House Forum

when I log on to biggie, I always check this
forum first for some inspirational views on
house music. Alas, this proves fruitless 99% of
the time. What\'s up peeps?
Doesn\'t anyone really know anything about
house?

Not really... it just sounds better than those other genres.

OK, here\'s a discussion I had on New Year\'s Day: Best Party/Event of 2001
Best Set of 2001

Um - how about this - when the really good times are gone, you know - when it\'s been your moment in discovering music and the experience, when there was endless enjoyment in discovery because of your own nievety - there\'s one thing that will bring it all back - and for me that\'s house music.

Why - it\'s the drums - they have soul.

me to, always dissapointed when I see know one posts, try to add as much as poss.

Sorry I don\'t know shit, wheres the hard house section? Sorry dazza will make an effort for you

I got the love in the music ...

I have had a comlete debacle with my genres - my sisters boyfriend says I have them all confused - I don\'t know if he\'s wrong or i\'m wrong - so, in fear of looking like a total idiot on the boards, I can\'t comment until I sort either him or me out !!

i know a little about house music if anyones interested. i just love the music as it makes me wanna groove and get funky. Go lightspeed

i am new to house (funky, disco, sexy)
its all good.
previously a hard house/trance chick - tee hee - still love it, but its the house that keeps me going XX mwah

have only listened to a few cds - disco candy 3, and a lightspeed comp. and bob sinclar

any other suggestions would be much much appreciated

Lets all have a meet and shelve!!!!! - I\'ll be the one with the `Tamagoochi\'


oops - wrong forum.

haha

how about this?

after my trip (literally) throughout the gathering, and hearing lots and lots of dj\'s who regularly DO NOT play auckland, i think auckland has its own house style, when compared to say, welly or chacha?

whadda you rection?

dpt: I have a friend in chacha who says the same thing, he does not like Chch house, and this has put him off house altogether.

Theres defo an AKL sound about lots of the jocks up there.

I guess more than anything we are all influenced by the tunes that are bought in by the respective shops in each centre.

Renn......tell ya mate to check out Eyespy on lichfield st. All the guys there have a nice lil sound of their own, bound to find something that floats ya boat.

yeah i think as things house go up i akl were all pretty dam blessed Gotta love it when our local boys kick and outperform many internationals, Nice n Urlich 4 example outclassed and outplayed Mr Pooley

imaprincess: i get annoyed when people go on about \'sexy house\' its definitely NOT a genre in itself as any house tune can be sexy...
but i\'m not trying to be an asshole, maybe you mean soulful garage house yea? if so I fully agree mate

Calling something sexy house is like saying
progressive trance maybe where it is merely an
adjective. Unless it\'s obvious with moans
throughout.!?

smileydude: you think Nice\'n outclassed Pooley at Lightspeed?
I got bored of Nice n Urlich pretty quickly, not sure if there was something wrong with the base or something (memory a little hazed) but they sounded pretty tinny.
I thought Pooley was definitely the class act - I also found Dick Johnson unbearably cheesy towards the end of his set!

Thought the fella Ajax was good myself. Don\'t think much of the internationals that came-pooley and johnson, and bevan keyes is a lillte chessy.
5c

Peter Urlich must have been seeing double &
Bevan is somewhat cheddar at times. At least
they are at the forefront of that style and bevan
also has some mean tunes. Musical past
makes a difference too, I reckon.
I wouldn\'t doubt Dick Johnson\'s technical ability
and Ian Pooley\'s track selection is always phat.
Am I right to say that all these statements are
from judgements at the time and may actually
fuck your shit up on another occasion if you
were see them again. Price irrelevant!

Technically sound yeah, but just did\'nt feel the song selection and tunes from what I heard just not my cup of tea.

yeah didnt fint mr pooley that impressive not that he was bad or anything i just got bored easily , hes a kick ass producer but dj wise i think hes a bit behind, found nice n urlich held my attention much more

Nice n Urlich are good at what they do and very successful at it... however, there is never going to be progression or growth in what they play since they are marketed as exactly that. Already after seeing them 4 or 5 times Im finding it to be rather unchallenging (maybe thats the right word?) and I lose interest even though I like what the selection.

has anyone ever heard John Saunders play....
let alone know who he is?

is he the Colonel\'s son?

Ask some Wellingtonians perhaps, as thats where hes from

scandal - noone picked up your discussion vibe dude so here is my contribution (have no memory of what I said at NY funnily enough)

Best Party/Event - A tie between Funky People at the box on July 21 (for various reasons) and Ohakune Nice and Urlich

Best Set - Soanes set at Nice and Urlich 2 I think it might have been - anyway it involved some sadass begging on behalf for \"one more track dude pleeease\" These both however may have soemthing to do with Orange lollies going under the alias alpha!

