Hello and welcome to my music corner. Thank you Retro for creating this space, it allows me to separate my own videos while sharing the music videos of artists I like. And I think it would be most appropriate to start the first thread with the artist that has inspired me to do what I do lately, and in fact has introduced me to music altogether.
I'm taking you back to Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1988. Me and my parents and my older sister were living in the heart of the city. I was only 6 years old. My sister was 18 at the time, close to 19. Her sociable nature and fashionable appearance landed her a job at BlueTiek-in, one of the hottest discotheques in the city at that time,
(below this post some more pics as attachments)
At BlueTiek-in one of the resident DJ's was Peter Slaghuis. If you were to translate his last name to English in the most literal form, you get Hithouse. Which was a very cool and unique name to DJ and produce (acid) house music under. But no matter if you were the main DJ or "just" bar staff, everyone in the crew was considered equal and got included with all sorts of activities. Some of which were the shoots of Hithouse's videoclips. My sister was in one of them (though not in the one below).
Jack to the Sound of the Underground was arguably Hithouse's most well known track. In 1988 it stood 22nd place in the Dutch Top 40, a solid 8th place in the UK Singles Charts, and there were some moderate successes in Germany, France, and Belgium. Not bad for a record in a niche genre that was competing with artists and tracks such as Michael Jackson (Dirty Diana + Smooth Criminal), Phil Collins (A Groovy Kind of Love), Pet Shop Boys (Always on My Mind), Yazz (The Only Way is Up), Bobby McFerrin (Don't Worry, Be Happy), and Salt-N-Pepa (Push It) in the charts.
I was only 6, but I remember it all very well. My sister frequently brought home vinyl records and CDs, most of which by Hithouse, and I was hooked straight away. The beats, the sounds, the samples, they all spoke to me, and already as a young boy I realized: wow, what a time to be alive.
Jack to the Sound of the Underground became my all-time favorite record. The radio edit was about 4 minutes, the version my sister owned and I listened to was double the duration, the full party mix. On the B-side there were even more edits, and some samples that DJs could use.
In 1989 Hithouse released this album. As time goes on I will post these tracks in this thread as well, with some of them there's something I can tell about.
So you may wonder: if Peter Slaghuis was so succesful and such a pioneer in this scene and genre, where is he now?
Unfortunately Peter has passed away in 1991 at the age of 30 in a car crash. He was on his way home after a DJ gig in Amsterdam. A tragic ending, not only because he was a star rising, but mostly because Peter was known to have a soft and gentle personality.
BlueTiek-in also awaited a sudden end as there was a huge fire in the discoteque, of which they've never recovered.
Because of my tender age of 6, and 9 by the time Peter deceased, I of course have never seen Hithouse live or have been to BlueTiek-in, but because of hearing and seeing it all unfold via my sister still makes it that I have a personal connection with it.
More details on Hithouse's story in this video:
I'm taking you back to Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1988. Me and my parents and my older sister were living in the heart of the city. I was only 6 years old. My sister was 18 at the time, close to 19. Her sociable nature and fashionable appearance landed her a job at BlueTiek-in, one of the hottest discotheques in the city at that time,
(below this post some more pics as attachments)
At BlueTiek-in one of the resident DJ's was Peter Slaghuis. If you were to translate his last name to English in the most literal form, you get Hithouse. Which was a very cool and unique name to DJ and produce (acid) house music under. But no matter if you were the main DJ or "just" bar staff, everyone in the crew was considered equal and got included with all sorts of activities. Some of which were the shoots of Hithouse's videoclips. My sister was in one of them (though not in the one below).
Jack to the Sound of the Underground was arguably Hithouse's most well known track. In 1988 it stood 22nd place in the Dutch Top 40, a solid 8th place in the UK Singles Charts, and there were some moderate successes in Germany, France, and Belgium. Not bad for a record in a niche genre that was competing with artists and tracks such as Michael Jackson (Dirty Diana + Smooth Criminal), Phil Collins (A Groovy Kind of Love), Pet Shop Boys (Always on My Mind), Yazz (The Only Way is Up), Bobby McFerrin (Don't Worry, Be Happy), and Salt-N-Pepa (Push It) in the charts.
I was only 6, but I remember it all very well. My sister frequently brought home vinyl records and CDs, most of which by Hithouse, and I was hooked straight away. The beats, the sounds, the samples, they all spoke to me, and already as a young boy I realized: wow, what a time to be alive.
Jack to the Sound of the Underground became my all-time favorite record. The radio edit was about 4 minutes, the version my sister owned and I listened to was double the duration, the full party mix. On the B-side there were even more edits, and some samples that DJs could use.
In 1989 Hithouse released this album. As time goes on I will post these tracks in this thread as well, with some of them there's something I can tell about.
So you may wonder: if Peter Slaghuis was so succesful and such a pioneer in this scene and genre, where is he now?
Unfortunately Peter has passed away in 1991 at the age of 30 in a car crash. He was on his way home after a DJ gig in Amsterdam. A tragic ending, not only because he was a star rising, but mostly because Peter was known to have a soft and gentle personality.
BlueTiek-in also awaited a sudden end as there was a huge fire in the discoteque, of which they've never recovered.
Because of my tender age of 6, and 9 by the time Peter deceased, I of course have never seen Hithouse live or have been to BlueTiek-in, but because of hearing and seeing it all unfold via my sister still makes it that I have a personal connection with it.
More details on Hithouse's story in this video:
