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  • Danny Tenaglia (circa '97 - '99)

bosstrabs Never really seen a classic house/prog split. Most people I’ve hung around with in clubbing circles, from Cream to Fabric to Beijing days, have been as comfortable going to a classic house night as a techno night, so long as the music is decent.

…the only split into ‘classic’ house I’ve seen has come with age. I’ve so many mates who I’ve partied with for years, some of whom were bang upfront with their music knowledge at one time, who now just want to listen to the same, familiar 150 or so club tracks from 25/30-years ago mixed together.

I generally only get wheeled-out to DJ at big birthdays etc. these days and to be honest most of the time it’s a fucking arse-ache. Even if you are happy playing a set of oldies (bores me to tears generally) one person’s idea of a ‘classic’ is totally different from another and it becomes an impossible task. Daft thing is, quite often the party-goers in question weren’t even necessarily into that music at the time, it’s just that these days its the palatable, partner-friendly option that they remember from an old Cream CD or that Pete Tong’s orchestra have covered that are lauded as the ‘classics’.

Don’t get me wrong, I love proper house music, but clubbing was always about a sonic experience, listening to new sounds and enjoying the unpredictability of the ride, fill a night with tracks that people already know and that dynamic is very flat IMO.

      Unbroken1 Don’t get me wrong, I love proper house music, but clubbing was always about a sonic experience, listening to new sounds and enjoying the unpredictability of the ride, fill a night with tracks that people already know and that dynamic is very flat IMO.

      Well said. Seems it’s just a difference of perspective. People who listen to the radio (or, well, used to) seemed to have no problem hearing the same song over and over again. They knew it. They could sing along, The liked the familiarity. I think most of us are the complete opposite. A well placed classic can do wonders but I like the feeling of “oh what the fuck is this” far more. Trying to figure out what it was. Trying, back in the record days, to hunt it down. That was all part of the fun. But we’re the minority for sure. Look at hip hop clubs. They all play the same 30 songs from the past 30 years ’cause that’s what most people want.

          Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives

          …another one that makes my skin crawl.

            I am always fairly suspicious of clubbers who don’t have an appreciation of house music, its history and its touchstone records. And yes, Frankie Knuckles is the Don. Good to have a broad palette.

            You’ll prob find that 100% of people on here have an appreciation for house music, Alistair.

            There are just loads of overplayed and overrated tracks that can get in the bin, for eternity.

              LT42 back in the early days of the boards, you’d be surprised at how many posters didn’t have any appreciation of House Music.

              Going in to the wider scope, it baffles me how anyone who truly loves House Music and all its myriad hues can be racist, homophobic or generally be a cunt!

                  LT42 Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives

                  …brilliant remix, absolute landmark.

                  No rush to hear it anytime soon.

                  • LT42 replied to this.

                      FabiParas Going in to the wider scope, it baffles me how anyone who truly loves House Music and all its myriad hues can be racist, homophobic or generally be a cunt!

                      Never forget Vinnie the Way Out West-fan from Texas who was all three.

                          Interesting when we had that poll on the best track on the Xpander EP. I went with Xpander because it shook my world at the time despite the fact that it’s pretty much the last thing that I want to hear right now

                          jonattonyeah A well placed classic can do wonders but I like the feeling of “oh what the fuck is this” far more.

                          …deffo, a lesser-known Strictly dub or Red Zone mix seamlessly placed in a set of new music is the way a decent DJ would do it, back then and now. Familiar elements, unfamiliar context.

                              Unbroken1 although JD has sprinkled his bunkers with some iconic classics and they have sounded immense on the booze 😂

                                  FabiParas Going in to the wider scope, it baffles me how anyone who truly loves House Music and all its myriad hues can be racist, homophobic or generally be a cunt!

                                  If you’re a self-professed house gangsta you can get away with it

                                    There are some all time classics like Someday or Tears or Pressure that no matter how many times you hear them still sound great when well placed like the bunkers. The message/sentiment and quality of vocal make them timeless, especially in troubled times. Great organic productions too. Morales/Knuckles/MAW stuff especially doesn’t age for me

                                    …no problem with those tracks, in the hands of a great Dj they can still sound immense.

                                    My original point though, was that this is very different from the dynamic created by an entire set of back-to-back ‘classics’.

                                      Homegrove

                                      LOL I’ll never not upvote a post about that nutter. Imagine if Nick Warren was Black but he didn’t know. Our man Vinnie would’ve gone way out dead with that discovery.

                                        Unbroken1 agreed, of its time, and it can stay there. Filed under pop-house with a multitude of “classics” that appeared on free CDs stuck to magazines.
                                        I was a regular at Sir Henry’s in the early 90s with Greg Dowling & Shane Johnson, the best house DJs the country have produced, the best thing about their sets was the dropping of a vocal you’d know here and there and it would be an obscure remix, 99% of trax in their sets weren’t ID’d until years later.

                                          alistair yeah heard Alfredo play it in privilege at sunrise the year it came out in Ibiza in fairness it worked so well there but I can barely listen to it now