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Daniel Boast
I have been into dance music for as long as I can remember. I was into the hip hop/break dance scene for much of the 80’s, but it was the start of the 90’s that I started to become really passionate about the dance music scene. The rave scene from that era has really influenced the way I view music today. From listening to bootleg tapes and going to events such as Fantazia, I began to get interested in the skills of DJing. My first ever attempt at DJing was about eight years ago in 1994. I was at a party and they had some decks set up. I decided to have a go and was hooked immediately. I bought my first set of decks pretty soon after.
My music and mixing style has varied over the years as my skills developed. Though House has always been my thing after progressing from hardcore in about 1993, I still like a lot of breaks especially from the likes of Krafty Kuts and Plump DJs. When I first started mixing I was into the more progressive side of house championed at the time by Sasha and John Digweed. The emphasis was on long smooth mixes resulting in to what seems like a natural transition into the next track. That style of mixing shaped how I worked the decks forever.
My sound started to become harder over time and eventually was very Trance orientated. I used to start my sets with funky house then build the sound up harder and harder. Eventually about four years ago I started slowing down again and my sets became predominately funky house and US garage. I guess my main influence and the people whom I have the most respect for are my friends. Luke Murcutt, Paul Lynam and Gary Scott particularly deserve a mention for many a mix session and battles over conflicting music styles.
After playing gigs here and there over the years, I settled for while as a resident at Bar Cuba when I moved to Cheltenham in 2001, playing Funky house and US garage. Once the residency had run its course, I decided to call it a day and move onto bigger things. It was then I undertook the task to form Rhythm Revival. A society intent on bringing quality dance music to Cheltenham and Gloucestershire.
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DayGLO Trax aka Paul Lynam
I have always been in to the more underground sound of dance music, even when I was a nipper. Whilst kids my age listened to the typical chart hits I was into the now legendary HipHop/Electro StreetSound LPs which really made a big impression on me. That was the very beginning for me.
I continued to listen to this sound until around 1987, then AcidHouse hit the UK big time I was like, Wow this music is so fresh, unique and has energy. I couldn't get enough of the 303 sound either, and I still buy sought after acid to this day. The Chicago house sound had caught my eye and I got the bug so to speak. When I left school the whole hardcore rave scene started and I found myself buying glowsticks, whistles, gloves and hit the outdoor events such as Mythology, Dreamscape, HelterSkelter etc. The musical fusion of house, techno and hiphop made sense to me.
I was now old enough to follow a scene and that I did religiously. Driving around to hardcore and jungle raves. In around 1991 through to 1995 I didn't listen to much house music, I picked up again on that around 1996. But the music I aimed at was the more harder sound, hardhouse to more precise. I heared tunes made by Tony De Vit and then again a new music change for me. I love hardhouse to bits again coz of the energy and samples from the oldskool rave scene like the hoover sound. Today I buy and spin anything from acidhouse, oldskool hardcore/jungle and hardhouse. I'm known to play techhouse and funkyhouse too, my dance music tastes are very broad. I have played two classic house sets at Bar Cuba in Cheltenham thanx to my friend Dan Boast, keep up the good work on this wicked website. Cheers mate.
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Luke Murcutt
Er ... where do i start?! Well, back in the sixties my Dad was a hippy and i grew up listening to some mad stuff as a result of his peace, love and drug fueled youth - from Jimi Hendrix to John Lee Hooker to the sounds of the Bluebell steam railway. Apparently as a kid i managed to wreck half of his record collection. I reckon i was just looking to wreck that one Bluebell steam railway recording.
I really got into music in the later years of secondary school, where mix tapes recorded from various events were being handed about. I got hooked on this sound, and by the time i left school i was addicted - and like any addict i was trying to feed my addiction regularly. But not by just listening to tapes and that, i wanted to experience the live vibe for myself. So i did. From regular Fridays at my then local club in Swindon, to any event i could find anywhere around the country, early Universes, Obsession, the Edge etc. and then later on as the sound i was into morphed from hardcore to drum and bass i was checking places like Quest, Desire, Dreamscape, One Nation and others that now i can't even remember the names off. I think it was my first outdoor event that got me hooked on partys like that - there seemed to be something quite special about getting mashed and dancing like a nutter along with 30,000 other ravers to this music that had so much energy, and seemed to carry everyone along under the stars throughout the night.
