fourfourfun
The path I have walked on has always been electronic. From stepping on at Grandmother Rave back in 1991, the moment I heard DJs playing one track over another I was hooked into the mighty 4/4. I was brought up on US House music, listening to Ministry Of Sound Sessions CDs – long before its transformation into the Misery Of Sound – and gleefully amassing a collection of extortionate import 12”s.
Over time, the musical landscape of power has continually shifted and I have always found my own path. Deep House, the rise and fall of Progressive, the Tech House and Minimal revolution via fabriclondon, and the recent revival of purist House music, I’ve been through it all. Experience has now taught me to follow my own vision, I don’t check charts, I don’t pay attention to fashionable genres and I just stick to my mantra of “if its good, its good”. Through the ridiculous pigeonholing of music into genres like Glitch Hop, Electro House, UK Funky, Fidget and AssThump BitchHouse, it is important to remember that there is only House. Never let a boundary stop you from playing something. Just think about how Ron Hardy used to kick off nights at Chicago’s legendary Muzic Box with Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome or how Ali Cooke would slip in Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirits at Leeds’ early Back 2 Basics nights.
Naturally I’m well schooled in all noises electronic outside the realms of House, and I won’t let the H in sHa stop me from sharing electronic delights to your ears. Fingers crossed you’ll hear some sounds that you would not have encountered before thanks to my obsessive filtering of the scene. I live in the dark so you don’t have to.
You can find mixes from me on SHA and a variety of streaming archives at the www.mixcloud.com/fourfourfun site. Check them out below and give me a follow.
Let’s play!