Dave Clarke

[Frank Dogshit]

So, it would have been probably ten times that if he'd just played a regular gig and given his profits to charity then?

Bit lairy there matey. You could argue that anyone doing anything for charity would be better off working and then donating their money.

I help out at a shelter occassionally. I'd be pretty aggrieved if someone told me I should just do paid work instead and donate it.

Gonna buy me a stuffed DC and mount it to the bonnet off my car, and drive round late at night honking my horn.

went to a charity gig last year @ the music box in manchester with clarke playing.

about 800 people there with all proceeds goin to charity....makes it difficult to write him off as a complete cunt hey! :lol:

[eyes without a face]

he's done numerous charity gigs, as have alot of dj's at his level, if you have a personal beef with someone and its acknowledged by both parties then sure there are reasons for the opinions harnessed, thats fair enough, but until he personally tells me to **** off for anything then yeah he's an ok guy in my book, i couldnt care less how much he charges or what incidents he's been involved in with others, even people i know, he's only human afterall and i think we can all hold our hands up and admit to being a cunt at some point, i certainly can

musically no im not a massive fan these days, Devils Advocate is not my kind of thing at all but im sure some of the stuff i do wouldnt be Clarke's bag, but im sure he isnt going to post saying how shit it is, as someone said earlier, swings and roundabouts

[Alan Oldham]

Well, that just about sums it up.

[koma]

all i know he kicked the dancefloor last two times i heard him this year (hm, already said that couple of times)

fact of being a world known dj brings as much BS as money and fame.. so, if i were on his place, who knows how would i act.. the better you are in something, tougher is your character and tolerance for BS gets lower..

[Martin Dust]

Well, I like the bloke, so up yours

[slavestudios]

fair do's to 'im..

i jus can't let it go lol

still, 2 copys or Red3...

and he done fair job on Feaks on Hubbard & La La Land.. :clap:

[eyes without a face]

yeah i like the guy, at the end of the day he doesnt take any bullshit and half the stories that go around about him are faker than Jordans tits so fair play to the man

[oldbugger]

i like him too. his arrogance is great :lol:

i made a post about his recent sets though and its gone or maybe i imagined it.

anyway. the post i made was..

i think his sets have gone pretty dull in comparison to his older ones. nothing to do with the music but they just dont seem the same.

it seems to coincide with his switch to cdj's only but maybe that is just a coincidence.
or does anyone else think this is the case too?

i miss the old clarke sets where everyone would just be standing there in amazement saying "how the hell is he doing that" they were great times.

nobody can knock that.

clarke in the courtyard = ledgendary

but whats happened :?:

[eyes without a face]

exactly, the old courtyard, jesus on a bike

aint no taking that era away from the man, some serious shit went on in those days

[oldbugger]

exactly, the old courtyard, jesus on a bike

aint no taking that era away from the man, some serious shit went on in those days

you knows it. :lol:

you cant take shit like that away from a guy for missing a gig. he's responsible for getting a lot of people into techno i reckon. especially after the likes of his residency in bugged out when you got loads from a non techno crowd.

i'm not really a fan of a lot of the music he plays, but i ALWAYS enjoyed his sets.

respect.

how i miss the courtyard :cry:

[MARKEG]

i just think it's daft that someone who has obviously given soooo much to techno is given such a slating so much. i don't agree with alot of things he does, but hell, i have so much respect for him. come on you haters, can't you see this?????

[eyes without a face]

definately trip down memory lane the past few weeks, Q club, The Courtyard... gutted man, The Courtyard!!! :cry:

[Traxx]

The courtyard used to take the piss. Got a good 3 years nearly of bugged outs back when it used to be good. Went every month. Those were the days when clarkey owned the courtyard. Many a shout of "what’s he doing" over the course of a set.

Alas that was many a year ago. His sets bore the arse off me these days. I wouldn’t say its due to my tastes in techno changing either, which they have. I just don’t think he stands up to the clarke of old.

[eyes without a face]

i agree, but i think too many people realise this and then see it as a bad thing and slag **** out of him, i couldnt do that after some of the nights in the Courtyard, it wouldnt of been the same without Clarke and Justin Robertson in there

[Alan Oldham]

i just think it's daft that someone who has obviously given soooo much to techno is given such a slating so much.

Happens all the time, one gets used to it :roll:

[massplanck]

Alan Oldham wears mascara.

[Alan Oldham]

Alan Oldham wears mascara.

:clap:

[pedrod]

His music has always given me a headache

yeah and red was shite
n***a please :dontevengothere:

Nah man .. Red in its day was the ****in nuts. (Even listening back to it now - its still does somehting for me)

People are bound to slag him off in here as his sound is now so much more housier (and even playing progressive house)

But ive seen him many times at the Orbit in Leeds over the years and he is a really excellent DJ (even if his attitude of playing to himself and not the crowd does stink a bit)

He was even a good customer at Tune Inn before he started on just CD's.. (this is the way its going unfortunately)

[pedrod]

i just think it's daft that someone who has obviously given soooo much to techno is given such a slating so much. i don't agree with alot of things he does, but hell, i have so much respect for him. come on you haters, can't you see this?????

:clap:

[Alan Oldham]

(even if his attitude of playing to himself and not the crowd does stink a bit)

Isn't that the basic angry techno DJ attitude though? God forbid you play a track that people like and actually dance to, especially *shudder* girls.