Anyway, reminiscing time over ... er ... who was i listening to? In the early years everyone. As the years went by that list got smaller, from liking all the d&b dj's to only a few. Bukem always did it for me, and others like Doc Scott, Peshay, Wax Doctor, Lee, Tayla and Fabio. My tastes got more refined, more musical - i liked music with a deep and mystical vibe, atmospheric tunes that can take you away and conjure up new places in your mind, but with running beats and deep basslines. I was never really into house, a certain person who shall remain nameless put me off it for years. I thought it was all cheese. It's only the last few years that i've got into it - i never knew good house was out there! I'm talking deep and organic house.
Now i'm into all sorts of stuff, but it's all got to have that amalgamation of beats or percussion with that deep, musical, atmospheric vibe. From early artists such as Roy Ayers, James Brown and Leroy Hutson to todays d&b from artists like Blame, ASC and Seba to downbeat and house from people like Jazzanova, Equinox, Atjazz and Amalgamation of Soundz to mad and atmospheric techno from people like Intex Systems and Future Sound Of London to percussion lead film scorish soundscapes and chilled out laid back vibes. My diverse tastes are reflected in the tracks i'm writting myself, from crazy sci fi technoish film scores to lush rhodes lead downbeat and house to deep and mystical d&b. I dj 2 different sets, a d&b set - and a set that ecompasses everything else i'm into, whatever that might be. You won't hear no Bluebell steam railway though, i guarantee that, but never say never to some John Lee Hooker and Jimi Hendrix :-)
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Gary Scott
The first time I can remember getting in to music was during my youth in the 80's. This was hardly the best era for me to grow up in as far as music in the pop charts was concerned. The new romantic, band aid sort of era was in full swing and was only relieved by bands such as New Order and Depeche Mode ocassionally producing anything that I was vaguely interested in the charts at that time.As the charts werent really impressing myself or my friends at this time we found ourselves listening more and more to the electro of the time that featured Roxanne Shante, Knights of the Turntables, Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel. That was our thing. My love of Electro eventually progressed in to a love of Hip Hop including Ice T, Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy. The Rave scene had already kicked off around this time (1989) and my friends were already pestering me to come out and experience this new phenomena that was sweeping the country at the time.
I am suprised looking back that they managed drag me out because for me the best thing on earth was staying in and listening to my hip hop and there were only a few rave tunes that I really liked at the time such as Rhythym is Rhythym - Strings of Life for example. The majority of it I still really couldnt relate to.Anyway once my friends had introduced me to this new "scene" that was it mate for the next 10 years or so until the present day.
Primarily I was a hardcore man during this era and was a big fan of tunes from Manix, 4 Hero, Seduction, Oblivion and 808 state to name a few although I was listening to house at the same time being played out by DIY, Sasha, Martin Pickard and Graeme Park.Nowadays I see the charts are dominated by the lowest common denominator in dance music - pop-production like trance tunes that are easy to please and re-cycled for the mass market. However I still find that there is plenty of good music out there that is not in the mainstream that is not getting the play that it deserves. Dance music has come a long way since those early rave years and it's real shame that this hasn't been reflected in the mainstream tunes that are now in the top 40. The music has grown up from just electronica + breakbeats (or a 4 beat). It now takes its musical influences from almost every style of music and has become a lot more musical while still maintaining a beat.
I personally have more of an eagerness to play music now then I ever have because I believe a lot of this decent dance music I believe isn't being played. It is my job to get this heard I believe and bring this to a wider audience whether it would be drum and bass, hip hop, downbeat, tech house, funky house, vocal house whatever. If it's good music then it's my dream to get that heard by a wider audience and if it's appreciated then that is the biggest buzz for me.
