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**Mallorca's Post on Debunk**
M8 Magazine asked me to compile my top ten moments from back in the day, I think I may have been too late to get back to them so I thought I would share some of my choice moments with you guys......
Let me knwo what your memories of the Dance are ...........
Mallorca Lee
My top ten moments of Madness from back in the day........
Its kinda hard to even try to remeber ten moments because I find it hard sometime trying to think about what I did last weekend, the party's not stopped since 91!
So here it is In no particular order....
My main memeory from back in the day (87-91) was how fresh everything sounded, every TR909 snare roll, drum patter, bassline and piano or stab riff. We (the dancefloor) were all experiencing this new electronic music for the first time. I felt a really strong feeling of togetherness. It was defo stronger back then in my opinion becuase everyone was new to the hole dance/rave experience. It was also the first time saw people from every colour and walk of life on the dancefloor.
I was right into my hip hop - Public Enemy, Run DMC and EPMD etc then Acid house came along and kicked all that in the bollocks. Acid House was my punk rock ! I cans still remeber listening to the records me and my mate Fadji used to buy in London. We also used to buy mix tapes of Danny Rampling from his SHOOM nights. I used to listen and say what the fuck is this, its freaked me out and I knew I liked it instantly. Next step - some decks and then keyboards.....
Giving the DJs at the Metro in Saltcoats our acid house records and begging him to play them, they would play commercial chart musci all night until they finally gave in and played our tunes. Then all the freaks would come out the woodwork and get on the dancefloor. They started playing more and more tunes until one night we found out that Dave Kalicus (spelling !) was to become the resident, he used to play amazing house music and I guess he was the first DJ I saw who really mixed his tracks and thought about the night as a journey.
If you were into acid house or rave when it kicked off people at my age used to think you were a druggie ! They were only half right (lol) but its funny the very same people turned into mad ravers when the Rave scene kicked of in the mid 90's ! They used to come up and shake my habd and say they were sorry ! (fuck, that makes me laugh!)
Whoever was the guy at the Metro that done all the PA/DJ bookings back in the day was right on it - Adamski & Okenfold come to mind - lige changing experiances !
There were always great parties, in fields, in pub function halls and in tents at the back of bowling greens. People just booked a venue and went mental until it was shut down, becuase nobody knew any better, especially the local authorites!. There was no top DJ Polls, politics, attitude or musical preferance it was just about the party the music and the people.
It was also a relief not having to worry about what you had on, To get into boozers and clubs back then I had to wear a shirt and tie - using my mates shotgun license as proof of ID !!! SO it was great to jump around in a field with a t-shirt, flares and a pair of sneakers !
The Stone Roses gig on Glasgow Green was a great RAVE for me. The Slam DJ's were on before playing this like D-SHAKE's "Yaaaaa" and all that stuff. The Rock and Dance thing just felt right, there was no rules.....
I started Ultra-Sonic in 1990-91 after being caught up in the Acid House scene which then quickly developed into RAVE. The music I first started producing was house music, which was full of Piano's, Getting the first Test Pressing of my first record "Obsession" was a great moment.
Doing a Rave in Strathhaven was mental, full of mud with loads of DS kicking about, nieve and looking for someone "Carrying Acid Tablets!" to bust. I stopped a guy back stage, we were all in workies cab's with generators supplying Heat and light. Ours stopped so I ran out to find some one from the Rave. I saw an older guy in a farmers jacket and asked him if he had "ANY DIESEL?" He looked surprised then asked me "HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT?" I said well there is a hole cab full of us in there that need as much as we can get to get us throught the night", he put his hand in his pockets and said "How much will you pay me ?" I said "Pay you, fuck off I want it for fuck all, were one of the bands playing here" He then shouted his mate over and they tried to cuff me. They were D.S. and thought that DIESEL was some new drug that was kicking around !!
Doing three gigs in one night in Scotland was amazing and somthing which I dont think is possible anymore. You had so much to choose from, Rez, Hanger, Fubar, Metro, Fantazia, Awsome and Amnesia at the Livingston forum etc all in one night. The first time I played at Rezerection was amazing, it was a circular stage and our dancers had skin tight white lycra suits on, they got slagged for that but it really looked cool.......back then. (haha)
I remeber watching Dream Frequancy at a Rez event after I had finshed my set. A kid came up to me with white gloves on, I was out to lunch holding on to my mate The BASS BABY and the kid sticks the white gloves in my face, I did not know what he was doing at the time but the gloves were full of vicks and it went in my eye, I thought some dude had tried to blind me, I was on the middle of the dance floor swinging punches shouting get him, get him. The young raver was only being loved up and freindly and I was blind and aggressive (hahahah)
After playing at the Limelight in New York we hung around the club which was an amazing old church with loads of strange rooms in the centre of NYC. We ended up somking a "New York Joint" like it was all we knew. It was wrapped in cigar skins and went down well with a few JD and cokes, the local new yorkers were amazed at how much we smoked - we just thought it was a joint. A little while after we were out our skulls for a day and a half, we went back to our hotel which was the Waldorf Astoria and went ape. We found out the next night when we were coming down it was P.C.P !! - oops When we got home I watched a programm about the club and how the promoter had killed his dealer and chopped his body up, all the people from the show we met at the club ! The story has now become a book and film !
