Member Since: 7/21/2006
Band Website: bassgenerator.bebo.com
Band Members: BASS GENERATOR AND DJ TECHNOTRANCE WHEN APPLICABLE
Influences:IN THE EARLY 70's WHEN I WAS STILL CRAWLING I USED TO BE INTO NORTHERN SOUL.
I CAN'T REMEMBER BUT APPARENTLY MY PARENTS USED TO OWN A PUB WITH A DISCO WHERE THEY HAD NORTHERN SOUL NIGHTS AND I USED TO SIT IN THE DJ BOX VERY CONTENTEDLY.
AFTER BEING INTO DISCO AND SKA AND PUNK IN THE LATE 70's
(i wasn't even in my teens, what did i know?)
80's IT WAS ALLSORTS BUT MAINLY...
JOY DIVISION
GARY NUMAN
KRAFTWERK
....BUT IT WAS THE ELECTRO THAT GOT ME REALLY STARTED....
I PICKED UP SOME OF THE EARLY STREETSOUNDS "ELECTRO" ALBUMS AND THEY BLEW ME AWAY!
TUNES LIKE...
HI FIDELITY 3 -"B BOYS BREAKDANCE"
ROCKERS REVENGE -"BATTLECRY"
WORLD CLASS WRECKIN' CRU -"JUICE" (FIRST 12" I BOUGHT!)
THE MECHANIC -"SWEAT"
UNKNOWN DJ -"BEATRONIC"
ORIGINAL CONCEPT -"CAN U FEEL IT"
IMPERIAL BROTHERS -"WE COME TO ROCK"
CYBOTRON -"CLEAR"
FANTASY 3 -"THE BUCK STOPS HERE"
BROKEN GLASS -"STYLE OF THE STREET"
JAMIE JUPITER -"COMPUTER POWER"
RODNEY O -"THESE ARE MY BEATS"
ANYTHING BY...
KNIGHTS OF THE TURNTABLES ,
AFRIKA BAMBAATAA
EVERYTHING BY....
DR. DRE
THE EGYPTIAN LOVER
ARTHUR BAKER
THE UNKNOWN DJ
JAMIE JUPITER
LONZO
....THEN MID 80's METROPLEX/TRANSMAT RECORDS
MODEL 500 -"TIME SPACE TRANSMAT"
CHANNEL ONE -"TECHNICOLOR"
MODEL 500 -"NO UFO'S"
X RAY -"LET'S GO"
HUMAN LEAGUE- UNLIMITED ORCHESTRAL
THE LIST IS ENDLESS!
I COULDN'T BREAKDANCE TO SAVE MY LIFE (I WAS A BMX'ER) BUT I LOVED THE TUNES!
LATE 80's IT WAS CHICAGO HOUSE/ACID HOUSE/TECHNO/HIP HOP/STREET SOUL!.....REGULAR VISITS TO THE CITY HALL "JIVE TURKEY" EVENTS IN SHEFFIELD TO HEAR DJ'S LIKE WINSTON HAZEL ( FORGEMASTERS ) AND GRAEME PARK BUSTIN' OUT THE HARDER, BASSLINE FUELED, UNDERGROUND SIDE OF ACID HOUSE.
PHUTURE -"ACID TRACKS"
LNR -"HOUSE MUSIC"
K ALEXI SHELBY -"ALL FOR LEE-SAH"
T COY -"CARINO"
ANNETTE -"DREAM 17"
STEVE POINDEXTER -"COMPUTER MADNESS"
FARLEY JACKMASTER FUNK -"THE ACID LIFE"
ARMANDO -"CONFUSIONS REVENGE"
A GUY CALLED GERALD -"VOODOO RAY"
RISQUE 3 -"ESSENCE OF A DREAM"
FALLOUT -"THE MORNING AFTER"
COOLHOUSE -"ROCK THIS PARTY RIGHT"
DA POSSE -"IT'S MY LIFE"
JAQUARIUS -"LOVE IS HAPPINESS"
GHERKIN JERKS -"PARAMETERS"
HARDHOUSE -"THE BASS GIRL"
FAST EDDIE -"THE WHOP"
BLAKE BAXTER -"RIDE 'EM BOY"
FINGERS INC. -"NEVER NO MORE LONELY"
EVERYTHING BY....
