The Asylum/Oldskool thread

senan s

DJ ED CASE LIVE @ THE ASYLUM


http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=492AE990162CCEAB

Heisenberg1

anybody help me i want asylum and sises downloads moy scurry warren k mick walsh ed case thyme pressure any body with these sets please help

Scubadevils

Simple, join www.nioldskool.co.uk

BaZmO*

There's a thread a couple of threads down from this one and guess what it's called? Yeah that's right........"The Asylum" .........have a look in there!

tdv

BaZmO* wrote:

There's a thread a couple of threads down from this one and guess what it's called? Yeah that's right........"The Asylum" .........have a look in there!

give us a link for it, cant see it.

manufan

Can someone tell me if this is a ticket only event. I know that the tickets can be purchased from abbey disks for €18 but can you pay at the door instead.

Is there going to be a good crowd at this. Looks a decent DJ line up. Any info appreciated.

DUB1

Well Il B There I Think U Can Pay At Da Door I Know A Lot Of Tickets Hav Been Sold

manufan

Thanks DUB1. I might take my chances and pay at the door. I'm sure this night will be popular with my generation (i'm 29) and a few of the younger ones as well but i doubt if it will sell out.

smokes

lads dont miss the return of the asylum this saturday in the vaults,its your chance to relive the experience and for those who were too young its your chance to hear what all the fuss is about...........
spinning on the night are: mick morrison,parsley & thyme,warren k,ed case and m.c. smiley:D

NOT TO BE MISSED:eek:

Dun laoire

Slunk wrote:

For all who missed it and were asking for it.

Name: Club F.M 106.4 End of the Ormond.mp3
Size: 103MB
Description: End Of The Ormond, Ken O Flanaghan, Pressure, Orbit

http://www.sendspace.com/file/sq2lgi

Enjoy

That last tune d.j pressure plays before orbit comes on is amazing. Anybody know the name of it??

smokes

manufan wrote:

Thanks DUB1. I might take my chances and pay at the door. I'm sure this night will be popular with my generation (i'm 29) and a few of the younger ones as well but i doubt if it will sell out.

yes mate its 20euro at the door and its looking like its going to be a savage night;)

manufan

Lovely Stuff smokes. I'm looking forward to it.

yitzhak

Yeah come along Manufan. If it's getting a bit hectic in the Asylum room head into the House room for a more subtle taste in music. Some top-notch dj's on in there. Michael Black is a Bodytonic resident and the don of American style House, Johnny Holmes plays a lot of proggy-electro stuff, the Hoxtons are a class feel-good House act, and the warm-up dj's are class at what they do aswell! So all is good!!!!:cool:

Slunk

Exon wrote:

Slunk: nice one for that man, have been looking for that for a while, ya don't happen to have the first half with mark kavanagh etc?

Senan, DUB1, stephen, philly anyone got this one? Would love to get my hands on it. Cheers

senan s

Slunk wrote:

Senan, DUB1, stephen, philly anyone got this one? Would love to get my hands on it. Cheers

i had the tape somewhere, will have a look

ger conway

Climax@ Slattery's This Friday With Dj's Al Bryne,Mick Foy,Jay Smith,Barry Inglis,Mick Walsh And Ger Conway
100% Oldskool,doors Open At 11pm

JonnynDamoBray

asylum can u remember the slogan on the wall?

The Asylum - A safe sanctuary for the insane.

yeah we were there, I cant remember much of the time i spent there was always on another planet if u know what i mean? music wise possibly the best the scene had too offer?
senin me old mate u still bangin away? we used to work all week just to have 1 good nite usualy friday nite head in around 10.30 and always wooshed out 7 sat morn.

expensive nites they were 20 a yoke double doves,pink mad bastards,blue butterflys,green triangles!
thyme+parsley,ed case, pressure, warren k, the boys that made the magic! the sides crowd looked down on us but they still came over when it shut at 4,.
the asylum was twice the club sides ever was mad nites,mad venue, mad people, kick ass dj,s, top tunes+ great class A,s!
the memories of that place will stay with me till i go to that great asylum inda sky walkin up to st.peter on the door+ hearin ed case dropin"the roof is on fire"+ the crowd
pullen the walls down