Playing at the original Fantazia - The Big Bang event at the SECC was a great night, watching the full main room go crazy, clapping there hands to the beat of Arpeggio, then listening to Carl Cox etc playing Arpeggio in their DJ sets.
I done a gig at The Bunker in Livingston which was an old nuclear bunker (funny enough!) with one of my hero's Mr. Eggi Bam Yasi (the true champion of the TB 303). Anyway there was some bad vibes after an incedent with the DS so while on stage I got everyone to shout "FUCK THE POLICE" I think I thought I was in NWA or somthing but it almost caused a riot and I nearly got the tin pail - again !
I kinda learned my trade with Ultra-Sonic playing at the Carlton studio in Edinburgh, it was funny up there, we got paid in beer and as much as we could take. The casuals would come in and tax peoples trainers when they were out there face on E. I also remeber meeting Irvine Welsh at the Carlton, he used to sit back stage with us listening and watching all the madness. He mentions a band playing at the CAlton in his book Trainspotting and I would like to think he was talking about US ! lol
Ultra-Sonic's first gig in Germnay was MAYDAY at the Dormund Veladrome in 1994.That was an amazing gig and my first experiance of a massive well organized dance event. I Lost the plot with Sven Vath after that show. Sven was DJing with nothing on but a tarzan style shammy. He had a smoke machine and a strobe llight in his room - it was the muts nuts. The night ended up in a swimming pool with DJ Hooligan fully clothed !
One of my first gigs in Canada was mental, we ended up getting blacklisted from every hotel chain in Toronto after that, I cant really go into what we done but it was messy !
Flying home from Germany without my Trainers, getting spiked with GHB after playing Privelidge in Ibza then waking up in St. Petersburg in Russia, I guess Ill keep those stories for when I look back on 2000 ! I wonder what will happen this weekend ?
Cheers,
Mallorca
M8 Magazine asked me to compile my top ten moments from back in the day, I think I may have been too late to get back to them so I thought I would share some of my choice moments with you guys......
Let me knwo what your memories of the Dance are ...........
Mallorca Lee
My top ten moments of Madness from back in the day........
Its kinda hard to even try to remeber ten moments because I find it hard sometime trying to think about what I did last weekend, the party's not stopped since 91!
So here it is In no particular order....
My main memeory from back in the day (87-91) was how fresh everything sounded, every TR909 snare roll, drum patter, bassline and piano or stab riff. We (the dancefloor) were all experiencing this new electronic music for the first time. I felt a really strong feeling of togetherness. It was defo stronger back then in my opinion becuase everyone was new to the hole dance/rave experience. It was also the first time saw people from every colour and walk of life on the dancefloor.
I was right into my hip hop - Public Enemy, Run DMC and EPMD etc then Acid house came along and kicked all that in the bollocks. Acid House was my punk rock ! I cans still remeber listening to the records me and my mate Fadji used to buy in London. We also used to buy mix tapes of Danny Rampling from his SHOOM nights. I used to listen and say what the fuck is this, its freaked me out and I knew I liked it instantly. Next step - some decks and then keyboards.....
Giving the DJs at the Metro in Saltcoats our acid house records and begging him to play them, they would play commercial chart musci all night until they finally gave in and played our tunes. Then all the freaks would come out the woodwork and get on the dancefloor. They started playing more and more tunes until one night we found out that Dave Kalicus (spelling !) was to become the resident, he used to play amazing house music and I guess he was the first DJ I saw who really mixed his tracks and thought about the night as a journey.
If you were into acid house or rave when it kicked off people at my age used to think you were a druggie ! They were only half right (lol) but its funny the very same people turned into mad ravers when the Rave scene kicked of in the mid 90's ! They used to come up and shake my habd and say they were sorry ! (fuck, that makes me laugh!)
Whoever was the guy at the Metro that done all the PA/DJ bookings back in the day was right on it - Adamski & Okenfold come to mind - lige changing experiances !
There were always great parties, in fields, in pub function halls and in tents at the back of bowling greens. People just booked a venue and went mental until it was shut down, becuase nobody knew any better, especially the local authorites!. There was no top DJ Polls, politics, attitude or musical preferance it was just about the party the music and the people.