DERRICK MAY/RHYTHIM IS RHYTHIM
LARRY HEARD "MR. FINGERS"
K ALEXI SHELBY
JUAN ATKINS
+++ FINGERS INC., FRANKIE KNUCKLES, TRANSMAT RECORDS, TRAX RECORDS + JACK TRAX RECORDS,
PHUTURE/DJ PIERRE, MR. LEE, DJ INTERNATIONAL RECORDS, HOUSE JAM RECORDS, ROCKIN' HOUSE RECORDS,
METROPLEX RECORDS, INCOGNITO RECORDS, K.M.S. RECORDS,
FRAGILE RECORDS, PHEERCE CITY RECORDS, FRANKIE BONES,
TOMMY MUSTO, LENNY DEE, FOURTH FLOOR RECORDS....
MARSHALL
JEFFERSON
FARLEY
JACKMASTER
FUNK
ADONIS
JOE SMOOTH
TYREE
CRAIG LOFTIS
LIDELL TOWNSELL
TERRY HUNTER
SANTONIO
OCTAVE ONE
BLAKE BAXTER
KEVIN SAUNDERSON
KENNY JASON
ROBERT OWENS
MAURICE JOSHUA
DARYLL PANDY
BAM BAM
MIKE DUNN
CE CE ROGERS
SUBURBAN KNIGHT
EDDIE FOWLKES
WHITE KNIGHT
PARIS BRIGHTLEDGE
MIKE DEARBORN
JAMIE PRINCIPLE
STEVE "SILK" HURLEY
BAD BOY BILL
ROBERT ARMANI
FAST EDDIE
MIKE DEARBORN
Sounds Like:
....STILL ON THE LATE 80'S.....
++ ELECTRO TRACKS LIKE...
DYNAMIX II -"GIVE THE DJ A BREAK"
AND HIP HOP FROM...
PUBLIC ENEMY, BIG DADDY KANE, RUN DMC, LL COOL J, ACE & ACTION, MC SHAN, MOST WANTED, HIJACK, DJ MINK, BLADE, DE LA SOUL ++++++
EARLY 90's IT WAS BLEEPS, BASSLINES AND HARD HOUSE & TECHNO.
WARP RECORDS, FORGEMASTERS , NIGHTMARES ON WAX , L.F.O. , UNIQUE 3 , ITAL ROCKERS , ABILITY 2, TERRACE , EARLY KENNY DOPE TRACKS, ORLANDO VOORN, APHEX TWIN , NU GROOVE RECORDS, TRANSMAT , RITCHIE HAWTIN , PLUS 8 RECORDS, ROBERT ARMANI, LEO ANIBALDI , DJAX RECORDS,
R&S RECORDS, FRAGILE RECORDS.....
JOEY BELTRAM
......AND HIS MANY GUISES, ESPECIALLY THE TRACKS HE DID AS... EVIL A.D. , SINTOX, X-BUZZ AND DISORDER .
ENERGY FLASH AND MENTASM ARE TIMELESS!
C.J. BOLLAND , ALAN OLDHAM, 3 PHASE, DJ HELL , TIM TAYLOR/DAMON WILD , PUMP PANEL , 80 AUM RECORDS , FRANKFURT BEAT RECORDS, IMPORTANT RECORDS, UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE RECORDS , FRANK DE WULF , K.A.POSSE , OHM.
L.F.O.
KENNY DOPE
UNIQUE 3
DJ HELL
....MIAMI BASS AND ELECTRO FROM:
DYNAMIX 2 , 2 LIVE CREW , BASSMASTER KHAN, MAN FROM UNCLE , SIR MIX-A-LOT , MAGGOTRON , DJ MAGIC MIKE , BASS MEKANIK , PARTY ROCK CREW ++++
DYNAMIX II
BASSMASTER KHAN
DJ MAGIC MIKE
MAGGOTRON
ARABIAN PRINCE
....I WAS ALSO PLAYING A LOT OF GARAGE TRACKS, LOVED EVERYTHING THAT CAME FROM THE U.S.A. ESPECIALLY.... STRICTLY RHYTHM TRACKS FROM... TODD TERRY , ROGER SANCHEZ , LOUIE VEGA , KENNY DOPE .
I LOVED DEEP HOUSE TUNES FROM...
LARRY HEARD ( MR. FINGERS ) ESPECIALLY THE STUFF ON.... ALLEVIATED RECORDS, RON WILSON+KRISS COLEMAN, ROBERT OWENS, RAY HAYDEN, BURRELL, STROBE RECORDS, CLUBHOUSE RECORDS, SIEGE RECORDS, AZULI RECORDS,
MURK RECORDS,
HOUSE 'N' EFFECT RECORDS. THE PIANO HAPPY SOUNDS FROM... STEVE SILK HURLEY , TONY HUMPHRIES , HI BIAS RECORDS, ATLANTIC RECORDS, MASTERS AT WORK , TEN CITY , CAJUAL RECORDS, JOEY NEGRO , I.D. RECORDS, EMOTIVE RECORDS, VIBE MUSIC RECORDS+++++
I WAS DJ'ING AT HOUSE CLUBS EARLY IN THE EVENING THEN DRIVING HUNDREDS OF MILES TO ALL NIGHT RAVES IN SCOTLAND TO PLAY HARDCORE. THERE WAS EVEN A POINT WHERE I DID SOUL/JAZZ SPOTS AND HIP HOP CLUBS.
I WAS PRETTY MUCH INTO IT ALL!, DANCEHALL REGGAE, CUTTY RANKS , REGGIE STEPPER , BUJU BANTON , BEENIE MAN , CAPLETON , ANY SLENG TENG ,
JAZZ, SAMBA, BATUCADA ESPECIALLY FROM DOM UM ROMEO, AIRTO MORIERA, LONDON SCHOOL OF SAMBA, DAVID BENOIT, AZYMUTH, EVERYTHING!
THERE WAS ALWAYS THE ONE TUNE THAT STOOD OUT FROM THE REST IN 1991 AND THAT WAS...
THE MOVER -"FRONTAL SICKNESS-NIGHTFLIGHT"
( INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH RECORDS 001 THE PCP EP "I DIDN'T GET A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL PCP RELEASE")
I PLAYED THAT SO MUCH I WORE IT OUT!
I KNOW A LOT OF HARDCORE DJ'S LIKE TO CREDIT THE A-SIDE TRACK OF THAT RELEASE
( MESCALINUM UNITED -"WE HAVE ARRIVED") AS THE FIRST GABBER TRACK,
IT MAY WELL BE BUT THE B-SIDE OF THAT RELEASE THAT DID IT FOR ME!
FROM THEN ONWARDS IT WAS ANYTHING BY....
MARC ACARDIPANE
ESPECIALLY PCP RECORDS, DANCE ECSTASY RECORDS,
MESCALINUM UNITED, NASTY DJANGO, EVIDENCE, PILLDRIVER, INFERNO BROS, THE MOVER,
ALIEN CHRIST, FREEZ E STYLE, PROGRAM 1, MARSHALL MASTERS, RAVE CREATOR ,
PLUS TUNES FROM
DR. MACABRE ,
MIRO ,
ALL OF THE DUTCH/GERMAN HARDCORE/GABBER,
RUFFNECK RECORDS, K.N.O.R. RECORDS,
+SCOTTISH HARDCORE FROM SCOTT BROWN
MIRO
RUFFNECK DR. MACABRE
I GAVE UP ON BUYING HOUSE MUSIC, THERE WEREN'T MANY DJ'S WHO COULD PLAY HARDCORE AND HOUSE. STILL KEPT REASONABLY UP ON THE TECHNO SOUND ALTHOUGH I COULDN'T REALLY PLAY IT ANYWHERE.
SOMA RECORDS, FUNK D VOID, BEN SIMS, JEFF MILLS, CARI LEKEBUSCH , CARL CRAIG , CARL COX, SURGEON, STEVE RACHMAD, CHESTER BEATTY , DAVE CLARKE. TRESOR RECORDS, MUSIC MAN RECORDS.
GREAT RELEASES ON I.S.T. RECORDS LIKE... DISINTEGRATOR , R.N.D. TECHNOLOGIES , ZENITH AND GREAT HARDCORE ACID FROM DROP BASS NETWORK RECORDS, BROTHERHOOD OF STRUCTURE +++
FUNK D'VOID
CARL COX
JEFF MILLS
SOMA RECORDS
CARI LEKEBUSCH
....I LISTENED TO A LOT OF DRUM & BASS FROM THE RAGGA TO THE HARD/TECH STEP, LOVE IT!
DECODER, LOXY, DIGITAL, RONI SIZE, SPIRIT, PASCAL, PHANTASY, GOLDIE (METALHEADS), DYLAN, ADAM F, PULSE, AQUASKY, TEEBEE, L.T.J. BUKEM, FUTURE CUT, DOM+ROLAND, ED RUSH, OPTICAL, ALEX REECE, TANGO, DILLINJA, GROOVERIDER.
I ALSO GOT RIGHT BACK INTO SOUL/JAZZ/FUNK/DISCO/BOOGIE (JUST TO LISTEN TO OBVIOUSLY!).
NOW IT'S HARDCORE DUTCH/ITALIAN/GERMAN...
OFFENSIVE RECORDS, MEGARAVE RECORDS, NEOPHYTE RECORDS, TRAXTORM RECORDS, TOMMYKNOCKER , MASTERS OF HARDCORE , ROTTERDAM TERROR CORPS , HEADBANGER , PAUL ELSTAK , ENZYME RECORDS, ++++
LIKE A LOT OF GERMAN HARDSTYLE STUFF LIKE
BLUTONIUM RECORDS, DEEPACK , DJ ISAAC , PAVO , ZANY , MASTERS OF HARDSTYLE, RESIDENT E
NOW I HAVE MORE FREE TIME I EVEN LISTEN TO STUFF LIKE
COLDPLAY , WHITE STRIPES , FEEDER
ANY UK GARAGE/2 STEP ESPECIALLY MJ COLE, TUFF JAM REMIXES, GRANT NELSON
+++ LAST BUT BY NO MEANS LEAST-
THE PRODIGY
NOT THE RAVE STUFF FROM THE EARLY 90's THE NEW STUFF!!!!!
OTHER ARTISTS THAT MAKE IT INTO MY TOP 100 ALL TIME FAVORITE TUNES ARE....
ROY AYERS-STING-KATE BUSH-U2-SIMPLE MINDS-TEARS FOR FEARS-BELOYD-ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS-BOBBY WOMACK-ROSIE GAINS-GEORGE MICHAEL-BUSTA RHYMES-MISSY ELLIOT-OL' DIRTY BASTARD- SARAH BRIGHTMAN & ANDREA BOCCELLI-BEASTIE BOYS-THELMA HOUSTON-JAMIROQUAI-BRAND NEW HEAVIES-SOUL II SOUL-PATSY GALLANT-THE POLICE-BILL WITHERS-MICHAEL LeGRAND-JOCELYN BROWN-MADNESS-ZERO 7-MJ COLE-KIM ENGLISH----
Record Label: BASS GENERATOR RECORDS+ANYONE INTERESTED
Type of Label: Indie