Recent content by Spektral

Hi. It's good to see you're still alive and making some tunes. We actually used to chat a little bit on facebook back in the day as well, but I think I probably cheesed you off and you kind of vanished - no doubt because I was probably doing too much social commentary back then....but that's a...

I've been getting a bit of this going on for several years now. Some things I used to find annoying or boring are now brilliant. My musical taste was generally sound in about 1991/1992....then it went a bit cheesy and dodgy in 1993/1994/early 1995...... and now, at times when I am pulling out...

I was just wondering what people make of the new music that's coming out which is based on the retro/oldschool sound of the 1991/1992 era and even the 93/94 eras of progressive, breaks and trance. After about, I dunno, 2014 or so, I stopped buying records all that often. I'd been buying them...

My advice, don't get new decks if they are the digital pitch controls. They are virtually all the same now, with 90% or so of the parts made by the same manufacturer, just styled and badged differently. Each one boasts torque and accuracy etc but its mostly a sham I'm afraid. There's no point...

I bought a lot of zone tapes from there and yeah, I suppose, quite a stack of tunes - but they were not the mega money ones. More like PCP, Trix's Cheeze N' Biscuits, Bit Machine (before it got hammered) and whatever I could find for less than a tenner lol. It was notoriously pricey. Phil always...

I haven't been there for years, but used to go regularly "back in the day". If I recall correctly, I used to go to "Giraffe" to by mix-tapes, like Carl Cox. Kenny Ken, Ratty, Ellis Dee and so on. These were the days when you could also find T-Shirts with "PG TRIPS" logo's, "Kik-Kit" and other...

For me, this is one of the tunes that defines the era. Massive piano lead, wailing vocals, a hardcore bleep-like element, people going mad for it, wicked bass, tinkly top line taking it to an even more euphoric masterpiece. I'm willing to bet the barn that it wasn't actually played on stage...

A certain somebody is apparently on a mission at the moment over whether folks have rights to this and that. To what degree and over exactly what, I don't know at the moment, so this is a bit of speculation and rumour, not factual. I can understand not wanting people blatantly ripping off your...

I'm about half way through at the moment. What a classy, smooth mix. This is why Allister Whitehead is such a well known and respected name. Thanks for the mix, I can't wait to see what else is coming in the next 45 minutes.

I suppose it depends on what you get used to. Back in what seems another life, Goldwave was the thing....... but then Cool Edit came along and I found that better. As you say, this morphed into Adobe Audition and it sadly lost some of the key things I used to use Cool Edit for, unless I...

It's probably a bit tricky at the moment to be doing much. There's also still a lot of people who have gone AWOL from "back in't day". Ps, James, I have to get this off my chest as it's been queitly nagging at me for years.....you probably won't have a clue what I'm on about, but still, sorry...

I'm sure everybody here will have their own fairly-cheese-tastic favourites which also could be categorised as being, simultaneously, well-worthy piano/rave tune gurners of the highest order. These may be tunes which, looking back, capture a time, a place, a year, have some slamming kick about...

The new Technics have some kind of new accuracy technique technology, but I am with you, the price of the new Technics is quite absurd. I love the look of these Stanton 150's in the first comment - the style of them is a bit special, just like what attracted me to mine. Str8-100's I...

BBC Radio Lancashire Special - The Summer That Changed Everything? (26/08/2019) - BBC Sounds Available for the next 20 days or so. Just listening now, not sure how good it will be. Edit: quite a good documentary. I am from the area, so some of it I knew, but still, it is a nice trip down...

Hi everyone. I will be moving house shortly. I have some old equipment I think I'd want to hook up to some new equipment via Bluetooth. I have just bought a new LG TV, with Bluetooth, according to the box. I haven't been able to try the TV yet. It is for my new front room. I'm not sure...