The recent passing of their legendary force of nature, Keith, added an extra dimension of emotion when choosing how to clash them. ![]() They stood as pioneers of the free party culture and were the catalysts of some of the greatest parties I’ve ever attended whilst travelling with the Headfuk soundsystem out in Europe decades ago. I surmised that playing a song that nigh-on everybody loves would set the required tone.Īnnouncing the drop would then be a homemade mentasm hoover from our mks50 and after that I would break the tune into a large monosyllabic bass tone that would shake the rig and everyone's bones. I didn't feel like our mix had done it justice on samplers but an old UK hardcore version of the track still rattled around my head so I used that as a starting point. Our band TR-33N had performed in a small tent there before on a big pile of hardware and in amongst the set was a remix of one of my favourite songs ever, Pressure Drop by Toots and the Maytals, who also played that year. So I set about designing my perfect rave tune. When you have been booked to play only 1 tune at Glastonbury, some rules come into play that I am not normally concerned with when composing music, namely that the track should clearly be recognisable as some form of music and also, preferably be a solid banger from start to finish. Traditional clash culture has it that the custom dub plates that you play should be tailored to the clash and allow you to take aural shots at your opponents, so I set about designing my own sonic weapon. ![]() We would gather as many of our crew as we could sneak thru the gates and we would all play a tune each. I've traipsed through those fields near Pilton on many a year – enough to get PTSD whenever I hear the sound of torrential rain on tarpaulin – but the tale of this particular tune is based solely around the events of Glastonbury festival 2019.Īround January of that year, Seain mentioned to me that our old soundsystem could potentially be involved in a soundclash in the lower fields and that we would be up against the mighty Desert Storm, a formidable crew of hardcore ravers.
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