Also, Transmat is an extremely good label.
Eric Morillo
DM might be a abusing shit but I don’t think you can take away his contributions to techno.
He’s also the only one out of the B3 who could mix worth a damn. KS was not good by any stretch and JA didn’t seem like he even knew what he was doing. I’m sure sync and CDJ have helped with that, but when I saw them on turntables, DM was the only competent one of the bunch.
Yup. Blake Baxter and Eddie Fowlkes were the djs out of the early detroit scene. Juan and Kev didn’t get as much early work bc they couldn’t dj. They’ve openly said this in interviews.
zackster They’ve openly said this in interviews.
Ah. Interesting. I didn’t know that.
A lot of those Detroit guys weren’t very good DJs even by the standards of the time. Larkin, Carl Craig, Pullen. Add them to the list. Knocked out great tunes, mind, but compared to some of the other US DJs on the circuit around then (Farina, Doc Martin, Terry Mullan, DJ Dan, Trisco, Hawtin - even if they played different dance music they were still on two decks), their technical skills left a lot to be desired, IMO.
jonattonyeah theres a good doc on Tresor where Baxter and Jeff Mills talk about how they were the only ones who would go because no one else thought they could dj well enough.
May has been dropped from the line up. I hope you are all happy!
I’d be in the MAW room all night anyway
Don’t see any reasoning on the LWE site explaining why he was dropped……..or maybe he pulled out. Based on what i’ve read though pulling out isn’t really Mr Mays thing 
Dan Chelmsford? My old patch…….Where on earth did he play there? YMCA?
IndustryStandard Next door!
Barhouse
IndustryStandard Blimey you and Grant are from Chelmo.
Dan all roads lead to the ’Ford…….cut my teeth during the glory days of Peri’s, Monday “Rave” night down Dukes, tear ups outside the Kebabery/bus station and promoting/DJing down Chelmsford City FC Social Club 1990-92 when I was in 6th form……halcyon days indeed
IndustryStandard My mate Joe Morena did gigs down there. Remember him? SPS him and Dave Valentine and Ian Wright who was a resident at Oscars.
IndustryStandard Mrs Cod and Kebabary….great days
Dan mr rams kebab was always good
Seems like there are quite a few people from Chelmsford on here
Prince of orange with Maff and knuck playing
The Ship for me and my old crew. Sometimes Bay Horse. Odd place growing up in Chelmsford . Back then not far enough from London to form any identity of its own, but also too far away to be really influenced by london quickly . Made us adopt a real DIY attitude, doing parties , bunking school to go record shopping / clothes shopping . Zoom, Soul II Soul, MASH.
Back then in Chelmsford we had New Era which was a clothes store then a market stall a couple of days a week for tunes.
IndustryStandard Another one here from Chelmsford. Used to go record shopping at Vinyl Rhythm near the station. Always wished there were some decent nights there, but don’t think there was a demand for it. Plus London was close enough
Vinyl Rhythm and then a few ales in the ship.
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completely agree, never really had anything decent apart from the odd one off’s. I seem to remeber ashley beadle playing at the shire hall.
I used to bunk off school and go to Vinyl Rythms to see Al in the house side.also frequented the ship most saturday afternoons.
also used to drive up to southend for soulman records
Christian My old mate (RIP) Keith Elderfield was a resident at basics and was putting on gigs at the Shire Hall…..Chelmsford had an involvement with Sunscream as they used to do their parties in Moulsham Street and Dave Valentine was producing them. Knuck is probablt one of the most underated DJ’s there’s been in Chelmsford. Soulman was a great shop…I blagged tickets for the Northern Exposure launch at MOS from Colin & Steve.
Dan looks like our paths may have crossed a few times. Completely agree about Knuck, amazing DJ both from a hardcore and a house perspective. Remember getting his tapes from the Can. This was one of his best
https://www.hardscore.com/mixes/Studio+1992/DJ+Knuck+-+2nd+Raven+Demo+Tape+-+May+1992+-+side+A.mp3
https://www.hardscore.com/mixes/Studio+1992/DJ+Knuck+-+2nd+Raven+Demo+Tape+-+May+1992+-+side+B.mp3
Dan filled in for Dave Valentine last summer at the Street Beats and Eats festival . Sunscream were playing which was entertaining . In true Chelmsford tradition the event descended into farce when a local pikey went apse shit and it too 6 community officers to boot him out……..Nothing changes
IndustryStandard That’s why we don’t live there, mate.
However my folks live in Springfield (opposite the railway bridge) still an alright area.
I moved away 20 years ago to Leeds but still visit my mum in moulsham. The outskirts are still pretty nice but have not been out in the town centre for years
Dan I lived on heath drive which is really close to tile kiln. tile kiln use to have an ace video shop when i was a kid
Tile Kiln was a bit shit mind. I used to live in Galleywood. When were you in Chelmsford, Christian? Never went to the Ship when I lived there, it was all about the Bay Horse - the Ship was a shithole back then. Went there when it got done up and I went back, but I’ve not been out in Chelmsford for decades now.
Christian Next to the Chinese. That closed down that to me contracting Salmonella from them - I was the first reported case of getting Salmonella from beansprouts in the UK - that’s some badge of honour. I lost two or three stone in 9 days (I can’t remember the actual, but I looked horrific)
Along_the_Wire I was in Chelmsford until 96 then moved to uni in Leeds and have not been back but to visit my mum. I use to drink in bay horse, Prince or orange and the fleece.
i know that Chinese really well and not surprised you got food poisoning from there. God knows how they could do that to bean sprouts. Hand around tile kiln and galleywood quite a bit especially at Chelmer park skateboarding.
Running Mare must’ve been your local? Or the Eagle?
running mare was ace before it got turned into a resturant
Used to get my Trumpet off a bloke in there.