Serge (Clone) – Influences
"So good he is known only by his first name" The Clone empire has been built from the ground up by a certain Mr Serge (no we don't know his surname, OK! Jesus calm down alright). From its home in Rotterdam Clone has been responsible for releasing, distributing and A&R-ing large swathes of the best electronic music comitted – or re-comitted in some cases – to wax over the past 20 years. Classic house, basement james and seminal electro cuts Serge and Clone have unearthed never heard before gems from across the ages and future classics and furnished them on our ears. As a DJ he's on a level all of his own threading records together with an unusual magic. Which is why it's such an honour to have him share his Influences with us. Get these on.
Serge plays Bar A Bar in Stoke Newington, at Tribes on 22nd May and at Sub Club on 23rd May for Subculture x Clone x Rush Hour
Man, where to start… So many influences. Lets start in my teenage years…
Trying to do my homework while getting distracted by the national Soul Show by Dutch legend Ferry Maat.
Every Thursday at 20.30 a fresh homemade amateur tape mix came up with loads of obscure imports, club hits and tracks I never heard before. Passion by The Flirts was a regular featured track… Often not longer then 1.5 minutes into the mix and I had no idea what it was (no tracklistings were provided. No Shazam, no Facebook i.d. groups, no TV shows playing club tunes or videos of these tunes…) but that synth hook, the bassline… and P.A.S.S.I.O.N.!!! My ghettoblaster at max every time!. Took me years to find out what it was 🙂
I could have picked 20 other tracks here, but this one just popped up first.
Actually… I truly love all those late 70s and 80s r&b and disco and soft soul that Ferry Maat used to play in his show. I grew up with that guy’s radio show… He played hip hop, disco, and electronic stuff like Kraftwerk… but I really got into it with the disco mixes and tunes like this!
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