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

That was Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

fp'd u for that

I thought the sound was great but it was true there were "dead" spots, and sometimes a tall person would move in behind you and suddenly things would get muffled - it was a weird, morphing, multi-tentacled auditory experience which frankly seemed exactly appropriate

Harvey also used the volume knob, sometimes bringing the overall level down a bit for a good 10-15 minutes before slamming into something big; I thought it was tremendously effective and also made for a more convivial atmosphere in that you actually could chat with ppl from time to time

I stayed to the end. He actually finished with Chilly, For Your Love, but then said thanks and yes, played Save a Prayer.

Anyways, it was awesome, but I wish I'd got there for the start and left a bit earlier. I'm too old for this!

Me too :( I think you made the right call though.. imo it was a sort of moiling, unfocused vibe until around 12:30 or 12:45

How late did it go?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxKD2GCS2yw&feature=youtu.be&t=2m45s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxKD2GCS2yw

gets interesting at about 2:50 or so

finally!!!

http://www.wordandsound.de/article/80389

ayo!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czWo3bVN2EY

playin at lovebox

http://new.tinygrab.com/ac9d801c791158e3c9daa7fbc572e4cff646dfec38.png

http://i.imgur.com/PjRRFCi.png

i think i might have taken that^ photo c. 2007 but i am searching through old emails and cant find the orig

really??? damn

and one from 99

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

― ⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, October 30, 2011 2:41 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

jamming this today, still so fresh

also i found the old pic, and it wasnt mine

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/425768_10150583085317423_1513019283_n.jpg

the knife is making me uneasy

there's more than one way

Celebs with cats

https://sphotos-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/q71/s720x720/1235446_10151688275447423_1352006311_n.jpg

http://harveysgeneralstore.bigcartel.com/product/dj-harvey-sarcastic-mix-official-re-issue-limited-release

ripoff

heh what's Sleaze?

i don't think 20$ is a ripoff, but i think buying mixes on vinyl is kind of dumb

that's a CD

ohh, lol

is that this? http://www.discogs.com/DJ-Harvey-Sarcastic-Study-Masters-Volume-2/release/4245958

not the sarcastic mix w/ like ... Claudja Barry and ginny

it's both.

the original mix had fake track names

I would not pay $20 for a cdr w no artwork, that's a ripoff

theo only charges $10 for his

$20 for shipping to Canada, $6 for shipping to the US. Seems legit.

live on KCRW tonite, 12am PST

http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/oc/oc131221dj_harvey

^^ that archived anywhere?

he's been out of the picture for some years now, but this is pertinent and sad news:

http://www.honolulupulse.com/2014/01/chinatown-dance-haven-thirtyninehotel-closes-down/

bummer man

this was a long time coming, but honolulu's chinatown as an "arts district" is pretty much dead. where are people here who go out for the music supposed to go dance now? everything's EDM or top 40 anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXB9q7CPWh8

not sure what thread to put this in but this song is dope. hadn't heard it before. saw some Toronto people posting about it on Facebook, that Harvey played it on Saturday.

that's Escape From New York - "Fire in My Heart"

Album out this summer under the name Wildest Dreams. Apparently Harvey recorded it a few years ago but Smalltown Supersound are just now releasing it. There's a song on soundcloud called Last Ride. Cool song in the vein of Map of Africa.

A modern day equivalent of the L.A. wrecking crew, Wildest Dreams is the brainchild of DJ Harvey as a means to keep his multi-instrumentalist hand in, so to speak. Wildest Dreams make music inspired by the landscape of L.A and it surrounds for your road and acid trip. The self-titled album was recorded over a week a couple years ago and unearthed by Smalltown Supersound. It will be released July 29th.

DJ Harvey is a near mythical character whose musical style cannot simply be filed as eclectic or retrospective; he plays whatever he feels, as he feels it, but always for the crowd. He is an analogue loving DJ that utilizes reel to reel and effects all conjured live while not being afraid to also work new technology in the mix. He's respected and in demand all over the world. Best put by Rolling Stone when included in their "25 DJs That Rule The Earth," "If Keith Richards was a DJ, he'd totally be Harvey. A libertine Englishman turned California surfer dude, Harvey has been rocking dance floors since the 1980s with his ocean-deep collection of rare disco, Pink Floyd-y space rock, off-kilter techno and anything else danceable. Or as Harvey once said, 'You can't understand the blues until you've had your heart broken by a woman. And you can't understand my music until you've had group sex on Ecstasy.'"

Last Ride just sounds like an anonymous '70s deep album cut to me. Not really feeling it that much. It took a while for Map of Africa and Locussolus to grow on me though. Be interested to hear the rest of the record.

Anyone going to his Meltdown show next week?

Not too keen on the new album tbh.

kinda played

eulogy elegy

Interviewed him last night, top bloke.

Apparently the Cirque de Bend thing tonight is a "super gay disco experience". So that'll be fun.

Lyrics to the new record stolen from Bowie and the Tibetan Book of the Dead if he's to be believed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXB9q7CPWh8

not sure what thread to put this in but this song is dope. hadn't heard it before. saw some Toronto people posting about it on Facebook, that Harvey played it on Saturday.

― dmr, Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:55 PM (2 months ago)

Also on the fantastic Jolyon and Matthew Green Originals comp

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Originals-Volume-Four/release/1994119

This documentary on Tonka was posted on Youtube last week, featuring a very young Harvey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyGW88l6q-8

He looked genuinely sad last night when he said "ahh, fuck, I'm 50, who cares what I think any more" lol

wildest dreams sounds pretty hard like he bought another copy of fragile. i'm cool with it, except for "pleasure well", because look, harv, we've all heard "riders on the storm", OK?

when i saw him shortly after he turned 50 he remarked "it's not really the beginning of the end, it's just the end of the beginning"