Quote Originally Posted by People_Mover View Post
Back in those times, I tried to mix the various genres together so that my friends wouldn't hear the same sound all night. Not many of them liked the London acid techno sound but I slipped a lot of it in anyway. Not sure how I got away with it though - They must have been a very understanding bunch.
Gus cracked a joke about us getting on a bit, and the younguns don't know what they missed etc, but my entry in to the World of dance came at a time when an underground dj set consisted of funk, soul, reggae, fusion and all sorts of other stuff. Dancers lapped it up (as did I). That varied style of set is something I still try and achieve even with the regulated music of today, although it's much easier to beatmix electronic dance music 'cos the beats don't slow down or speed up without warning ;-)
Exactly ! I just hate all this genre nazi bullshit, I like it where you can here drum and bass, techno whatever all in thew same set, in 93 there wasnt really a massive distinction between trance and acid techno, its just everyone knew that 303s sounded funking ace when you were off your head. Then the media got into it and these genres were created out of thin air . I actually remember when the word "trance" got applied to loads of tunes that were known as "techno" only two months beofre. Now people defend their favourite genre as if it were a football team ! What a crock of shite !
I love sets which mix genres up and people just enjoy themselves !