[Closed] Can you feel it... BBC 4

I'm in my mid 40's and spent most of my 20's and 30's hitting clubs at the weekends. Don't listen to the tunes as much as I used to...going to digital media for my music means I've lost my old tapes and mini-discs over the years. Wish I'd made more effort to keep hold of them now I had some really good stuff at one point. I also spotted this series on BB4 and really enjoyed it so far. Good to learn about the history and roots of dance music...I'd never really spent much time in my youth thinking about it. Just having too much fun.

I've got a Cotic too, in fact two of them, I wonder if there is some correlation between middle aged ex-clubbers and Cotic's?

Good call - I'll have to get on iPlayer to catch up. It will bring back youthful memories.

Thanks Dan, I'd missed this first time round! Takes me back to the day, some of which I can still remember, just...

Cheers fella. Last weeks was awesome, recording this weeks. Was in Glasgow yesterday, Derrick May is playing soon, tempted to head down for it.

Enjoyed the first episode, got the second on my planner waiting.  I regularly listen to some of the old classics from 90-92, and amazed at how good they still sound too.

There's also a good series that Sky made a while back called "The Agony & the Ecstasy".  Well worth a watch too!

I wonder if there is some correlation between middle aged ex-clubbers and Cotic’s?

Well I can't see why, but I do fit the bill myself too.

Great documentary, digs a bit deeper than the usual retrospectives - telling some stories I wasn't already familiar with.

Still listening to new stuff myself, mainly courtesy of Podcasts and YouTube TBH. House has been getting a bit more interesting again after the minimal years, eh?

Enjoying watching the old raves. Makes me think I want to go out dancing again but in reality can't hack starting my night at gone 11pm nowadays. Kruder and dormiester at 7.30pm at the roundhouse Friday though should be good and full of oldies I expect.

Didn't know about this program so cheers. Downloading it to watch at the caravan this weekend. (How times change.)

Cotic Soul here. 😀

I want to go out dancing again but in reality can’t hack starting my night at gone 11pm nowadays.

That's why day time clubbing was invented. I'm a (very) arrival to hard house. It seems that the day time events are where it's at.

We’re already two episodes in and it’s been great. There’s more to dance music than Eeeeyz’ innit.

Problem is, I still love the music - techno, drum n bass, acid. I just don't do drugs anymore. And I'm married, with kids and a mortgage. So those times are held dearly in my memory as some of the best times of my life, with some of the best people in my life. I just don't think there's anything quite like having zero responsibilities and leaving the house on a Friday night, getting completely spangled and rocking up on Sunday at your parent's trying to eat their lovely Sunday dinner.

Having said that - when I wake up in sunny Western Australia on a Saturday morning, and the wife and kids are out. B-Traits is on Radio 1 and then it's the Essential Mix. So I drop a couple of mega espressos and do a few lines of smokey bacon.

House music from late 80s to mid nineties rules! I have tried other other genres and just cant like it.....and I think that's because I had such a fantastic time back in the day, weekends rolled in to weekends, everybody was luved up and just lived for the weekends. Coming from the northwest there was a good choice of clubs to try. In the very early days we even had sasha at Atmosphere in Birkenhead.......about the only night there wasn't any violence there, I wonder why!!??  I feel a bit sorry for todays youth as no 'era' to identify to........hippy era, punk, new romantics, rave, dance etc. There's nothing now, its a shame (or is there and I'm just too old to have heard of it??)

I've got an Orange P7!

Kids grown up and left home now , we had them both mid-nineties, we often to refer to them as by-products from the hazy days (anyone used to go to Hazydays in the Zanzibar in Liverpool? It was more of a reunion, in a sh*thole which most of the best places were, with cracking DJs....Marshall Jefferson was playing there one night, legend), we still have a night occasionally but in front of the log burner, not 6ft high speakers, and playing trivial pursuit instead of playing with the soaking cig packet in your jean pockets after dancing allllllll night! Oh well, glad I lived through it. Still the same tunes though when we have our nights in, and sometimes a dance round the kitchen!! ,

Only halfway through the 2nd episode, enjoying it (and wishing I was still there!) and getting tingles listening to some of the tunes! Have only heard Paul Oakenfold saying that without ecstasy dance music would not have been so big..........what an understatement!!

More of a Jungle and UK Garage head myself but it’s hard to appreciate those without liking early House and Garage.

just started listening to 883 centreforce via the web, loads of old school vibes...

Watched episode 1 and grinned all the way through it. I have a piano house playlist which has seen some action this week.

Cotic owner.

Looks like Cotic need to produce an E-bike, eh?

😀

thanks for the head up - On One here.

I had an unfulfilled side affair with dance music, while me and my friends were more into guitar music in the 90s. I went to a few clubs (Fabric etc), taped a few sessions and have some old CDs... but can't help but feel I missed out!  I really wanted to discover more.

Can anyone share a playlist to get me into what I might have missed?

XC hardtail lover.

I went to a few clubs (Fabric etc), taped a few sessions and have some old CDs… but can’t help but feel I missed out!

They did some awesome mix CDs, but I never managed to have a brilliant night out at Fabric.

Maybe too many tourists, but the layout didn't help and it had very little atmosphere. I never saw it fully "go off", as we used to say.

I went the second night it was open - got asked loads of times whether I was selling drugs; music way okay; pricing crazy (for 1999).

Just watched episode 2. Some cracking tunes but not such a fan of the big business side of things.

I used to go to the Arches in Glasgow for the Slam nights. Awesome.

Giant Trance 👍

Been watching it. Really good series.

Went to stacks of warehouse parties darn sarf back in '88 then moved up to Edinburgh and was in Pure every Friday and Wave on the Sunday. Also at Sativa for the heavier, dirtier techno and many more I struggle to remember.

Wife & I still go clubbing about once every two months. Pulse is good, excellent residents and some cracking guests and Ian Brown, one of the old Sativa DJ's has rebooted the club with a few events a year which are brilliant.

I’ve said this before on similar threads, I still go clubbing with my wife. We have DJ mates from BITD   And as we’ve grown older we’ve all morphed into a deep house groove. The parties are less frantic and invited only, less “big box/small box” more groovetastic. A few still partake in da darker world of extremes, privately I may add. But the wife and I have always been clean, never taken anything other than water and an attitude to dance that make you wiggle till you fall over.

Next one is in a few weeks, little club in that there Shorditch with a select group of aging groovers who have sensible jobs and careers none of us thought we’d end up in 🤪

Soundcloud is awesome for talented DJ’s, if you are interested I could post a link to one of my mates Pods..

Bikebouy....yep, link would be appreciated, thanks

Cheers guys - I knew I couldn't be the only MTB fanatic with a taste in good music!!

Must point out I don't get my headphones on too often when on my bike. Although does add a sense of inspiration to get out. Also started running a little for the first time and that does need a good set of tunes.

Last gig for me was Sasha Refracted at the roundhouse and after his Barbican gig too it has something for everyone. Especially those of my age.
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One thing I loved about the early 90s was the number of house parties we went to.  Half the time we didn't even know the people there.  We just heard about a party and rocked up.  Other times we just got smashed out in the fields with JBLs and such like on full blast.

Some epic nights with proper banging tunes from the likes of Lenny Dee (OMG, proper in yer face), Kenny Ken, DJ Chrome, SL2, DJ Ratty, Carl Cox etc.

My weekends were a blur but I came out of it the other side.  A few friends failed to fare so well.