Howdy! I'm Bart and I live in Ipswich, although most weekends I'll be practising the motto "don't stay in" somewhere in or around London. These days you'll usually find me partying to old skool / classic house, old skool hardcore, "proper" techno or hard/uplifting trance, maybe trancecore/freeform or D&B, or - if I can find someone playing it - original '94-'98 happy hardcore. My favourite current events are Raindance, Promised Land, Freeformation and Lost.
My passion for music encompasses DJing (since 1996), college radio (2000-2002), recording an extensive range of mixtapes (the original old skool mix format, none of yer CDRs or downloads for me!), acquiring an unconveniently large collection of CDs and records, selling/trading second-hand CDs, spending ages trawling for tunes both in record shops and online, devoting much of my spare time to working as a contributor and moderator on the Discogs music database, tunespotting on Anthems.com ...oh and attending a grand total of 750+ clubs/raves over the years (yes, I kept count and have a list). ;)
Nostalgia ain't as good as it used to be (sorry, old joke!) but these are the parties that have meant the most to me during my raving career: Clueless at the Junction (Cambridge), Megadog at the Junction and at the Rocket (Islington), Final Frontier at Club UK (Wandsworth), Labyrinth (Dalston and Tottenham), Escape From Samsara at the Fridge (Brixton), Pendragon at the Tyssen St Studios (Dalston) and their Carry On Regardless festies (Llanwrytd, Wales), United Dance and Slammin' Vinyl at Bagladies (King's Cross), Hardcore Heaven and Helter Skelter at the Sanctuary (Milton Keynes), Future Dance at the Castle Studios (Old Kent Rd) and at Bagladies, Back To 89 at the Camden Palace (Camden duh) and Raindance at the Drome / SEOne (London Bridge).
Lastly a quick shout out to my bestest buds on DSI - Stu8 [:] and Chev =}:-0
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Music I listen to: Club Classics, Funky House, Electro House, Old Skool House, Acid House, Hard Trance, Psy-Trance, Hardcore, Old Skool Hardcore, Electro, Breaks, Minimal Techno, Detroit Techno, Acid Techno, Jump Up Drum and Bass, Jungle, Hip Hop, Funk, Chillout / Leftfield