Jason Kaye & Steve Gurley - Set It Out

[redjam40]

Who were the Dj on Girls Fm..Its always mentioned. I never got the chance to lsiten to it being based in Ipswich and all that Jazz!

[redjam40]

Who were ht Dj on Girls Fm..Its always mentioned. I never got the chance to lsiten to it being based in Ipswich and all that Jazz!

[jpb3000]

Yes banger ,,, gas club ,, cookies and cream ,, la cosa nostra,, sun city,, lords of the underground ,, adrenalin village ... Those where the days !!!! Big big big !!!!

[redjam40]

I remember the Koo Club, but I never went inside I'm afraid. I wish I did. I wish I could turn the clock back again to go to places like the Koo Club.

[redjam40]

Nice & Ripe, Ice Cream. 500 Rekords, Confetti are the main ones that I remember. But there was so many little run labels that produced the stuff as well.

Jermery Slyvester & Jason Kaye were big names on the Uk Garage circuit. Whereas Jermery made his name more for the making of the music. Jason Kaye made his name as a Dj.

Other top dj's at that time were Hermit, Operator, Mike Ruff Cutt Lloyd, Norris "the boss" Windross, Karl "Tuff Enuff" Brown & Matt "Jam" Lamont, The Dreem Team, etc, etc

[gibtheyid]

@redjam40 jason kaye was part of top buzz

[redjam40]

Lastly, I don't know how people used to rave like they did. But its true People used to rave hard on Sunday night, get a couple of Hours sleep, then have to be ready for work the next day as well. Many people had to go in as they had really important jobs as well.

That was the power that UK Garage music had at the time.

It so ridiculous at one stage that at the Twice as Nice nights held on a Sunday, it was 4/5 deep trying to get into the club on a Sunday night. The queues were hordendous.!

[billywhizz777]

@redjam40 do you remember koo klub and imperial garden in camberwell ??

i wish i could turn the clock back !!!

[redjam40]

Also used to go down to Uptown records, Blackmarket Records in the West End, & also visit East London, for probably one of the finest Uk Garage records stores at that time Rhythm Division records. Was one of the most important stores to get all of your Uk Garage white labels let alone established Uk Garage labels from.

Was into traditional House & Garage long before Uk Garage movement. That's why I was always going to Blackmarket Records & Uptown Records & Music Exchange records in NHILL Gate.

[redjam40]

Yes I used to go down to the Gass Club, in Leicester square, London, but not all the time as I come from Ipswich Town, and still do.

But went to a few clubs in East London called "Three Wishes", "Aquarium".

Sun City, Twice as Nice" - Club in North London called the Rocket

[Dodgy30]

@redjam40 Aquarium was quality, down by Old Street. Only just up the road from Turnmills really. The Rocket was in Holloway, quality too!

Yeah, Uptown & Blackmarket were the best record shops in the capital. D'Arblay Street was proper bouncing back then.

[redjam40]

@Dodgy30 If I remember rightly The Aquarium had a swimming pool inside part of the club as well.... It was a really a good club on a Sunday night for Uk Garage music without the Mc's... Just Dj who knew their stuff and no Mc's and every one going out on a Sunday as their Saturday night instead of the Traditional Frinday and Saturday's...

Sunday were the nights to Rave when Uk Garage was huge.

[redjam40]

@Dodgy30 If I remember rightly The Aquarium had a swimming pool inside part of the club as well.... It was a really a good club on a Sunday night for Uk Garage music without the Mc's... Just Dj who knew their stuff and no Mc's and every one going out on a Sunday as their Saturday night instead of the Traditional Frinday and Saturday's...

Sundays were the nights to Rave when Uk Garage was huge.

[Dodgy30]

@redjam40 Yes, that's right - although you wouldn't have ever wanted to dive in there, it was only about 4 foot deep, if I remember. Memory's not that great through the 90's to be fair - can't really think why, probably blame it on the hardcore days from 90-93.

Yeah, Sundays were definitely the nights! Sun City, La Cosa Nostra, Gass etc, all absolute quality.

I'd give my right nut for a night out at a proper rave from the early 90's, I'd def give the other for a Garage night out from 95-97/98

[Dodgy30]

@redjam40 Actually, I wouldn't mind going back to one of the Girls FM night outs too!

Far and away London's finest House & Garage station from 92- perhaps 94/95

[Dodgy30]

Blackmarket & Uptown Records were like a second home for me from 94 through to about 97/98.

Used to listen to Girls FM, then get down to Soho & grab the latest Kerri Chandler & Todd Edwards plates, Mike Dunn - MD Express God Made Me Phunky. Man, I'm just happy that lived through it mate, such a selection of awesome music, and being there at the start of a scene was a real buzz too.

Much the same as it was in 90 when the orbitals were done and the hardcore scene kicked off.

Good times!! :-)

[redjam40]

Cont:5

Over here we didn't realise what we had, and allowed the music to become too "Dark", which was against the principals and what made it a success in the place, as scores of Drum and Bass fans left that music for precisely the same thing.

To prove my point on this matter. No one had seen scenes in London, like this before. Where on a Sunday, it was more important to "Rave out " to then on Friday or Saturday night.