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Daniel Boast I have been into dance music for as long as I can remember. I was into the hip hop/break dance scene for much of the 80’s, but it was the start of the 90’s that I started to become really passionate about the dance music scene. The rave scene from that era has really influenced the way I view music today. From listening to bootleg tapes and going to events such as Fantazia, I began to get interested in the skills of DJing. My first ever attempt at DJing was about eight years ago in 1994. I was at a party and they had some decks set up. I decided to have a go and was hooked immediately. I bought my first set of decks pretty soon after. My music and mixing style has varied over the years as my skills developed. Though House has always been my thing after progressing from hardcore in about 1993, I still like a lot of breaks especially from the likes of Krafty Kuts and Plump DJs. When I first started mixing I was into the more progressive side of house championed at the time by Sasha and John Digweed. The emphasis was on long smooth mixes resulting in to what seems like a natural transition into the next track. That style of mixing shaped how I worked the decks forever. My sound started to become harder over time and eventually was very Trance orientated. I used to start my sets with funky house then build the sound up harder and harder. Eventually about four years ago I started slowing down again and my sets became predominately funky house and US garage. I guess my main influence and the people whom I have the most respect for are my friends. Luke Murcutt, Paul Lynam and Gary Scott particularly deserve a mention for many a mix session and battles over conflicting music styles. After playing gigs here and there over the years, I settled for while as a resident at Bar Cuba when I moved to Cheltenham in 2001, playing Funky house and US garage. Once the residency had run its course, I decided to call it a day and move onto bigger things. It was then I undertook the task to form Rhythm Revival. A society intent on bringing quality dance music to Cheltenham and Gloucestershire. MAIL
DayGLO Trax aka Paul Lynam I have always been in to the more underground sound of dance music, even when I was a nipper. Whilst kids my age listened to the typical chart hits I was into the now legendary HipHop/Electro StreetSound LPs which really made a big impression on me. That was the very beginning for me. I continued to listen to this sound until around 1987, then AcidHouse hit the UK big time I was like, Wow this music is so fresh, unique and has energy. I couldn't get enough of the 303 sound either, and I still buy sought after acid to this day. The Chicago house sound had caught my eye and I got the bug so to speak. When I left school the whole hardcore rave scene started and I found myself buying glowsticks, whistles, gloves and hit the outdoor events such as Mythology, Dreamscape, HelterSkelter etc. The musical fusion of house, techno and hiphop made sense to me. I was now old enough to follow a scene and that I did religiously. Driving around to hardcore and jungle raves. In around 1991 through to 1995 I didn't listen to much house music, I picked up again on that around 1996. But the music I aimed at was the more harder sound, hardhouse to more precise. I heared tunes made by Tony De Vit and then again a new music change for me. I love hardhouse to bits again coz of the energy and samples from the oldskool rave scene like the hoover sound. Today I buy and spin anything from acidhouse, oldskool hardcore/jungle and hardhouse. I'm known to play techhouse and funkyhouse too, my dance music tastes are very broad. I have played two classic house sets at Bar Cuba in Cheltenham thanx to my friend Dan Boast, keep up the good work on this wicked website. Cheers mate. MAIL
Luke Murcutt Er ... where do i start?! Well, back in the sixties my Dad was a hippy and i grew up listening to some mad stuff as a result of his peace, love and drug fueled youth - from Jimi Hendrix to John Lee Hooker to the sounds of the Bluebell steam railway. Apparently as a kid i managed to wreck half of his record collection. I reckon i was just looking to wreck that one Bluebell steam railway recording. I really got into music in the later years of secondary school, where mix tapes recorded from various events were being handed about. I got hooked on this sound, and by the time i left school i was addicted - and like any addict i was trying to feed my addiction regularly. But not by just listening to tapes and that, i wanted to experience the live vibe for myself. So i did. From regular Fridays at my then local club in Swindon, to any event i could find anywhere around the country, early Universes, Obsession, the Edge etc. and then later on as the sound i was into morphed from hardcore to drum and bass i was checking places like Quest, Desire, Dreamscape, One