DJ's during the 1990's - Name Request

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When I was around 11-16, my friend was heavily into music. He would always be buying the latest music CDS, Cream, Ministry of Sound, all the latest dance albums he could find.

Now there was 1 DJ who I remember had a bit of a dicey reputation however some of the music he played was extremely funky, I guess I would call it American House.

This may be completely fabricated and a joke but at the time I remember there being a rumour that the DJ whose name I am after had Aids. This could have been fact or made just to mock him, I honestly don't know.

The point to this post:

Can anyone remember any DJ's during the 90's that had such a rumour floating around?

Or can anyone list a selection of the most well known DJ's around that time period. This was roughly around 10-13 years ago?

I need his name so I can track down some of his Track listings and hopefully find some of the earlier influences to my dance music interests.

I have a vague memory that he had 2 short names making up his name. It wasn't Tall Paul for example but something else. For whatever reason I have the name Jeremy in my head, but it doesn't seem right.

Can anyone use this strange information and come up with a name?!

Thanks in Advance!
 
Yeah that's the one, Jeremy Healy, Cheers Jock!

I've been looking through the Wiki on Jeremy and no mention of the Aids rumour, guess that was made up :P

Listening to the music, I now need to find the name of another song now.

It basically goes "Ohwwwwww, SPAM! (Could be Spank) Let's get to it, do it"
I'm sure it was a remix of an oldie song and made more dancey. This is my next mission.
 
Dirty South did a song called Spank.

[edit]Having thought about it it would be a remix of Jimmy Bo Horne - Spank.

Look at D'Menace's "Deep Menace", as well as Ultra Naté's "Release The Pressure"
 
Currently listening to a mixed CD by the man himself, released under the Fantazia name, some pretty good tunes on there. Nothing better than re-living the past.

If your interested in the CD its:
Fantazia Presents British Anthems: The Best of British Clubbing
CD1 [Mixed by Jeremy Healy]
CD2 [Mixed by Alistair Whithead]

1. Got Funk - Funkjunkeez
2. Don't Stop - Ruff Driverz
3. Deeper - Serious Danger
4. Over Me - Whiplash (1)
5. Ready Or Not - Course
6. Do You Understand English - Afrowax
7. Ghetto Girl - Mighty Dub Katz
8. Everybody Loves A Carnival - Fatboy Slim
9. Horn - DJ Dero
10. Hot Shot - Young, Karen
11. Jumpin' And Pumpin' - Son (1)
12. Nightmare - Brainbug
13. Turn Me Out (Turn To Sugar) - Praxis & Kathy Brown
14. Schoneberg - Marmion
15. 20hz - Capricorn (4)
16. Heartists - Belo Horizonti
17. Funk Magic - Angel, Dave
18. Happy Days - PJ
19. Spiller From Rio - Laguna
20. Raise Your Hands In The Air - Trailer Parks
 
D'Menace's "Deep Menace"

That's the one, remember that name! Cheers Again! This was a floor filler when i used to goto the Empire in Middlesbrough.

I'll check that out Dougall. I was in the loft last night, stumbled on an old cd and it's got me thinking about the music I used to listen to. Everything released these days seems to be more Trance orientated, whereas when I was 13, it was more House music.

a lot more funkier in my opinion. That Spiller from Rio rings a bell aswell as Mighty Dub Katz.

Now on the hunt for some Graeme Park CDS! Memories! he did one of the best ever CDs on a 3cd box set Compilation that had a womans face on the front and was in more of a Cardboard box rather than a CD box. I'm not sure if Sister Bliss did 1 of the CDS in the set also. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Graeme+Park

Edit - Found the Graeme Park album - http://www.discogs.com/release/313977 Ebay here I come!
 
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MrMacca said:
Yeah that's the one, Jeremy Healy, Cheers Jock!

I've been looking through the Wiki on Jeremy and no mention of the Aids rumour, guess that was made up :P

Listening to the music, I now need to find the name of another song now.

