Eulogy to DJ Harvey - unsung second greatest DJ of all times

'05 warmup set was what made me a harvey superfan. i know the sarcastic disco mix is more influential or w/e but for whatever reason sonic disco 1 was the one where his style clicked for me

want

i've had that "yeahh yeahh yeaaaaah, yeeaaah yeahhh yeahhhhhh" part in sarcastic disco stuck in my head for days. very annoying

don't u know don't u know who did it

essential mix from 98

http://soundcloud.com/r_co/dj-harvey-essential-mix-31-05-1998

and one from 99

http://www.mixesdb.com/db/index.php/1999-12-26_-_Harvey_-_Essential_Mix

can you share the ps-1 mix

the new resident advisor podcast is a triiiiiiip

:D

even with his warning that it's more of a psychedelic freakout dance kind of thing, I still wasn't quite prepared. Definitely wild. Is his "recorded at this gentleman's club with rare vintage equipment" shit for real? Mythbuilding?

take this with a huge grain of salt b/c, yknow, it came from the RA comments, but somebody was saying that they thought there was a 90% chance that "gentlemen's club" meant "harvey's living room". the only reason i even mention something from the RA comments is because of the mild possibility that this person actually knows harvey

ain't nothin wrong with a little harvey mythbuilding, of course

in all fairness, harvey's living room actually is a notorious LA gentleman's club with rare vintage equipment

of course

This coming weekend I'm playing at Terry Richardson's afterparty for his first LA exhibition at Oh Wow gallery.

D:

doing something in London soon too!

get OUT

i have a goddamn google alert set up for "dj harvey" and "london"

so do you have to be on a guest list to get into one of his LA parties, or

Then it's off to Europe. "The management" are cooking up something for London at some point and I can't wait.

photos from the terry richardson party (2nd photo is NSFW, rest are ok):

http://thearabparrot.com/post/18490938384/twin-beaks-fire-squawk-with-me

thoughts on the new Locussolus?

http://soundcloud.com/international-feel/sets/locussolus-berghain-telephone/

"Berghain" is pretty huge I think, especially the part around 5:20 where the low bass synth plays those little riffs. dope.

"Telephone" is just ok.

I take it back, Telephone is cool too in its own way. I like the vocal. For two tracks on the same single they each have a really different feel.

FULL SUPPORT

just saw this

Harvey in interview is awesome. I remember thinking how sound he was when mentioning not wanting to play in London because it's full of beardo hipsters waiting for him to play the wrong song and when he mixes acknowledging fucking in such a laid back, off the cuff manner.

yeah totally, he's got really original opinions about stuff.

we all have our baggage

just took me back to that beats in space, god... insufferable. great dj obv, nonetheless.

he's generally the only good interview subject on BiS ever bcz he's so effusively genial, counteracts Sweeney's hesitancy and giggling

one of the greatest conversationalists i've ever had the pleasure with

His interviews are always great. Even this one is good despite the interviewer being a dreadful human being:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2MKhnaST3I

Harvey's just got such a supreme voice hasn't he?

he's generally the only good interview subject on BiS ever bcz he's so effusively genial, counteracts Sweeney's hesitancy and giggling

he talked for an entire show! also, genial? he just sounded like your standard inferiority complex british dj to me.

He's been on a few times, sometimes talking more than others. The one yr probably thinking of though I rly enjoyed how he got so carried away talking to Tim that he had to change records as they'd become complete beds!

There are so many BiSes where Tim's playing a CD someone's sent in, embrace the variation maaan

the talking in general is awful. apart from pat mahoney, he was funny.

if your radio show sets had a history of showing up as $30 bootleg CDs in Japan you might try and find creative ways to discourage that practice too ;)

your standard inferiority complex british dj

i don't get this at all, but i'm American so

I don't really like the interviews on BIS either but Harvey is one of the better ones

cdr of harvey talking goes for $20 in japan iirc

hahaha

how does this "discussion" get 20 posts and the new locussolus single gets crickets :/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E_zMLCRNg

the fact that harvey's new track is called "berghain" scares me a bit!

woah Harvey is playing Coachella -- the cruise

I was sad that I was to lame to go to afrika Bambaata tim Sweeney and breakbeat Lou at the Dekalb market party Sunday but next one is Harvey and Danny Wang.

all those people aren't going to be on the boat that whole time, are they? they're going to be playing at venues in port, right? or at least getting on and off at port?

harvey will probably show up at sunset, naked except for cowboy boots, sunglasses and cowboy hat, riding a magical dolphin through the waves

Fuck cruise ships

otm but imo a cruise ship is better than a huge hot muddy sweaty field filled with shitty tents.

someone book a festival at a resort and I'll be first in line

a winter non-coachella dance festival in palm springs

I was sad that I was to lame to go to afrika Bambaata tim Sweeney and breakbeat Lou at the Dekalb market party Sunday but next one is Harvey and Danny Wang.

whoa really? when is that? I had assumed Dekalb Market as a dance music spot was kaputt after Dog & Pony moved the Chromatics and Maxxi Soundsystem shows to other venues. I went to see Blondes there, it was pretty good.

fuckin' a

***SAVE THE DATE***
SUNDAY AUGUST 12TH
DJ HARVEY & DANIEL WANG
at DEKALB MARKET

Spread the word!!!

never seen either one of those guys

I've seen harvey a few times, first was the basement of Centro Fly. That was a lot of fun.

Danny Wang was a big influence on me. I remember him djing at Open Air once, tiny "techno" club on St. Marks, back when there were "techno" clubs, real dot-com era, and they had all these video screens with animations on them. He played stuff like the 9 minute version of Passion by the Flirts and Zwei by Electric MInd. I still play that stuff a lot. Stuff like that and She Can't Love You by Chemise really sums up an era for me when I was first going out to like every time Morgan and Danny were djing and people were just starting to play italo again.

danny & harvey together sounds like a really fun party