what other dj?

[Sarah C]

Ive got an assignment to do for college for monday where ive got to do an essay explaining the role of djs from when they started out to present (how things have changed) ... and ive also got to include examples of two djs.

 

I was thinking Tony De Vit, anyone else any suggestions for DJs that were around when the big club scene started out?

 

Ive already done Paul Oakenfold for my other one.

cheers

 

 

[Lisa]

Ian M!!

[Tony P]

john kelly

pete tong

 

[Sarah C]

eee n am playing on the same night as him soon! canit wait.

 

is there a lot about him on the net dya know?

I'll have a search...

[Sarah C]

[Tony P]

you could always ask twistlad (rich), if you are nice i'm sure he could help you out as he knows ian m well

[Lisa]

do a google search hon, im sure lots will come up, i'll help if you like

[Lisa]

ooh I know he can be a stroppy queen at times

[Guest Jay]

 

carl cox would be quite easy to do.

lots of info

 

or norman jay, he has a knghthood for being a dj so its an interesting one

[Tony P]

QUOTE (Jay @ May 6 2004, 10:55)

carl cox would be quite easy to do. lots of info or norman jay, he has a knghthood for being a dj so its an interesting one

good thinking jay

[Sarah C]

ta very much u lot for your help!

[Guest Kether]

I wrote this as part of a presentation I gave on club culture at university.

 

It might give you some inspiration on where to start looking, there's so much depth on this subject as the first people to actually start playing recorded music in public were the mods.

 

It will give you some idea on how the emphasis has changed and what the dominant cultural forces of the time were.

 

As the essay is due next Monday, I doubt you'll have a chance to actually go an interview some djs but there's plenty of information on the net in dj profiles, people tracking the history of the scene, newspaper articles etc.

 

QUOTE

History of the Nightclub 1959: Mods •Named ‘Mods’ after the modern jazz they listened to. •Was a reaction to Rock ‘n Roll. •First youth cult to place any emphasis on listening to recorded music. •First to use clubs as a social venue as opposed to a live music venue. Late 60s to Late 70s: Chicken in a Basket •Heavy rock and psychadelia were the dominant sounds and had displaced the mod movement. •Smart clubbers, men wore ties and would be turned away if they had long hair. •Popular music was the soundtrack. •Not a good environment for youth culture to flourish. Early to mid 70s: Northern Soul •The first real precursor to club culture we know today. •The promoters were in it for love of the music rather than the money. •DJs were the crowd pullers. •Like dance music today, a tune loses its credibility if it charts. 1996-1997: Punk/Disco •Punk was an anarchic reaction to the blandness of the 70s progressive rock scene. •Disco was imported from America. •Influenced Saturday Night Fever. •Heavily influenced the funky house scene. Early 80s: New Romantics •As punk died, the new romantics movement started from fashion students in London. •Typified by frilly clothes, pixie boots and make-up in a quest to be individual. •New Romantic fashion soon became mainstream fashion and was dead. 1987: Acid House (rave) – The birth of modern club culture. •Introduced to the UK be a group of DJs who discovered house and ecstacy in Ibiza. •Quickly became the dominant sound in clubs across the country and in massive outdoor events. •Became so popular that huge events with up to 25,000-35,000 people. •Rave's values: collectivity; spirituality; the joy of losing yourself in the crowd were counter to the dominant culture of Thatcherite capitalism. •Effectively ended by the criminal justice bill and its infamous repetitive beats clause. Mid 90s-2002: The rise and fall of the Superclub •Huge venues with attendances of over a thousand weekly employing superstar DJs. •Maintained the vibe of the Acid House period and clubbers felt a genuine sense of community •So popular that turntable sales exceeded guitar sales. •Typified by Ministry of Sound, Gatecrasher, Cream, they were commercial ventures. •Mass merchandise of albums, clothing, magazines. •2002 saw a massive decline in numbers due to disillusionment caused by the over-commercialisation. •Cream closed, Gatecrasher went monthly, MoS record label and magazine folded. •2002-2003 sees a return to smaller nights doing well at the expense of the super clubs.

[Guest Kether]

Tony Blackburn might be an interesting person to chart.

 

Pirate radio dj, then was the first person to play on radio 1.

 

Seen as very uncool but now is having a renaissance as appears relentlessly on tv and tours extensively around the country, especially student nights where they love him.

[Phil rr]

Jimmy Saville was actually a pioneering DJ. There's a book i've half-read, called "Adventures on the wheels of steel" by Dave Haslam which is good so far.

[ChrisT]

Chris Liberator.

He has been around from pretty much the start of the 'free party' scene