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Nightstalkers - Enjoy Yourself (Live)
Real Name: Marco Verkuylen & Benjamin Kuyten
Benjamin Kuyten (Benjamin Bates), Of all the professions in the world, I chose to become a deejay. I don't remember exactly when that was. Not when I was young, because at that time I didn't have a clue about anything at all. I guess i was a deejay before I knew it, and decided afterwards to leave it that way. It's a great way to meet girls, and none of them ever ask you to dance.
I started making some money with it when I was around 17 years old, playing in local bars and at stupid school parties. Sometimes a track would end when i was still at the bar getting drinks, but i doubt anyone ever noticed.
It got serious a few years later, playing in a club called 'de dansSalon' in my hometown Eindhoven. Not only was this the first club i ever played at, it was the first club i ever entered! The atmosphere in there was so amazing, i became addicted to house music instantly. People in the club were all shouting the deejays name! I never heard of the guy but that would soon change. His name was Marco V...
The next day i applied for a job and since the manager could clearly see my biggest talent, he gave me a job hanging coats in the wardrobe. I got sick of it pretty soon, and when the light jockey got fired (for pushing vitamins) i cheated my way into his job. It was great working with Marco and we had some memorable nights together. We talked about our passion for music and he invited me into his studio for a tryout session. That was in 1996. We've been producing together ever since.
When i was a child, my parents forced me and my brothers and sisters to learn how to play a musical instrument. To annoy our parents the six of us decided we would each pick a different instrument. It must have been horrible to be our neighbour in those days.
My instrument was the piano, but after a few years i convinced my father to trade it for a synthesizer. I was 17 when i moved out of the house and to another town to study, and naturally, the synthesizer went with me. I shared a room with a guy who played the bass guitar, and we put together a band. We practiced in the backroom of one of the sleaziest bars in town and i will never forget the looks on the faces of the school kids the first time we played at a school party. They were in absolute shock, just gazing at us. We were so bad they didn't even bother to boo.
When we were together for about a year, things slowly started looking better, we even recorded a demo in a studio in Amsterdam. But as these things go, one of us got a job, another one moved out of town and we split up just before i was kicked out of college and decided to move back to my hometown. I didn't have any money, so my sister introduced me to her boss, who needed an extra hand. He owned a club called 'de dansSalon'...
Ever since i met Marco there, we have been writing and producing our own music. In the first years we used project names like 8th Wonder, Out Of Grace and Southside Spinners, but things really took off when we started making music to enhance our deejay profiles. We started with Marcos project in 2000 and created the first Benjamin Bates tracks two years later. In 2004 we released my debut artist album called "n.e.v.e.r.l.e.t.a.n.y.t.h.i.n.g.k.i.l.l.t.h.e.p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e", but unlike we expected we didn't win a Grammy for lamest album title ever. Wasn't there a category for that? Wasn't there? Anyway, apart from writing and producing music, i am very busy deejaying and playing computer games. When i have decided which i like best, you will be the first to know. If you havent read enough about me now, you can always read more nonsense at: www.benjaminbates.com .
Marco V, born Marco Verkuylen, is a modern Dutch DJ. He currently ranks as number 18 on the 2006 DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs List, and he ranks as number 16 on [LINK: http://www.thedjlist.com/djs/] the DJ list website. Style and History Generally considered a tech trance DJ, Marco V was the resident DJ of the "danssalon" in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. After several years of residency, he began to focus on production. Headlining Innercity in Amsterdam 2000 and mixing the Innercity CD of that year was his first breakthrough. In 2005 he released the critically acclaimed follow-up to his debut "con:fusion" . "200V" (V also to be read as the Roman 5) is a record for every mood. His Combi:nations III was released on May 22nd and he is currently working on his own new album.
Author: EmpiemaBack
Keywords: Old-Trance Hard-Dance
Added: December 1, 2008
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Bad Religion - Time and Disregard
From Wikipedia:
Into the Unknown is the second album by Bad Religion, which was released in 1983. The album was a major change from their previous style, delving into progressive rock heavy in keyboards, though it wasn't at all popular as fans at the time were confused by the sudden style shift. When the band released the 1991 compilation album 80-85, a collection of recordings before their third album Suffer, Into the Unknown was not part of the compilation, also partly due to the band changing their style.
The album is widely reputed to have been a major factor in their 1984 breakup as the recording sessions were riddled with discord. As a matter of fact, drummer Pete Finestone and bass player Jay Bentley left during the recording of the first song.
Only 10,000 of these albums were produced and distributed, but almost all were quickly returned to Epitaph's warehouse. Guitarist Brett Gurewitz jokingly recalls having "[sent out] ten thousand copies and [getting] eleven thousand back."[1] However, many did in fact end up in the hands of fans, when Brett Gurewitz's girlfriend Suzy Shaw, who worked at the warehouse, surreptitiously sold all but 300 of them. Compact cassettes were also produced, but they are rare.
The album is generally disowned by the band, and there has never been a second pressing. Despite its abandonment however, it has become highly desirable and is now something of a collector's item. The band has commented on the album on their site saying that they are not trying to hide it from fans, and that anyone who listens to it will understand why they have never re-released it.
Track listing
1. "It's Only Over When..." (Graffin) -- 3:36
2. "Chasing the Wild Goose" (Gurewitz) -- 2:50
3. "Billy Gnosis" (Gurewitz) -- 3:31
4. "Time and Disregard" (Graffin) -- 7:03
5. "The Dichotomy" (Gurewitz) -- 4:52
6. "Million Days" (Graffin) -- 3:47
7. "Losing Generation" (Graffin) -- 3:37
8. "...You Give Up" (Graffin) -- 2:55
Personnel * Greg Graffin - vocals, synthesizer, piano, acoustic guitar, production * Brett Gurewitz - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, production * Paul Dedona - bass guitar * Davy Goldman - drums * Jim Mankey - engineering
Author: harrybelly
Keywords: bad religion into the unknown mordingjarnir morðingjarnir 1983 prog punk pop rare unavailable time disregard greg graffin
Added: December 1, 2008
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Juicy Wah - modified Crybaby wah pedal by DAED
Modified Crybaby wah pedal by Disagreeable Auditory Experience Designs in Phila. Pa. Modified by David Talento @DAED. Bass boost, Adjustable volume boost, adjustable filter. We also sell used and new Disturbo DS1 pedals with all three modifications including orange LED and do custom circuit bending on pedals and other items.
"Making something extrodinary from the ordinary..."
Visit our Web page at
Http://www.HelpWantedProductions.com/daed.htm
for more info.
Author: legionhwp
Keywords: guitar wah analog synthesizer filter DAED David Talento atari effects
Added: December 1, 2008
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