Frank Rizzo

hi,
this might of beem posted somewhere already...
does any1 have or know where i could buy any tapes from these old clubs..
missed the asylum by a week, started going to sides (we ust to spell it sydes)
and the ormand, dance nation, temple theater.....

but my fav had to be sydes on dame st. Punchanella - San Trancisco was the first choone i heard as i walked in there 4 the first time....

so... any1 got old mick walsh from sydes / nrgex tapes for sale or know where 1 might get them??

ps.. was any1 there in the ormand the night there was a bomb scare? 1000 mad out of it coonts standing on omand quay...lol..:D

DUB1

here u go frank heres djs thyme & mick walsh live sides
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=B252CCE87D4BE1B9

most of these mixes were posted in da asylum thread enjoy

Frank Rizzo

cheers dude...

Frank Rizzo

all of the mick walsh/pressure links posted here are dead... any chance of posting them again please??
cheers...

MickyDub

Any chance of a repost of these 2 tracks pls?

jon the pleased wimmin "betty blue"
the Lost the Plot EP - Ah you bastard

stephen_n

Carl Cox - Live at Universe Big love (13.08.93).mp3
http://www.sendspace.com/file/2gczo6

Carl Cox - Old Skool DAT Mix (1994).mp3
http://www.sendspace.com/file/kmvv77

Carl Cox & Mikey B - Live at Rezerectiom (1991).mp3
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ht3rtr

Carl Cox Live at ARK in Leeds (02.02.96).mp3
http://www.sendspace.com/file/hdht4m

stephen_n

Last Night of the Ormond Part 1
M+M Volume 2
Edcase Live @ sides
Edcase Dreamscape
Pressure Beach Koma
Tony De Vit Live @ Hacienda
Pressure Contact
Pressure good vibrations
Jay Carey Rotations
Thyme Powerhouse
House Pressure 1
House Pressure 2
House Pressure 3
House Pressure 4
Pressure Technobod 1
Technobod 2
Pressure Wanted
Pressure 1
Presure open Your mind
Mick Walsh and Thyme live @ Sides 1
Mick Walsh and Thyme live @ Sides 2
Warren K 08-94
Pressure incandesence
Pressure Wonderland
Thyme the Heaveyweight sessions
House Pressure 7
DJ rob Live @ the Asylum (pressure)
Mick Walsh Nr-Gex 1
Pressure Journeys in dance
Pressure Reformation
pressure attack
Sides 95 Mick Walsh
M+M classics of 94
Warren K asylum live new years eve

Riesen_Meal

Jebus id love a few of them meself.....

If you put any of them on http://www.megaupload.com/ the links stay valid for ages, way longer than yousendit, it would be worth a look.....

stephen_n wrote:

Last Night of the Ormond Part 1
M+M Volume 2
Edcase Live @ sides
Edcase Dreamscape
Pressure Beach Koma
Tony De Vit Live @ Hacienda
Pressure Contact
Pressure good vibrations
Jay Carey Rotations
Thyme Powerhouse
House Pressure 1
House Pressure 2
House Pressure 3
House Pressure 4
Pressure Technobod 1
Technobod 2
Pressure Wanted
Pressure 1
Presure open Your mind
Mick Walsh and Thyme live @ Sides 1
Mick Walsh and Thyme live @ Sides 2
Warren K 08-94
Pressure incandesence
Pressure Wonderland
Thyme the Heaveyweight sessions
House Pressure 7
DJ rob Live @ the Asylum (pressure)
Mick Walsh Nr-Gex 1
Pressure Journeys in dance
Pressure Reformation
pressure attack
Sides 95 Mick Walsh
M+M classics of 94
Warren K asylum live new years eve

senan s

Frank Rizzo wrote:

hi,
this might of beem posted somewhere already...
does any1 have or know where i could buy any tapes from these old clubs..
missed the asylum by a week, started going to sides (we ust to spell it sydes)
and the ormand, dance nation, temple theater.....

