Pandemonium & Kinetic @ Mr B's Willenhall 22/07/1995

Brisk

We've been to Pandemonium twice so far this year and to Kinetic once. This time we're going to a joint event between the two which is at the home of Pandemonium in Willenhall. 

There were 3 tapes from this event which were all hardcore. They were Stu Allan, Dougal and Brisk.

What was notable about both the Brisk and Stu Allan sets earlier on in the year was the number of Scott Brown records in them. Both have cut back this time though still do feature 3 Scott Brown records each.

Brisk still plays a set that's roughly half English records and half rest of the world that notably includes Scotland and Holland. Stu Allan did a predominantly Scottish and Dutch set last time but is more English this time. This was perhaps an indication that the English records were starting to sound more like the Scottish and Dutch ones.

I've posted the Brisk set because it's the first set of his I'm aware of where he plays "Jiiieehaaaa" by Diss Reaction which was a Dutch record that he became quite famous for playing.

Also new for 1995 in the Brisk set is "Faze 1" by Forbes & Cyclone. This had made it's rave debut earlier on in the year but it's the first time it's been played on the tapes at the raves which have featured so far.

The final new for 1995 tune in the Brisk set is "Starjump" by DJ Chewy. It's the flip side to the much better known "Rock This Place" which was yet to be played at any of the raves so far in 1995. This would be the only release from DJ Chewy who sadly died in a car crash shortly after the release. He came from Stoke-on-Trent, the home of Club Kinetic.

Just the one new for 1995 tune on the Stu Allan set which was a hardcore version of "Everybody" by Clock, the commercial eurodance duo that Stu Allan was part of. The chart version of this was the 3rd highest new entry of the week of the Blur vs Oasis chart battle.

The Dougal set is 100% English records. The only new for 1995 record in there was "Love of my Life" by Dougal himself, but it had already made it's rave debut earlier on in the year at a rave not featured.

Given the sheer quantity of new records we get at raves sometimes, it's quite nice to be able to say something about all of them for a change.