quoted 1 line steal _mu-ziq vs. the auteurs_ and _musik_ from college radio station.
> steal _mu-ziq vs. the auteurs_ and _musik_ from college radio station.
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Bastard! It's people like you who screw over college stations all across
the nation!
Sorry, couldn't help that little venting. I suppose I'm obligated to put
down my own personal history now, eh?
Pre-1993: lots of pop music, but I did manage to catch _some_ electronic
stuff - m/a/r/r/s's "Pump up the volume" (which I had played at my wedding
this summer!), Technotronic,etc.
1991-1993 - after MC Hammer and assorted other dogdy pop-rap acts (hey, I
liked to dance; gimme a break), I discovered real hip-hop. Used to watch
Yo! MTV raps and the hip-hop show on BET daily; saw A Tribe Called Quest's
videos of "Bonita Applebaum" and "I left my wallet", as well as "Check the
rhime" (a classic), but didn't buy anything until I saw ATCQ on Arsenio.
They performed "Scenario", and the next day I bought "the low end theory".
I've been in love with upright bass and horns ever since, and will to this
day swear that Q-tip is the embodiement of hip-hop.
Also, I encountered my first "rave" - a guy doing this dance had a copy of
the original Rave 'Til Dawn, and I was blown away by "O Fortuna". Copied
the CD to tape.
1993 - entered college, listening to native tongues hip-hop and a
mish-mash of assorted other stuff. Began doing a radio show with a friend
who liked mostly pop music (def leppard, guns-n-roses, etc) and I started
doing a short hip-hop block during our 6-9am show. Later that year I got
my own show, friday nights, playing strictly hip-hop.
1994 - first real discoveries of "techno". surprisingly enough, it came
from an XL recordings compilation, "the american chapter". had "charlie"
by the prodigy, "Dub war" by SL2, which I was into, but what blew me away
was the Awesome 3 track "Don't go". My first exposure to "hardcore". Later
that year I got the Speed Limit 140 bpm vol. 2 comp, which had the early
Metalheadz track "Kemistry". Thought it was great. got volume 3 of the
series. Also started branching out on my radio show, playing stuff off
"musik" by plastikman and other stuff I could lay my hands on. Orb, moby
(yikes) and many other discoveries were made this year.
1995 - started to discover that "hardcore" was now called "jungle". Loved
knowing I'd started semi-early with this new offshoot, and started getting
even more into regular techno. Taped "Musik" from a friend, began buying
vinyl, etc.
1996 - started to actually beatmatch on my radio show, bought mad amounts
of records.
1997 - I'm soaking in it.
peace,
bill / dj marathon
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