primate

[MangaFish]

hahaha - a very unique way.

i'm the kinda guy that can offend people when trying to pay a compliment

good to see you about diva - are you gonna come to see dave clark with me and tommy on the 1st of may?

[SlavikSvensk]

as the east coast/west coast rap all-stars once said, "we're all in the same gang." ;)

anyways, back to primate...

...i think the label was meant to be prime's most mainstream...maybe to be used as a portal for techno newbies into more challenging stuff. as people have said, there are some good primate releases...but i think the unifying aspect is that all the releases were supposed to be accessible. i have a friend who spins trance...a very talented dj, though i don't really dig the stuff he spins. so i have been trying to get him more interested in techno, and one of the ways i've done that is to give him a couple of my old primate records, as well as some countdown 2000 and tronic. stuff that isn't bad, but i won't ever realistically get nostalgic for. he likes them...so it seems to be working...

[disco diva]

hahaha - a very unique way.

i'm the kinda guy that can offend people when trying to pay a compliment

good to see you about diva - are you gonna come to see dave clark with me and tommy on the 1st of may?

pm me more details hon ;)

[jonnyspeed]

and added to that :) the first rule of blackout audio is?

...talk about stuff you like and even specific tracks you don't like.

And more the point - welcome to BOA! hope you like it here :lol:

[andy james]

there´s only one i like, cristian varela "gernerator feelings"ep

this one always stays in my box...the breakdowns are killer on all 4 tracks and they all have a nice hard tribal sound !!!

[dirty_bass]

Man, some of the old coloured 10 inches were classics.
Varela: Paranoiac EP
Onervas: Fugitive EP, I wore that one out.
Gillespie: Turntablism EP

Primate used to do some good solid dancefloor material, and yeah they overdid it, and rinsed out all the talent, but they still release some quality tunes.

[killarava2day]

It would be hypocritical for me to bag Primate, considering I own the bulk of their releases. Their earlier stuff was ok, for their time of course, play back some of them now though and you can instantly tell that they're a few years old, eight years now I think.

Bailey released some corkers, Henrik, Leibing, Gaetek, Kramer the same. Some real gems to be had I reckon.

[Dustin Zahn]

They've released some solid ones, they've released some shit ones...end of story.

I prefer Primevil over Primate though.

[herman]

yeah that new primevil release is quality ;)

[The Overfiend]

Instead of harping on the bad focus on the good.
I liked cards on the table and the burkat green ten incher as well.

[Clarkus]

Instead of harping on the bad focus on the good.
I liked cards on the table and the burkat green ten incher as well.

Agreed, cards on the table is a quality track. :clap:

[Numeric]

There were a few quality Primate releases last year that i got hold of. The Andreas Kauffelt one with Noisechamber on the flip was alright, the Mark Williams tribal four tracker was good, and Codebreaker on the Picotto EP was nice...

I picked up Funky Monkeys Vol.3 on Primate Endangered Species last week, quality release, feelin Burkat's contribution the most, with Klien second...

And yeah, Beyers remix of Manipulated is a classic that cannot be denied, coincidently, i scored a fresh re-press copy of this at the weekend, awesome...

:clap:

[Paul Zykotik]

Primate does seem to come in for a bit of a slating at times, though I think this was mainly back last year when it was the kind of stuff a lot of hard house heads were getting into, and techno lovers saw this as a potential watering down of their music.

It has been hit and miss, but I think that's the same with a lot of labels.

For the record (no pun intended...) my favourite was Roewknooler by Henrik B (Lord Of Brightness EP I think). That had a GROOVE

[Tony]

i followed primate when i first started djing, i'm not going to jump in and slate the label, but there where only a few shining records for me. prob keep about 4 records.
anyone else wanna buy some of the other bits from the back cat??

[Stuart]

i've not heard many techno labels that consistantly prodcuer records that i like. i wouldnt class primate as one of them. but you have to give them credit if just for: ben sims - manipulated (adem beyer remix)

thats possibly the one techno tune i've lusted over the most :love:

Thats coz its Adam Beyer. checkout his stuff with Heinrik B. Not because it's Ben sims. I don't like the ben sims version.

[Numeric]

Thats coz its Adam Beyer. checkout his stuff with Heinrik B. Not because it's Ben sims. I don't like the ben sims version.

Granted, Beyer's mix of Manipulated is the only mix, full stop!!

[The Overfiend]

the Ben Sims version was uber percussive and the Joel Mull Version was the first time I heard Mull just relax and let the track straight Jack!

[Tony]

primevil01 - cristian vogel, yeah baby!!! they didnt do many more like this. shame!

[schlongfingers]

primevil01 - cristian vogel, yeah baby!!! they didnt do many more like this. shame!

:love: wicked track

[Stuart]

primevil01 - cristian vogel, yeah baby!!! they didnt do many more like this. shame!

And i still haven't managed to get a copy of 'don't take more'