning, going to the record shops, and scouring, hunting for those records that you heard or read about, knowing there were only gonna be 5 promo copies in the shop and paying over the odds to get one. And absolutely delighted to do so, buzzing because you knew you were going to play it out later that night and watch people go nuts on your dancefloor. Or finding a new amazing track by a hitherto unknown to you artist and championing their cause. Budgeting for 35 quid on vinyl and spending 80. Then doing it all over again on the Monday. Those were the days.
Nowadays it's click, preview, add to cart, no human interaction. Not all change is good.
So anyway, I'm lucky enough to have some good residencies here in Glasgow, I play all sorts these days, hip-hop, soul, funk, rock, indie, pop, electro, reggae, latin, fidget, b-more, drum n bass, house, whatever, anything goes. Crowd pleasers mainly, anything to get a dancefloor reaction usually, but obviously it depends on the gig. I believe it's healthy to be influenced by forms of music other than House, but I'm still obsessed with making House music, perfecting the beats.............. a worthwhile obsession in my view.
Slabs of the Tabernacle NYE Party @ La Cheetah Club (formerly The Twisted Wheel) 31/12/09
Mark du Mosch (Moustache Records - Rotterdam) Electrick Dragon LIVE (Rotterdam) Casionova (Cyber Dance Records, Magic Waves, IFM) Slabs of the Tabernacle DJs
Headlining the New Year party we welcome back Mark du Mosch. This will be his third time at Slabs so it's fair to say that we have much respect for the Rotterdam artist. An obsessive collector, Mark's DJ sets manage to be intriguing and hard rocking in equal measures, and we really couldn't think of anyone better to headline the New Year extravaganza.
Joining Mark will be fellow Rotterdamer Ricky the Dragon, performing a rare live set as Electrick Dragon. Having put out records dating right back to the early 90s (under many many aliases), Ricky carries with him some proper techno credentials. With his most recent output on Moustache Records he has produced two epic synth party bombs that are now firm favourites of ours. We first caught the Dragon live show at the Magic Waves festival earlier this year and it blew us all away, and so are delighted to welcome Ricky to Glasgow for his first Scottish performance.
And finally, making the trip up from Brighton will be the Italo battle axe Casionova. Over the past two years Casionova has become a permanent fixture at Slabs of the Tabernacle. His DJ sets are straight from the heart affairs and again we couldn't think of a better guest to see off 2009.
New DJ mix available to download from Deep Space Orchestra recorded exclusively for the Clinical Operations Podcast. You can get it at http://www.clinic82.com/podcast.htm
01 Lerosa - Tempio (Real Soon) 02 Nacho Patrol - Twinotters (Rush Hour) 03 Kuniyuki - All these things (Theo Parrish remix) (Mule Musiq) 04 Duminie - No Demons, No Majik (Sound Signature) 05 Frank Booker - Get On (Untracked) 06 Cosmic Force - Chocolate Starfish (Truth & Soul) 07 Shoes - Me and my Diva (Shoes) 08 The24Seven - SF UR (Dissident) 09 Schatrax - Restless Nights (Schatrax) 10 Floating Points - Truly (Eglo) 11 Shirley Lites - Heat you up melt you down (Melt down mix) (West End) 12 Morgan Geist - Lullaby (Environ) 13 Reggie Dokes - Dream Catcher (FCL Edit) (We Play House Recs.) 14 Ron Trent - Pop, Dip & Spin (Prescription)
Yo Dominic Martinasaurus. I just found out that we're related...and as a special family only present we've made a new song for you called "End of Days" (start doing backflips now). It's an epic instrumental opus to the moment when our ancient Dino relatives saw a large fiery object plummeting towards them. Please come to our page, give it a listen and let us know if it makes you feel like something catastrophic is gonna happen. If the song upsets you too much we will be holding several s support groups (read: comcerts) in the near future. Check our page for locations, dates and times.
Grant Nelson (Swing City) "Favourite track-Funk Mediterraneo - Airplane (Original Mix), Badness!" Giom "Airplane is nice, and Toms mix is wicked too. These 2 are my favourites here, will try them out at for sure. Thanks guys!" Lawnchair Generals (Carlos) "one Timer" is a solid, fun track. Thanks!" Joshua Heath "i am diggin 'one timer' and toms remix of 'tape recorder' Hard to say which is fav, both have their own thing crackin, will def give em botha run :-)" Mark Farina "digging airplane and taperecorder! will rock in club this weekend." The Littlemen (Gav)"My favourite is Taperecoder (Tom Special Interest Remix)" Raoul Belmans "great 90ies vibe on the 'One Timer' track, like both mixes of 'Taperecorder' too!" The Littlemen "My favourite is Taperecoder (Tom Special Interest Remix) but all mixes nice and will come in handy, cheers" Axel (Kolour Recordings) "feeling tom's remix on this release the most. go phobic!" Jay West "Favourite track-Funk Mediterraneo - Taperecoder (Tom Special Interest Remix)" Ken "ECB" Christensen "Taperecorder Original Mix is smokin, Love This track, The rest of the EP is well done!" DJ Sneak "My favourite is Funk Mediterraneo - Airplane (Original Mix)...funky n deep n driving... more house music to my ears" Manuel Sahagun "Well done Funk Mediterraneo, I will totally support your EP! Diggin Taperecorder (Original Mix). Thanks for sharing&quo
Nick Maurer is a co-founder of the Chicago group Greenskeepers and father of tongue-in-cheek sound that made the band one of house music’s best kept secrets. His new solo title “Wash My Hands” is proof of Maurer’s uncanny ability to make the dance floor move and smile at the same time.Musically, Wash My Hands is a funky steamroller that will flatten anyone that dares stand in its way. Remixally speaking, Wash My Hands is a cornucopia of musical pleasures featuring some of house music’s hottest talent. Miles Maeda, Thomas White, The Loopidy Goofs, Combined and Gramophonedzie push the track in a bunch of..different directions and make the song accessible to any DJ looking for something new and original.
HI, We have a beautiful deep house compilation supported by some big names like Richard Earnshaw, Sebastian Davidson, Joeski, Kevin Yost, Roger Sanchez and more......Now on Beatport!!!
