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

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gary, it's at the avalon bar in costa mesa, ca. it's in o.c., but seriously, their nights are worth the drive. i know no one goes south, but i would for them. we have the very honorable distinction of being the favorite place for all those guys to play in california.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

hello 1stworldman..i've heard of avalon..i read a funny interview with maurice fulton with the avalon crew..any chance that mix is still around? or any harvey mixes from avalon?

california is amazing i'll have to get down there again!

I asked harvey about moonshadows (?) unfortunately he does'nt play there any more!

did anyone hear his mix for redbull music academy - i think it was called the trainwreck mix.

ciao
g

― Gary Abugan (henry chinaski), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

i saw harvey play a beach party here in hawaii just three days ago. a half hour before sunset he put on E2-E4. about 25 minutes in i went up to him and asked, "are you going to play this one all the way through?" he smiled huge and replied "of course, man!" it was dark by the time the song's 58th minute rolled around. the mixture of an epic sunset with an epic track orchestrated by such a master selector created something hard to describe. it will probably remain one of my top 5 musical moments for the rest of my life.

― grady (grady), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

great story

― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

What did Harvey do for the 58 minutes? Dance? Fuck around with the EQ? Run home and change clothes?

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

http://static.flickr.com/54/176638407_c61031b21e.jpg?v=0

duh.

― grady (grady), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

i put on e2-e4 in appreciation

how often does he play hawaii? and what island? i'm going to maui in august

― flëétwøöd måçk (jaxon), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

i mean i ask because one of the other sets of his i downloaded was from a hawaiian radio station and it sounded like he was a regular.

― flëétwøöd måçk (jaxon), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

he helped open a gallery/club in honolulu (that's on oahu) a few years back. its a lovely place with a rooftop garden, art on the walls, and great staff/managment in one of honolulu's oldest neighborhoods. i just moved here two months back, but it seems like he gets here three to four times a year- he seems to love surfing almost as much as music. he may play maui from time to time, but i didn't ask, so i can't say.

― grady (grady), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

i don't believe your story. they can't fit that much onto one side of a record (or can they?) or was he using CDJs?

― flëétwøöd måçk (jaxon), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 22:09 (nineteen years ago)

it was a cd.

― grady (grady), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 22:19 (nineteen years ago)

who was the first greatest unsung DJ of all times?

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

that's what i want to know. mancuso? levan?

― grady (grady), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

they were sung.

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

one could argue that harvey is/was to the same extent, too.

― grady (grady), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 22:55 (nineteen years ago)

and the thread title says "unsung second greatest" not "second greatest unsung." anyway, best sung/unsung dj of all time is an ILM fest i dont want to attend.

― grady (grady), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 22:59 (nineteen years ago)

count me out also.

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

anyway here is the harvey part of this which is short but good. i LOVE that plaid track.

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 23:09 (nineteen years ago)

the question is: how is hawaii otherwise? i'm interested... cuz that sounds all right.

― trees (treesessplode), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 23:55 (nineteen years ago)

one of honolulu's oldest crack neighborhoods.

― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 29 June 2006 09:23 (nineteen years ago)

haha... yeah, its a bit of a dodgy neighborhood, but this article from a year ago kind of tries and lay out how its going through a regentrification/renewal.

otherwise, hawaii is great. for a city of just over a million people, honolulu has quite a lot to offer... and the countryside, beaches, mountains, rainforests and all that are just a few minutes away. its no new york or london, but it suits me fine so far.

also, the club has a website: www.thirtyninehotel.com.

― grady (grady), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:45 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks for the great E2-E4 story grady..

what else did he play dare i ask? did he play inot the evening at the beach?

My wife and I are planning to goto his hawaiin New Years Party this year , before going back home (to the phillipines) visit.

