Mix before 86...80's Freestyle, Disco and such

[bumtsch]

OMG. Listened just to hear "Don't go" This tune was one of my favourites in the early 90s ; it was still getting some serious airtime on saturday/late night dance/club oriented radio shows in France then. I looked it up and I had no idea it was originally released in 1982 ! (I'm 27 myself)
Thanks for sharing.

[JesC]

nice to see the true old schoolers out...i'll be 38 in june...

how old are you Jesc?

29, but I been surrounded in the music scene by my father since I was 3 yrs old.

i believe he served in WWII, he's always been a bit secretive about his age.

Yeah I served in pre-WWIII aka OIF Iraq war.

[TVo14]

So you were in San Jose in the 80's I presume. Did you go to One Step Beyond? I saw Love & Rockets, & Gene loves Jezebel there.

One Step Beyond in Palo Alto right? Yup.
Also the Oasis in San Jose. City Nights in Frisco, DV8
Good club scene in bay area in the 80's and 90's

[SirReal]

For sure, my favorite was Sub Club on 9th & Howard in the 80's. 18 and up,stayed open til 8 in the morning with music in the basement and breakfast being served up stairs starting at 3:00 am. They played everything!!! Alternative, gothic, industrial, pop, early electro & hiphop. Crazy 60's style overhead projector oils & patterns light shows. San Fran Bay Area has always had a great night life, if you know where to look.

[TVo14]

SirReal,
I would argue that the Bay Area club scene and Radio had the best DJ's in the states quite possibly the world during the 80s-90's.
No one was mixing on the Radio until Michael Erickson had his mix show on KSOL then the great Cameron Paul started megamixes and noons mixes on KSOL then KMEL. Followed by Dj Greg Lopez and DJ Jazzy Jim on hot 97.7 and Wild 94.9
I moved down to the Valley in the mid 90's and thought the radio mix shows were pretty Amateurish compared to the bay area, maybe only Richard Humpty Vision and Baka Boys were somewhat close to the same vibe.
Many DMC world champions have come from the bay too. Q-Bert and MixMaster Mike of the Beastie Boys to name just a couple not to mention to the rest of Invisibl Skratch Piklz.
Sorry L.A. and New York, though NYC were pioneers, they weren't mixing and tricking like the DJ's in the Bay were doing.

[Virtual Unknown]

SirReal,

I moved down to the Valley in the mid 90's and thought the radio mix shows were pretty Amateurish compared to the bay area, maybe only Richard Humpty Vision and Baka Boys were somewhat close to the same vibe.
Many DMC world champions have come from the bay too. Q-Bert and MixMaster Mike of the Beastie Boys to name just a couple not to mention to the rest of Invisibl Skratch Piklz.
Sorry L.A. and New York, though NYC were pioneers, they weren't mixing and tricking like the DJ's in the Bay were doing.

Umm I take it you never heard of the Kday Mixmasters! Roughly 1985-1990 This was the first all Hip Hop radio station in the US. Most of the guys you mentioned bit all there moves from these guys.Know your West Coast History.Ask QBert who his Dj mentors were...............Please dont tell me turntablism started in the bay area! www.westcoastpioneers.com

[JesC]

^^^I didnt want to be the one brings that up, but yeah. K-Day had its djs on lock.

[TVo14]

Westcoastpioneers did nothing for Turntablism.The first name you think of is Q-Bert and the Pickelz. Sure L.A. had Electro Punk and Hip Hop DJs but nobody was doing what Q-Bert and Mix Master Mike were doing and that;s a fact. L.A. scene was too much about getting records deals, the Bay area was more underground.
The KDAY DJ's were alright but mostly Hip Hop, they had an High Energy show but it was sloppy. IF they were so good,why can't you remember them by name? When I say Cameron Paul, you know who he is immediately. He pretty much popularized the Megamix using reel to reel with turntables. He brought Electro, Hi NRG, Hip Hop and house to the mainstream then founded Mixx It records.

[JesC]

Im not saying that the bay area doesn't have great djs. Cuz they do, but to me Turntablism and Mixing are two different things. Routines are dope, but all it shows me is that you can cut/scratch/juggle tracks A/B/C/D that you have been practicing in your basement for 4 months. Being a mixing Dj is a different beast, and Im sure you know what I mean. Reading the crowd, music control, playing the rights tracks and so on.

[keithace]

i love this thread...the baka boyz left bakersfield for LA...they played a few times at Cal State Bakersfield when i was there in the early 90s...i was unimpressed...

maybe i didnt have the appreciation for the DJ that i do now...