Some good UK dance music? - Page 2

07-21-2009, 02:10 AM

I can take Dubfire in short bursts. 2-3 hours I can do and get into. 6-8 I lose interest.

**The Mackem** · 10-08-2009, 06:57 AM

Do you guys like dubstep at all, I like some of the haunting sounds that it produces but I don't really know much about it/the better tracks, just occasionally hear some of them on Annie Mac's show.

**Fabien Barthez** · 10-08-2009, 07:29 AM

I just saw it as mellow DnB, until I heard 'Where's my money' by TC / Caspa

And then I started digging around it a bit. I don't really like it as a style overall. Well, I should say I don't really like it as a clubbing style. I couldn't hack a full on dubstep night... But I like alot of DnB, and I have been to a few Valve Soundsystems. Mind you, they are getting taken over by Dubstep now as well....

I guess my feeling is is I am all for the stuff that sounds like the speakers are going to regurgitate on you because the sounds are so filthy, and it works towards the end of a DnB set, but I would always prefer to just keep it to what Annie Mac chooses for me, and leave it at that. She picks out the bangers, mostly. And there is plenty of seriously wank Dubstep out there to search for.

**Fabien Barthez** · 10-08-2009, 07:38 AM

I always forget about this thread.

I feel it to be where I should discuss recent clubbing times.

2 weeks ago, I went to watch James Zabiela at Sankeys. 3 hour set of Techno, minimal, breakbeat and scratching. Albsolutely sick. There is nobody like him.

Last weekend I went to the final 'Keep it Unreal' night, from Mr Scruff. Well, the last one at the Music Box in Manchester. Scruff DJ's for up to 8 hours. He starts off with slow deals, like old soul and blues and rnb, then picks up the tempo progressively through the night to include funk, disco, hip hop.... none of the tune, apart from his own you will know. The last 2 hours are pretty wind, because everybody has been building up with the music, getting more intoxicated as time goes on... It is a bit frenzied once it kicks off. It all just works so well. Plus he has his own unique cartoon visuals, and a Tea Shop... If you've never seen Mr Scruff, he gets about, and his is brilliant. Sort it out.

**The Mackem** · 10-08-2009, 08:04 AM

I don't get out as much as I would like, my mates aren't really big dance fans like me. The last proper dance night I had was Eddie Halliwell in Blackpool which I think I mentioned in this thread already. Was out in Newcastle a few weeks ago but just went to a club that had nothing special on and was more commercial dance than anything else.

**Fabien Barthez** · 10-08-2009, 08:25 AM

I often have a similar problem. Unfortunately, I am just of the age where guitars have the power.

I don't get alot of my friends who claim to 'hate' clubbing. You meet some of the soundest people, and have the best conversations at a real club night. Cheesy clubs full of pissed chancers looking to prove themselves, while boom boom pow blares from the dancefloor, and scrubbers fat arses are jiggling out of their market-bourght slut-dresses make me want to end it all. It isn't the music so much, more the people that go these places.

I would try to plan a trip to the Warehouse Project in Manc before it closes again, if I were you mate. Makes Syndicate look like 'the Loft' on Hollyoaks. Or better still, Chemical Brothers are Djing at sankeys in Manc in November. You don't get to see that very often...

**Pete Cash** · 10-08-2009, 11:26 AM

I spent an evening in a hotel room with my girlfriend rolling off my face listening to that Major Lazer album over and over again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RUHxWMiOJw

They don't allow direct embedding. It is my album of the year so far.

10-08-2009, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fabien Barthez

I always forget about this thread.

I feel it to be where I should discuss recent clubbing times.

2 weeks ago, I went to watch James Zabiela at Sankeys. 3 hour set of Techno, minimal, breakbeat and scratching. Albsolutely sick. There is nobody like him.

Last weekend I went to the final 'Keep it Unreal' night, from Mr Scruff. Well, the last one at the Music Box in Manchester. Scruff DJ's for up to 8 hours. He starts off with slow deals, like old soul and blues and rnb, then picks up the tempo progressively through the night to include funk, disco, hip hop.... none of the tune, apart from his own you will know. The last 2 hours are pretty wind, because everybody has been building up with the music, getting more intoxicated as time goes on... It is a bit frenzied once it kicks off. It all just works so well. Plus he has his own unique cartoon visuals, and a Tea Shop... If you've never seen Mr Scruff, he gets about, and his is brilliant. Sort it out.

