the residents

The dj's i mean, not the band. Here's a 90 minute mix by Pierre & Deg, both residents at Fuse ever since the early days and still bangin' the floor every weekend in 2010 AD. This makes me wonder who else has had such a long residency in 1 club ... the only one i can think of is Marko at La Rocca (dunno if he's a weekly or a monthly resident there nowadays). Anyway, if you can think of someone else, drop it in the "comment"-box.

Pierre & Deg at Fuse - 04.04.98. (peaktime baby!)

DJ-set Deg & Pierre (Fuse, April 4th 1998) by Red Bull Elektropedia

Deg

Here's a nice set to end your weekend, start a new week, or look forward to whatever's coming your way. 90 minutes of Deg, the highly respected Fuse-resident.

What to expect? Uhm ... techno? More specific: a bangin' party-set, not the warming-up kinda stuff.

MegaUpload: Deg at Fuse, 11.04.98.
 DJ Deg at Fuse, 11-04-1998

trish

Time for another Fuse-resident post ... Trish. Belgium's leading techno lady has been spinning at the club since the early years.

Her style is very Detroit-influenced, and one of her all-time heroes is Derrick May. Her energy behind the decks is comparable, and so is the way she likes to cut cut cut the melody.

The set was recorded in march '98 ... oh crap, that's over 10 years ago.




MegaUpload: Fuse, dj Trish 28.03.98.




 dj Trish at Fuse 28.03.98

h2o

One of my top-5 favourite clubs ever is H2o in Pecq, i got to know it thanks to the At The Villa/Le Café-nights in '96 (fridays).

The club has always been booming, and for a while they even had 3 rooms running.
Downstairs played Vince and Johan, upstairs Laurent Warrin, and in the techno-room you could listen to some techno with a.o. Steve Cop.
After a make-over the techno room has disappeared (and to be honest the genre wasn't all that popular in the club in those days).

Nowadays the only original resident left is Johan, he still rocks his "houzy" white-room. After all those years the club can still be considered as an example to others with its innovating line-ups, surprising concepts and personal approach. Always a pleasure to be there!

deg

Lately i've been posting lots of sets by "guest dj's" at the Fuse-club, a bit unfair towards the resident-dj's, isn't it?
Warming up, trying to keep a vibe, and sometimes (often?) even outclassing the guests ... throughout the years these jocks earned their spot in Belgian nightlife: Pierre, Trish, St-Dic, Deg, T-Quest to name a few.

Deg joined the Fuse-team in 1997 after showing his qualities at AB-Sounds, Mauna Kea, Borsalino, BWP-experiments, Rave Explosion, Network, PK-Studios and even May-Day. Nowadays, he's still part of that same team and usually spins in the main room.

"his face looked like plastik, man!"

Before the internet became part of our lives, clubbers stayed informed about nightlife thanks to flyers and magazines. One of those magz that was there from the beginning is Out-Soon magazine. What started as a collection of flyers has now turned into a true nightlife/lifestyle magazine.

Some years ago they hosted a few parties of their own, ... and guess what? Underneath you'll find a link to a recording that was made on one of those magical nights. It features a dj-set by Richie Hawtin, better known these days as "the min_mal king". The set was recorded many years ago, it's just as deep as what he plays nowadays, but let's say it's "a bit" harder/faster (better/stronger?)

extreme mondays ... pas "comme un lundi"

All of my previous posts were Fuse-recordings ... i have quit a few left, but this time i'm posting something from another legendary club: Extreme. Altough ... there's still a connection:
Phi-Phi hosted some nights at the upstairs "BUMP" room in Fuse.

I first heard of him when he was a resident in At the Villa (Kooigem), but many years later Phi Phi is still in high demand, often for so called "retro"-nights.
Almost anyone can play retro-music, but i would advise you to check his progressive sets:
Phi Phi still seems to have kept the track of time very well.

The set underneath was recorded 03.02.98., nearly 10 years ago ... time flies (when you're having fun). Mondaynight session, this means mainly progressive trance.

They even named island after this man :)