rave my soul

The weekend's been great, thx to another fantastic edition of Rave Our Souls!! Several videos have been posted on youtube, but guess what i bumped into using the "rave"-tag ... enjoy this piece of work.

Positive education

...not only a Slam-classic, but also the name of an Antwerp techno-night. I don't have a clue what the line-up looked like that night, but 1 thing's for sure: Steve Cop played a tremendous set.

Another certainty: you can down it over here :)

MegaUpload: Café d'Anvers, Positive Education with Steve Cop, 23.02.96.
 Positive Education at Café d'Anvers: dj Steve Cop 23.02.96

Just for the record:

55

A while ago i posted a set recorded in 1991 at "Le fifty-five". If you missed it, it's still out for grabs in the "favourites"-section.

Anywayz, going 1 step further = posting a 1990-set :)
So that's what i did. And if you thought people had forgotten about this club, think again and join the group skyline - 37.5 - fifty five on Facebook to meet some likeminded.

MegaUpload: 55 - 1990 (60 minutes)
 55 Kuurne - 1990

Focusknack

Don't forget to tune in this saturday for the first Belgian "beat" 100. Livestream on STUBRU.BE.
And thx Knack for having such great taste :p

Guestmix

That's right, not a club-recording but a mix Nilz (los marginales) did.
I know the net is packed with classic-sets, but this one totally represents the sound of this blog ... listening to it takes me back the late nineties in the Fuse Motion-room (round 5 or 6 o'clock).
Enjoy it like i did!

Tracklist:

dan curtin airport martini
ham & eggs amy grant
secret cinema for my love
young seth moment
moodyman shades of jae
Brian Transeau carl craig mix
radiohead white label
mono ekagra inverted frog
basement jaxx fly life
john tejada timebomb
ben westbeech hang around karizma mix
discotexx it's time to
walt j nite gruv
aardvarck kutwell
sambra brutal Latain-Amerikanisch
oxia fresh
jibaros nite drive
eric nouhan sunflower
don gardon take me back
francois k the road of life
chaser tall stories track 1
morgan reno chuggin
chris sattinger butterfly skull
fred gianelli sorcery
chaser tall stories track 2
blake baxter our luv

dan curtin airport martini http://www.discogs.com/release/4851 ham & eggs amy grant http://www.discogs.com/release/496458 secret cinema for my love http://www.discogs.com/release/185552 young seth moment http://www.discogs.com/release/473428 moodyman shades of jae http://www.discogs.com/release/537581 Brian Transeau carl craig mix http://www.discogs.com/release/57538 radiohead white label http://www.discogs.com/release/1026097 mono ekagra inverted frog http://www.discogs.com/release/24999 basement jaxx fly life http://www.discogs.com/release/16047 john tejada timebomb http://www.discogs.com/release/1058738 ben westbeech hang around karizma mix http://www.discogs.com/release/948533 discotexx it's time to http://www.discogs.com/release/27263 walt j nite gruv http://www.discogs.com/release/10534 aardvarck kutwell http://www.discogs.com/release/989233 sambra brutal Latain-Amerikanisch http://www.discogs.com/release/120490 oxia fresh ? http://www.discogs.com/release/6733 jibaros nite drive http://www.discogs.com/release/65769 eric nouhan sunflower http://www.discogs.com/release/111951 don gardon take me back http://www.discogs.com/release/106105 francois k the road of life http://www.discogs.com/release/1134696 chaser tall stories track 1 http://www.discogs.com/release/116 morgan reno chuggin http://www.discogs.com/release/115871 chris sattinger butterfly skull http://www.discogs.com/release/32658 fred gianelli sorcery http://www.discogs.com/release/38115 chaser tall stories track 2 http://www.discogs.com/release/116 blake baxter our luv http://www.discogs.com/release/6941

MegaUpload: Nilz
 Nilz (Los Marginales) - guestmix

And while we're at it; i usually try not to live in the past too much but friday i had a blast at the first "legendary clubs-night", this weekend i'm attending "the Greatest Switch" in Antwerp (vote!), and on November 8th i'll be raving my soul in Hasselt with Human Resource and Altern8.
Good times.