― Gary Abugan (henry chinaski), Friday, 30 June 2006 01:04 (nineteen years ago)

i can't recall anything else he played- i'm not really the spotter type. i think i recognized a casino vs. japan track.

phil mison was there too, and they kind of tag-teamed saturday nite at the club and sunday afternoon on the beach. i hadn't heard phil before but really i liked his style. i guess he's famous for chill out stuff but he was playing disco bangers and totally working the party saturday nite. really fun stuff.

that picture up there is the actual sunset in question.

gary, you should def. come. the pictures of the last nye party look like it was a good time.

confounded: so you've been to honolulu's chinatown before?

― grady (grady), Friday, 30 June 2006 01:20 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

There's a (new?) DJ Harvey mix CD for sale at Turntable Lab now- called "Sonic Disco #1," on a label I've never heard of called King Biscuit. Some Googling makes me think it's a Japanese release, or possibly a bootleg. Picked it up anyway, I'll let people know how it turns out.

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 17:49 (nineteen years ago)

for anyone in the area (SoCal, orange county in particular), Harvey is playing at our bar. he's incredible live so if you've never seen him you should. it's a sunglasses at night party and it's gonna be 70s chugga chugga badass music all night. email me for rsvp info if you're interested, as it will definitely be full.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

when is this?

― Mike Hooter (jaxon), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

oops, yeah, saturday. this saturday. just happens to be my birthday too.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

Wait, over at Avalon? Dude, you really must not do these things when I'm already booked. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, and where. you're being so vague. i have a friend that might go to this. i won't be in LA until the 11th though

― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

i wasn't being vague, i said orange county. but anyhow. it's in costa mesa, 820 w. 19th st, the bar is called Avalon. like i said, email me (or have your friend email or whatever), or if you show up early enough i am sure it will be fine (around 9:30-10). the place is tiny, 80 people max capacity.

and ned, you sure have a full calendar!

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

life of a west side player

― david allen grier (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

he's got a website now: http://www.harveysarcasticdisco.com

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

Sonic Disco is a bootleg of this I believe:

http://www.wps1.org/include/shows/2005_warm_up.html

The liner notes are copied from Harv's '96 Ministry of Sound mix CD.

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

if you want those as mp3s rather than m3u

http://ps1.el.net/media/archive/mp3/sbmwup05_harvey_pt1_070205.mp3
http://ps1.el.net/media/archive/mp3/sbmwup05_harvey_pt2_070205.mp3

― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

When is the next sarcastic disco?

― hector (hector), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

That is such a beautiful question.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 23:29 (nineteen years ago)

You are being an imp today Mr. Raggett.

― hector (hector), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 23:48 (nineteen years ago)

I love me. :-D

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 23:50 (nineteen years ago)

Ah. Pity it's a bootleg, but I regret nothing. Dude should really release more mixes, especially the MoS mix which goes for crazy prices on ebay now...

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 00:36 (nineteen years ago)

confounded: so you've been to honolulu's chinatown before?

I grew up in Honolulu.

― Confounded (Confounded), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 01:08 (nineteen years ago)

Anyone be so kind to share an mp3 of that Sarcastic Disco Harvey mix? Damn things driving me crazy, I need a copy for my travels!

― tunes (china girl), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 01:19 (nineteen years ago)

http://tooli.blogspot.com/2006/08/007.html

― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 5 August 2006 01:04 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

Saturday, November 11th DJ HARVEY DISKOTRONIK at Rx
132 Eddy Street @ Mason
San Francisco

http://www.rxgallery.com/

― jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 19 October 2006 04:29 (nineteen years ago)

!!!

― jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 19 October 2006 04:29 (nineteen years ago)

oh em gee, jaxon

― yours fondly, harshaw. (mrgn), Thursday, 19 October 2006 05:34 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

i want to pull that e2-e4 beach sunset trick so bad

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

last night sucked. he played "Go Bang" and then 2-3 hours of fucking boring house music. along the way he managed to either bump the needle or trainwreck at least 20 times. he finished with the Stone's "Emotional Rescue" (which i'd just happened to listen to that day at home), Black Harmony's "Don't Let it Go To Your Hea" from the Hustle! Reggae Disco comp and then i think Slave's "Touch of Love". boring.