but my fav had to be sydes on dame st. Punchanella - San Trancisco was the first choone i heard as i walked in there 4 the first time....

so... any1 got old mick walsh from sydes / nrgex tapes for sale or know where 1 might get them??

ps.. was any1 there in the ormand the night there was a bomb scare? 1000 mad out of it coonts standing on omand quay...lol..:D

i have the dvd of that night in the ormond, its savage

this is who played on that night

Tango, Mick Morrision, Ed Case, Mick Walsh, Warren K and Nr gex Live

DUB1

alrite stephen id luv if u cud up these 4 me pls
m &m vol.2
thyme-the heavyweight sessions
m & m classics of 94
mick walsh-sides 95
dat ed case sides is it da same as my ed case asylum 1...? il get a list up l8r 2 c if theres anything u want & thyme-powerhouse thx alot

sideFX

dSTAR wrote:

Crazy, crazy times...

getting all nostalgic and missing Dublin in the good ol' days...

Just done a google and landed here!

I'm the exact same. Get all anxious and have mini rushes thinking about them days.

Come out of the Asylum, sun rising, clothes filthy, my brand new BK's destroyed (not to mention my mouth), head down to busarus and wait for a bus home. Get near me gaff, find my stash of whiskey in the garden, swallow a few mouth fulls and into the house. As far as me family were concerned i was at an all night party and still pissed as a fart! They knew no better in them days....

Low and behold it all came to an end! Ended up strung out to bits on gear after swearing blind i would never do it. Clean from it now though...

I think i still chase them nights out but they'll never return...:(

It all goes belly up in the end and i am a lucky one!

sideFX

JonnynDamoBray wrote:

the memories of that place will stay with me till i go to that great asylum inda sky walkin up to st.peter on the door+ hearin ed case dropin"the roof is on fire"+ the crowd
pullen the walls down

Nicely put

jonny68

senan s wrote:

i have the dvd of that night in the ormond, its savage

this is who played on that night

Tango, Mick Morrision, Ed Case, Mick Walsh, Warren K and Nr gex Live

I was in the temple Of Sound that nite as far as i can remember but i do recall hearing about it,would love to see that DVD any chance of a copy mate?;)

D!L

HAve any of u lads got Ed Case Live at asylum! I need It. ACE MAN

ED CASE IN THE PLACE

stephen_n

DUB1 wrote:

alrite stephen id luv if u cud up these 4 me pls
m &m vol.2
thyme-the heavyweight sessions
m & m classics of 94
mick walsh-sides 95
dat ed case sides is it da same as my ed case asylum 1...? il get a list up l8r 2 c if theres anything u want & thyme-powerhouse thx alot

Good one dub you pick all the ones I haven't ripped yet lol
No problem I'll start ripping them and U'L them.

DUB1

stephen_n wrote:

Good one dub you pick all the ones I haven't ripped yet lol
No problem I'll start ripping them and U'L them.

lol il stick a list up l8r but u will hav da listening pleasure when ur ripping them

Scubadevils

Sticking this Warren K mix up again for those that dont have and in the hope that the unknown tunes might be named

http://rapidshare.de/files/26544988/Warren_K_-_1995.MP3.html

Club Fontaine - Rue De St Jean
Unknown
Phax feat Steve Bug - Tritop (Goldfinger Remix)
Club Fontaine - Rue Simon Durand
Resistance D - Skyline (Bytes Mix)
Emmanuel Top - Acid Phase
Unknown
Eat Static - Lost in Time
Finitribe - Brand New (Sourmash Mix)
Angel Heart - Far Far Away
Unknown
The Infinity Project - Stimuli
Unknown
Unknown
Boomerang - Inner Space
The Jeyenne - Harmonika
Unknown
Pump Panel - Ego Acid (Floatation Mix)

DUB1

Felixdhc wrote:

Sticking this Warren K mix up again for those that dont have and in the hope that the unknown tunes might be named

http://rapidshare.de/files/26544988/Warren_K_-_1995.MP3.html

Club Fontaine - Rue De St Jean
Unknown
Phax feat Steve Bug - Tritop (Goldfinger Remix)
Club Fontaine - Rue Simon Durand
Resistance D - Skyline (Bytes Mix)
Emmanuel Top - Acid Phase
Unknown
Eat Static - Lost in Time
Finitribe - Brand New (Sourmash Mix)
Angel Heart - Far Far Away
Unknown
The Infinity Project - Stimuli
Unknown
Unknown
Boomerang - Inner Space
The Jeyenne - Harmonika
Unknown
Pump Panel - Ego Acid (Floatation Mix)

nov 94 1 of his best mixes imo

stephen_n

Fieldog wrote:

Jebus id love a few of them meself.....

If you put any of them on http://www.megaupload.com/ the links stay valid for ages, way longer than yousendit, it would be worth a look.....

Zip File Containing
Asylum New Years Eve 94 Warren K
Gravity Hooked On Classics Mick Walsh
House Pressure 1 Dj Pressure
Wanted DJ Pressure
Warren K 08-94

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X170EHTR

stephen_n

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P88X1MK2

Asylum Live May 94 Edcase
End of an Era(Last Night of the ormond) Pressure, Ken Oflanagan, DJ Orbit
Dilly 2 DJ Dilly
House Pressure 3 DJ Pressure
Technobod DJ Pressure

aidan kelly

The track on 53 minutes on the Warren K mix is by "Project X" and its called "Highlander" and its on Rain Forest Records (check out www.discogs.com). Its in my garage somewhere.

Riesen_Meal

Lads you guys are ****ing legends, nice one!!!

Fair play....



Normally where it says to Download there should be a password thingy, it says download with premium? Should be a free link to do so....

As in :

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z6XQAMJW

Sasha and John Digweed, winter party Mosney 2000 (For example) see top right, it asks you for password...

Scubadevils

aidan kelly wrote:

The track on 53 minutes on the Warren K mix is by "Project X" and its called "Highlander" and its on Rain Forest Records (check out www.discogs.com). Its in my garage somewhere.

Nice one m8! Another one finally id'd. Rain Forest, great label too, have some other super tunes from that. Cheers again, very much appreciated

sideFX

Fieldog wrote:

Lads you guys are ****ing legends, nice one!!!

Fair play....

..

I second that! I've been trying to get a tune called Superman for ages now, haven't a clue what label or anything else. If someone has it could they work their magic? All's i know is i loved it!! And Submerge (i think is the name).

I've a rake of old skool tunes i'll stick up as soon as i figure out how. I'm brutal on these bloody computers!

Cheers

Riesen_Meal

Still cant get them megaupload links.....

Any of you's have any DJ Latin Wolf tapes?

Gen:FX

Nr:Gex - Live & Direct . Asylum - Sides DC - G1
Nice to see somebody actually remembers us.

Listen to our Old NR:GEX Tracks Below.
Discography Available : @ http://homepage.eircom.net/~nrgex/index.html
All Tracks stream in Stereo / Realplayer (*ra) Format

I still have all our original stuff on D.A.T. / Reel / And Floppy... hehe. Getting around to reMastering.
Have 100's of hours of Video aswell,... Sides, Asylum, Olympic, Mansion, Pa's, Temple, Ormound,.....
I'll get these together as a package sometime in the future, it's a lot of work so dont expect it in the next week or2 lads. OK.

****************************************************

Sub-Gex : Electronic Dance Music / Sampling & Sequencing.
Location: Finglas West, North Dublin, Ireland.

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Original Members: 1991 to 1993
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01 (Caf). (Founding Member)
02 Patrick (Pat) Hyland.
03 Warren (K) Keirnan.
04 Michael (Mick) Walsh.