Sunday was the best day to go out and "rave" for a Uk Garage/2 Step night.

[baltipie83]

all bout 1:44

[redjam40]

Yoiur right this one is groovy. Jason Kaye. I wonder where he is these days? Is he still making music? Uk Garage should have stayed this groovy and Funky. Not "Dark" - you know what I mean?

[Dodgy30]

Think he went back to doing the Top Buzz stuff from the Hardcore/Rave days.

MC P always used to shout out "2 blacks and a bubble", and jason kaye was the bubble (Greek).

[redjam40]

All these dj/producers - well most of them did not get any credit that they deserved & were the back bone of this movement. -They are Hermit, The Operator, Jason Kaye, Francis James, Steve Gurley, Jeremy Slyvester, Mike "Ruff cut" Lloyd, Brooker T, Ceri Evans, Dem 2. Others that did get given credit were - M.J.COLE, The Art of Dodger, Grant Nelson, The Dreem Team, Tuff Jam.

Nothing last forever, but Uk Garage was going to get even bigger but shot itsself in the foot when it went "Dark".

[Dodgy30]

Are you referring to Booker T & The Artful Dodger? Booker T was good, the artful dodger was a sell out piece of pop shit who fucking ruined garage, never produced a decent tune in his thankfully short and shitty career.

Dem 2 got plenty of credit, so did Jason Kaye, Steve Gurley & Mike Ruffcut Lloyd.

Grant Nelson was around long before speed garage, he was head of Nice N Ripe records from about 93 onwards, then he went on and set up Swing City records in about 97

[Dodgy30]

Don't forget, Steve Gurley was on Moving Shadow back in the day, producing jungle as part of Foul Play.

Matt Coleman - MJ Cole - deserved the credit he got, Flava Fever was a tune, so was Sincere, Too Late, Guilty - all his early stuff was quality, and he put out a load of experimental stuff on VIP Recordings early on too, before the chavy R&B crap got involved.

[redjam40]

With regards to Grant Nelson, yes I know that he was before the Speed Garage thing , and then the Uk Garage thing. He and Dave Lee where the 1st from the Uk to really be respected from aboard within the world of House and Garage music. Then came Todd Edwards.... I still don't hink that Dem 2 got the credit that they deserve. They made relaly hot tunes, but it seems as if real commercial success eluded them. The same can be said for Brooker T very good Dj/producer indeed. A shame there.

[redjam40]

Cont:2

The others - Jason Kaye, Steve Gurley and Jeremy Slyvester made an impact on the UK Garage circuit via their music but not as big commercially as their talent suggested.

The other people that I mentioned - Mike Ruffcut Lloyd, Hermit, The Operator, Jason Kaye, Francis James and Ramsey and Fen (Forgot about them!), made their names as Dj's and were big names within the Uk Garage scene.

I rated The Artful dodger, from their really early stuff with Robbie Craig and Craig David.

[redjam40]

@redjam40

I have all the early M.J. Cole that you mention on Vinyl as well. He was just magical back then. It was hard keeping up with him as nearly every tune was a winner from him, plus you had to try and keep up the stuff from other artists and labels such 500 REKORDS, Confetti, for instances.

Magical times before the Mc's came, who tried to take over the scene. As they were trying to be more important then the tunes that were being played by the Dj's.

[redjam40]

Cont:3

It was a real scene. Where you has scores of people who actually went to the Record stores after hearing a tune being played on the Pirate Radio, or at Uk Garage rave. It was built on people loving the tunes, and whom went straight to their local, underground record stores to get this or that tune. The music was never built on image, or "Looking good". It sounded fantastic over the Network of Pirate Radio stations in or around London and the South East at the time.

[redjam40]

Cont4:

I don't think we'll see a scene like that for a long time, in regards to a whole huge new culture geared around once sound. For Instance you had an huge insurgence in the music in regards to Pirate Radio station culture exploding again. You had Reggae Mc's being asked to guest on parts of Uk Garage records whether from here or from Jamaica. Usa Rnb record companies were looking for Uk Garage Dj/producers to a Uk Garage mix on their records so that they could be sold over in the Uk.

[Dodgy30]

Did you used to go to Gass down by Leicester Sq? Some cracking nights in that place man...

lol nice one for digging up some great memories mate!!

[Dodgy30]

Yeah, good call on Ramsey & Fen! Mind you, MJ Cole had a hand in producing a lot of their stuff too.

Well said on the MC business too, totally agree with that!

Think Destiny is the tune that Dem2 got their commercial success with, later on mind, more 2 step.

Bloody hell, another good call on Robbie Craig - We Can Make It Happen was a cracking record - I'm gonna have to dig that out now mate!

And again, ur spot on - Sunday was THE day! Sun City was quality!

[TH7]

Jermery Slyvester was big, so was chris mack and anthill mob. Nice n ripe were big, ice cream, confetti also andy mowatt (boom city) and do you remember the chesse & pickle ep's? Jason Kaye was the main man in the garage scene making tunes and setting up raves.. He still plays out but only rarely.

[troybrown01]

Thanks for putting up matey. I used to rinse this tune back in the day.

[wapaah]

Feelgood music right here fam!!!