#MIX001-Tales from the Rave Update-Derick Karma In The Mix

03/14/20 • 60 min

I just thought I would give you all an update about what I have been doing;

Since the first run of shows ended. I have been building a website.
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I am still adding content to the site at the moment, you will get to see all the content relating to Tales from the Rave and so much more, please check it out while you are listing to my Podcast.

Speaking about the first run of shows, I would like to thank the guests who showed a tremendous amount of faith by letting me interview them.

Listing them in the podcasts running order

#001 Brandon Block

DJ legend and man of the people.

#002 Rob Tissera

One of the most beautiful people you will ever meet and always willing to lend a helping hand.

#003 #004 Jay Wearden

Thanks, Jay you have been incredible , not only recording your episodes #003 and #004 but all the hard work you have put in in the background. Helping me secure some new future guests for Tales from the Rave and pushing Tales from the Rave on launch day the day after Boxing Day, Christmas week, giving up some of your family time it truly appreciated Jay,

Along with Danny Savage the main man himself at DJ Growth Lab, DJ Career Acadamy,

We all worked really hard that day and managed to get the Podcast into the iTunes Music podcast charts as a new entre straight in at number 4,

We were up against some really well-established podcasts that day and were the best performing dance music podcast,

Thanks, everyone for all your hard work,

I would also like to thank you, the listener for downloading, listening to, rating and leaving your reviews. They really helped with the chart position. I have loved reading them.

#005 #006 Nick Hussey,

Someone who I have been friends with for many, many years,

thanks for recording your episodes, Nick.

#007 #008 Rhythm Quest - Mark Hadfield

And finally, the guy who I swapped toy cars with at school know him since he was about five,

My old writing partner from our Rhythm Quest days and friend for life Mark Hadfield,

Thank you for everything you do for me, Mark, you are always willing to help me out,

I have got some fascinating guests coming up recorded and ready to let you hear their Tales from the Rave.

Starting with next weeks show where Andy Barker from 808 State. He shall be joining me along with his DJing partner Tony Ross, and We had such a laugh recording this one by far the funniest Tales from the Rave to date,

In the meantime here's a little DJ Mix I have recorded on my half live hybrid DJ setup, containing a few of my bootlegs which you can pick up for free on my website, along with the full tracklisting for the DJ mix.
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I just thought I would give you all an update about what I have been doing;

Since the first run of shows ended. I have been building a website.
[email protected]

Speaking about the first run of shows, I would like to thank the guests who showed a tremendous amount of faith by letting me interview them.

Listing them in the podcasts running order

#001 Brandon Block

DJ legend and man of the people.

#002 Rob Tissera

One of the most beautiful people you will ever meet and always willing to lend a helping hand.

#003 #004 Jay Wearden

Along with Danny Savage the main man himself at DJ Growth Lab, DJ Career Acadamy,

We all worked really hard that day and managed to get the Podcast into the iTunes Music podcast charts as a new entre straight in at number 4,

We were up against some really well-established podcasts that day and were the best performing dance music podcast,

Thanks, everyone for all your hard work,

#005 #006 Nick Hussey,

Someone who I have been friends with for many, many years,

thanks for recording your episodes, Nick.

#007 #008 Rhythm Quest - Mark Hadfield

And finally, the guy who I swapped toy cars with at school know him since he was about five,

My old writing partner from our Rhythm Quest days and friend for life Mark Hadfield,

Thank you for everything you do for me, Mark, you are always willing to help me out,

I have got some fascinating guests coming up recorded and ready to let you hear their Tales from the Rave.

Support the show

Previous Episode

#008-Rhythm Quest "Closer To All Your Dreams"- Mark Hadfield part two (of two)-Tales from the Rave

In this episode, I will be chatting with my former bandmate & Rhythm Quest co-founder Mark Hadfield.

Our musical adventure started way back in our school days, playing around in the eight-track studio and trying to recreate the sounds that we were hearing played on evening radio dance shows such as Stu Alan on Key 103 and Pete Tong on Radio 1. Never in our wildest dreams would we have known that those DJ's and shows would be instrumental in bringing our first track as Rhythm Quest "closer to all your dreams" to the masses.

In 1989 on a school 'music lesson' field trip, we were taken to visit a local Recording Studio by the name of Moonraker studios. This was a place renowned for local dance acts such as A Guy called Gerald and many others. After leaving school, Mark blagged his way into becoming a 'Studio Teaboy' before eventually being offered a position as a YTS trainee. This gave us access to the studio overnight where we spent all of our free time trying to concoct new ideas in our Quest for dancefloor success.

