not really, although it did get lumped in with it iirc.
holmes was a ruling techno dj back in the day...
90s Big Beat
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holmes was a ruling techno dj back in the day...
My Mate Paul off that album is Big Beat by numbers. Pure Big Beat DNA.
What about the Avalanches?
They were too late for Big Beat. They vanished didn't they. Since I Left You was the best record of 2001.
In fact, "Rude Boy Rock" by Lionrock is so very similar to "My Mate Paul" by David Holmes. Do they use the same sample???
Oh, and don't forget the Wiseguys. They were Big Beat, and Ooh Lala uses that same kind of old Soul sample used in the above mentioned tunes.
Oh, and don't forget the Wiseguys. They were Big Beat, and Ooh Lala uses that same kind of old Soul sample used in the above mentioned tunes.
I've got mad love for Big Beat. I was pretty much strictly metal at the time & some friends dragged me to Turnmills for Heavenly Jukebox (or was it Social by then?). It was a complete cliche textbook musical epiphany moment. I'm in total agreement with the wheat to chaff ratio but it was a really good introduction to dance music for me.
As for it making a come back. I think it's already happened. To me, loads of that stuff that Fidgit stuff has a lot in common with Big Beat.
As for it making a come back. I think it's already happened. To me, loads of that stuff that Fidgit stuff has a lot in common with Big Beat.
Garcia Lorca
Anger can be power
used to enjoy listening to freddy fresh - what it is...
aint played in a while now mind you. wharra bout the freestylers? we rock hard, feel the panic etc. some good tunes on that album.
aint played in a while now mind you. wharra bout the freestylers? we rock hard, feel the panic etc. some good tunes on that album.
First tune on that, the Monkey Mafia mix of the Saint Etienne tune is huge!!!
there was another mix tape - from jockey slut - at around the same time - one side skint (mixed by cut la roc, not so good) and the other side jon carter doing wall of sound (amusingly, a google search for it brought me straight back to the blog post fozzie put up there...
). the jon carter side is utterly ruling...
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
Mmmmmmmm maybe, I think what killed it off was lots of imitators making shit records, Zoe n Norm celebrity "Hello" features and a bunch of the main people getting a lot more housey.
When I started going to the Skint nights at The End there were massive gaps on the dancefloor, but after norm's (sorry, quentin's) chart success you could hardly move for people standing about, not dancing, waiting to see him.
possibly, although as i said, there was never really that much of it about... not to my memory anyway - there was wall of sound, skint and a few other small labels, and that was it.
possibly this too. and 'nu skool breaks' took quite a lot of the main producers...
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Yeah, Freq Nasty is not big beat, apart from having beats and being, well, "big". Definitely around at the same time, though, and I first heard the tunes in that context; I think I picked up a Botchit Breaks CD.
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
nu skool breaks thas the one! ta
maybe was cos i saw freq nasty in brighton (10 yrs ago?? fuck knows) and was quite mashed iirc
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
oh good, I got the best one then
I'm listening to it again now, I wish I had better bass on this system. I used to annoy people across the road it.Oh yes, Doc Hope, I like that track.
damnhippie
shark sandwich
ha! yes that was great, i still play it from time to time.
the Justin Robertson one was better though, i was 14 and it blew my tiny mind.
Boycey
juvenile rave slut
nuskool breaks is a far far broader sound than big beat ever could be- big beat is just one of the many many influences in there.
some big beat still sounds pretty good but there's just so much that has dated terribly- almost anything by the freestylers pre rawasfuck turns my stomach (ibby dibby dibby do bar day
) as does lots of ol' fatboy.
some big beat still sounds pretty good but there's just so much that has dated terribly- almost anything by the freestylers pre rawasfuck turns my stomach (ibby dibby dibby do bar day
) as does lots of ol' fatboy.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
You know, rolling back through the supposed "big beat" tracks, I'm just reminded of all the stuff that it referred to that I then went on to listen to.
pootle
little moran
Who did that "Women Beat Your Men" track?
And were Les Rhythm Digitales big beat? I always think about big beat being the dance music indie kids could get on with, as someone else has said.
St Etienne's Filthy, esp. the Monkey Mafia remix is deffo big beat, ain't it?
Oh, I've answered my first question already, Jon Carter, the man who made me "get" dance music about 10 yrs ago...
And were Les Rhythm Digitales big beat? I always think about big beat being the dance music indie kids could get on with, as someone else has said.
St Etienne's Filthy, esp. the Monkey Mafia remix is deffo big beat, ain't it?
Oh, I've answered my first question already, Jon Carter, the man who made me "get" dance music about 10 yrs ago...
pootle
little moran
Even "Everybody needs a 303"....
Funky_monks
Neo-Rustic
Somewhere out there, there is a Grooverider remix of 'B-Boy Sance' which makes me want to dance like a loon.
