Northern Gathering Reunion!! Pack1!!! Martin Space & James Woollen!!

Oh My Daysssssssssss!!! Yes thats right!! from out of nowere we have organised the OG MOFOs back for one last HOOO RAHHH!! Who remembers the legendary NOTHERN GATHERING RADIO SHOWS? No You dont?  Sit nicely kids..... Its time for a history lesson.... Mid 2004 and Internet radio shows become a viable option now that people can listen in 128KPS quality and people can also broadcast from their bedrooms using Winamp and a plug in!!  Hardcore United is the brainchild of a young lad called Luke FIrth (No not the Fat pie Firth!! Thats DAVID Firth!)  You see Luke isnt old enough to actually goto raves so he launches an internet radio station instead. He also drafts in well known Local Dj Martin Space and his co conspirator Andy Mollins AKA DJam. These 3 stooges also come up with a plan to have all day raves at various locations around Yorkshire and getting loads of Djs to play there!! Also with the wonders of ADSL broadband you can tune in & get involved listening, chatting away in the chatroom and requesting records etc!!  The idea is a huge success with many listeners tuning in and creating a crazy vibe!! Loads of local djs also hear about this and want to be involved!  NORTHERN GATHERING is born!! Northern Gathering goes from strength to strength! Rave promoters also hear about this &Northern Gathering starts to host second rooms across the north of England. Playing to packed out sweat boxes at events like Uprising, HardDrive and many more!! But with so much fun happening, the unthinkable happens when popular Dj & Mc NG resident Lyde Fox AKA Dj Bombjack sadly passes away.  Naturally it knocks the whole of the NG team for six and his close friend Sam Foster.  In honour of Lyde, an event is organised with Mega Promoter Uprising and the event Bombkacks big bash is put on with a sell out at the legendary Adelphi venue in Sheffield. One of Bombjacks mixes is played out to an emotional and thankful crowd.

Lyde if you are up there reading this we all still think about you all the time!! You will never be forgtten mate!   And for this reason we will include one of Bombjacks mixes in the packs!! Also over the last few years we have also sadly lost other NG regulars, Tommi T & Lang-E

So.... What now? what happened to Northern Gathering? What about the Djs and Mcs?  I have tracked down the majority of them from EVENT 1. I am trying to recreate the same line up as is possible! I have also done some short interview questions! Were I couldnt track down a DJ. I will try & include a set of theirs if possible!!

Friendships that last to this day & were built off the back of these internet events. To celebrate these iconic shows (and the websites that spawned from) Hardcoreunited.co.uk being one. So to celebrate this I have got most of the gang back who played at event 1. This was the flyer for event 1:-   

 

The download & Stream links are further down! Whilst your streaming or downloading why not read the interviews?!

 

We will be releasing 2 mixes every 2 days running upto Xmas!

 

Thanks to everyone that has helped with the Geecast relaunch this year to to all our listeners!

Stay safe & have a great Christmas with your familys!

 

Thanks to everyone who has contributed (often at short notice!) mixes or help to make this project a reality!!

 

Interview 1!! MARTIN SPACE!!

Hello!! Can you introduce youself to us and tell us a little about yourself?! ASL, Straight, BI, Upf or experimentation etc?! I'm Martin Space I'm a raver and a bedroom DJ. Even now, at a ripe age of 42. I'm an 'happy go lucky' guy and I do love to 'Dance like no one is watching' at any event. No matter the genre of rave music.

So can you talk us through how you became involved with Northern Gathering? Me and Andy (DJam) have been jamming on the decks for 2 years and converting Andy from Speed Garage to UK Hardcore/Freeform. Taking him out & about and showing him the UK rave scene. Mainly, around Yorkshire & Humber. Andy and his new found obcession, he was scouring the internet and forums. Came across a very young Luke Firth from Barnsley, doing internet radio shows. Andy was intrigued 'what better way to showcase your skills, play the best records at that time and having a blast whilst doing it. Andy contacted Firthy on MSN Messenger (can you remember that?) and said we need to meet up and have a collab and create our own internet radio show. With Firthy's know how, Andy's drive and me, an up & coming and establised DJ in the local scene...it was a partnership, which was going to rock the world wide web. The rest was history and Hardcore United was created. Then, we all come together, with a monthly, 12 hours online marathon radio event called 'Northern Gathering'.

 

What can you remember about your first set? Tunes played? other djs there? Were was it held? My first solo DJ set was at Bedlam on Saturday 9th June 2001. It was