Grid Central:

Acknowledgements and Updates


Acknowledgements and thanks to:

David Ball; Richard Norris; Andrew Sutton at ThinkElectric; Travers Scott for the Soft Cell connection; Orpheus23 for the Psychic TV discography at Hyperreal; Jim English; Perry Glorioso; Neil Harris (and Mark Rumbold of Tandoori Space); Stephen Hendrie; Paolo Pardo; Bob Sullivan; Hyperreal and its music reviewers; and the various magazines that have covered Grid activity, especially Big "O", Billboard, DMA (Dance Music Authority), DJ magazine, I.D., Jockey Slut, Melody Maker, Mixmag, Mojo, Musik, NME (New Musical Express), Smash Hits, and URB. Please see the Updates list below for more acknowledgements.

[Grid Central created January 1995 / Copyright 1997-1998 by Matthew Sikorski]


Updates

September 3, 1998
Updated Other Projects page:  added to listing for Earl Brutus;  added
'The Origins Of The Species' album listing under Psychic TV; added
listings for Elastica, Elton, and JB Smallstars.

September 2, 1998
Updated Contact Information page to include Richard Norris' email
address.
Added link on splash page to emails sent to me by Richard Norris.
Moved Latest News section off splash page to its own page.
Had added info about Richard Norris upcoming project and remixes
sometime in early August and had updated info since then also.

June 5, 1998
On Other Projects page, changed Black Star Liner link to
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Cabaret/4995/ instead
of http://www.exp.co.uk/bsl.htm

May 20, 1998
On Other Projects page, added info on 'Round and Round' single
to ManBREAK listing.

May 13, 1998
On Other Projects page, added to listing for Jesus Jones.
Added listings:
James
ManBREAK
Whipping Boy

May 12, 1998
On Compilations page, added listing for Maxi Dance Sensation 15.

May 4, 1998
On Compilations page, added listing for "Bliss" compilation from
Real World Records.  Added related news item to splash page.

April 17, 1998
On Other Projects page, added listing for Shola Ama's contribution
to the "Twentieth Century Blues" album of songs by
Noel Coward.  Richard Norris did additional programming on her
track.

April 7, 1998
On Compilation Appearances page, added listing for "Ambient Ibiza
2" and updated listing for the same under Rainer on Remixes
and Productions page.

On Other Projects page, added track times and credits to listing
for Kylie Minogue's single, 'Breathe'.

April 3, 1998
On splash page, added link to The Rough Guide to Rock's entry on The Grid.

March 30, 1998
On Other Projects page, Black Star Liner listing, added more data.
Thanks to Neil Harris.

March 26, 1998
On Other Projects page under Propellerheads, added track times to 
listing for the U.S. release of the album "Decksanddrumsandrockandroll".

March 24, 1998
On splash page under Latest News, added information on re-release of
Psychic TV material from the acid house era, beginning with
double CD collection called "The Origin of the Species".

On Other Projects page, updated sections for Kylie Minogue and
Propellerheads.

March 6, 1998
On Compilations and Song Index pages, added listings for Figure of Eight
(The Gate Music Service Mix) that appears on compilation entitled,
"Tantra 97", released by the Gate Music Service. 

February 11, 1998
On Other Projects page, added listings for Prick and "Showgirls" Soundtrack
(Richard Norris as recording engineer for Prick).

February 4, 1998
On splash page, added item about Richard Norris and Joe Strummer not
working together anymore.

On Other Projects page, added listings for Deborah Harry, Joe Strummer,
and the "Grosse Pointe Blank" Soundtrack.  Beefed up the Bryan
Ferry listing.  All related to Richard Norris projects in the past.

February 3, 1998
On Compilations page, added listing for Techno Mix 98 - All Nite Rave that
includes 'Swamp Thing'.  Updated Song Index accordingly.

On splash page and under Kylie Minogue on Other Projects page, added
info about Ball/Vauk production of 'Tears', a b-side to the Kylie
single 'Did It Again' that came out Nov. 24, 1997.

On splash page, added note from Concrete label website about the second Big
Buddha single that had been scheduled for September 1997 (but did not
come out yet).

August 12, 1997
On Remixes and Production page, added info to listing for Stex.

On Compilation Appearances page, added listing for Fused (35 New Directions In Indie Dance).

May 14, 1997
In Compilation Appearances, added listings for Master Beat, Volumes Four
and Seven.  Made corresponding additions to listings in Song Index for
'Figure Of Eight' and 'Crystal Clear'.

February 27, 1997
On Compilation Appearances page, added the following listings:
   DeConstruction Presents
   Wired (New Directions In Dance)
Also, updated Song Index.

January 24, 1997
On splash page, added news about Richard Norris' DJ residency at The
Heavenly Jukebox,

January 21, 1997
In Compilations section, added listing for Off the Street.

In Other Projects section, added to info about group called Sense and
added listing for Vicious Pink Phenomena, both of which involved David Ball
in some way.  Thanks to Ivo Peeters (ivo_peeters@innet.be) for the info.

January 14, 1997
On splash page, added paragraph on Dave Ball's involvement in the Kylie
Minogue album due out Summer 1997.

