Back to the future

[Sheridan]

Imagine it is the year 1997.
where were you at that point in your life?
where were you living, what were you doing?
what music were you really into, etc.

for me: I was still in the washington dc area.
I was a senior in high school.
I had just started to dj and I was really into the kind of techno claude young, cari lekebusch were doing. as well as the scotish stuff, like landstrumm, tarida, tobias schmidt, etc.

[MUX]

oh i was a 'satanic' Metalhead myself...
all sepultura & machinehead in my head..

Damn i was fucked up as a kid coming to think of it hehehehe

[Sheridan]

actually I was also into that stuff myself. that and industrial. I would go out to a 'rave' type club on fridays, and then on saturday it was back to the same club but this time it was all industrial. saw many a good show there. my fav for that year was sheep on drugs. one of the best shows I have ever seen.

[MUX]

i always look for a driving force in music.. same as do nowadays
so that really filled in all my tastes... i guess

[Sheridan]

well, same here. I have always been into the harder side of music. I have mellowed out a bit now. but if slayer ever comes to town I am first in line to go see them .

[MUX]

but would u still slice it into your hand?
i know listen to mainly:
Def-jex,anti-icon,chocholateindustries,defo cus, & RGC

i love putting on Choas AD when im feeling music unsatisfied..

[pille'ocheoni]

i was listening to d+b and had been spinning rec's for a little over two years at that point. that year i got my first dj gig, and trainwreaked the whole way through it, well not all of it but most of it. i was living in houston half of the year and the other half in raleigh,nc. i did drugs and went to too many partys. i had a white car and no money. that about sums it up.

[Sheridan]

Originally posted by MUX
but would u still slice it into your hand?


no, of course not.
def jux is in HEAVY rotation for me as well.
and instead of chaos ad, I have been playing beneath the remains.

[aleks]

still living in the place i used to live in 97...nothing changed there. listened to d´n´b,digital hardcore, hip hop and getting slowly into techno. going to school and smokin bongs in a basement...

[jukka]

listening to d'n'b, brakbaets, hip hop and trip-hop stuff___smoking bongs....think i was unemployed that time and was sleeping half of the day and smoked the rest__

[jukka]

eh and visited the loveparade________

[JE:5]

Exactly the same as now, except I lived about ten miles away from where I live now in Loughborough.

[piscaries]

in 1997 i was a sohpomore in high school. i got my first decks that summer and was also very influenced by cari lekebusch (what happened to him? haven't heard much from him). the last of he good raves were going on here in chicago (alexi delano & cari lekebusch live p.a. at 6am in the morning... yeah!). i was at least able to see the last of a good thing, and the downfall of what turned into a terrible scene. '97 was probably the turning point in my life for my outlook on life and the style of music i would fall into. yay '97!

[aleks]

Originally posted by piscaries
'97 was probably the turning point in my life for my outlook on life and the style of music i would fall into. yay '97!

that´s weird...same goes for me.

[piscaries]

yay aleks & me! yay!

lol

[aleks]

and i turned 18 in 97... driver´s licence and buying liquor legally:)

[aleks]

and i went to a technoclub for the very first time...i was blown away by everything i saw there and from that night on i am into techno music.

[LEFTHANDLOU]

HIp hop and a lot of Bob Marley, Ben harper, and ohio players

Ahhh It was my last year in Oregon, I was smoking that sweet sweet emerald triangle ganja, and hanging out with my kind hippy friends. I was a senior at UO, and It fuckin rained a lot.

[MUX]

Beneath The Remains was some pretty heavy shit..
aint defjux brilliant? fuckin amazing stuff..
u into sage francis?

[Weishaupt]

97 was a good year............
we made lots of illegal partys in the wood........
ach........it was so much............i cant remember of all............

[Sheridan]

Originally posted by MUX
Beneath The Remains was some pretty heavy shit..
aint defjux brilliant? fuckin amazing stuff..
u into sage francis?

yes, yes, and YES.

I don't have sage's new album yet. I was at a local vinyl store that carries everything except techno. and they had the new sage francis album but I didn't have any money. oh yeah the guy was also trying to sell BOC: twoism for $20. isn't that being sold for like $7?

Cari is still around. he has been releasing a lot more eps recently. and I still think he lives in the city of angels.

[Mui]

I can't remember that long ago.....no seriously, I really can't

[deccard]

hm 97 was strange. i worked as packager for neuton distribution and got all the techno records very cheap. spent all my money i earned there directly for vinyl.
but went less clubbing to make more music which was a good decision.
i guess i had my best time for clubbing 96.

[pille'ocheoni]

thats what i do now, so i had to get another job for spending money which consequently i spend on records. vicious cycles i guess

[MUX]

I got the new sage francis.. it's some pretty good stuff..
ever heard of thirstin howl 3?

[phil]

97 was shit. it's all about 93-95.

[gunjack]

EmergencyNet NEWS Emergency Service Report - Wednesday, January 2, 1997 Vol. 1 - 002

L.A. NEW YEAR'S DANCE PARTY CAUSES LAPD MOBILIZATION...
By Jim Fay, ENN Assoc. Editor

LOS ANGELES (ENN) A dance party attended by thousands of youths to celebrate the New Year, was abruptly cancelled when about fifty of the party goers became seriously ill from an unidentified liquid that was distributed. The liquid was described as an "orange colored" substance that was given out on the dance floor to the predominately young crowd.

