Briggsy

Nice one mate! Up for a set too?

Juno download is fine, but the Juno vinyl site is struggling on-and-off at the moment.

Yeah its down mate so no need to worry EDIT: Its intermitent - looks like they're having issues with their domain name.

Right guys, I can get a small venue in Coventry (holds around 250 people) which has a superb soundsystem that would put a lot of big clubs to shame. There's a big dance floor area, and there's also a nice seated area should people want to chat too. Drinks are dirt cheap - around £1.80 for a pint or bottle and £1 for bottled water. I could get it for a Friday night in July so that we could have a board members meet-up, and anyone that wants to DJ on the night can also put their name forward - but ideally, for the peak-time sets, it'd be nice to keep a Jules-related theme - playing tunes that Jules has played from the late 90's up to the present day. You can play from vinyl or CD - that isn't a problem. I'd get the venue all sorted out equipment wise. If we aim for July, that gives us plenty of time to get an idea of the amount of people that are coming. The venue would cost around £200 to hire (that includes compulsory security staff), so ideally, we'd need around 100 people minimum paying £2 entry. Coventry is conveniently located in the West Midlands - so it's fairly central for most people. It easily accessible by train - only an hour and 10 minutes direct from London Euston, 20 direct minutes from Birmingham, and around an hour an 15 minutes from Derby, Nottingham & Leicester. Manchester around 2 hour. By car, the M6, M40 and M69 (via the M1) all pass through Coventry, making it easily accessible from the East Midlands, The North-West and North-East, and the South and South-West. From Wales, you can get the M5 to near Birmingham, and then M6 or A45 into Coventry. So, would anyone be up for it? Cheap entry, cheap drinks - and Jules-style music for 6 or 7 hours. Sounds like a plan to me DEFINATES SO FAR Briggsy - DJ'ing too Spin Doctor - DJ'ing too Uberduck MAYBES Hardaway - DJ'ing too Jason B - DJ'ing too Moonman - DJ'ing too Tremor - DJ'ing too Number 2 Fan Simcut

I don't think its Signum either - its not really their style, but there are a few elements (the synth, and lead drum), etc that sound like the style they used. The problem with back then is that a lot of people were using the same hardware and used some of the same features - which is why stuff is so hard to identify. These days, everyone has more of a unique sound, so you can normally ID the artist straight away without having heard the tune before. I think this is going to be one of those that is never solved

It doesn't sound anything like a Paul Masterson production in my opinion. Around that time, Masterson had a funky-edged Trance sound where the emphasis was placed around kick drums and a punchy bassline. This doesn't seem like his style. Can I throw a spanner in the works and say that a few elements in this tune remind me of Signum's sound from back then?

"Like pensioners on a bus, we're trippin'" "We're covering more fields than a tractor" (Creamfields 2002) "We're banging like the rabbits from Watership Down" "The tunes are phatter than John Prescott" "Creating more beats per minute than Tony Blair's ticker"

Good idea mate! I reckon that if this site is going to be the ultimate shrine to Jules, then it should cover everything - from Julesisms and tracklistings. I reckon Jules should send us all a copy of every tunes he owns too - so that we can bring back memories of Jules's good old tunage in our very own bedrooms

Here's Dave with a loyal follower from the Escape club - one that looks a bit like Matthew Kelly. "Tonight Matthew, i'm going to be Dave Pearce"

I can't comment too much because i've not been - but from what i've seen and heard, the agreement between Slinky and Elements was that Elements had to invest in a better sound system if Slinky were to take their business there.

I've listened to many Scousers, and never managed to work out a word of what they're saying. You've done well there lad, i'll give you that

Yeah, what defines a "cheesy" tune anyway? I wouldn't say ATB - 9pm was a cheesye tune. I'd say it was a commercial tune. A cheesy tune to me is something corny, poorly/cheaply produced with cringeworthy vocal that hits the big time for the wrong reasons - artists such as DJ Sammy, Scooter, etc Darude - Sandstorm, ATB - 9pm, etc - in my opinion, were just commercial. I personally feel there's a big difference between something cheesy and commercial. I wouldn't be afraid to play something commercial in my sets, but I wouldn't touch DJ Sammy, etc with a bargepole. I liked Sandstorm, and i'll still play the Signum remix of 9pm til I come now.

Yeah thats fair enough. There are two sides to Dave though - but most people just remember the one. The majority of his gigs are booked for his "Dance Anthems" reputation - so he sticks to playing anthems. When he's booked to do a "serious" set though, he can play some great unknown tunes. One thing I like about Dave is that he's disovered a lot of small unknown labels and artists over the years - Dave was the first DJ to support Silverblue - and since then, they've gone on to be supported by bigger DJ's. He also helped Agnelli & Nelson get to where they are today. In some ways, he's helped bring artists through by heavily supporting them - just as Jules has done with artists such as Michael Woods and Fabio Stein. Because Dave is "unfashionable" though, nobody notices the little things he does now and again. If It was PvD, Armin or Jules bringing those artists through, they'd get loads of praise for it. The DJ industry has always been fickle though.

I think even the serious clubber can like him too. I love my Trance and "serious" tunes - but Dabe is nice to listen to for something different. Sometimes I get tired of the A-listers all caning the same tunes over and over again for months - like Global Gathering last year when four sets all after each other contained "Through Your Eyes" by Guiseppe Ottaviani. Repetititon is annoying. At least Dave breaks that monotony. I agree entirely about Dave introducing people to dance music too. We've all found our way in through tkaing a shine to someone or by listening to a particular DJ. I found my way in through listening to Ferry Corsten - but then I found that I preferred the harder side of Trance - so I moved on to Jules - and more recently, Eddie and Marcel Woods too.

