--- Mark Stevens <mark@headspin.clara.net> wrote:
quoted 3 lines Here's a reply to the message "(idm) The Arbiters of Good Taste"
> Here's a reply to the message "(idm) The Arbiters of Good Taste"
> written on Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:16:20 -0600 (CST):
>
I agree with most of what you say apart from this bit
quoted 8 lines At the same time, UK clubs and discos didn't play speed garage, drum
>
> At the same time, UK clubs and discos didn't play speed garage, drum
> &
> bass or club music, because it didn't exist. These clubs and discos
> played either classic 70s disco or these new-fangled 12-inch remixes
> of pop music. House/acid/techno began to emerge in 1986, but no-one
> took it seriously -- and if you did, you were seen as a weirdo.
>
There seems to be a commonly held notion that before 1988 there was no
club scene of any relevance in the UK. This is just not true. There
were still clubs or club nights that were prepared to take risks, such
as:
Paradise Garage - from 1975-1979 at what is now Heaven - played rougher
US Disco/Funk from what I am led to beleive;
The Dug-Out in Bristol 1979-1987 - where the Wild Bunch honed their
chops (whatever it is that a chop is) - played reggae, punk, funk,
Hip-Hop, New York Disco etc.
The Dirt Box - 1981-84 wherever an empty warehouse could be found in
London - played similar to Dug Out
Soul II Soul/Family Funktion - 1984-1988 - Rare Groove/Reggae/whatever
plus loads of others that I don't have space to mention. Acid House did
not emerge into a vacuum and people who went to those clubs were
thought of as no weirder than the people that write to this list (o.k.
so that's not a good comparison;-)
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