Woodie Mcbride 'before i die' ep....

[sash]

The first track on side 'a' for me would have to be the most powerful/ rockin/ dance floor killer track of 2004. It's just got soo much power in it! Excellent sounds n reverb effects. The production is top notch.

I was just wonderin if anyone had seen/ heard a woody mcbride set? what did u think? What's his other productions like?

[The Overfiend]

Woody is a legend man, I definitely recommend checking out most of his earlier catalogue and seeing what he had to offer the scene Sash, good one :clap:

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not heard any mc'bride stuff ill have to check some out.....any recomendations ep wise folks?

[The Overfiend]

http://www.djesp.com/To me it's all about basketball heroes.
"WOODY MCBRIDE OF MINNESOTA, AKA "DJ ESP" HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE, ENTHUSIAST AND ORGANIZER OF ARTS & MUSIC ACTIVITIES SINCE HIS HUNGRY EARLY-80'S JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS IN AN ARTISTICALLY UNDER-RATED BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA WHERE HE ENJOYED HIS ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE CINEMA 100 FILM GROUP, THE NORTH DAKOTA PEACE COALITION, THE BISMARCK STATE STUDIO ARTS DEPARTMENT, THE BISMARCK STATE COLLEGE NEWSPAPER AND HIS FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THE POWER OF CHEMICAL-FREE STRAIGHT-EDGE ARTISTRY AND MUSICIANSHIP.

THIS EXPERIENCE AND FUTURE DEDICATION LEAD HIM TO BE THE 2000 RECIPIENT OF THE RESPECTED "MINNESOTA MUSIC AWARD" FOR "BEST ELECTRONICA ARTIST" STANDING ALONGSIDE OTHER WINNERS SUCH AS PRINCE, SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS, AND KID JOHNNY LANG....HIS ALBUM "STRANGELY ARRANGED" (FEATURING DOZENS OF TWIN CITIES AND NOTED INTERNATONAL ARTISTS WAS VOTED AS ONE OF THE DECADES "TEN BEST" BY THE AWARD WINNING WEEKLY MINNEAPOLIS "CITY PAGES" IN 2000.

AFTER MOVING TO MINNEAPOLIS IN 1988, THE VOLUME GOT TURNED UP TAKING HIS FINE ARTS AND WRITING BACKGROUND TO A NEW LEVEL, ONE OF PERFORMANCE ART, "CHEMICAL-FREE LIVING" ADVOCACY IN THE ART AND MUSIC COMMUNITY, JOURNALISM, GRAPHIC DESIGN, TRIBAL AND CELTIC STYLE DANCE, COMMUNITY SERVICE, COACHING BASKETBALL AND DJING SPIRITUALLY ORIENTED ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC.

HAVING MENTORED WITH TWIN CITIES OMNI-GENRE MUSIC PIONEER DJ KEVIN COLE (NOW CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR AMAZON.COM) ESP BRANCHED OUT TO BECOME ONE OF THE WORLD'S PRIMIER ELECTRONIC MUSIC DJ'S, PRODUCERS AND PROMOTERS, NOW OVERSEEING THE FAMILY OF COMMUNIQUE'S TEN RESPECTED ELECTRONIC MUSIC (TECHNO, HOUSE, FUNK, AMBIENT) RECORD LABELS AND GLOBETROTTING WITH HIS EVER CHANGING COLLECTIVE OF ARTISTS PERFORMING TODAY'S MOST AVANT-GUARD MUSIC.

SINCE 1991, ESP HAS COMPOSED HUNDREDS OF CLASSIC ELECTRONIC MUSIC TRACKS ON HIS LABEL COMMUNIQUE SUCH AS "BASKETBALL HEROES, COMEDY TRAGEDY, PSICK AND TIRED, SOUNDBURNT AND ELECTRIS" AS WELL AS "HIDDEN" (LABWORKS), "RATTLESNAKE" (MAGNETIC NORTH) "THE EARTHWORM SINGS" (EX), "SLO MO" (DEFINITIVE) AND MANY OTHER GREAT RECORDS AND REMIXES ON BUSH, TLC, MISSILE, ANALOG, FOODCHAIN, TRANSATLANTICEXPRESS, BLUE LINE, 611, SWELL, OVUM, SYNEWAVE AND URBANGROUND.