The thing is though, DJ'ing is Dave's main job now that he's not a Radio 1 regular. He never used to do that many gigs so close together. These chain clubs probably offer Dave a lower fee than he'd get elsewhere - but they're offering him, say, 10 gigs in a month. If he gets £1000 for each of them, thats £10,000 he's just earnt. Tiesto can earn that in one night. If the money is there, he's gonna take it - we all would. DJ'ing is a short career - they won't be doing that until they're 65 like we will be at our jobs - so they've gotta take it while its there. If they're lucky, they probably have 10-12 years at their "peak" where they can get so many gigs - before and after that, they're either building a name for themselves, or winding down their careers. Danny Rampling was a good example - as soon as he lost his Radio 1 show, that was basically the downfall of his career.

I had that impression of Eddie Halliwell to - but I had my photo with him at Godskitchen last week after his set because he hung around for about an hour afterwards. He had photo's with about 40 people, shook hands with them and spoke to them too - he's actually a very decent bloke. I've also heard people say the same about Jules - and Jules definately isn't like that. I heard someone call Jules a w***er last year at Godskitchen because Jules walked straight out through people without having his photo, etc - but what people forget is that they often have a gig straight afterwards and have to leave immediately. If they stop for one person, then they all expect it - so its easier to walk out. Thats whats happened with Eddie too because he did it last year and I thought he was arrogant then. People have to remember sometimes, if they're on early in the night, chances are, they've got another gig afterwards - so they're not being rude - they're just rushing to their next "job". I've actually heard that, outside his DJ'ing "image", he's actually quite shy.

But thats what Dave is all about! He's made his name through "Dance Anthems" on Radio 1 - which is floorfillers type stuff. Thats what 9 out of 10 people go to see him for. If I went to see Dave Pearce, i'd be expecting to hear tunes like System F - Out Of The Blue and Faithless - Insomnia - I wouldn't expect him to be breaking the latest tracks by Gabriel & Dresden, Andy Moor and Christopher Lawrence. He can play a serious set when he wants to though - which is what many people heard at Coloursfest and Escape Into The Park last year - and many people said he was good. In fact, if I recall, Everyone said that Dave Pearce had a good year last year - and I also remember one or two people on this board saying he was good at Coloursfest. he wouldn't play Floorfillers stuff at a respectable trance festival such as Global Gathering.

To be fair though, Dave doesn't try to be something he's not. He knows he's not technically the best DJ, he knows he's not respected by the "serious" clubber, and he knows that he gets the vast majority of his gigs through building a name as a radio DJ. He's never claimed to be a big DJ - because he knows he's not. He has worked bloody hard to get to where he is though, he has bags of enthusiasm, loves his job, doesn't take himself too seriously - and loves his audience. He will mingle with the crowd and talk freely with them - and thats what I admire most. He respects people - just like Jules. That alone makes me respect him more than the big-ego'd, over-rated, overpaid has-beens such as Tiesto. Dave Pearce has an element of entertainment factor about him - and as punters, we're there to be entertained. Adam Sheridan was at Godskitchen last week, and he was the most miserable, ungrateful DJ i've ever seen after Seb Fontaine. It clearly broke his heart to acknowledge his fans and show some enthusiasm - and behind the decks, he wasn't in the slightest bit entertaining. Its us, the punters, that are paying their ludicrously high DJ fee's, so they should at least show some gratitude. Thats why i'd rather see Dave over the likes of DJ's like that.

He's inconsistent though - like Jules, he can be an awful mixer at times, but on other days, he can pull off some great sets with nice mixing. I can't see them being able to compete financially.

Exactly - Radio 1 dominate what each DJ plays (looks at Jules's show for example - he doesn't play half of the stuff he plays on the radio in clubs). Outside of Radio 1, he seems a fairly decent DJ. His enthusiasm can't be faulted either. I think the only time he plays cheesy DJ sets is when he's booked to do a "Dance Anthems" set in clubs. Believe it or not, DJ Sammy is similar - despite his cheesy reputation, he also does some serious sets - and when he does, he's a bloody good DJ. Someone on another forum last year gave me a link to a DJ Sammy set and told me that it was a "serious" set - I thought they were taking the piss, so downloaded it - but he was right - he had a few Randy Katana tracks in his set, DJ Atmosherik - Aquarius, Vrantique - Vrantique, etc. I was shocked! I've learnt not to take radio shows too seriously now - I let live performances do the talking.

I'll get onto it LOL. I had the same problems - I didn't realise it was me causing it. I thought it was Tim's dodgy forum coding

haha it is rather good eh? C'MON YOU WOOOOOOOLVES!

Thats how he made his name! He was a hip-hop DJ back in the illegal Kiss FM days and thats how the "roll another phatt one" saying came about (it was on Dave's website a couple of years ago). Apparently, he was very highly regarded as a hip-hop DJ, but then he ditched it and moved onto Trance.

I doubt it was down to him to be honest - it would have been down to the Radio 1 management. When Dave Pearce's weekday show went, the Cut Up Boys mix was then moved to Jules's show I've also heard that Dave doesn't do that Trance mix on his dance anthems show on a Sunday night - its his producer that does it!

That cheesy Trance mix wasn't done by Dave Pearce - it was done by none other than our big friends that have hijacked the first 10 minutes of Jules's show - yes, thats right, The Cut Up Boys! Yeah, that was definately Dave Pearce's strong point! He has a knakc of finding gems on small, obsure labels. He was the guy that brought Silverblue through before anyone else had even heard of them. Love him or hate him, Dave Pearce has done more for the Trance scene than we realise - and I bet half of you have played tunes that Dave Pearce brought through before anyone like Tiesto, Jules, etc pick up on them.