DJ MACH ONE - TECHNO & ELECTRONIC UNDERGROUND MIXES.
A FAN OF THE SYNTH BAND SCENE THAT INVADED THE UK’S CHARTS AFTER THE DEATH OF DISCO IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES BEFORE BEING INSPIRED LATER THAT DECADE BY THE ACID HOUSE & ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMING INTO ENGLAND FROM GERMANY, BELGIUM & THE USA, JON LEWIS AKA DJ MACH ONE BOUGHT A SET OF TECHNIC 1200’S & A CHEAP MIXER IN 1989 & STARTED A LIFE LONG LOVE AFFAIR, SOME MAY SAY OBSESSION, WITH COLLECTING RECORDS & IN TURN BLENDING THEM TO CREATE MIXES OF INTEREST FOR HIMSELF, FRIENDS & FOLLOWERS. OVER THE PAST 22 YEARS THESE MIXES HAVE BECOME COLLECTIBLE, HELPING CHART THE EVOLUTION OF DANCE MUSIC & HIS OWN NIGHTLIFE EXPERIENCES. FROM EARLY TECHNO, ACID HOUSE, & ELECTRONICA HE HAS CONSISTENTLY ENDEAVOURED TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND MUSICALLY, TO AVOID FASHION & ITS MANY PIT FALLS, & TO STEER CLEAR OF NOSTALGIA & CLICHE, KILLERS OF INNOVATION. ALWAYS TRYING TO DRIVE MUSIC FORWARD WITH NEW SOUNDS & IDEAS, COMMERCIAL SUCSESS HAS NEVER BEEN HIS DRIVING FORCE. BELIEVING A DJ’S ROLE IS NOT TO JUST PLAY PEOPLES FAVORITE RECORDS OR TO SEEK FAME ABOVE ALL ELSE BUT TO ENTERTAIN & TO EDUCATE, TO INSPIRE & TO INFLUENCE & TO LET THE MUSIC TAKE CENTER STAGE. AS ANY GOOD DJ WILL TELL YOU, ITS ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC YET THE SKILL OF THE DJ, ASIDE FROM THE SELECTION OF TRACKS, THE POINT WHERE HE OR SHE BECOMES AN ARTIST IS IN THE MIX, THE CROSSOVER POINT BETWEEN TRACKS, WHEN DONE PROPERLY IT IS AN ART FORM, A ONE OFF, SOMETHING SPECIAL, THEORETICALLY SIMPLE YET DEVILISHLY DIFFICULT TO DO WELL, REQUIRING FOCUS & CONCENTRATION. WHEN DONE BADLY, IT CAN SOUND LIKES A TRAIN CRASH. AFTER RUNNING A FEW WAREHOUSE PARTIES IN AMSTERDAM IN 1990, DJ MACH ONE RETURNED TO THE UK & FOUNDED THE ORIGINAL DREAMSCAPE EVENTS IN 1991 BEFORE CREATING REVELATION IN 1992, ONE OF THE UK'S FIRST UNDERGROUND MUSIC CLUBS, A CLUB THAT PRIDED ITSELF ON AN OPEN MINDED ATTITUDE TO MUSIC, WHERE THE CREAM OF THE UK'S UNDERGROUND MUSIC SCENE SPUN RECORDS ALONGSIDE A ROTATING ROSTER OF THE SOUTH WEST UK’S FINEST DJ’S, THE CLUB WAS HELD AT VERBEER MANOR IN THE DEVON COUNTRYSIDE FOR OVER 3 YEARS AND SUCSEEDED AGAINST THE ODDS IN ESTABLISHING ITSELF AS A MECCA FOR CUTTING EDGE MUSIC, ATTRACTING UP TO 800 PEOPLE A WEEK FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IT GAINED SOME NOTORIETY WHEN IT APPEARED UNJUSTLY ON THE TV’S ROGER COOK REPORT IN 1993. IT THEN TRANSFERRED SUCSESSFULLY TO A MUCH LARGER VENUE, THE LEGENDARY PLYMOUTH WAREHOUSE WHERE IT HELD COURT UNTIL JUNE 1994. THE FOLLOWING YOU TUBE CLIPS SAY IT ALL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2RnihXH1gw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUNoehMN_Co BELOW IS A LIST OF A FEW OF THE DJ’S THAT PLAYED SETS AT THESE EVENTS ALONGSIDE DJ MACH ONE & MC DJ RIBBZ. CARL COX, DAVE CLARK, CJ BOLLAND, TREVOR ROCKCLIFFE, DAZ SAUND, SIMON BASELINE SMITH, EASYGROOVE, DAVE ANGEL, FRANK DU WULF, BILLY NASTY, COLIN DALE, COLIN FAVOR, LOFTGROOVER, MICK HUCKABY, CHRIS SIMMONDS, DJ JACK (DIY), ALEX HAZZARD, THE RHYTHM DOCTOR, THE DJ PRODUCER, SHANE & JAMIE, DJ EDGE, STEVE BICKNELL, TREVOR FUNG. KENNY KEN, NIPPER, RATTY, LUKE SLATER, NICK HARRIS (NRK), DJ LISA, DJ SWANNE, DJ PHANTASY, DJ BROOKER, KEITH SUCKLING, EVIL EDDIE RICHARDS, DJ SY, DJ WORM, LTJ BUKEM, DOC SCOTT, MIKEY B, DJ SS, MR MULLATO, MR ROSSI, DJ APHASIA, MATTHEW BUSHWACKA B, ELLIS D. HAVING ALSO RUN EVENTS UNDER THE NAMES, PURESCIENCE, POP, & SAFARI, CURRENTLY OUR EVENTS ARE PROMOTED AS “FRIENDZ ELECTRIC" AND ARE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN DJ MACH ONE AND LONG TIME MUSICAL ALLY AND FRIEND, MC DJ RIBBZ. WE DO OUR OWN THING, ALWAYS HAVE, ALWAYS WILL. TURN UP / TUNE IN / TUNE ON. WE ARE ON FACEBOOK : REVELATION / FRIENDZ ELECTRIC / SAFARI : https://www.facebook.com/pages/edit/?id=176424352370765&sk=basic#!/groups/friendzelectric/ DJ MACH ONE : https://www.facebook.com/pages/edit/?id=176424352370765&sk=basic#!/pages/DJ-MACH-ONE/176424352370765 MC DJ RIBBZ : https://www.facebook.com/pages/edit/?id=176424352370765&sk=basic#!/profile.php?id=664510621 FREE MIXES CAN BE FOUND AT : http://revelation-safari.podomatic.com/ GENERAL ENQUIRIES : friendzelectric@googlemail.com