Dance Music Scene Today
Discussion
Lately I have been dusting down some of my old CDs from the early-mid 90s and giving them a relisten. They are sparking up memories of a glorious, not too distant past where the dance music scene was glamorous, edgy and debauched.
The CDs that are bringing back the most memories are:
- Renaissance The Mix Collection part 1 (original version);
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Renaissance-Mix-Collection...
- Sasha and Digweed - Northern Exposure;
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Northern-Exposure-Vol-1-Mi...
- Hardkiss - Delusions of Grandeur; and
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Delusions-Grandeur-Hardkis...
- Cream Anthems (original version).
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cream-Anthems-Various-Arti...
Now, I remember the excitement I used to have on nights out back in the day - it would be cool, lots of glamorous ladies and it would feel slightly underground. Then there were the after parties...
Do youngsters nowaday have a similar scene? The glamour and "coolness" seem to have gone.
Maybe the internet is to blame, with information available to anyone, not just those in the know.
Maybe it is Renaissance and MoS's fault for releasing lots of cheesy compilations that you can buy in any Tesco (lest us forget the first two MoS Annuals, and the fact the Northern Exposure was released on the MoS label).
Right - musings over - time to listen to Perfect Motion again...
The CDs that are bringing back the most memories are:
- Renaissance The Mix Collection part 1 (original version);
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Renaissance-Mix-Collection...
- Sasha and Digweed - Northern Exposure;
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Northern-Exposure-Vol-1-Mi...
- Hardkiss - Delusions of Grandeur; and
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Delusions-Grandeur-Hardkis...
- Cream Anthems (original version).
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cream-Anthems-Various-Arti...
Now, I remember the excitement I used to have on nights out back in the day - it would be cool, lots of glamorous ladies and it would feel slightly underground. Then there were the after parties...
Do youngsters nowaday have a similar scene? The glamour and "coolness" seem to have gone.
Maybe the internet is to blame, with information available to anyone, not just those in the know.
Maybe it is Renaissance and MoS's fault for releasing lots of cheesy compilations that you can buy in any Tesco (lest us forget the first two MoS Annuals, and the fact the Northern Exposure was released on the MoS label).
Right - musings over - time to listen to Perfect Motion again...
To be honest, I have just about given up on clubbing. I started in the 'crasher heyday, and I have been re-living my youth recently, via the medium of the old CD's.
There is a lot of good trance out there currently, but I just can't hear it out in the clubs. So I'm hanging up my glowstick, and will be mainly downloading old stuff, and making sure my digital collection is second to none.
Favourite cd has to be GodsKitchen Summer Trance 2002. Bliss.
There is a lot of good trance out there currently, but I just can't hear it out in the clubs. So I'm hanging up my glowstick, and will be mainly downloading old stuff, and making sure my digital collection is second to none.
Favourite cd has to be GodsKitchen Summer Trance 2002. Bliss.
Ecurie Ecosse said:
... it would feel slightly underground.
I think that's the key to a lot of music "scenes", once the big boys figure out it's popular and work out how to make money off it, it gets lowest-common-denominated and clichéd into soulless submission, while trendwhoring w
rs turn up to clubs and gigs to ruin that side of things.Needs to be people doing it for the love of doing it.
- Renaissance The Mix Collection part 1 (original version);
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Renaissance-Mix-Collection...
This is one of my all time greats!
Great cover art,"for what we dream of" "bedrock" and m people remix are just epic.
It never really got better than this!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Renaissance-Mix-Collection...
This is one of my all time greats!
Great cover art,"for what we dream of" "bedrock" and m people remix are just epic.
It never really got better than this!
h4muf said:
- Renaissance The Mix Collection part 1 (original version);
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Renaissance-Mix-Collection...
This is one of my all time greats!
Great cover art,"for what we dream of" "bedrock" and m people remix are just epic.
It never really got better than this!