I never got into James Zabiela. Seen him live a few times and he really does nothing for me at all. Going to see Carl Cox in November, and he never disappoints. Tomorrow night I'm going to check out Joris Voorn, which should be excellent. Haven't seen him live yet so I'm looking forward to it.

07-21-2009, 02:10 AM	#41
Gertner Guest Posts: n/a	I can take Dubfire in short bursts. 2-3 hours I can do and get into. 6-8 I lose interest.

10-08-2009, 06:57 AM	#42
The Mackem VG + Q&A FORUM REPRESENT Posts: 38,940	Do you guys like dubstep at all, I like some of the haunting sounds that it produces but I don't really know much about it/the better tracks, just occasionally hear some of them on Annie Mac's show.

10-08-2009, 07:29 AM	#43
Fabien Barthez Spliff & A Brew Posts: 6,754	I just saw it as mellow DnB, until I heard 'Where's my money' by TC / Caspa And then I started digging around it a bit. I don't really like it as a style overall. Well, I should say I don't really like it as a clubbing style. I couldn't hack a full on dubstep night... But I like alot of DnB, and I have been to a few Valve Soundsystems. Mind you, they are getting taken over by Dubstep now as well.... I guess my feeling is is I am all for the stuff that sounds like the speakers are going to regurgitate on you because the sounds are so filthy, and it works towards the end of a DnB set, but I would always prefer to just keep it to what Annie Mac chooses for me, and leave it at that. She picks out the bangers, mostly. And there is plenty of seriously wank Dubstep out there to search for.

10-08-2009, 07:38 AM	#44
Fabien Barthez Spliff & A Brew Posts: 6,754	I always forget about this thread. I feel it to be where I should discuss recent clubbing times. 2 weeks ago, I went to watch James Zabiela at Sankeys. 3 hour set of Techno, minimal, breakbeat and scratching. Albsolutely sick. There is nobody like him. Last weekend I went to the final 'Keep it Unreal' night, from Mr Scruff. Well, the last one at the Music Box in Manchester. Scruff DJ's for up to 8 hours. He starts off with slow deals, like old soul and blues and rnb, then picks up the tempo progressively through the night to include funk, disco, hip hop.... none of the tune, apart from his own you will know. The last 2 hours are pretty wind, because everybody has been building up with the music, getting more intoxicated as time goes on... It is a bit frenzied once it kicks off. It all just works so well. Plus he has his own unique cartoon visuals, and a Tea Shop... If you've never seen Mr Scruff, he gets about, and his is brilliant. Sort it out.

10-08-2009, 08:04 AM	#45
The Mackem VG + Q&A FORUM REPRESENT Posts: 38,940	I don't get out as much as I would like, my mates aren't really big dance fans like me. The last proper dance night I had was Eddie Halliwell in Blackpool which I think I mentioned in this thread already. Was out in Newcastle a few weeks ago but just went to a club that had nothing special on and was more commercial dance than anything else.

10-08-2009, 08:25 AM	#46
Fabien Barthez Spliff & A Brew Posts: 6,754	I often have a similar problem. Unfortunately, I am just of the age where guitars have the power. I don't get alot of my friends who claim to 'hate' clubbing. You meet some of the soundest people, and have the best conversations at a real club night. Cheesy clubs full of pissed chancers looking to prove themselves, while boom boom pow blares from the dancefloor, and scrubbers fat arses are jiggling out of their market-bourght slut-dresses make me want to end it all. It isn't the music so much, more the people that go these places. I would try to plan a trip to the Warehouse Project in Manc before it closes again, if I were you mate. Makes Syndicate look like 'the Loft' on Hollyoaks. Or better still, Chemical Brothers are Djing at sankeys in Manc in November. You don't get to see that very often...

10-08-2009, 11:26 AM	#47
Pete Cash That Dickhead Pete Cash Posts: 2,283	I spent an evening in a hotel room with my girlfriend rolling off my face listening to that Major Lazer album over and over again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RUHxWMiOJw They don't allow direct embedding. It is my album of the year so far.