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Discography Available : @ http://homepage.eircom.net/~nrgex/index.html
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TRACK # 01 Let the Base Kick. (S Caffrey, W Kiernan, P Hyland, M Walsh)
TRACK # 02 Vibrations. (S Caffrey, W Kiernan, P Hyland, M Walsh)
TRACK # 03 Something Like This (It Goes a Lil') (S Caffrey, W Kiernan, P Hyland, M Walsh)
TRACK # 04 Ooompaa Loompaa (Wicked Willies Wonka) (S Caffrey, W Kiernan, P Hyland, M Walsh)
TRACK # 05 You and Me Together. (Broken Bronski Beats) (S Caffrey, W Kiernan, P Hyland, M Walsh)
TRACK # 06 Controlable Desire. (Marleys Mashup) (S Caffrey, W Kiernan, P Hyland, M Walsh)
TRACK # 07 Everybody is Under the Influence. (Demo) (S Caffrey, W Kiernan, P Hyland, M Walsh)
TRACK # 08 This Thing (Bled Acid) (Alien Remix ) (S Caffrey, W Kiernan, P Hyland, M Walsh)
TRACK # 09 Turn it Up, Turn it Loose. (ChuckeD Up Mix) (S Caffrey, W Kiernan, P Hyland, M Walsh)
TRACK # 10 Is This A Dream. (S Caffrey, W Kiernan, P Hyland, M Walsh)

TRACK # 11 M-87. (astral projection) (S Caffrey, M Walsh)
TRACK # 12 Area 51. (Part 1 & 2) (S Caffrey, M Walsh)
TRACK # 13 Who Wantz 2Fly. (Noddys doin' BigE) (S Caffrey, W Kiernan, P Hyland, M Walsh)
TRACK # 14 House is a Feeling. (Total Reflex) (S Caffrey, M Walsh)
TRACK # 15 Acid Rain. (Burnin' Up) (S Caffrey, W Kiernan, P Hyland, M Walsh)
TRACK # 16 Come and Play. (Sesame break-beats) (S Caffrey, W Kiernan, P Hyland, M Walsh)
TRACK # 17 Ooohh Yeah! (S Caffrey, W Kiernan, P Hyland, M Walsh)
TRACK # 18 The Music Turns Me On. (S Caffrey, M Walsh)
TRACK # 19 The 3rD WAVE. (***** Global Up-Link / pseudo live) (S Caffrey)
TRACK # 20 I Wanna BD Only1 (Gonna' Make You Scream) (S Caffrey, M Walsh)

TRACK # 21 Ground Floor. (Remix Level Part-1) (S Caffrey)
TRACK # 22 Funk'n Sexy. (You can pump it through the phone) (S Caffrey)
TRACK # 23 Hyper-Optic. (2Fast2B House) (S Caffrey)
TRACK # 24 Event Horizon. (We will be the first) (S Caffrey)
TRACK # 25 Silver Cloud. (Featuring Mark Adams) (S Caffrey, M Adams)
TRACK # 26 Hydrate 96. (Sweatbox Mix) (S Caffrey, M Walsh)
TRACK # 27 Make the Floor Burn. (I think it's time) (S Caffrey, M Walsh)
TRACK # 28 Take Me Deep. (Make me scream) (M Walsh, O Whelan)
TRACK # 29 Height Six11. (Russian re-birth) (S Caffrey)
TRACK # 30 CoCa-lifornia. (That's Stuffed Quik Mix ) (S Caffrey)

Thanks to Joe Doc for the 100mb to stream this portion...

More tracks available, but not online as yet.
Gearing up for the second coming / 256kb MP3... Stay Tuned.


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Resident DJ + PA Sets / Live and Direct Gigs
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It's all a bit fuzzy about here,... I'll update when the neurons fire up again

01 ***** Sides DC : (Dublin) / (Later know as Spectrum & Gravity)
02 ***** The Asylum : (Dublin)
03 ***** The Ormond Multimedia Center: (Dublin)
04 ***** G1 : (over ice-skating rink in Phibsboro, Dublin)
05 **** The Olympic Ballroom : (Dublin)
06 ***** Spiral Tribe : (in da' Eire) @ The Hell Fire Club,Wicklow Mountains.
07 *** The Mansion House : (Dublin)
08 *** The Embankment : (Dublin)
09 ** The Tivoli Theatre : (Dublin)
10 *** The Temple Theatre : (Dublin)
11 *** National College of Art and Design : NCAD. (Dublin)
12 ***** The Cahir Hotel : (Mayo).
13 ***** The Deer Park Hotel : (Carlow).
14 ** Boltan Street Tec : (Dublin)
15 **** Pa's Nightclub : (Dundalk)
16 **** The Harbour : (Rush)