― jaxon (jaxon), Sunday, 12 November 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

speaking of e2-e4 - http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.asp?id=8304

― new new wave of new wave new rave (fandango), Sunday, 12 November 2006 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

where was he at? i was at some wack party in the mission, watching clowns try to hit on my gf.

― HUNTA-V (vahid), Sunday, 12 November 2006 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

RX Gallery in the loin. really nice space.

― jaxon (jaxon), Sunday, 12 November 2006 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

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hahaha

― flopson, Saturday, 15 April 2017 23:52 (nine years ago)

lol

― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Sunday, 16 April 2017 08:16 (nine years ago)

various old releases now available for download : http://harvey.dj/

― mark e, Sunday, 16 April 2017 11:52 (nine years ago)

one month passes...

A Message from MEN'S ROOM:

If you bought a presale ticket for tonight's Men's Room with DJ Harvey you may enter the party via the front entrance on Clark Street or the back alley entrance until midnight. We are closing the back alley entrance at midnight to manage capacity.

After midnight, entry & re-entry will take place upstairs at the front entrance on Clark Street.

Dress to sweat. If you can avoid using the clothes check we recommend doing it. Wear a shirt you don't mind losing.

Doors open at 9pm.

Presale tickets have sold out. $30 tickets available at the door.

Lineup for the party:

Boiler Room (Downstairs) :
9 - 12 Harry Cross
12 - 4 DJ Harvey

Game Room (Upstairs)
9 - 12 Jeremiah Meece
12 - 2 Jacob Meehan
2 - 4 Mister Wallace & aCe

As always : spread love, respect and jizz. Enjoy your evening.

― gr8080, Friday, 26 May 2017 17:52 (nine years ago)

lol nasty (the spread jizz part)

― flopson, Friday, 26 May 2017 18:09 (nine years ago)

getting around to listening to listening to the old testament mix and god fucking damn. my notion of what it is djs do does not typically encompass going into an old pink floyd audience tape for five minutes. totally crazy!

― Cyborg Kickboxer (rushomancy), Friday, 26 May 2017 18:10 (nine years ago)

one year passes...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlSmQwJh3lt/

― gr8080, Thursday, 19 July 2018 20:15 (seven years ago)

man’s smile is a (natural) contact high. talk about living well!

― Paul, Thursday, 19 July 2018 23:02 (seven years ago)

ten months pass...

This DJ HARVEY Interview has been languishing on a hard drive since 2012... until now https://t.co/LdRvwW04eL via @YouTube
— Christopher Tubbs (@CMJCT) June 11, 2019

― groovypanda, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 10:35 (seven years ago)

the vibeman cometh

― Papa Triste (Thee Macallan 18 Year), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 23:29 (seven years ago)

ten months pass...

new harvey live mix: https://deejayharvey.bandcamp.com/album/dj-harvey-live-at-rumors

also the RA review mentions this thread: https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/24993

― davey, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 11:09 (six years ago)

That Live At Rumors mix sounded lovely sitting in the sunshine with a gin at the weekend, it's maybe a bit more conventionally "dance music" than I would expect from him though

― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 11:13 (six years ago)

i think it is conceptually interesting selling mixes on Bandcamp and I kind of hope it becomes more of a thing. I gave up scrolling after a while but it looks like a few thousand poeple went for this.

― stirmonster, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 14:54 (six years ago)

one year passes...

trainspotting trigger alert... but harv opened a set last weekend in nyc with this and in the moment, after 18 months without stepping foot on a dancefloor or hearing really loud music, it could not have been more right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oMV02vwuGw

― anza808, Friday, 23 July 2021 23:56 (four years ago)

one year passes...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CcDqxygLgUI/

― fpsa, Sunday, 9 October 2022 01:15 (three years ago)

what's in the link, for non-members?

― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Sunday, 9 October 2022 01:56 (three years ago)

a selfie with dr cornel west

― brimstead, Sunday, 9 October 2022 03:22 (three years ago)

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