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first forays into techno and rave started with parties put on by
the 'Mutoid Waste Co.' the mid 80's. However
my main interest at the time was psychedelia, punk and alternative
music (no shoe gazing stuff though) and frequented 'Club Dog' regularly
(In fact I went to the very first one in a Wood Green Labour Club
in Brabant Road in 1983/4). This continued until the first few Megadogs
when I saw Orbital for the very first time. This club transformed
me from a 'Gaye Biker on Acid' type to a total techno nut almost
overnight.
I've only been to a few of the very big raves, Castle Morton, Treworgey
Tree Fayre being the first and only ones whose names I can remember
but have been going to warehouse parties, techno clubs and every
other sort of venue in between in and around London since then.
I suppose the main reason I rarely went to the big outdoor events
would be that I do have definite tastes in dance music and tend
to favour the less commercial variety of dance music. I've never
liked soul or hip-hop so Garage & Jungle take a back seat when
liking tracks as I can't stand wailing divas and piano solo's and
can only take two or three tracks of Drum & Bass before boredom
sets in.
I've got pretty varied tastes in dance music right from deep house
right through to nosebleed techno but I tend to go dancing to good
funky techno, tech-house, hard trance and the more innovative of
the hard house DJs. It has to be said though, I have a pretty low
threshhold for old tunes so tend to avoid places that play too many
'classics' all night. I much prefer a good set of new or rarely
played tunes.
Of course there are always exceptions to these rules and I am always
dipping my toe in other areas just to make sure I'm not missing
anything. I suppose to generalise... If it's got proper lyrics (sampled
vocals are OK), I don't like it! Almost anything else will probably
be OK.
If I had to make a choice, I suppose my favourite event would be
one with lots of hard and funky techno mixed in with plenty of house
that's hard (as opposed to hard house). I prefer nights that are
more 'dancey' than 'noodley' or just 'hard' and don't think much
of clubs with a cliquey clientelle, whether they're trainspotters
or poncy gits. |
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