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MC's - Master of Ceremonies / Mic Controlers.
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01 Mick Whealan,
02 Deco Carney,
03 EdCase,
04 Jay Carey,
05 Mc Skills,
06 Tom'o (Diamonds),
07 Robbie o'Connor,
08 Orna Whealan,
09 Mark Addams,

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Instrument List. (Not Complete) 91 to 96
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*Drum Machines.
(ROLAND) TR-626, TR-525, R-7O HRC, R-5.
(BOSS) Drum a'Tix / Dr Rhtym
(ALESIS) D16.
(KORG) DDM-110.

*Base Machines.
(ROLAND) TB-303.
(NOVATION) BASS Station.

*Samplers / Keyboard.
(ROLAND) S 50, S 10.
(EMU Systems) EMAX 1000.

*Keyboards- MIDI & CV.
(ROLAND) Juno 106. SH-101.
(YAMAHA) DSR 2000. CS-5(X2)
(KORG) M1.
(KIWAI) D500.

*Mixer- Desk.
(YAMAHA) 32T N Audio.
(Mackey) Minisub.

*OutBOARD FX.
(Aphex Twin) - Aural Exciter.
(YAMAHA) - Natural Eq24.
(QuasiMIDI) Technox.

*Sound Modules)
(ROLAND) SC 55.

*(Other)
Zoom 404 DFX.

*Sequencer.
(Atari) St 512k (upgraded to 1024k for CuBase Software ;-)
(Steinberg) Cubase VST

********************************************
A Big Shout Out To.....

Mick Maher, Dave (Snaxer)Smith, (Teflon) Sean, Mark & Daryl Kiernan, Ashling Salter Orla Deegan Ben Carvaso, Mary Riordan, Dee & Mags Hyland, Mad-(303) John, Benjy & Reg, Babs & Ash Carey, Whacker and the Posse, Mick(M&M), Ken, John, Karl, Leo, Ed, Wayne, Floppy, Woody, Gavin, Geoff, Larry, Dave, Paddy.

If I forgot something / someone,... well, you know the score - Updates Ahoy.

C-y'a all next time... CAF.

SoulRock

Remember the battle of the bands NR-Gex
also did everyone have an NR-Gex tattoo in Sides!! seemed like it at the time
Nice one For that..:)
SoulRock

Gen:FX

SoulRock wrote:

Remember the battle of the bands NR-Gex
also did everyone have an NR-Gex tattoo in Sides!! seemed like it at the time
Nice one For that..:)
SoulRock

Nr:Gex .... our first outing as a four piece dance act. (The Summer of 1992)

We done the 'Battle of the Bands' in the Bottom of the Hill, (Gleesons) in Finglas Village. At first the shop wouldn't let us play, but the promoters got wind of our sound and said we could do it. (Think it was Robbie Fox, not the Renards head tough.)

The night b4 the final we wrote a few tracks...lol, on the Roland s-50 sampler, (owned by Mark Kiernan / Warrens bro), that sampler had a full 15 seconds of sampling time @ 44.1khz (16bit) or 30 seconds if you sampled at the 22khz setting. Most of the early stuff was written entirely on that keyboard, using some sampling / digital trickery. (The kit I use now, has days and days of sampling time using 16bit, 24bit & 32bit, it's a totally different ball game now.)

Every band that entered the 'Battle' was a 'Rock Act', Long hair, guitars, leather jackets 'n' all that. We were the only dance act. We used a 2Track Reel to Reel for the backtrack, Warren K was on the decks, as was Mick Walsh, Pat Hyland was on the SH-101 Keyboard, I was on the Juno-106 and CS-5. Mick Whealen was on the Mic'ophone droppin some top vocals. Jay carey also played on the first night, but left after that gig, he was on percussion, Tambourine / Cowbell.