Nation and others that now i can't even remember the names off. I think it was my first outdoor event that got me hooked on partys like that - there seemed to be something quite special about getting mashed and dancing like a nutter along with 30,000 other ravers to this music that had so much energy, and seemed to carry everyone along under the stars throughout the night. Anyway, reminiscing time over ... er ... who was i listening to? In the early years everyone. As the years went by that list got smaller, from liking all the d&b dj's to only a few. Bukem always did it for me, and others like Doc Scott, Peshay, Wax Doctor, Lee, Tayla and Fabio. My tastes got more refined, more musical - i liked music with a deep and mystical vibe, atmospheric tunes that can take you away and conjure up new places in your mind, but with running beats and deep basslines. I was never really into house, a certain person who shall remain nameless put me off it for years. I thought it was all cheese. It's only the last few years that i've got into it - i never knew good house was out there! I'm talking deep and organic house. Now i'm into all sorts of stuff, but it's all got to have that amalgamation of beats or percussion with that deep, musical, atmospheric vibe. From early artists such as Roy Ayers, James Brown and Leroy Hutson to todays d&b from artists like Blame, ASC and Seba to downbeat and house from people like Jazzanova, Equinox, Atjazz and Amalgamation of Soundz to mad and atmospheric techno from people like Intex Systems and Future Sound Of London to percussion lead film scorish soundscapes and chilled out laid back vibes. My diverse tastes are reflected in the tracks i'm writting myself, from crazy sci fi technoish film scores to lush rhodes lead downbeat and house to deep and mystical d&b. I dj 2 different sets, a d&b set - and a set that ecompasses everything else i'm into, whatever that might be. You won't hear no Bluebell steam railway though, i guarantee that, but never say never to some John Lee Hooker and Jimi Hendrix :-) MAIL
Gary Scott The first time I can remember getting in to music was during my youth in the 80's. This was hardly the best era for me to grow up in as far as music in the pop charts was concerned. The new romantic, band aid sort of era was in full swing and was only relieved by bands such as New Order and Depeche Mode ocassionally producing anything that I was vaguely interested in the charts at that time.As the charts werent really impressing myself or my friends at this time we found ourselves listening more and more to the electro of the time that featured Roxanne Shante, Knights of the Turntables, Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel. That was our thing. My love of Electro eventually progressed in to a love of Hip Hop including Ice T, Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy. The Rave scene had already kicked off around this time (1989) and my friends were already pestering me to come out and experience this new phenomena that was sweeping the country at the time. I am suprised looking back that they managed drag me out because for me the best thing on earth was staying in and listening to my hip hop and there were only a few rave tunes that I really liked at the time such as Rhythym is Rhythym - Strings of Life for example. The majority of it I still really couldnt relate to.Anyway once my friends had introduced me to this new "scene" that was it mate for the next 10 years or so until the present day. Primarily I was a hardcore man during this era and was a big fan of tunes from Manix, 4 Hero, Seduction, Oblivion and 808 state to name a few although I was listening to house at the same time being played out by DIY, Sasha, Martin Pickard and Graeme Park.Nowadays I see the charts are dominated by the lowest common denominator in dance music - pop-production like trance tunes that are easy to please and re-cycled for the mass market. However I still find that there is plenty of good music out there that is not in the mainstream that is not getting the play that it deserves. Dance music has come a long way since those early rave years and it's real shame that this hasn't been reflected in the mainstream tunes that are now in the top 40. The music has grown up from just electronica + breakbeats (or a 4 beat). It now takes its musical influences from almost every style of music and has become a lot more musical while still maintaining a beat. I personally have more of an eagerness to play music now then I ever have because I believe a lot of this decent dance music I believe isn't being played. It is my job to get this heard I believe and bring this to a wider audience whether it would be drum and bass, hip hop, downbeat, tech house, funky house, vocal house whatever. If it's good music then it's my dream to get that heard by a wider audience and if it's appreciated then that is the biggest buzz for me. MAIL