THE TUNE! - Soundclash (champion sound) by the Kicksquad.
Takes me back to my first ever proper nightclub visit.

Congleton 1989 or so. Armed with a fake home address in Congleton because 'This club doesn't let people from Macclesfield in' we negotiated our way past the bouncers (Who did indeed ask where we were from).

Ascendeding the gloomy steps into Rafaels (Oddly still referred to as Raffs by the yoof even though it's been called the Snooty Fox for the past god knows how long) we are assaulted by the awesomeness of the tunes and the stickiness of the carpets.

After sinking a few cooking lagers THE TUNE came on. It was so awesomely awesome that my then timid self just HAD to go ask the DJ what it was called 'Saaahhlaahdlash ba thh kaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkksssssd.' was all I was able to glean due to the combination of booze and the awesomeness of the wall of sound.

"Thanks mate. I'll remember that." I still recall saying as I walked away back to me mates grinning confidently.

Of course I couldn't remember THE TUNE and as it was some dance/rave track the chance of it appearing in any charts at the time was next to zero. In addition there were next to no lyrics other than a few samples so there was no chance of describing it to anyone else. This along with the absence of the internet or any useful Music TV channel meant I'd resigned myself to never hearing the awesomeness of THE TUNE again.

Move on a year and I've got me hands on 'Deep Heat 9' compilation CD as it's got some great tunes on it. Plonking it into the CD tray on my fancy new 800 quid Philips Stacking stereo system and pressing play I was greeted by recognisable tune after splendid tune as advertised on the back cover.

I can still remember lying on my bed with the latest copy of Personal Computer World when on came THE TUNE!
Cranking the volume up to ear shattering levels for that was what 800 quid got you back then I was taken back to my first ever visit to a nightclub and was gleeful that THE TUNE was indeed as awesome as I remember.

After it'd finished I was so gleeful I bounded down stairs to triumphantly tell my parents of the discovery. Fortunately as a DJ himself my dad was very tolerant of the occasional volume at 11 outburst from my bedroom above.

Move on nearly 20 more years. I'd forgotten about THE TUNE until I stumbled across it on someones Youtube playlist. And it took me right back to those carefree times. And THE TUNE was as AWESOME as it was back then.

I'm sure most of you philistines would berate THE TUNE if you could be arsed to look it up but I don't care.
( Airman Gabber Living life like a 70's BBC presenter, Thu 28 Jan 2010, 16:40, 7 replies)

That, my friend, is A FUCKING TUNE.
'My sound it is the champion sound'.....

Up there with Radio Babylon by Meat Beat Manifesto.


1990 I think rather than 89 though. I shall check my vinyl and advise.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 28 Jan 2010, 16:43, closed)

1990 it was.
www.discogs.com/Kicksquad-Soundclash-Champion-Sound/master/4708 reports it was indeed a 1990 track but it was a good 12 months + before I found the compilation with it on. Probably just shortly before I moved out of my parents actually.
( Airman Gabber Living life like a 70's BBC presenter, Thu 28 Jan 2010, 16:50, closed)

It's a masterpiece
Mixes brilliantly into 'My Sound' by Joey Beltram, which uses the same vocal sample.

/rave nerd
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 28 Jan 2010, 16:55, closed)

Which is a sample from Dust Out A Sound Boy by Super Beagle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHthnnkkJwA

btw - Kicksquad = DJ Hype

/junglist blog
( wotofco pissing in your swimming pool, Sat 30 Jan 2010, 8:33, closed)

I moved to Congleton 5 years ago
And this is the first time I've actually heard why it's called Raff's!

What a shithole.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 28 Jan 2010, 16:52, closed)

Me and my mate went there once, paid to get in
and left after 5 minutes (cause it was so shit), using the pretence that we were firemen and had just been paged (yes, that long ago!) got our money back and literally got escorted out by the bouncers and ran up the road to the car with people shouting 'go on boys, save some lives' Funny as fuck that one, in hindsight we should have gone back with some coal dust on our faces and pulled some totty!
(Kip, Sat 30 Jan 2010, 14:51, closed)

Ahhh, tune...
Excuse me, I believe there are some lasers I must grab.
(gordonjcp, Sat 30 Jan 2010, 19:51, closed)