We won the first round and went on to win the whole sh-bang. The shop was rockin' that night, everybody was up doin' their thing. I remember one of the 'rockers' coming over and shakin' my hand and said 'Fu*k Me Maaaann' that sound you got is a killer. Also remember one 'gobbo' complaining to the judges. He wasn't happy that we were using computers to create the sound. I got the photos somewhere, I'll dig them out.

For winning the event, we got to play in 'Janelle' car park, along with ASLAN, (that was their reunion gig). Our set didn't go down as planned tough, the guys on the desk / soundsystem let us down. Found out later they were the crew for the headliners 'The Forget Me Nots'... Remember them ?, They were a 'clone' of so many other American bands,. with a big 60's vibe,. nuff said.

All the Best...
Caf. (aka Gen:FX)

PS. I know of 5 different heads that got that dove / nr:gex tattoo on their back,.. but I only ever got to se two of'em.... The Mad Bast*rds


NR:GEX Discography Available : @ http://homepage.eircom.net/~nrgex/index.html
All Tracks Stream in Stereo / Realplayer (*ra) Format. No Downloading Required.

BACKLASH

Have to admit i'm too young to have seen yez but some
really well produced stuff there.

& where did ye get all the equipment, took me 11 years to find
a TB303

sideFX

Gen:FX wrote:

Nr:Gex .... our first outing as a four piece dance act. (The Summer of 1992)

We done the 'Battle of the Bands' in the Bottom of the Hill, (Gleesons) in Finglas Village. At first the shop wouldn't let us play, but the promoters got wind of our sound and said we could do it. (Think it was Robbie Fox, not the Renards head tough.)

The night b4 the final we wrote a few tracks...lol, on the Roland s-50 sampler, (owned by Mark Kiernan / Warrens bro), that sampler had a full 15 seconds of sampling time @ 44.1khz (16bit) or 30 seconds if you sampled at the 22khz setting. Most of the early stuff was written entirely on that keyboard, using some sampling / digital trickery. (The kit I use now, has days and days of sampling time using 16bit, 24bit & 32bit, it's a totally different ball game now.)

Every band that entered the 'Battle' was a 'Rock Act', Long hair, guitars, leather jackets 'n' all that. We were the only dance act. We used a 2Track Reel to Reel for the backtrack, Warren K was on the decks, as was Mick Walsh, Pat Hyland was on the SH-101 Keyboard, I was on the Juno-106 and CS-5. Mick Whealen was on the Mic'ophone droppin some top vocals. Jay carey also played on the first night, but left after that gig, he was on percussion, Tambourine / Cowbell.

We won the first round and went on to win the whole sh-bang. The shop was rockin' that night, everybody was up doin' their thing. I remember one of the 'rockers' coming over and shakin' my hand and said 'Fu*k Me Maaaann' that sound you got is a killer. Also remember one 'gobbo' complaining to the judges. He wasn't happy that we were using computers to create the sound. I got the photos somewhere, I'll dig them out.

For winning the event, we got to play in 'Janelle' car park, along with ASLAN, (that was their reunion gig). Our set didn't go down as planned tough, the guys on the desk / soundsystem let us down. Found out later they were the crew for the headliners 'The Forget Me Nots'... Remember them ?, They were a 'clone' of so many other American bands,. with a big 60's vibe,. nuff said.

All the Best...
Caf. (aka Gen:FX)

PS. I know of 5 different heads that got that dove / nr:gex tattoo on their back,.. but I only ever got to se two of'em.... The Mad Bast*rds

I've been rackin me brains for ages but i can't remember anyone doing tattoos in sides. To be honest i woulda got one and i'd be secretly proud if i had it today. Mind you i really dont remember much but queing up to get in, queing up to put me jacket in and the music. I remember the roof downstairs always looked like it was gonna come thru with everyone reckin the gaff upstairs. It was like a being under a trampoline, freaked me out a bit tbh.

I vaguely remember that band the forget me knots too. 2 girls on guitars if memory serves me correctly. Think they got into the irish top 30 at one stage. I seen them in a battle of the bands in Charlies i think the name of the place was, i think it was george st it was on. I'm not from Dub and all those streets looked the same to me back then, mad outta it and lookin back it always seems like it was winter time, cold or raining.

