rave era as recapitulation of the sixties

[WashYourHands]

Grim moment, still trying to take it in, thought it was a piss take initially

Not into reenactment societies posing as gnosis but safe to say Simon laid so many foundations down for where you can take music, what it can actualise within committed groups of very diverse people - guaranteed communal satori

Spent days and nights blissed out by his record selections, time well spent indeed. Nothing lasts forever and paradoxical to think this city and beyond won’t forget him, because we won’t. Shame he shied away away from being interviewed more, humble bloke to the end

 

[thirdform]

huge loss. probably my favourite out of the DiY crew. pure distilled no fat approach to house djing. Locked into hours of the hypnotic shuffly ny groove.

I suppose I missed the chance to go see him dj in the flesh as I've given up clubbing which now looking back is a shame but it is what it is and there are many personal reasons for me knocking partying on the head. I'll remember him through his immortalised tapes.

 

[WashYourHands]

heavy month for Nottingham, some div has put progressive on the tag, the mix def isn’t of that pestilential form

94 is a threshold year, can think of friends and myself who drifted away to heroin for the umpteenth flirtatious spree around this time but the music was still absolutely crackling with life. Extended Bounce sessions on a perfected mix of 2 pink calis and 2 strawberries 🍓, fluffy blotter print but jfc they crept up on you talk about spangled, last year of any decent ohms, last year of any genuine microdots, last of the china white/snowball micro era, Bounce could be a real test of utterly smashed people taking off together to music distilled by the finest outfit this country ever produced when it comes to certain realms of 4x4 and let’s be honest here….extended caning sessions

Simon, you are missed sir



1. [00:00] Turntable Orchestra - You're Gonna Miss Me (Simon DK Remix)
2. [06:20] Klubhead Vs Nasty Nelson - I Want Your Lovin (TnT's Dub Mix)
3. [12:00] Ce Ce Peniston - Keep Givin' Me Your Love (2 Moody Dub)
4. [16:40] Aphrodisiac - B-Line (Groove On Mix)
5. [23:00] Phuture - Mental Breakdown (Warehouse Mix) [Strictly Rhythm]
6. [28:30] Tony Varnado - Track Three (The Hard Hit ep Vol 1)
7. [34:00] T-Solomon - Eclectic ep [Shelter]
8. [42:00] Strafe - Promises (To2 Dub)
9. [44:00] Total Ka-Os - If Ya Gonna Play [Strictly Rhythm]
10. [48:00] ? "you'll have to believe" female / skippy beat
11. [53:00] Kings Of Tomorrow - Go Black Scatt
12. [58:00] David Anthony & Darryl James present Groove Rider - Baby Come With Me
13. [63:00] Sample Minded - The Tension [Bottom Line]
14. [69:00] Mental Detector - Playhouse [Hole]
15. [73:00] ? repeated male
16. [77:20] Culture Beat - Anything (Ralphi's Anything You Want Mix)
17. [83:00] Klubhead - Feel The Melodie
18. [89:00] Baron Mc Gill - Brighter (Melodious Club Dub)
19. [92:30] DJ Krush - AM 300 Tag

 

[WashYourHands]

A few incredible mixes and DK tracks getting dusted off via email circulations since his passing. Monstrous but it seems to have brought entire circles of old friends back into contact with each other. A connector and a selector to the end

City feels a tad weird this last weekend like the end to an era, not that a debatably long tail had much agency left anyway. How is there only 15mins of interview time with him anywhere? Barely anything on how he chose certain records over others which signalled their sound, @pattycakes_ @thirdform maybe to extrapolate a bit further, or in Dissensus style why some tracks were more shit than others

When Weatherall dropped, the link between 67 and 88 sort of went with him. For all the Sabresonic nights attended, his passing was far less personal. Similar trajectory seems true with Simon and acid house, free parties and cosmic communalism

Even though he’d retired there was a def comeback on the cards and anyone whose listened to house with any degree of interest in the UK during the last few decades has probably heard the echoes of his reputation. Can only imagine how that would’ve played out. He’d been compiling tracks from his collection and his partner states he had record lists back in circulation for a return. Bloke was a one off and a gentleman too