PappaWheelie's Last.fm Journal

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KRS did NOT perform Sound of da Police. I am writing my congressman.

The first Dynamix II bio that includes the early years

Wed, 1 Nov 2006 19:04:25 +0000

I have a feeling that over time, my well researched bio here on Dynamix II will become vandalized as ALL previous bios are from Dave's perspective only, which aims to write Lon (and the 1989 fallout) out of his history -- so here it shall remain for prosperity.

Having said all that above, the truth is, I respect Dave and his word greatly, but I am a music historian and cannot allow untrutful bios to exist, much to Dave's very apparant chagrin. As it is, I've cut out some of the more speculative portions about what happened before 1987, censored the cause of the breakup and how Love & Lust/Dyanmix II's reinstatement came about, and Fred Berstein's reported tactics of running Dynamix II Records.

Dave, I'm sure you're reading this, so keep in mind my REAL goal (to document actual history within good taste, not to be Lon's shill, which has been alluded to from your camp). New school Florida Electro/Breaks fans, maybe you need to look up the word shill before disagreeing with the bio below...

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Along with Maggotron, Dynamix II are pioneers of the South Floridian Electro Bass sound. The original two members were Dave "Scratch D" Noller and Lon "Ace in the Place" Alonzo, but Lon has since been replaced with Scott Weiser.

Despite Rephlex's recent anthological compilation entitled "From 1985 to Present", their career as a recording group debuted in 1987. Aside from being a working DJ, Dave, a graduate of Full Sail recording program and owner of a small home studio, first came to prominence working with fellow West Plam Beach rapper Danny D on a demo called "That's the Way I Like It". After completion, both men shopped around for release. Danny got attention from Beware Records, but Dave received a deal from the higher profile Bass Station Records. Danny took the deal with Beware, releasing "That's the Way I Like It" later that year, but Dave managed to secure the deal with Bass Station for a new act. Dave then asked Lon Alonzo to join him as a partner and they began work on their debut single "Just Give the DJ a Break" with renowned Miami Bass producer Eric Griffin. When Griffin asked what the group name was to be, they took the name of the mixing board at hand, and Dynamix II was officially born.

After the one single hit the markets and changed Miami basslines to a multi-tonal sound, Dave and Lon began working on their next single, "Techno Bass" b/w "Feel the Bass". Gaining some help from Kooley C, MC Kidd Money, and Gordon Chin, the single was released globally in 1988 to greatly broaden their audience. After the success of this single, Dave and Lon broke up their partnership and agreed to not use the name Dynamix II any longer. Lon began working solo as Lon Angelo on a song entitled "Love and Lust", and Dave teamed up with Claudio "Debonaire" Barella to become a new group named Artificial Intelligence. However, things became switched around; Debonaire finished and released "Love and Lust", Lon changed his track to be called "Vicious Love", and Dave & Claudio's partnership reclaimed the name Dynamix II for the single "Bass Generator" b/w "Ignition" in 1989.

In 1990, Dave Noller went solo recording as Dynamix II and began Dynamix II Records with the help of his parents. He released a string of singles and a self-titled album all that year. In late 1991, Dave added Scott Weiser to Dynamix II reworking the first two Dyanmix singles. This was followed by an album entitled "You Hear It, You Fear It", and an EP entitled "Machine Language" in 1992, showing a greatly improved sound and unique direction for the group.

Dyanmix II Records took inventory of the local music climate and realized the car audio market was currently most lucrative, so they recorded two albums aimed at this market entitled "Bass Planet" in 1993, and "Color Beats" in 1994. After these projects, Dyanmix II took a break as a recording act and focused more on the label, releasing projects from local talent such as Jealous J (now Jim Jonsin), Debonaire (Quad Queen), and (a shelved project by) Jock D. The label folded shortly after.

In 1997, Dynamix II re-emerged for the next couple of years as a singles act on Joey Boy Records with tracks such as "Atomic Age", "DJs Go Berserk", "We Are Your Future", and "Memory Loss". Scott took on a side project at Joey Boy with the UK's Bass Junkie producing EBM inspired Electro Bass as "Industrial Bass Machine", and Dave took on several side projects, notably one with H-Bomb releasing the Florida Breaks inspired "The Red Pill" in 2000.

Dynamix continues to record and perform today, remaining the crowd favorite amongst Electro and Breaks fans, and although he remains with Dyanmix, Scott has since earned a great deal of success and fame with his group Jackal + Hyde.

DJ Magic Mike was NOT on Give it All You Got

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:22:04 +0000

* 1st entry: Squirrel finds a "new Magic Mike album" for sale:

> On 10/14/06, squirrel72@... wrote: Last night I was in a record store and saw Magic Mike's newest album, a two record set. I passed it up though because I didn't want to shell out the 33 bucks they were asking for it. Here's the label scans.
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> http://www.solidsteel.org/mafiagato/images/def_beat_remixes/dbr6_label1.jpg
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> http://www.solidsteel.org/mafiagato/images/def_beat_remixes/dbr6_label2.jpg

* Entry 2: JPE Gen 2 points out that an old song NOT by Magic Mike appears on the album:

--- In Miami_Bass_History@yahoogroups.com, Jam Pony wrote:
>
> Looks like they may be just an import "greatest hits" type package, especially for that price! But most cuts obviously have been previously released...wonderin what the deal is with the "Give It All You Got" track?? hmmmm.

* Entry 3: WHWD points out that people have begun tagging their mp3's to reflect magic Mike on this song, and they've begun charting here at last.fm:

--- In Miami_Bass_History@yahoogroups.com, whwd717@... wrote:
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> I seen on Lastfm.com that somebody listened to Give It All You Got (Wicked
> Mix With DJ Magic Mike) by Afro-Rican. Maybe this is the Give It Al You Got on
> the Magic Mike double album?

* My response to all of this, explaining the origins of these errors:

Seems to me bootleggers (i.e. the people behind this 'new album') got tricked by pirates (me).

Now let's go over it once again...

When Magic Mike was an active member of the [Miami Bass History Yahoo] group years ago, he stated that he and Rod Whitehead began working on a song that was later called Give it All You Got, but before it was finished, Mike left Suntown Records, and the project was given to Afro-Rican for completion.

I tagged my mp3 of the song as being by Afro-Rican and DJ Magic Mike, and I shared it with a couple people.

Then Exotic E chimes in with the claim that no, in fact, Mark Rice did the cuts on the track, sparking a mini-debate between Exotic E and Vision Records' old engineer.

I then interviewed Mark Rice, Afro-Rican's DJ at that time. He claimed that Give it All You Got was in fact, Derrick Rahming, and Mark Rice himself did the cuts.

And thanks to Mz. Vet, I had the chance to then interview Rod Whitehead, who affirmed that he did not produce the track.

He explained that Rod and Magic Mike worked on a song called 'Get Up On This', and in skeletal form, could be mistaken for the base of Give it All You Got. But Mike left the label before that song was finsihed, and before Afro-Rican released the real Give it All you Got. So Mike's mistake was understood.

But by that point, my mp3 had already made the rounds.

So any release with Give it All You Got by Magic Mike on it has to be a bootleg based on my shotty work.

As well as people's over-zealous retagging of their mp3's, making it appear on last.fm -- [this is] the reason why last.fm in its current form will never replace billboard charts.

Joe aka PappaWheelie