I'd love just one night again!

Gen:FX

BACKLASH wrote:

Have to admit i'm too young to have seen yez but some
really well produced stuff there.

& where did ye get all the equipment, took me 11 years to find
a TB303

The equipment came from several sources over a period of years. Persistant scouring of second hand shops, the buy and sell, word of mouth, swaps and anywhere else. We constantaly upgraded the kit, it kept the sound fresh, didnt get stuck in a rut of using the same samples, time and time again.

I got the TB-303 from a guy in a pub...lol,.. serious. He was a Bass Player and I just happened to mention I wanted a certain little 'bass machine', his reply was - "I have one of them things, but I can't use it". I dragged him up to his house and got it for £120. Still in it's original soft silver 'leather-ette' case (and get this) it's original cardboard box. I almost shat myself, Phew! (The TB came as a 'partner' to the Druma'tix drumbox).

We sold it on then to a mate of Mick W's (Mad (303) John) for £800, he knew how much we paid for it and didn't have a problem....Hence his name, but he had that nic-name b4 he got the 303. ;-)

Then got 2 'Novation - BassStations', but I never really liked it's imitation of the 303 sound. If I remember correctly, the Novation had a single oscilator but the 303 had a dual oscilator (the sound was routed back through the second oscilator), hence that very distintive warm bubbly bottom end and super clean top.

I use the Re-Birth 338 now, it's got 2 TB-303's, the 909 and the 808 Drum Machines. All the sounds are faithfully reproduced through the software. It's got the all important 'Shuffle' function and Distortion onboard. Plus you can import / replace any sound into the drum areas... very, very handy.

I got my first version from a magazine disk several years ago, (PC Format) but have noticed that the latest version has a slight (not that noticable, but still different) sound than the version I got off the mag-disk. I always use the *ReBirth.cnt* file from the original pc format disk. Most ears dont hear a difference but I find its just a smidgen' bit deeper & cleaner .... I'm a Fussy Fooker ;-)

Since late 2005 you can get it for free at http://www.rebirthmuseum.com/ -mmmmmm. (Get the Refills there also) and check out all the other goodies on the parent site http://www.propellerheads.se ;-P


NR:GEX Discography Available : @ http://homepage.eircom.net/~nrgex/index.html
All Tracks Stream in Stereo / Realplayer (*ra) Format. No Downloading Required.

Gen:FX

sideFX wrote:

I've been rackin me brains for ages but i can't remember anyone doing tattoos in sides. To be honest i woulda got one and i'd be secretly proud if i had it today. Mind you i really dont remember much but queing up to get in, queing up to put me jacket in and the music. I remember the roof downstairs always looked like it was gonna come thru with everyone reckin the gaff upstairs. It was like a being under a trampoline, freaked me out a bit tbh.

I vaguely remember that band the forget me knots too. 2 girls on guitars if memory serves me correctly. Think they got into the irish top 30 at one stage. I seen them in a battle of the bands in Charlies i think the name of the place was, i think it was george st it was on. I'm not from Dub and all those streets looked the same to me back then, mad outta it and lookin back it always seems like it was winter time, cold or raining.

I'd love just one night again!

The lads with the Tats didn't get them done in Sides DC.
There was never a tat-artist in house in Sides DC. (Maybe as a punter though)

The 'Forget Me Nots' ?????? ,,,, Erm........Eh...... Who?... ;-)

Queing Up, that Muffle'd Boom - 'oom 'oom 'oom, the anticipation, in the door, drop the jacket, hit the floor... ahhhhhhh. All Good.


NR:GEX Discography Available : @ http://homepage.eircom.net/~nrgex/index.html
All Tracks Stream in Stereo / Realplayer (*ra) Format. No Downloading Required.

stephen_n

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Asylum Tapes zip 3
Heavywieght_sessions1 DJ Thyme
M+M Volume 2
Thyme Powerhouse
Dreamscape Edcase

Sorry M+M classics of 94 is bolloxed so no point in ripping it