Tales from the Rave

After a considerable hiatus, we're finally back on the airwaves with an exciting revival of "Tales from the Rave"! This time around, we've revamped the format to bring you even more captivating episodes featuring a new guest each month who will delve into the stories that have truly shaped our vibrant music scene. In this episode, I have the honour of sitting down with Pete, a...

derickkarma.com In this episode, I shall be chatting with the legendary Allister Whitehead a bout how the explosion of mike Pickering's  M People lead to Allister's residency at the Hacienda.  Hacienda foam parties, Ibiza beach bars and tracks that made the sound of the white island Cream and one incredible night he played as the resident. Please leave a review if you like the podcast  I...

derickkarma.com In this episode, I shall be chatting with the legendary Allister Whitehead . About his musical journey, growing up listing to the New York sounds of Disco , How a visit to the Garage in Nottingham as a young 17-year-old changed his life , and DJ legend was born. How he secured his first residency at the Cool Cat becoming good friends with Graham Park and Mike Pickering and his firs...

Coming up In this episode,  I shall be chatting with Rave head legend Mr Dream Freqancy himself Ian Bland .  About a gig with Dream Frequency playing  in Paris at Laurent Garnier's club and after some sound advice from Laurent MC Blandy, the Rave was born . How remix team Dancing Devas came into being and how Todd Terry knocked on his front door one evening lead to a fresh killer track being...

derickkarma.com Coming up In this episode, I shall be chatting with Rave head legend   Mr Dream Freqancy himself, Ian Bland .  About his love of electro-pop in the early 80s lead to him buying his first synth instead of a ZX spectrum . How he learned how to jack his body down the local, before moving onto the summer of love . Dancing the night away at the Hacienda Hot night, Signing his first albu...

derickkarma.com Coming up in this episode of Tales from the Rave , I shall be chatting with a true pioneer of the Chicago house scene the one and only Marshall Jefferson , About his first experiences playing over in the UK playing on tour with over  international  DJs  How ripping it up in his DJ set  and dropping a track in front of Arnand Van Helden at  Street parade Switzerland  lead to a massi...

derickkarma.com Coming up in this episode of Tales from the Rave , I shall be chatting with a true pioneer of the Chicago House scene  the one and only Marshall Jefferson , How a giving a lift to a friend to a music store in Chicago lead to Marshall leaving the store with a home studio set up and the last thing the salesman sold him was the acid Roland baseline tb-303 . We chat about his music the...

Trailer to the forthcoming " Tales from the Rave " Series two Podcast show. Please join me on a musical journey through the early days of dance youth culture. I will be chatting with some of the true pioneers from the early days of House from way back when it all began. Each guest will take you on a voyage of discovery through their dusted off record box sharing their " Tales from t...

derickkarma.com = my website address I would like to give you an update on the next run of shows which will be available as a boxset for your listing pleasure this coming Wednesday 30th September . Joining me for double episodes of Tales from the Rave will be: The godfather of house music himself Mr Marshall Jefferson ,  Dream Frequency and Dancing Devas , Ian Bland  and to finish off this bouncin...

derickkarma.com In this episode, I shall be chatting with 808 States , Andy Barker and his DJ partner Tony Ross .  About 808 States legendary sell-out concert at GMEX Manchester at the height of Madchester ,  Flying sheep and the show with the mighty KLF which never happened.  The 808 State Radio Show , from its early days at Sunset Radio to being taken off the air while having the most robust rat...

derickkarma.com   In this episode, I shall be chatting with 808 State's , Andy Barker and his DJ partner Tony Ross .  About their musical journey, their early experiences at the legendary Hacienda ,  lifetime friendships , networking , a sea of ideas flown in on the back of a white dove ,   In The Corner at Fac 51 the Hacienda and how a collective of them went on to help shape what later beca...

I just thought I would give you all an update about what I have been doing ; Since the first run of shows ended. I have been building a website. www.@derickkarma.com I am still adding content to the site at the moment, you will get to see all the content relating to Tales from the Rave and so much more,  please check it out while you are listing to my Podcast. Speaking about the first run of shows...

In this episode, I will be chatting with my former bandmate & Rhythm Quest co-founder Mark Hadfield . Our musical adventure started way back in our school days, playing around in the eight-track studio and trying to recreate the sounds that we were hearing played on evening radio dance shows such as Stu Alan on Key 103 and Pete Tong on Radio 1 . Never in our wildest dreams would we have known...

In this episode, I will be chatting with my former bandmate & Rhythm Quest co-founder Mark Hadfield . Our musical adventure started way back in our school days, playing around in the eight-track studio and trying to recreate the sounds that we were hearing played on evening radio dance shows such as Stu Alan on Key 103 and Pete Tong on Radio 1 . Never in our wildest dreams would we have known...

Nick Hussey , a DJ from a very early age with a keen eye for the hustle!   Nick's Dj career started way back in his school days, selling mixtapes after already securing a residency at the local under 18s disco playing Electro , Soul and Street sounds ...  After leaving School Nick found himself engaged deep within Manchester's Madcheste r music scene, in packed clubs such as The Hacienda...

Nick Hussey , a DJ from a very early age with a keen eye for the hustle!   Nick's Dj career started way back in his school days, selling mixtapes after already securing a residency at the local under 18s disco playing Electro , Soul and Street sounds ...  After leaving School Nick found himself engaged deep within Manchester's Madcheste r music scene, in packed clubs such as The Hacienda...

Jay Wearden started his DJ career in 1988 , initially as a scratch DJ in a Hip Hop group . He gained his first weekly residency at Manchester's Precinct 13 in the same year. At the age of 19, after an unsuccessful stint in Ibiza , Jay secured a weekly Thursday & Saturday night at the infamous Thunderdome .  The seminal club was packed to the rafters every week and became the go-to venue f...

In this episode, I am joined by the legend which is  Brandon Block . With a DJ career spanning back to 1985 down his local boozer, playing funk and soul before the Acid House movement took off in 1988.  Over the years, his skills have led him to holding residencies at Up Yer Ronson in Leeds, FUBAR at the Milk Bar in London (which he co-promoted with Lisa Loud ), Club For Life and Malibu Stacey (bo...

Rob Tissera has been on the scene since the early beginnings of house music in 1988. His musical journey started whilst attending illegal acid house parties around the M25, where he was a regular at the Back to the futur e & Sunrise parties . This inspired him to take up the art of DJing. After moving up north, Rob learned his trade by playing on the pirate radio stations in Blackburn. This le...

Jay Wearden started his DJ career in 1988 , initially as a scratch DJ in a Hip Hop group . He gained his first weekly residency at Manchester's Precinct 13 in the same year. At the age of 19, after an unsuccessful stint in Ibiza , Jay secured a weekly Thursday & Saturday night at the infamous Thunderdome .  The seminal club was packed to the rafters every week and became the go-to venue f...

Trailer to the forthcoming "Tales from the Rave" Podcast show.  Please join me each week on a musical journey through the early days of dance youth culture. I will be chatting with some of the true pioneers from the early days of House from way back when it all began. Each guest will take you on a voyage of discovery through their dusted off record box sharing their "Tales from the...