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Manuel
11:23 Tue Feb 18
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This guys unfortunate passing has effected many people. Seen him called a pioneer, a legend, a trailblazer, a hero, an icon, the list goes on. Real sad stuff.
RIP.
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Hallerinthemorning
11:18 Tue Feb 18
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smartypants 8:34 Mon Feb 17
The artwork was done by Paul Cannell who killed himself.
yes he was east london but im really not sure about ICF myth. can people just be from east london and not ICF ;-)
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BRANDED
10:06 Tue Feb 18
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My timeline was full of stuff but this is from a photographer who knew him:
Andrew Weatherall said that he was lucky to be 'in the right place at the right time' when acid house and Balearic Beats turned UK clubbing and dance music inside out. We were the lucky ones.
Credit to Danny Rampling for recognising Andy's passion for all kinds of amazing music and asking him to DJ at Shoom. He didn't instantly become a renowned DJ, but he was distinctive; I loved the dubwise reggae and cool, leftfield tunes he played alongside Terry Farley up in the bar at Busby's in 1989. He already had the talent, a lot of knowledge and the imagination to make music and he developed the turntable skills and devil-may-care chutzpah to bring it all together in wonderful DJ sets and mesmerising remixes.
So many people have written beautiful, heartfelt and funny stories about Andrew, how he supported them by playing at their new club nights, gave advice and words of encouragement (or admonishment to the labels he felt should be releasing better music) and always had time for people when he was playing or on record-shopping missions.
I remember sitting with him on the stairs during a Spectrum all-dryer in Heaven in June 1988 as we watched a group of proper football hooligans hugging and (literally) making daisy chains together. Andy pointed towards them and half-whispered: 'He's a Chelsea fan, that one's Millwall, those two are ICF [West Ham's hardcore fans], he's Arsenal and I'm not sure about those wrong-'uns behind them but you can bet that last Saturday they'd have happily been kicking chunks out of each other. This "Summer of Love" could be getting out of hand.'
Even though he was feted as 'Lord Sabre' in the late '90s he didn't do that whole look-at-me celebrity DJ thing, and kept on reinventing himself in new partnerships, fresh clubs, radical record labels and remixes.
It felt like a kick to the stomach to hear that he's no longer with us. Love and condolences to his family, closest friends and the Boy's Own crew. We've been so lucky to enjoy his fantastic music as well as his wit and warmth and the healthy scepticism he brought to those Boy’s Own zine articles.
RIP Andrew Weatherall, a real gentleman and a one-of-a-kind hero.
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Don Ravioli
7:39 Tue Feb 18
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Jlap
I didn’t even know Paul trouble Anderson had died, had to google it just now.
One of my favourite DJ’s growing up. His shows on kiss in the early days were superb.
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defjam
12:21 Tue Feb 18
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I've never been into house music even though I've probably seen, heard and met lots of house DJ's but throughout the years Weatheralls name was always up there.
I've lots of DJ's as mate and I guess it's the same as supporting a team but admiring a player from another team, Even Hip Hop DJ's revered him!
One wrote this!
'I first saw Andrew Weatherall play when I was about 17 or 18. At the time, I was an up and coming Scratch DJ and automatically thought all house DJ's were pale imitations of what I was doing.
Until I saw him play.
The first time I saw him play it was like being in church or something. The entire crowd were pretty much enchanted and he had every single one of them in the palm of his hand. Myself included. I saw him many times after that, mainly at places like Shoom, Shave Yer Tongue, Full Circle, Valbonnes etc, where I was able to take a night off from Hip Hop and let my hair down.
I found out a few years ago that friends of mine were in a car with him in the early 90's and one of them pulled out a tape of me. He, apparently, listened to the entire tape and thought it was amazing.
I wish I'd been there.
My newsfeed for the last few hours has been just mind blowing as musicians, producers, DJ's and fans of ALL genres of music pay tribute to one of the greatest creatives of my generation. He was a truly gifted human being.
Fly Free, Mr Weatherall.
R.I.P. Andrew Weatherall'
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eusebiovic
12:19 Tue Feb 18
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Legend
Saw him DJ in The Telegraph and White Horse on Brixton Hill many moons ago long before the spoilt middle classes recolonized it...
proper buzzin'
R.I.P
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Ridikzappa
12:08 Tue Feb 18
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Back in the day, when Screamadelica came out, i was a buzzing, hyper 20-something who discovered E and they were utterly marvellous days.
Shaun Ryder, Happy Mondays, Altern 8, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Stone Roses, The Charlatans, Ozric Tentacles, Castle Morten free raves, spiliffs, saying ‘sorted’ all the time, blim burns, pukka, Joss sticks, global hypercolour, The Shamen, Nomad and MC Mikee, Rizlas, Purdeys herbal drink, The Drum Club, The Orb, Orbital and wearing Cool as Fuck Inspiral Carpet t-shirts amongst other memories
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JLAP
11:27 Mon Feb 17
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Founder of the old Boys Own back in the day.
Will be spinning a few chooons with Frankie Knuckles and Paul Trouble Anderson up in the clouds..
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geoffpikey
9:21 Mon Feb 17
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Understood, Peroni. My attempts at black humour sometimes go awry.
Shame about Weatherall. Odd though, in some ways that he never became a bigger name. Seemed happy doing his own relatively low-key thing, I guess.
PS: Norman Cook is alive and well.
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peroni
9:13 Mon Feb 17
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geoff
Understood mate - just thought I'd missed something and couldnt be arsed to google. I wasn't having a dig.
Cheers
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geoffpikey
9:11 Mon Feb 17
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He did Peroni. Drugs aren't what killed him, but he did take them. Ditto Flack.
It was a deliberately simplistic comparison - just winding up the usual WHO misogynists and hate merchants.
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Kaiser Zoso
9:05 Mon Feb 17
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"Papua New Guinea (Andrew Weatherall Mix)" – 9:43 (CD - early fade); 11:24 (12")
Classic
RIP
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WestArt
8:57 Mon Feb 17
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FSOL - Papua New Guinea
Flowered Up - Weekender
Pure Weatherall epicness.....
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peroni
8:54 Mon Feb 17
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geoffpikey 7:55 Mon Feb 17
"Another drug-taking "celebrity" death!! Different reaction."
Eh? He had a blood clot, did he not?
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B.ferguson1980
8:41 Mon Feb 17
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My favourite Soon by My bloody Valentine mixed by Andy Weatherall
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smartypants
8:34 Mon Feb 17
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Screamadelica was/is brilliant. The iconic cover of that album was designed by a well known ICF member
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B.ferguson1980
8:33 Mon Feb 17
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Gilder Ep My bloody Valentine mixes by Andy Weatherall
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Vexed
8:26 Mon Feb 17
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Much more important and newsworthy than slags off trash TV topping themselves.
The world is all wrong. Shame this. Screamadelica, fucking classic. Primal scream would have got dropped if it wasn't for that album.
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Irish Hammer
8:14 Mon Feb 17
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Some great great nights at clubs with him at the helm. A genuine genius at what he did.
RIP
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smartypants
8:09 Mon Feb 17
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Great DJ, listened to him a lot early 90s. Loved the video for weekender - flowered up. Very much if it’s time. Think the bloke in that has died as well
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gph
8:07 Mon Feb 17
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WEATHERall - knew it'd be ted or defjam announcing this
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