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  • Danny Tenaglia (circa '97 - '99)

This is something that may have been covered many times before on many previous boards, so forgive my ignorance if it has already…
normally with most DJ’s you can find some kind of evidence of sets they played at a given time, even if it appears as someone’s memory-inspired tracklist only. There is however (from what I’ve found) very little information about DT during this era.
When you take into account he made tracks like Elements, and remixes for D*Note and Celeda that are stonewall classics, surely some of the sets (Twilo etc) he must have been playing at the time should have been rediculously good, no?
I know a lot of the high profile DJ’s during that time were really strict about stuff not getting bootlegged, but I can count the number of tracklists I’ve found during this era on both hands.
Am I missing something???

PS: the obvious GU #10 aside…

Have a vague recollection of him being super protective of that kind of stuff.

It is very vague though!

    Mad_Cyril

    He didn’t want anyone to get any ideas from his 2 hour edit of Rui Da Silva’s “Touch Me”.

      I remember reading in mixmag about his set in miami at the winter music conference and he literally did play touch me for nearly an hour. Talk about teasing in a breakdown lol.

      He played Home over a weekend back in 00 for his GU and he was super protective. There were screens around the booth so you couldn’t see him or in to the booth. My ex was working for Home at the time and despite his super security consciousness I managed to get out back behind the booth and hang out there during the sets. All I remember was his neon light messages saying how great London was and sending shout outs.

      Met Dave Beer there and when I introduced myself he thought I was Danny Howells and that he’d try for ages to book me!

      Another clang while I’m at it, I managed to get one of the few early promos of Touch Me direct from Rui at the same time as DT got his copy.

      Also remember his Gatecrasher SSS set in the Bedrock tent where he played the hour of Touch Me which was already overplayed by that time.

        FabiParas
        You managed to make a thread about the great DT ALL ABOUT YOU 🤣

        Hate to be in your shoes when his people see this 🙈

            FabiParas Also remember his Gatecrasher SSS set in the Bedrock tent where he played the hour of Touch Me which was already overplayed by that time.

            He played in another tent that night due to him doing a ridiculously long set. Remember it well because we left the Bedrock tent to go and catch him as Nick Warren had come on.

              Mad_Cyril I don’t have a great recollection about any of the music played during his sets so I thought I’d just chuck a couple of anecdotes instead. 😉

                He was definitely playing out a lot around that time.

                Two gigs I definitely remember being mentioned (although I wasn’t there):
                A marathon (10-hour?) set at Homelands. Think he had a tent/stage all to himself, was called the D10 or DTourism tent or something.
                Mixmag raving about a set he played at the Miami Winter Music Conference, this was the first time I became really aware of him apparently being that good and known as ’the DJ’s DJ’, apparently Oakenfold and Cox seen having it, dancing on tables etc to his set.

                • -si- replied to this.

                  Will always contend that Bottom Heavy is his greatest record.

                  He hosted a tent at one of the Gatecrasher Summer Sound Systems I went to and absolutely smashed it.

                  Danny T that is.

                  Appreciate the feedback lads.
                  What I can make out so far is that DT was playing lots of gigs during this time (including some epic, marathon sets), yet because there’s so little info about any of them he was either the best on the scene as making sure nothing got out or talked about, or, they were actually really crap and no-one can be bothered to remember them in that much detail 😂

                    Didn’t make me want to fast forward, but no, not a fan.

                    bosstrabs Mixmag raving about a set he played at the Miami Winter Music Conference, this was the first time I became really aware of him apparently being that good and known as ’the DJ’s DJ’, apparently Oakenfold and Cox seen having it, dancing on tables etc to his set.

                    That’s the one i mentioned dave, i read the same article you mentioned.

                      Oh come on! Be yourself is a great track!

                      Dan #shamelessplug played that on one of my recent mixes (Stay @ Home Mix 007) on Mixcloud, as bit of a tribute to Paradise Garage/Twilo 😉

                        Homegrove only negative about Be Yourself from me is that it’s too long. Gets a bit repetitive after the main breakdown, which most people mix out of after anyway.
                        Apart from that, it’s one of my favourites!

                          I can remember seeing him at Space in 99. He was on before Sasha and he destroyed that room with a really dark and heavy sound, suited that room perfectly. It was before Space added extra bar and lights so it was just a pitch black room with lasers and amazing sound. Sasha came on and played till 7am and was just as awesome. Danny finished his set and came straight onto the dance floor and danced to Sasha just behind me. Which prompted my missus to keep nudging every 5 mins saying ’Danny keeps looking at your arse, I think it’s your lucky night treacle’

                          Remember him playing this
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                          Saw him again a couple of years later again at Space, he was good but he played a 16 bar loop of Crystal Waters - Gyspy Woman, which I can’t stand, for about 45 mins. I left the room, got a drink, checked out the other room and when I came back he was still at it. TBF when the drums dropped the room went off but I think that was more out of relief than anything else.

                            What a night that was in Space. My first ever night in Ibiza. Will never forget Sasha starting with Fibonnaci Sequence when he came on after Tenaglia

                              Not a fan of that Dnote remix.

                              The Look Glammer girl with the Daou is also a firm fave.

                                Dan love the Grand Ballroom remix of ‘Give Myself To You’ by The Daou. It’s also on my ‘Stay At Home 007’ mix 😂

                                    Love all that Daou/Murk sound. Tribal was a great label in the 90’s.

                                      Dan Peter Daou is a huge reason why those Danny T productions sound good. Such an underrated musician

                                          alistair Peter Daou now works in politics but he did (Re)post this very recently:

                                            Dan indeed, that’s why I struggled with the Lawler nu breed tribal sound at the turn of the millennium. Tribal UK, Tenaglia and especially Murk in its various guises had done it all before and better too. Derivative

                                            • Dan replied to this.

                                                alistair The second coming of tribal was moody and boring. The odd track thrown in was excellent, but a whole (yawns) set. Spare me.

                                                    Celeda - Be Yourself is an absolute tune.

                                                    Danny clearly robbed this track

                                                    Old-Dutch Yes mate what a night, its got to be in my top 3 if not the best night I’ve had clubbing

                                                      Same here mate. Unforgettable experience. Every time they ‘refurbished’ Space after then it got worse and worse as a club