Northern Gathering Reunion Part 4!! Skegster & Kev Gee!

Happy New year folks!

 

As we enter the final few days of this terrible year, we look back at to a time when things were better!

To a time when you could smoke in nightclubs, party all night long & roll in from a night out & then somehow go to work 2 or 3 hours later & be fine! To a time when garys cost £1 and you needed about 10 of them.  To a time when we didnt have smartphones & we didnt record everything on them.  To a time when people actually went to record shops & met new friends, and forged partnerships & networked by being face to face, rather than over the internet.  To a time when Social Media didnt exist and Rave Forums were the place to get information on what the weekend would consist of!!

 

SO! On tonights show we feature Kivo's very own Hard style King Dj Skegster!  The guy who launched JADE & helped the youth of the area! Many who may have taken different paths if it wasnt for him! And he can mix a great set as well!! And then for mix 2 its myself playing the Hardcore that I enjoyed at the time! And also the first stirrings of what is now known as Crossbreed. But back then it was given the title Core & Bass. But to me it was all just Hardcore! As always mixed in 1 take with no editing!

 

Please Read Skegsters ace interview below! I have not supplied one as I cant interview myself hah! 

 

Mix 1 - Skegster

Mix 2 - Kev Gee

 

Interview questions!!

Hello!! Can you introduce youself to us and tell us a little about yourself?! ASL, Straight, BI, Upf or experimentation etc?!  Hi, my name is John but i'm probably better known as Skegster. I used to be really into large chested blonde ladies back in the day - but these days I seem to be sat in my flat, alone and doing puzzle books or 1000 piece jigsaws - or something like that. 

 

So can you talk us through how you became involved with Northern Gathering? I'm not sure exactly how it came to fruition but back then I was running the JADE events every month in Kiveton and I met people like Firthy, D-Jam, Martin Space etc through the events and also through going out raving to Uprising and those kinda places. 

 

What can you remember about your first set? Tunes played? other djs there? Were was it held? Lets just be clear - this is part of my life that is kind of a big blur. I was running on stimulants and little sleep - so it's all a bit of a haze tbh. I remember playing sets in D-Jam's kitchen and also up in Bombjacks bedroom as well at the events at the Adelphi and NCPM. 

Can you tell us about any funny stories from Northern Gathering? I can remember waking up at D-Jam's one time with MC Trigg shouting something to Firthy over and over again, I was confused and I looked over in the kitchen and Bombjack was laid asleep under the kitchen table on the laminate flooring.  (cue very strong Barnsley accent)  'Fiiiiirthy, if tha wents a lift thaz guna av t wek up man, av gut t git t coooooooowut' I later worked out what Trigg was shouting; (Firthy, if you want a lift, you're going to have to wake up up man, I've got to get to court).  You had to be there to know how funny it was haha. 

I also remember having acid at Andy's and we were watching Salad Fingers on YouTube; it fried my head. I had an idea to trick Tommy-T to watch it but then switch it for some gay porn for a laugh, me and I think Firthy managed to switch the screen to the gay boys in action and we were expecting him to freak out off his head on acid, he just sat there and said, 'this is naughty this, it doesn't bother me'. And he just sat and watched it. Not what we expected but it was Tommy after all - mad head hahah. 

What do you think of that era of Rave compared to nowadays? It's absolutely cliched to come out with the same sort of response that I used to hate from the old school crew that would say about our era of raving - that it wasn't the same and isn't as good as t