Name: Dan <dan196t9@hotmail.com> Date: Tuesday, 16th September 2003 11:57pm BST From: London Host: host81-132-227-22.in-addr.btopenworld.com ( 81.132.227.22 ) Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.12; Mac_PowerPC)
As a regular at Trade I enjoyed many of Tony's sets at Turnmills on Sunday morning. I have very fond memories of that period, they were the best clubbing experiences of my life and it was Tony's music that was the soundtrack to it all. Trade was an excellent club before Tony's arrivial but with him on board it really took off. He poineered the hard house sound; back then it wasn't called 'hardhouse' it was just simply know as 'Trade music' and that is because no where else was playing that type of sound. He made the gay scene listen, the straights listen and then the world.
Hard house is now a dirty word and I often wonder if that would have been the case if Tony was still alive. I miss his contribution to the now rather dull music scene, his records always made an impression and often gave me goosebumps. They had a distintive sytle: bouncy, energetic, often hard, sometimes camp. He was a maverick and his records were way ahead of their time, if you hear a De Vit record in a club today it still tears the place up. He was also excellent on the decks and knew how to build a atmoshpere, just listen to Trade Vol 1 it is a good example of how he would build a set then peak it on a top record - in this case it is Lets Rock by E-Trax . How many djs do you know who do that these days?
He is sorely missed by thousands of friends and fans and I truly belief that if he was alive today the music and club scene would be a more exicting place.
Happy birthday Tony! I shall certainly be at Trade on Sunday morning at the TDV memorial party. See you there.
Dan ( dan196t9@hotmail.com )
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