It was also a relief not having to worry about what you had on, To get into boozers and clubs back then I had to wear a shirt and tie - using my mates shotgun license as proof of ID !!! SO it was great to jump around in a field with a t-shirt, flares and a pair of sneakers !
The Stone Roses gig on Glasgow Green was a great RAVE for me. The Slam DJ's were on before playing this like D-SHAKE's "Yaaaaa" and all that stuff. The Rock and Dance thing just felt right, there was no rules.....
I started Ultra-Sonic in 1990-91 after being caught up in the Acid House scene which then quickly developed into RAVE. The music I first started producing was house music, which was full of Piano's, Getting the first Test Pressing of my first record "Obsession" was a great moment.
Doing a Rave in Strathhaven was mental, full of mud with loads of DS kicking about, nieve and looking for someone "Carrying Acid Tablets!" to bust. I stopped a guy back stage, we were all in workies cab's with generators supplying Heat and light. Ours stopped so I ran out to find some one from the Rave. I saw an older guy in a farmers jacket and asked him if he had "ANY DIESEL?" He looked surprised then asked me "HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT?" I said well there is a hole cab full of us in there that need as much as we can get to get us throught the night", he put his hand in his pockets and said "How much will you pay me ?" I said "Pay you, fuck off I want it for fuck all, were one of the bands playing here" He then shouted his mate over and they tried to cuff me. They were D.S. and thought that DIESEL was some new drug that was kicking around !!
Doing three gigs in one night in Scotland was amazing and somthing which I dont think is possible anymore. You had so much to choose from, Rez, Hanger, Fubar, Metro, Fantazia, Awsome and Amnesia at the Livingston forum etc all in one night. The first time I played at Rezerection was amazing, it was a circular stage and our dancers had skin tight white lycra suits on, they got slagged for that but it really looked cool.......back then. (haha)
I remeber watching Dream Frequancy at a Rez event after I had finshed my set. A kid came up to me with white gloves on, I was out to lunch holding on to my mate The BASS BABY and the kid sticks the white gloves in my face, I did not know what he was doing at the time but the gloves were full of vicks and it went in my eye, I thought some dude had tried to blind me, I was on the middle of the dance floor swinging punches shouting get him, get him. The young raver was only being loved up and freindly and I was blind and aggressive (hahahah)
After playing at the Limelight in New York we hung around the club which was an amazing old church with loads of strange rooms in the centre of NYC. We ended up somking a "New York Joint" like it was all we knew. It was wrapped in cigar skins and went down well with a few JD and cokes, the local new yorkers were amazed at how much we smoked - we just thought it was a joint. A little while after we were out our skulls for a day and a half, we went back to our hotel which was the Waldorf Astoria and went ape. We found out the next night when we were coming down it was P.C.P !! - oops When we got home I watched a programm about the club and how the promoter had killed his dealer and chopped his body up, all the people from the show we met at the club ! The story has now become a book and film !
Playing at the original Fantazia - The Big Bang event at the SECC was a great night, watching the full main room go crazy, clapping there hands to the beat of Arpeggio, then listening to Carl Cox etc playing Arpeggio in their DJ sets.
I done a gig at The Bunker in Livingston which was an old nuclear bunker (funny enough!) with one of my hero's Mr. Eggi Bam Yasi (the true champion of the TB 303). Anyway there was some bad vibes after an incedent with the DS so while on stage I got everyone to shout "FUCK THE POLICE" I think I thought I was in NWA or somthing but it almost caused a riot and I nearly got the tin pail - again !
I kinda learned my trade with Ultra-Sonic playing at the Carlton studio in Edinburgh, it was funny up there, we got paid in beer and as much as we could take. The casuals would come in and tax peoples trainers when they were out there face on E. I also remeber meeting Irvine Welsh at the Carlton, he used to sit back stage with us listening and watching all the madness. He mentions a band playing at the CAlton in his book Trainspotting and I would like to think he was talking about US ! lol
Ultra-Sonic's first gig in Germnay was MAYDAY at the Dormund Veladrome in 1994.That was an amazing gig and my first experiance of a massive well organized dance event. I Lost the plot with Sven Vath after that show. Sven was DJing with nothing on but a tarzan style shammy. He had a smoke machine and a strobe llight in his room - it was the muts nuts. The night ended up in a swimming pool with DJ Hooligan fully clothed !
One of my first gigs in Canada was mental, we ended up getting blacklisted from every hotel chain in Toronto after that, I cant really go into what we done but it was messy !
Flying home from Germany without my Trainers, getting spiked with GHB after playing Privelidge in Ibza then waking up in St. Petersburg in Russia, I guess Ill keep those stories for when I look back on 2000 ! I wonder what will happen this weekend ?
Cheers,
Mallorca