RiL050 Mike Perras - Beginning Of Life

I'm going to be repeating myself if I start mentioning The Sub Club again but 'Beginning Of Life' reminds me of DJ Harri.  The intro has the best use of strings in a house record apart from 'Strings Of Life'. The snares snap the beat in like a military band sounding an attack and the kick drums demand you to dance.  DJ Harri has almost as good a dub collection as he does house music.   He has been playing at the subclub since 1986 and mixing beats there as consistently as a metronome.  In a pack of DJ Top Trumps he would be the card that won the hand with highest appearances.  If this blog does nothing else but introduce a few new people to DJ Harri then it would have been worth the long hours it has taken me.  'Oh' and yes,'Beginning of life', was a great end of the night track at back to basics.  

The first in a series of mixes celebrating my 20 years as resident at back to basics club in Leeds, UK. visit www.ralphlawson.co.uk for track listing and sleevenotes for the mix and stories from the club.