This is where we created our seminal club banger 'Closer to all your dreams' that we signed to Network records, home to acts such as Detroit Techno Legends Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson & also masked ravers Altern-8.

During that era, it was also not just at the height of the 'Madchester' scene, but the whole Rave scene sweeping across the UK.

It led to Rhythm Quest playing to Huge crowds throughout the country, sharing the stage with acts such as The Prodigy, SL2& Shades of Rhythm. Some of the most memorable moments being in Scotland and Northern Ireland, Those crazy Kids!!!

Following on from Rhythm Quest, Mark's music career progressed as 1/3 member of Vocal House outfit & Remix Poster Boys - LOVELAND

Their debut release ‘Let The Music Lift You Up’ hit the Top 20 in the UK charts and winning the Silver Clef award for the 1994 Number 1 Dance Record of the Year

They had 4 further UK Hit records including Hacienda favourite - 'I need Somebody’ and ‘Don’t make me wait’

This led to them becoming the poster boys of UK House Remixes, working on many artists including Livin’ Joy, D-Ream, C&C Music Factory, D-mob, Barbara Tucker, Donna Summer, Tony de Vit, Shiva, Blast, Happy Clappers, Love Happy, Robert Owens, Atlantic Ocean & Chanelle.

New style dance trend Trance saw the birth of LUCID in 1998 and Mark signed with FFRR/London Records. Their first single ‘I Cant Help Myself’ hit the UK charts at no.7 & was nominated for the prestigious Ivor Novello Award. Further hits included ‘Crazy’ ‘Stay with me till dawn’ and “Out There’ all entering the UK Top 40.

Further notable success’ worth mentioning are:

LOVEFREEKZ signing to Positiva/EMI Records with the UK number 6 hit ‘Shine’ and commercial / pop success as a writer/producer with hit songs such as the multi-platinum, award-winning ‘Let me Love you’ (until you learn to love yourself) recorded by US RnB star Ne-Yo that was a number 1 in the UK & number 6 in the US, ’Bounce’ recorded by Hip Hop artist Iggy Azalea and songs recorded with artists such as Rita Ora and Celine Dion.
Join me Derick Karma, as I chat with Mark, remembering our adventures whilst touring Scotland with Rhythm Quest, when we shared the bill with the Legendary Frankie Knuckles at the Tunnel in Glasgow and how we managed to get barred from Manchester's Sunset Radio Station.

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Next Episode

#009 - 808 State - Andy Barker - Tony Ross - part one (of two) - Tales from the Rave

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In this episode, I shall be chatting with 808 State's, Andy Barker and his DJ partner Tony Ross.

About their musical journey, their early experiences at the legendary Hacienda,

lifetime friendships, networking, a sea of ideas flown in on the back of a white dove,

In The Corner at Fac 51 the Hacienda and how a collective of them went on to help shape what later became known as the Internationally renowned Madchester,

How they came to meet John the one who never speaks,

And after being book to play a gig in Amsterdam,
they spent a full day driving around trying to score weed for an Acid House legend.

I have been building a website at derickkarma.com

Where you will be able to receive extra content related to Tales from the Rave, Dj mixes & And free exclusive remixes from me of some classic track from back in the day and links to all my social media feeds.

Please give me alike, and a follow, check it at all out at derickkarma.com

Andy Barker is a founding band member of 808 State.

The band where Initially fuelled by the emergent music technology of the late Eighties or as Andy puts it "It's all about the machines."

808 State love affair with their machines came to define their style and sound. Taking the Roland TR-808 drum machine and intertwining into the band's name.

It was adding human warmth, to modern machine music to creating abstract, artistic techno with harder melodic edges that has remained timeless.

With their breakthrough singles Pacific, Cubik and In Yer Face, released across labels such as ZTT and Tommy Boy in the United States, the band were the first electronica band to craft long-form dance music albums.

Tony Ross Djing since 87 inspired by the early House sounds which were filtering through from the United States. A regular at the Hacienda where Gramham Park and Jon Da Silva would stimulate his musical education.

Tony found himself DJing along with Sasha both becoming residents at the legendary Shelleys and playing out at far many more discerning club nights up and down the country, later going on to tour the world stage with Sasha and supporting 808 State with his DJ skills.

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