Dave Harvey – ‘The Line Out Mix’ Love International Live @ Rainbow Disco Club

We’ve known Dave Harvey a long time. Long enough that neither of us is entirely sure when it started – somewhere in the blur of the 90s, in rooms that probably no longer exist, with people we’re still lucky enough to call friends. Long before The Ransom Note had a name. Long before Team Love had a manifesto. Back when it was just about getting to the right room on the right night and staying as long as humanly possible. Dave was always there. Usually near the speakers.

Watching what he’s built since then – and more importantly, how he’s built it, with the same unguarded enthusiasm he had at the very beginning – has been one of the genuine pleasures of growing up in and around this ‘scene’ together. Because the thread has always been consistent. Whether as a DJ, programmer, promoter, or raver, there are few dancefloors he hasn’t graced, and fewer still where he hasn’t left some kind of mark. Since cutting his teeth in those 90s rooms, he’s built an inimitable sound that moves freely between house, techno, breaks and electro, EBM, wonky chuggers and disco-infused oddities – often all within the same set.

Here he is, doing exactly that. Captured live at Rainbow Disco Club, in case you needed any further evidence. The rest, we’ll let the colours speak for themselves.

Listen below:

If a rainbow fell into a disco club, which colour would you be and why?

Deep blue like the Adriatic.

Rainbows only appear after rain. Is there a version of Love Intl where it only starts when someone cries?

Box ticked, there are many tears on the road to Tisno every year.

If a rainbow fell into a disco club, which colour would you be and why?

Deep blue like the Adriatic.

Rainbows only appear after rain. Is there a version of Love Intl where it only starts when someone cries?

Box ticked, there are many tears on the road to Tisno every year.

If you had to assign a BPM to each colour of the rainbow, where does indigo sit and why?

I would have thought this one would be obvious. 110-114, mid-tempo stompers.

We know mirrorball light creates little scattered fragments of white light across a room. Is that technically a disco rainbow, and if so, does it have rights?

Always protect the rays, always.

Rainbows are allegedly arc-shaped. Do you think that’s just a branding decision, or did they experiment with other shapes first and the oval just didn’t test well?

Good question!

If Love Intl had a dress code based on the visible light spectrum, would violet always just miss the guest list by one notch?

Funnily enough, we are working on a colour-ranked guestlist accreditation situation to keep things interesting, so you are really ahead of the conversation here. It’s like you’ve been listening in.

A double rainbow is essentially two rainbows. Is that a collab, or is one of them just the support act?

Collab and a wonderful b2b all at once.

Scientifically speaking, you can never actually reach a rainbow. Is that what kept you coming back to Love Intl every year?

Always chasing rainbows.

If the dancefloor at Love Intl is a prism, what does it refract you into?

The back shelf at Barbs.

Roy G Biv is the mnemonic for the rainbow. Is he on the lineup this year and if not, why not?

Is this the new Boards of Canada DJ pseudonym??? If so let’s see!

Love International

is next month, but it’s sold out. Resale tickets may still be available. Try not to miss out.

Dave Harvey can be found here.

The Rev Dave Harvey who we just discovered whilst searching for THE REAL Dave Harvey, can be found on the link above.