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Terminalhead

[July 2001]

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Q: So you're in charge of the Star Bar @ Bedrock?

A: Yep. Indeed we are.

Q: How long has the night been going?

A: We had our first one in November 1998, so we've been at it for a while!

Q: It's a monthly event isn't it, so that must keep you a bit busy! Does anyone else help you out, any other co-promoters?

A: We started off doing it every other month alternating with Adam Freeland, but for the last year or so, we've been at it almost every month. There's no other co-promoters involved, other than the Bedrock lot of course.

Q: So tell me, how did landing the Star Bar at John Digweed's massive club bash come about?

A: Well, John and Nick Muir did a remix of a Terminalhead tune called 'Weekend Warriors' and we got talking through that. He asked us if we wanted to do a one-off event there, so we did and it went so well that we kind of became part of the Bedrock Masterplan.

Q: Did you start off at any other venue with this night, and have you had a hand in promoting any other nights in the past?

A: We've never really been involved in any kind of promoting; we just get asked to do parties and stuff for people and try to do the night in a way that we would want it if we were punters. That's why our room's so popular, cos we run it like a party.

Q: Bedrock and John Digweed are more obviously known for progressive house, and you're in the nu skool breaks vein, so what is you're music policy and how do you feel it works with the main club's policy?

A: It's a perfect partner to the fours stuff that goes on down stairs. We've got a great crowd who come just for our room now but we're always converting some of the downstairs people to breaks! Our music policy is quite simple - party music. We don't really consider our room nu skool at all, but 99% of the stuff in our room is breaks with the odd tech-house tune when appropriate.

Sounds

NSYNC
Pop (Terminalhead's Peak Time Dub)
July 2001

Start

Only Kismet
Gameboy (Terminalhead remix)
March 2001

Start

Terminalhead
OFI Pt. 1
January 2001

Start

Q: You obviously get a well mixed audience, with the ardent breaks fans who know you for what you do, plus the regular house crowd - what kind of reaction do you get from the housey set?

A: We always see the glowstick massive walk in and go 'wow' and then stay in the room the whole night! They love it! We cannot abide musical snobbery - if it's rocking, it's rocking!

Who?

Lee Groves and Pete Marett aka Terminalhead are right at the forefront of the UK breakbeat scene, both in the studio and behind the decks.

Under the name Terminalhead Sound System, the lads host the breaks room at John Digweed's Bedrock night in London. The Bedrock breaks room (every other month in the Star Bar at Heaven) has been very important in pushing along the progressive trance / breakbeat crossover that we've seen in the past few years.

In 1998, Terminalhead released their debut album "Last Orders: Start the Revolution" on their own label, the now legendary PuSH Recordings.

They have since signed to Sony's INCredible label. But so far the major label adventure has not been what they hoped it would be. Their finished new album is still awaiting release, and Sony has released only one single from the album so far, 'The Vibe' / 'OFI'.

Fortunately the lads have been keeping very busy with remix work. They recently remixed 'Pop' by boy band NSYNC. Other artists who got the Terminalhead remix treatment include Gerri Halliwell (aka Ginger Spice) and the Lightning Seeds.

Lee & Pete are also well-known in producer circles for their Full Phat and Underfire series of sample CDs.

Continue to part two of this feature...