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  3. Tom Bailey pres The Progressive Showcase

    in Members' Audio & Promotions

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    Tom, must catch up on a few of these. Have been mad busy recently, and haven't had the chance.

    One thing, it's a pity about the soundcloud issue (for me personally anyway). Recently bought a new house, and the internet coverage is absolutely dire. With Mixcloud, I find it a lot harder to navigate and scan through because my speed's so bad, compared to soundcloud. Minor gripe, I know, but it's a shame.

    Anyway man, keep up the good work! Looking forward to getting through a few of these.

  4. Classic Tunes You Just Don't Like.

    in Open Chat

    Posted

    Okay, here's one I'd say many of us will have a good few of. Can be any time, any genre (mainly dance I'd say though). Tunes that are generally accepted as up there with the best, that you just never liked for some unknown reason, or just didn't want to admit to save arguing.

    A few of mine.

    I was given this on a promo before it came out, was told it was going to be the biggest tune, and heralded a new sound, and I just never liked it. Too 'sweet' or something for me. Still don't like it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4LLp1yCj7E

    This one, I don't hate per-say, I just don't think it's worthy of the pedestal it's put on. I remember at the time, even favouring 'Words' over this when playing out (think it was part of a double vinyl or something).

    And (I know this might be sacrilege for a few on here)....

    I dunno, I just always found it too 'saccharine'. Reminded me of a lot of John 00 Fleming productions, which I always thought lacked a bit of 'oomph' or something.

    Anyway, just a few off the top of my head. Not looking to start a big debate over whether the tunes are good or not, just ones you yourself never liked for some reason. I'm sure I'll think of more later.

  6. Depression

    in Open Chat

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    Regular sleeping pattern is also key to a good mood. :)

    There's my problem in a nutshell. I don't suffer from depression at all ( I don't think), but my sleeping patters are awful. Can go a full week, or even two or three, of being fine/normal, then have one night where it doesn't matter what I do, I'll be staring at the walls at 5am.

  7. 2001-06-16 - Judge Jules, Gatecrasher Summer Sound System

    in Judge Jules Audio

    Posted

    Ah yes, Playa Sol.

    That version is the remade one 'No-one Driving vs Novacane' or something like that, i think that version lacked compared to the original. Luckily I have both Studio 613 & the Original version of Playa Sol (as played on this show) on vinyl. The MP3's are nowhere to be found, legal or illegal amazingly.

    Very true. I've turned the old internet upside down looking for it, and it's nowhere to be found.

  9. Did Jules' Music Change When He Switched To CDJs?

    in Purely Music Discussion

    Posted

    I think the same could be applied to a lot of trance at that era in general, though. The digital era ushered in a massive period of over-saturation, imo. Every man and his dog was able to knock out tunes, and if they were hits, great, if not, no worries, knock another one out next week, see if that works. Lather, rinse, repeat. It was also the last era we saw someone make a name for himself solely for dj'ing (Eddie Halliwell).

    Admittedly, Jules still has to play the tunes out; he doesn't have to play them if he doesn't like them, which points to him enjoying a lot of the stuff we think isn't fitting of him. I also think we tend to over-look the fact that Jules often had a slant towards the naff, even in his perceived 'pomp'. There were plenty of cheesy bootlegs he was playing, even in 99 etc, though admittedly not on the scale (nor the horror) of some of the ones he played in recent times.

    I think some on here have said that he lost who filtered his tunes for him (though I'm not sure what time it was around. Think it was Simon Patterson, may be way out there though), and that appeared to have a massive impact on his sound. Someone much more knowledgeable than me can tell you more about that.

  11. Does Judge Jules...

    in Open Chat

    Posted

    He's posted a few times and is a signed up member :)

    He has also referenced both the site and Tim in the diary entries previously

    Has he? that's pretty cool! I knew he had posted, but never knew he mentions the place, and our Dear Leader :oddcake: . Do you know when it was time-frame wise, roughly? He keeps all those archived, so it shouldn't be too hard to find.