The greatest Switch: dance top 100

I don't understand why people are always nagging about the lack of interest in electronic music in the media. Let's be honest, over here in Belgium there's no reason to complain.
Ever since the early '90s national radio Studio Brussel made their contribution thanks to Teknoville, taking over the airwaves every friday and saturdaynight. About 8 years ago Teknoville got a serious make-over, and from then on it was renamed Switch ... an other name, but still a great (and similar) concept!

Today, after over 15 years of electronic music on national radio it's finally time to make a summary and chart the 100 best dance-tracks. How to do this? By sending a top5 to this link.
I strongly advise everyone to participate in order to keep high standards :p

Needless to say how hard it is to choose 5 tracks. But on the other hand, 10 or 20 would be just as difficult.

Here's the top5 i sent, ask me again tomorrow and it might look completely different :)

5. Laurent Garnier - Astral Dreams (Speakers mix)

4. Jones & Stephenson - The first Rebirth

3. Rob Dougan - Clubbed to death

2. Plastikman - Spastik

1. Wink - Higher state of Consciousness (Tweekin acid funk mix)




Feel free to post your personal chart in the comments, and don't forget to vote (i sound like Obama).

PS: tomorrow i'm doing an interview in the Switch-show (about this blog).


PPS: "woot,woot" 18th of October at Café Capital Antwerp: Greatest Switch party with the Dominators, the Terminators + Ed&Kim. Retro galore!!

Long time no see

Uhm, i had a writer's block!

Just kidding, 2 weeks in Ibiza were great ... but now it's back to work again. Luckily i've got some tunes to keep me going :)
Respect is still burning, as several people asked me to repost some old sets. Well, here's your chance to expand the collection. 2 reposts + a new set by Jef K (i actually thought i had posted this one but seems like i didn't, damn you Alzheimer!). This is house-music the way i like it.
By the way, if you understand the Dutch lingo, here's an interesting review on David Mancuso's set in Paris a few weeks ago at Le Concorde Atlantique aka the Respect boat.


MegaUpload: Respect at Fuse, Bob Sinclair 28.01.00. (re-post)
Respect is burning @ Fuse: dj Bob Sinclair 28.01.00

MegaUpload: Respect at Fuse, Jef K 18.06.99. (re-post)
 Respect is burning at Fuse: dj jefK 18.06.99 by

MegaUpload: Respect at Fuse, Jef K 07.04.00. (new)
 Respect is burning at Fuse, dj jefK 07.04.00

dave angel

Uhh, it's been a while but the past few weeks have been kinda hectec: i've got some constructing to do in my house (for the next few months ...) and that's taking a lot of my spare time.
But since all work and no play makes me a dull boy i decided to take some time off and i'm heading for Ibiza for about 2 weeks. (ow yeah!)
Before leaving i'm putting on a Dave Angel set recorded at Fuse. Have a listen, it's full on!

Dave Angel at Fuse, 16.01.99. (Megaupload)
DJ Set Dave Angel (Fuse, January 16, 1999) by Red Bull Elektropedia

Teknoville's back ... for an hour :)

This thursday Studio Brussels turns into Studio Dada with a Teknoville-special (23hrs-00hrs). Expect some rare and hilarious footage, interviews with Rudy Victor Ackaert (Teknoville/Culture Club), Jeroen Roppe (former presenter) and Renaat Vandepapeliere (R&S) ... and of course some nice tunes.

As promised some time ago, here's another Teknoville goodie: my favourite Franky Jones set. Funky as hell!

 Teknoville at Fuse, dj Franky Jones 26.12.96

Druff druff druff

Here's my favourite tune of the moment, and surprisingly i prefer the original German version in stead of the English remake.
2008 summer anthem ... auf geht's, ab geht's, 3 tage wach!