Scandal have you noticed you have 200 more points than me - i might start posting random shit to catch up

he lived in Auckland long before that
though.Didn\'t play out much is all.

happy new year y\'all! been away nz - wats the best AKL house now? calibres still good after new owner?? ne one???

Grand Circle, Ink, WBC

I am the bangle queen

OK now (for a change) some serious stuff.

For me house music is all about how it makes me move. And perhaps how it allows interaction on the dance floor.

I will not sit there with a pad & pencil noting your skills (unless your Greg Churchill)I don\'t care if the tune being dropped was made this afternoon or 20 years ago, I couldn\'t give a stuff how many decks/mixers/sequensers/samplers/gadgets you use to carefully manipulate & twist the music, If you are a 20 year professional or have stepped out of your bedroom means nothing to me, I mind not if I hear you play in my garden, the Civic, a grotty dungeon or on the moon, whether it be `Funky house\', `Garage\', `Tribal\', `dark\', `progressive\', `Latin\', \'Deep\' etc etc etc does not influence my mood.

All I know is this, I am a natural dancer, I don\'t think about it, I don\'t practice moves, basicly dancing for me is purely automatic and fueled only by the music. House music works the best for me, but not every time. If I\'m there & I dance when you play - you are good as you have captured my soul. I can only speak for me, not everyone else.
This has happened to the most satisfying level on only a very small number of occasions in the past year - a few weeks back at Ink where Phillipa attached her vibe to every nerve ending in my body & calmly twisted me around the dance floor for her entire set - NYE02 from 11.45pm onward where (watch this boy!) matA built the crowd & myself up to a point where my face actually tingled - and when the Funky Reverends took the main stage of Velvet L\'Amour and proceeded in smashing a fist full of funk into the face of the 800odd before them.

If you had asked me at the time I would have been able to describe what particular genre they were playing, I could have detailed each mixing component, I may have even been able to tell you the name of the tune - maybe.

But I didn\'t care - you made me dance, I had no choice, you took my body against my will & made love to it - and I enjoyed every second.

it IS a soul thing, a spiritual thing.

House music - let it be.



FYI - 2 House DJs I enjoy consistantly: matA, Darryl Milne.



ps. hardhouse is not house, it has no soul - it is electronic thrash metal.

well said, Ferksta. not so sure bout hardhouse as electronic thrash metal...as i too can dance to it occasionally, depends on the mood, lets not thrash at music genre, as good ole maddy goes \"...music bring the people come together...\", peace

Ferksta well said, and I wish more people i have seen sinec I have been going out here were the same, although I hopefully have been going to the wrong joints, I hav\'nt yet really interacted and seen any one who really dances or feels the music, mostly just wigle their hands or try to pick people up, will go to nathan haines and see what happens there, hopefully he spins some nice deep jazzy stuff. I hope to catch up with any one there if they go and have a laugh.
Peace.

I heard John Saunders once at Studio 9, he played 1-ish and it was a really empty night although I can\'t remember who played (it was at the end of May). he was pretty good from memory.
Ferksta: onya.

the hardhouse `attack\' waskeeping inline with my normal message board attitude - humour.

Nicely said Ferksta! That pretty much sums up my position too. To me, it matters not a wit if you\'re an international or a local, whether you\'re playing for the first time or whether you\'ve been playing since you were 13 - if you\'ve got the tunes, the talent and the flair I\'ll gladly dance on an empty dancefloor!

yep and I would rate Philippa\'s set at DHnF2 as one of my ass-shaking highlights of last year. along with Ian Pooley at the Grand Circle and Lucien Foort at Subnine. just...couldn\'t...stop...dancing... That\'s what it\'s all about.

There is a dj profile on John Saunders in the
latest Pavement mag. By far the finest house dj
around.. next to Derrick Carter of course.
He is the reason why I buy vinyl which led me to
enjoy moulding Ferksta\'s fragile brain with
jackin, twisted k-hole disco.
Bring him to VELVET!!

OK. DC, get me details.

my people will talk with your people

book them - and they will come.

Ferksta is most def on the ball.

As for Calibre\'s new owners not sure but I\'ve been there a couple of times in the last month and it was dead. Someone I know said its really fickle. Shame as i love the place

john saunders is heavy

what he neess a crane?

sory im usin d&b lingo to describe a house dj

hmm john saunders is uh. . funky?

Hmm. I've noticed the same thing twinkle. Its still my favourite after party place (after the after party).

Sweet Toasted, I figured that & actually thought "nice - heavy, I like that, its Heeeaaavvvyy"

I was being daft.

thanks for the recomendation.