FROM THE EVENT PROMOTION PERSPECTIVE, FOR YEARS HE HAS ORGANIZED SOME OF AMERICA'S MOST WELL-RESPECTED EVENTS SUCH AS "TURNED ON, MENTAL, APOCALYPSE WOW!, FURTHER, ELECTRIC DISCO, DEPTH PROBE, CLOSER, I LIKE TO GET DOWN, SUGAR" & THE MEMORABLE "STAIRWAY TO HEADPHONES. "TURNED ON 2" HELD IN NOVEMBER 2000 PROVED TO BE THE LARGEST AND MOST EXCITING EVENT IN MIDWEST AMERICA HISTORY WITH OVER 7000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDENCE AND WAS THE FIRST TRULY OUTSPOKEN "DRUG FREE RAVE EVENT" IN US HISTORY"! THE EVENT FEATURED Q-BERT, SANDRA COLLINS, HENRIK B, DERRICK CARTER, FRANKIE BONES, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE AND DOZENS MORE...

HIS EVENTS HAVE FEATURED AMAZING ARENA SIZED SOUND SYSTEMS STACKED IN HIS TRADEMARK "WALL OF BASS" FORM SOMETIMES MEASURING 20 FEET HIGH AND 150 FEET LONG, PUSHING AS MUCH AS 1,000,000 WATTS OF GOOD CLEAN FUN. HE'S SET THE AMERICAN LIVE-SONIC STANDARDS FOR A NEW ERA OF A BRAND NEW GENRE OF MUSIC.

ESP IS A CHAMPION OF FUN AND A REVOLUTIONARY NEW DRUG-FREE ELECTRONICA CONCERT PROMOTER TAKING A SOUND BY POPULAR DEMAND TO A FORUM IT DESERVES. "NOTHING AGAINST WAREHOUSE AND OUTDOOR EVENTS - AND THE MYSTIQUE OF THEM IS HUGE.. BUT THOSE DAYS ARE GONE - KIDS COULDN'T BEHAVE THEMSELVES AND OUR SOUNDSYSTEMS COULD BE HEARD FOR TEN MILES... SO WE NOW TAKE OUR MASSIVE TO THE ARENA, THE CLUB AND THE SANCTIONED UNDERGROUND AND ENJOY THE MUSIC IN A SAFE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT THAT EVERYONE CAN ENJOY".

THAT STANDARD HAS ALSO TAKEN HIM INTO THE UPPER REALMS OF "TODAY'S" SOUND AS HE WAS RECRUITED TO THE SOUNDTRACK FOR 2000 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RALPH NADER (A DRUM & BASS ROCKER), A SCORE FOR HAZELDEN DRUG TREATMENT FACILITY PREVENTION VIDEO, MUSIC FOR A BMW AUTOMOBILE COMMERCIAL, SEVERAL SCORES FOR THE AWARDED MINNESOTA FILMAKER STEVEN SMITH, AND WAS HIRED TO ANCHOR THE A & R AT K-TEL RECORDS - THE LABEL THAT WAS THE "BACKBONE" OF THE THE 70'S AND 80'S DISCO ERA.

THIS COMBINED HE'S LAID A FOUNDATION FOR A NEW WORLD OF MIDWEST AMERICAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC THAT NOW FEATURES DOZENS OF LOCAL DJS AND WORLD-FAMOUS PRODUCERS. HE HAS ALSO RECORDED FOR DOZENS OF LABELS INCLUDING TRESOR, BUSH, TLC, LABWORKS, SYNEWAVE, MISSILE, MAGNETIC NORTH, EX RECORDS, CONTACT AND DROP BASS NETWORK RECORDS. THE CLUBS HE HAS ROCKED INCLUDE ULTRASCHALL, REX CLUB, STAMMHEIM, CROBAR CHICAGO (RESIDENCY), FIRST AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY), QUEST MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY), CHAOS MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY) LIQUID ROOM, BOOM, MINISTRY OF SOUND, ORBIT, EUROBEAT 2000, TERRIAKIANARKISAKI, BLUE MOON, ESSO 36 AND MANY MANY MORE. ESP IS PROUD TO SAY HE HAS HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH SUCH RESPECTED ARTISTS AS DERRICK CARTER, DJ T1000, THE REVEREND ELVIS NIXXON, FREDDY FRESH, IFFY AND KIRK JOHNSON, TIM TAYLOR, JACK TRASH, JOE MANU, TERRY MULLAN, PAUL BIRKEN, FRANKIE BONES, JEFF MILLS, MAN AT ARMS, DIEGO ROCA, DJ HELL, DJ DAN, JOSH WINK, HOSCHI, ROLAND CASPER, CHRIS LIBERATOR, DAVE CLARKE, DAMON WILD AND MANY MANY MORE...

