for me its all about people in the club
at least it is when you talk about " novelty " techno

i've made loads of "novelty" tracks over the years but they've all been original in their own way , concieved and produced and mixed in the same way as all my other tracks.

that is to say althought the idea or concept of the track might be stupid or a cover version ie " batman" the track itself has been put together in a proper way , by rewriting the riffs , and totally creating something new that is "based" on the original and not by just taking a sample from the original and just sticking harder drums on it.

in fact apart from the fact that one night in hackney says "one night" in the title there is very litle musical or lyrical similarity to "one night" in new york maybe you guys should give them a listen back to back one day.

and i never did get on with the bit that said " f*cked her all night"

and yes to my mind that was a novelty record too.


but anyway for me a good novelty record can sum up a whole night , loosen up a tight crowd and allow people to feel the more " techno " techno that you might be playing too.

so for me those records have their place
but not the schranz ones , sorry thats just naff , no one wants to be naff.