Briscoe (aka Disco Don) w/ Ray Nemeth and DJ Paul Cook – Revenge of the Tech Heads vol 8 , WMNF 88.5 Tampa, FL (28/01/92)
Sorta of cheating with this one. The show was done 20 years ago this month, on our friend Rich Ranck’s “So Hip It Hertz” program on community radio station WMNF 88.5, here in Tampa, Florida. Paul Cook spun the records, Ray Nemeth and myself (referred to as Disco Don) brought the tunes. This one has warts and all, skipping records, some sloppy mixes (and many great ones), and the limitations of cassette tape and recording off the radio. This was live and we threw the records at Paul at random. I love the way he blended in the pop tracks (way before “mashups”), and his approach to rave was from a hip hop angle. I can’t stand to hear my voice, especially from 20 yrs ago. We had a lot of fun doing this, which was probably the 3rd time I was on the radio.
I have been listening to and collecting electronic music since ’86, and the first underground rave I went to was in December ’91 (a month before this show). That rave, “Raven1” was in an empty warehouse, with the guys from Rabbit In The Moon spinning. We frequented the night clubs, but the warehouse rave was so exciting in it’s own way.
My friends and I used to go and spend $10 a record for new import singles. We got anything that said Rising High, Suburban Base, Reinforced, SUAD, Moving Shadow, Warp, Cowboy, etc. Before the internet, before any magazines were covering electronic music, you had to hunt it down and hope you happened across something no one else had. Anyhow, I hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane with me.
Tracklist
Side A
Frank Mills – Music Box Dancer
Frankie Bones – When Does It End
Discuss – Pissed Apache
Voyager – Baby From Lower Level
M1 – Dirty Five
Techno Grooves – Let It Go
Liberation – Liberation
Shut Up and Dance – Lamborghini
DMS – Love Overdose
We R 3- Happiness
Mystery Man – Lov-E
Global and the Hardcore Massive – Gone
AC Trixta – Lost Marbles
Side B
Rebel MC – Wickedest Sound
Mystic Knights – Ragga Man
Ragga Twins – Spliffhead
Speculators – Jungalization
DJ Scoobie – King Basehead
Interface – Toytown 3
Mystery Man – DJ Business
2 Bad Mice – Bombscare
(don’t remember)
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Tek 9 – You Got To Slow Down
Run DMC – Peter Piper
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