Tune of the day: Dave Clarke

The ‘Baron of Techno’

Been listening to an old essential mix of his from ’94. Thumping minimalism being just the mantra for the Flash production this morning. I probably appreciate this kind of music more now than I did then being more of a ‘hands in the air... breakdown... snare roll house’ person - at least going out - at the time.

Makes me think of what he could have done at the time with those very same records if he’d had something like Ableton Live. Ten four-to-the-floor-Detroit-loops-at-once anyone?

Throughout this mix there are loads of ‘serious’ sounding samples saying things like ‘For those who know the Difference - The Baron of Techno - Dave Clarke!”, and "the bombastic techno sound of...." which are making me giggle more than a little. Elitist nonsense or irony... You decide!

(mix taken from a DVD-r of about a milion retro 1FM essential mixes bought for next-to-nothing on eBay).