NOW, AFTER RACKING UP OVER A MILLION FREQUENT FLYER MILES AND HAVING PERFORMED ALL OVER EUROPE, ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA AND NORTH AMERICA DJ ESP IS CURRENTLY SUBMERGED IN PRODUCING TRACKS IN THE POST-RAVE ERA OF SOPHISTICATED HYBRID ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOR THE MORE INTIMATE AND HOME SETTINGS AS WELL AS THE SMALL DARK TECHNO CLUB - WHERE HE IS AT HIS BEST.

AS THE ELECTRONIC AGE BECOMES MORE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE AND RELEVANT TO US ALL MCBRIDE'S "COMMUNIQUE MULTIMEDIA" AIMS TO REMAIN IN STEP PROVIDING AMUSEMENT, WIT, HUMAN ASSISTANCE, A POSITIVE EXAMPLE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS'S VOLATILE REALM OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND TO OFFER ENGAGING INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC- VISION.

"WE ARE CONSTANTLY RETURNING TO THE SOURCE, TO THE ENERGY OF OUR PEERS, TO OUR PRINCIPLES OF CLEAN LIVING... RETRACING THE STEPS THAT CONNECT US TO ONE ANOTHER... IN STEREO", HE SAYS. "DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND ABUSIVE,ADDICTIVE BEHAVOIR DESTROY LIVES, FUTURES AND FAMILIES... BUT WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS HEALTH, FULFILLMENT AND THE POWER TO STOP THESE PATTERNS IS POSSIBLE... FIND THE TOOLS AND USE THEM IN ORDER THAT YOU CAN HAVE FUN AND FULFILLMENT IN YOUR LIFE".

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cheers Sam ;)

[ampassasinbirmingham]

as sam said basketball heroes and a track called HUGE

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ill have to have a look for them now ;)

[massplanck]

not heard any mc'bride stuff ill have to check some out.....any recomendations ep wise folks?

Not an EP but I highly recommend this remix of his on Framework....

http://www.discogs.com/release/82350

[anx]

as sam said basketball heroes and a track called HUGE

basketball heroes 2 does it for me :clap:

and huge is, well...HUGE

i played it out so much i need a new copy cause its all worn out. it destroys a club!

[herman]

rattlesnake (magnetic north)

balance ep (drop bass network)

couple of classic woody mcbride acid nasty's there ;)

[sash]

summer of sam - thanks 4 the info :). Woody's the type of guy ive heard heaps about but never seem to catch his music. Time too start searchin for Woody Mcbride tunes now :)

[ampassasinbirmingham]

as sam said basketball heroes and a track called HUGE

basketball heroes 2 does it for me :clap:

and huge is, well...HUGE

i played it out so much i need a new copy cause its all worn out. it destroys a club!

that and sterac-tia na nong- got me into techno

[acidchild]

Basket Ball Heros 1 & 2
Rattlesnake
Sync Project (with Hyperactive) on Underground Construction
Slow Mo on the Acid House for All comp
Anything on Acid Tracks
Anything on Drop Bass
Soundburnt ep
Kill Your Television ep
Milkey Cerial on 611 Records
Big Acid on Mintek Recordings (pretty rare)
Lost in the Desert/Prisoner on Bush
and his upcoming release on Urbanground...TBA

[acidchild]

I was just wonderin if anyone had seen/ heard a woody mcbride set? what did u think? What's his other productions like?

I've seen Woody pleanty of times=o] His productions range from driving Techno, to monsterous Acid cuts (which he is known best for). Always quality productions. His Live PAs are legendary. I have some of his sets DJ/Live on CD. One of them i'm not allowed to give out though=o] I can send them via MSN Messenger if you'd like.

[Louise Plus One]

I`ve booked Woody for a gig at Re-Rave-All on Saturday 23rd October at Mass in Brixton. His music has been a massive inspiration to me, especially during the ninetees. I saw him play in Barcelona recently, his set was wicked! For such a well known dj and producer, he is one of the friendliest and modest people I have met.

[acidchild]

Excellent! And you're correct, i've known Woody for 11 years now. He is VERY modest. I'm going to see him this Wed. night, and this Fri. night. Maybe i will save some cash and fly over with him on Oct.=o] I REALLY need to get out of this country!