You do know they left the M-People track off the re-release as it wasnt thought to be up to the standard of the rest of the disc?http://www.amazon.co.uk/Renaissance-Mix-Collection...
This is one of my all time greats!
Great cover art,"for what we dream of" "bedrock" and m people remix are just epic.
It never really got better than this!
I've been clubbing for what feels like and probably is in reality far too long.
I was at Fabric just before Christmas and clubbing has changed, man.
Its gone back to being a fashionable pursuit, where people are concious of what they look like, who they are with and where they go.
Not like it was, at all.
Proper clubbing with decent folk can still be found in certain locations but its getting rarer it has to be said.
Yeah, I bought the re-relase as well (saddo that I am!).
The original is better, as the mixing was done on 1210s rather than computers as with the new one. Also, Perfect Motion on the original version plays for longer.
I may have to get out clubbing again myself to remind myself of what it can be like.
I noticed you giving the thumbs up to the RS2 on another thread.
Imagine how magical it would have been to have gone to the record shop in the morning to buy the Renaissance Mix Collection, and then to the Audi garage to pick up your brand new RS2 to listen to it in.
PS John Digweed Transitions 3 and the new Underworld albums are pretty good.
The original is better, as the mixing was done on 1210s rather than computers as with the new one. Also, Perfect Motion on the original version plays for longer.
I may have to get out clubbing again myself to remind myself of what it can be like.
I noticed you giving the thumbs up to the RS2 on another thread.
Imagine how magical it would have been to have gone to the record shop in the morning to buy the Renaissance Mix Collection, and then to the Audi garage to pick up your brand new RS2 to listen to it in.
PS John Digweed Transitions 3 and the new Underworld albums are pretty good.
This was the CD which started many years of spending and dreaming.
The scene these days is just recycled rubbish (grumble grumble).
The good days will never return as it was a combination of 'new' drugs, good music and a bit of law breaking which made the scene interesting.
I find reading this a good way of remembering why the scene was important socially and musically.
The scene these days is just recycled rubbish (grumble grumble).
The good days will never return as it was a combination of 'new' drugs, good music and a bit of law breaking which made the scene interesting.
I find reading this a good way of remembering why the scene was important socially and musically.
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HeavySoul said:
This was the CD which started many years of spending and dreaming.
The scene these days is just recycled rubbish (grumble grumble).
The good days will never return as it was a combination of "good" drugs, good music and a bit of law breaking which made the scene interesting.
I find reading this a good way of remembering why the scene was important socially and musically.
EFAThe scene these days is just recycled rubbish (grumble grumble).
The good days will never return as it was a combination of "good" drugs, good music and a bit of law breaking which made the scene interesting.
I find reading this a good way of remembering why the scene was important socially and musically.
HeavySoul said:
said:
HeavySoul said:
This was the CD which started many years of spending and dreaming.
The scene these days is just recycled rubbish (grumble grumble).
The good days will never return as it was a combination of "good" drugs, good music and a bit of law breaking which made the scene interesting.
I find reading this a good way of remembering why the scene was important socially and musically.
EFAThe scene these days is just recycled rubbish (grumble grumble).
The good days will never return as it was a combination of "good" drugs, good music and a bit of law breaking which made the scene interesting.
I find reading this a good way of remembering why the scene was important socially and musically.
Note it now says "Good drugs" where it used to say "New drugs"
Meeja said:
HeavySoul said:
said:
HeavySoul said:
This was the CD which started many years of spending and dreaming.
The scene these days is just recycled rubbish (grumble grumble).
The good days will never return as it was a combination of "good" drugs, good music and a bit of law breaking which made the scene interesting.
I find reading this a good way of remembering why the scene was important socially and musically.
EFAThe scene these days is just recycled rubbish (grumble grumble).
The good days will never return as it was a combination of "good" drugs, good music and a bit of law breaking which made the scene interesting.
I find reading this a good way of remembering why the scene was important socially and musically.
Note it now says "Good drugs" where it used to say "New drugs"
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