The organizers of the party described it as an "herbal mixture," not a drug. However, of the fifty who became sick, at least thirty of them were hospitalized for dizziness, nausea, and difficulty breathing, necessitating a large response of EMS equipment. Some of the victims were saved at the scene by being resuscitated by paramedics that responded. The LAPD was mobilized for riot conditions, when the party was declared over by the organizers, on orders of the LAFD.

About 10,000 youths were in the streets around the Olympic Auditorium. Police were forced to fire "beanbag"-type ammunition at the rioters, when rocks and bottles were being thrown, hitting several helmeted officers. The crowd attempted to turn over cars and at least one bus. There were four arrests of those in the disorderly crowd, and another six arrested on drug charges.

The liquid, called "Herbal Ecstasy," was distributed at the dance by what one partier called "well-dressed men," who "no one expected a scam from." It came in vials, and was yellow-orange in color. Doctors who treated the youths stated that the symptoms that resembled that of designer drugs called "GHB," "FX," and "Ecstasy." (http://www.emergency.com/ecstas2.htm)

[Lady E]

i was living in brighton, doing my MA at sussex university, my grandma had just died which was hideous, running no future and mosquito, going out with cristian, got a new kitten. not the best year of my life it has to be said. i woke up every day for two months whilst doing my dissertation and threw up with anxiety. nice.

[arar]

1997 Joy and taste in Edinburgh, Jeff Mills (I think) in Edinburgh, Melt London, Slam Glasgow, work in Perth and Dundee, pished in Dublin..actually Im surpised I can remember this much..Im going to stop there in case I remember something I dont want to.

[Basic]

Tribal Gathering - Detroit Tent and also Kraftwerk Live

Just started playing out some bars after doing random parties for a couple of years previous.

[Basic]

Oh yeah, I was still at University as well.

[dirtyho]

I had just started at brighton uni and was living with my ex-girlfriend.
Plus I was going to cris's night defunkt at the escape club and listening to great techno in a half-empty room full of blokes - wicked.
Plus smoking too much weed and doing tai-chi all the time.
Plus learning about computers and shit.

[phil]

dirtyho who was your ex girlfriend? do you have a digital pic?

[bitch one]

test was in it's heyday, with neil, toby, dave and shandy playing at the subclub every month. i was on the dole celebrating having just achieved a genetics degree a year previously with almost no effort and while sucking loads of lemons. indeed i was going for the world championship lemonsucking at the time and continued this practice for the next x years. so many lemons. i was a lot thinner, and more than a little insane every tuesday. but i believe temporary insanity helped me cope with watching richard and judy.

[karitek]

i had just moved up to nyc from virginia to go to college at columbia univeristy. loads different than i am now - was studying east asian studies and politics (i ended up studying art). i can sum up that year as basically my 'who the hell am i?' phase. i went to my first rave/techno party at 'save the robots' and remember thinking that was the coolest thing i had been to in my life, but taking another 2 years before i went to another.

[decadnids]

1997, I was leaving chelmsford (where I spent three years doing a degree, you might ask WHY THE FUCK CHELMSFORD??? the answer, the university was at the top of the list (ANGLIA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY) and they accepted me even tho I had pretty much failed alll my A Levels), moved to brighton, helped friends do some nights up in london (at 333 club), was into proper electronic musick (black dog productions, autechre, b12, et al). signed on for a while, and carried on doing stuff with my ohmputer.

[dirtyho]

why do you wanna know phil, btw she is from chelmsford

[phil]

Really, i may know her? whats her name, what school did she go too etc...

[dirtyho]

Nina French, she's 30 - went to the Anglo European school

[phil]

i went to the Anglo!! would you believe that. shes a bit older than me though im 26. was she nice?

[dirtyho]

Of course, she still is nice

[Sheridan]

Originally posted by MUX
I got the new sage francis.. it's some pretty good stuff..
ever heard of thirstin howl 3?

Polo reakin'!!

yeah I used to listen to thirstin howl at my old work. one of my coworkers was into some real good hip hop. we used to work the early morning shift (5:30 am! ouch!) and we would hang out in the back of the place smoke cigarettes and listen to cds. I haven't heard any of thirstins stuff in a while. does he have any new albums out?

[dirtyho]

thirstin howl is playing ATP - I can't wait!

[dirtyho]

I'll put up a pic if you like phil - maybe you'll remember the face

[phil]

ok , that may jog my memory.

[Tomoki]

This turns into a people reunion thread.lol

Do you know the sites where you can meet your old school buddies?

[marcel]

1997, hmm. it was the last year of school for me, yeah this year and 98 i had the most parties in a time ever,strange- seems to be so for a lot of ppl here.
i was mostly into green velvet and that stuff at this time, i think at this time i even hadnt heard of brighton, and this focking great musik.

[dirtyho]

http://www.aptr32.dsl.pipex.com/dirtyho/nina.jpg

the site is called friends reunited
I've actually met some people I really wanted to see again through it

[Lady E]

nice pic of ninjah.

[dirtyho]

new hair - you like?
I think it looks really nice short

[Lady E]

it does, it suits her a lot...