It basically goes "Ohwwwwww, SPAM! (Could be Spank) Let's get to it, do it"
I'm sure it was a remix of an oldie song and made more dancey. This is my next mission.
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was gunna say healy straight away because of your location . he was resident at the empire for years. hes on there in a a month or so too i think. proper boro favorite :p

edit- may bank holiday. itl be full of late 20s and early 30s yr olds re living there youth if its anything like lasttime he was on
 
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I've never seen Healy live though not such a fan of the Empire now. Haven't been there since I was about 17/18 or something.

I have some more detective work for you guys.

In the following clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvZ88YnxUCs
At 41 seconds can anyone tell me the name of the record label of that record cover? I remember my mate having a ton of records on that label, so would like to find a discography from them if possible.

Here's some classics I found:

Rosie Gaynes – Closer than Close - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWZrMwR7PR4&feature=related

Duke – So in love with you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVJPdMIJgO0

Joey Negro - Can't Get High Without You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6VaJKcVoEY
 
My favourite at the Empire was Graeme Park. Had an awesome show on too, acrobats in the air on ropes, big tall robots walking around the dance floor. There was a TV crew there for some TV show that was a regular feature on channel 4 late on a weekend.

Dougall do you have a link to that Positiva discog? Want to find more of their releases.
 
Yeah I'm going down the list on the Discog site and searching for them on Youtube. Some absolutely cracking tunes. Here's a few more that I loved!

Toca = Fragma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGxMH99XnbY&NR=1

Barbara Tucker - Beautiful People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_0b37BCkYQ

The Bucketheads - Got Myself Together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIqlEX1u8Bw

Kadoc – Nighttrain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cflkBQzVu04

Brainbug – Nightmare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2yZHJhpFLg

Masters At Work Ft. India - To Be In Love (1997) - Amazing Lyrics and Vocals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynqcc4QSUPA
Remember mixing this tune in with Professional Widow, followed by Born Slippy!

Masters at Work - Runaway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfJLXmoCQ0c&feature=related

Nuyorican Soul - It's Alright< I feel It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGSD-jKOfn8&feature=related

Nuyorican Soul - i Am the Black Gold of the Sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceBV6bWHiSo&feature=related
 
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Positiva's got a bit of a monopoly on classic tracks it must be said, 1998/9, Carte Blanche, Ayla, Toca Me, Follow Me... not bad at all! You could make quite a compilation out of Positiva records, which gives me an idea.
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There's a few labels that are similar in that respect. Hooj probably gets my vote, if not solely for the music then for the artwork on each record.

http://www.discogs.com/label/Hooj+Choons

Not quite as extensive, but arguably a better ratio of classics to total records released.
 
We've got a Masters At Work fan in MrMacca!!!

Jeremy Healy is great for a party (not caring) night! Saw him at the Rhumba Club years and he went down a storm!!!

Stick to Masters At Work stuff and you'll get all the US Garage and House you'll ever need!! ;)
 
Fantazia did some great mix albums, they were the soundtrack to my days at University (showing my age). The House Collection series had a few CDs from Healy and Allister Whitehead. Brandon Block, Luvdup and Mike Cosford did the Club Classics series and they were damn fine as well.

Another fave' is Up Yer Ronson, The Soundtrack. That was a double CD by Graeme Park and JH.
 
Yeah I love Masters at work, little Louis Vega!
Been enjoying finding all the old tracks I had forgotten about and hearing them after all these years brings a smile to my face. Nostalgia.

Was in a bidding war with 'An Introspective of House' on Ebay, missed out on it grrr. If anyone has it, I'd be interested in getting my hands on the Graeme Park CD!
 
One More Solo said:
Positiva's got a bit of a monopoly on classic tracks it must be said, 1998/9, Carte Blanche, Ayla, Toca Me, Follow Me... not bad at all! You could make quite a compilation out of Positiva records, which gives me an idea.
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Positiva have or are just about to release a Essential Club Anthems Compilation CD, you'll find it at the shop which comes from South America. :D
 
Yeah, just as I was about to do my mix that email dropped in my inbox announcing the Positiva CD so I gave up. :p A lot of the best tracks are hard to find digitally anyway.
 
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