A very long song, or rather a mix of eight different songs, seamlessly joined together (including one, Massif, clocking in at seven minutes and another Medley #2 reaching nearly twelve), from a live DJ performance at The Brain in 1990. Live At The Brain 1990 was recently unearthed and pressed up on vinyl, the forty five minute long track is from The Irresistible Force aka Mixmaster Morris and Ramjac Corporation aka Paul Chivers. The pair present an ambient/ acid house masterclass, with drum machines, synths, programmed sounds, samples, keys and sequencers employed to create non- stop, semi- improvised, acid house/ rave/ psychedelia. IT pulses and flows, melodies and rhythms rolling on top of each other, sampled voices dropped in and out- 'This is joy that I'm feeling'. Live At The Brain 1990 is a time capsule, a life affirming slice at a point when the future was real and being made in front of your eyes.
The Brain was a pioneering acid house night promoted by Sean McClusky (ex- Jo Boxers and IF?) and artist Mark Wigan, on Wardour Street in Soho, running between 1989 and 1992. The list of people who played there is a who's who of British club culture at the turn of the 90s- Weatherall, Orbital, Leftfield, The Shamen, Graeme Park, Norman Cook, A Guy Called Gerald among them- and the roll call of people who frequented it as customers equally impressive- Boy George, Gilles Peterson, Neneh Cherry, Paul Oakenfold, Mark Moore, Tim Simenon, The pre- Chemical Chemical Brothers, various members of Primal Scream, Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses, Rankin, John Galliano, Sheryl Garrett, George Michael, Christy Turlington, Matt Dillon and so on....