    Jules could quite easily get the hump about this place, and that's what sets him apart from most others in the biz. I was reading a thing the other day where a lad was posting some stuff on you-tube (with all the usual disclaimers, and telling you to buy it if you wanted it) from a now defunct old trance label, and they shut him down very firmly, threatening all sorts of legal stuff. You'd think these older, smaller labels would be glad to get their legacy out there to a whole new audience who'd never heard of them, but no. All about the dolla bills yo.

  13. A 2002 Tune Query

    in Open Chat

    Posted

    Ok, I'm sure some of you lot will know this one, been bugging for years. Seeing 'Syntone, Can't Believe It' mentioned in another thread, got the little mice on the wheel in my head going into over-drive.

    I had an old Jules tape from Creamfields Ireland 2002, and Syntone was the last tune on it. It was pretty much a standard set for the time (Fuct Camera etc), all very banging and pretty damn good.

    There was this one tune, with a very distinctive sample, that I've never been able to find out the name of. Samples that speech from (I think) The 51st State, about his 'product' being so much stronger than all these other drugs. I dunno why, but I always though it was 'Dave The Drummer'. A simplistic tune, nowt more than a driving beat, and that sample, and some sort of sirens.

    A search through Jules' sets on here (featuring the same tunes/time-frame as featured on the tape), and subsequent you-tubing of all the tunes I don't recognise, don't throw it up either. Maybe Jules never played it on Radio1 (it's a pretty thinly disguised, aimed at drug-takers tune, really). I know it was played on Irish radio a few times round then, on their equivalent shows (which is where I think I got Dave The Drummer).

    Any ideas? A lovely Kenwood Juicer*, will be winging it's way to anyone who can help. Thanks!

    *May be a beermat.

  14. Dance Class Radio Show

    in Members' Audio & Promotions

    Posted

    Oh no MBK, Chrissie lost it too but got it back.

    Thanks for tuning in though! :wub:

    How were you listening? I'll look into the problem :)

    No worries, happened to see you were on when I popped in, be rude no too!

    The second link (couldn't find it on the first one). It came up as an extra pop-up, and stopped working after bout ten mins, and never worked again. I only had a half an hour so to listen in, mind, so it prob was just a temporary glitch.

    Enjoyed it though, there was a proggy mix of Olive, Not Alone playing, which I don't think I'd heard before, which I thought was great. :thumbsup:

  17. Despite people saying good trance tunes are out there!

    in Open Chat

    Posted

    Whenever I have people round, and we have a spin on the decks, it's always the older stuff that gets the best reaction, even from people who've never heard the stuff before. I always think it's just because I personally have such a rose tinted view of the time, and as such try to not focus on older stuff, but it doesn't seem to be the case. I had a mate over who's well into his thirties, never really was into dance and he was going ape-sh#t to the older stuff when it was played, so it's not just a younger generation who maybe into dance anyway. Madness!

  23. 1999-09-25 - Judge Jules, Homelands, Ireland

    in Judge Jules Audio

    Posted

    I'd love to know what Jules memories are of this set! He looked, how would you say, well in tune with everyone! :D I remember him being asked in an interview a few years later when was the last time he danced in a field. 'Homelands Ireland' was all he said. It maybe reflected in the mixing, and even the scratching attempts!

    I've said it recently, it's the best atmosphere I've ever experienced at any gig or club, dance or otherwise. At five in the afternoon too. Just absolute carnage, for an hour and a half straight. Man I'd give anything to go back.

  24. The Last Ever Jules R1 Show 30/03/12

    in Tracklistings Queries

    Posted

    Just on PPK, Aza. I'm nearly positive that it was Oakie who broke that track. The story goes that he got handed it to him playing a gig, and loved it so much he played it in his set right there and then.

    edit, this is all I can find on it, from Ppk themselves.

    "In Russia we don't have the benefit of radio play and the media, there is no dance scene at all in our country. We recorded a CD and handed it over to Paul Oakenfold in America. He then played it in DJ sets for several months. We've been drinking for a month to celebrate!"

    http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=574

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