Within months the Soul Mafia, using that system, were playing to more than 15,000 people at Knebworth. Levan was presenting familiar music in a unique manner with pauses in the soundtrack introduced, often sparingly, and always at the DJ's instigation.īack in Britain, Froggy modified his sound system, and mastered cross-fading. He studied the practice at Studio 54 and Paradise Garage, watching DJ Larry Levan synchronising the rhythm of two records, cross-fading to play sections of their sounds simultaneously, while overlaying effects from a third turntable.
In 1979 Froggy had visited Billboard magazine's New York disco convention, and there he picked up the theory behind New York's DJs' mixing techniques. In the early 1980s, prior to electro and hip-hop, he was the country's pre-eminent technical DJ. Froggy's style and theatricality heralded that explosion. Froggy's innovative use of mixing decks and tape recorders, alongside his self-built sound system and the mixing consoles he designed himself, transformed the British club scene, acting as a catalyst, and a blueprint, for late 1980s rave culture. A year later he was a DJ at the first Caister soul weekender in Great Yarmouth, alongside a group of DJs - including Robbie Vincent, Chris Hill, Greg Edwards and Jeff Young - which comprised the Soul Mafia. OL15286869W Pages 38 Ppi 300 Republisher_date 20191107193630 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 595 Scandate 20191107090002 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780142413043 Tts_version 3.In 1978 the disc jockey DJ Froggy, who has died of a brain haemorrhage aged 58, installed his sound system at one of Britain's first soul "all-dayers", the National Soul Festival in Purley. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 08:07:57 Associated-names Remkiewicz, Frank, illustrator Boxid IA1692302 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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