In Remixes and Productions section, added info on U.S. 12" vinyl promo of
Richard Norris/Choque mixes of Cornershop's "6 a.m. Jullandar Shere".  Added
info on X-Mix Dance Series #34 to listing for Billie Ray Martin.

December 30, 1996
In Other Projects, added listing for the group called English Boy On The
Love Ranch.  Thanks to John Kral (maxwell86@earthlink.net).

December 17, 1996
In Compilation Appearances section, added to listing for Enter The Hardbag:
26 Kung-Fu Kuts

December 9, 1996
In Other Projects sections, updated listing for David Bowie's "Hallo
Spaceboy".  Thanks to the Pet Shop Boys Exposed page for more clues.

December 5, 1996
In Compilations section, added listings for The Annual Mixed by Boy George
and Pete Tong (Ministry of Sound) and Ultra Techno, Volume 2.

November 15, 1996
In Compilations Section, added listings for "Triple J Hottest 100 2",
"Clubbed Out", and "A Week In The Real World".  Added related info to
Song Index.

October 28, 1996
In Other Projects section, added listing for Brian Ferry and the
Richard T. Norris/Sven Taits mix of the single "I Put a Spell on You".
October 4, 1996
In Remixes and Production section, added listing for the G-Force track
"Spicy", produced by The Grid and T.99.

October 3, 1996
In Remixes and Production section, added listing for re-release of
Rainer's "Nod to N2O" single, plus a review from DJ Magazine.  

September 23, 1996
Moved discography listing for David Bowie's "Hallo Spaceboy" from
Remixes and Production section to Other Projects section.

September 3, 1996
Added listing for "In the Mix - 90's Hits" in Compilations section.
Also, added same compilation to Billie Ray Martin listing in
Remixes and Production section.

August 28, 1996
On Reviews page, links to Pete Ashdown's XDZebra reviews of The Grid
now work.

August 27, 1996
On splash page and in Other Projects section, added to info on 'Halaal Rock'
EP by Black Star Liner.

August 23, 1996
In Other Projects section, added listing for Robbie Williams and his new
single 'Freedom', mixed and produced by Stephen Hague and Richard Norris.

On splash page, mentioned Richard Norris' remixes for
Black Grape featuring Joe Strummer and Keith Allen.

Changed Interviews section into one for Articles and Interviews and added
links on that new page, including two articles and a review (all about
"new beat") written by Richard Noise (a.k.a. Richard Norris) for NME.

In Compilation section, added listing for
"A Retrospective of House 91-96, Volume 4 (Let Yourself Go...)"
which features The Grid's 'Crystal Clear' in a continuous mix by Graham Gold.

August 19, 1996
In Other Projects section, added listing for Black Star Liner, a group for
which David Ball and Ingo Vauk have done remix work.  Also, refer to it on
splash page.  In same section, added listing for Jesus Jones, for which
Richard Norris has done some engineer work. 

August 12, 1996
On splash page, added info on mention and picture of The Grid in Details
magazine, September 1996 issue.

August 7, 1996
In Remixes and Production section, under listing for Billie Ray Martin,
added details for Todd Terry remix of 'Your Loving Arms' that is included
as b-side to Martin's U.K. single for 'You and I (Keep Holding On)'.

August 5, 1996
In Compilations section added details for Technohedz (thanks to Justin at
jow@husc.harvard.edu for the tip) and Survival.  Also, added those
compilation appearances to Song Index.  In Remixes and Production section
added details to Sacred Spirit listing.

July 24, 1996
On splash page, added link to David Ball's email of July 19, 1996.
Thanks, Dave!

Added Links Elsewhere, new page linked from splash page.

May 17, 1996
In Remixes and Production section, added listings for remixes of Rey de Copas
and Sacred Spirit, along with some related links.  Thanks to Ingo Hoppe for
the tip-off about Rey de Copas' 'Frontera del Ensueño'.

In Compilations section, under the listings for the Survival albums, added
links to Survival International, the organization chartered to save tribal
peoples.

May 6, 1996
On splash page, added link to Richard Norris' e-mail of May 5, 1996.
Thanks, Richard!

April 23, 1996
In Remixes and Production section:

Added new info to listing for Billie Ray Martin, including the U.S. release
date of July 16, 1996 for her album, "Deadline for My Memories".

Added more info to listing for Rainer (Ptacek)

April 16, 1996
Added info on David Ball/Ingo Vauk remixes of Bowie's "Hallo Spaceboy".
Thanks to Ptshopboy@aol.com for the news.

In Compilation Appearances section and Song Index, added info on some
Razormaid mixes of The Grid.

April 15, 1996
In Remixes and Production section, added info on Grid remix of
"Bow Down Mister" by Jesus Loves You (a pseudonym for Boy George).

April 9, 1996
In Compilations section, added listing for "The Greatest Dance Album Under
the Sun! (40 Essential Dance Hits)" which has a version of "Diablo" on it.
Added "Diablo" to Song Index.

March 11, 1996
On splash page, noted rumor of a possible Deconstruction release of 12"
vinyl promo of three David Ball remixes of the Pet Shop Boy's remix of
David Bowie's 'Hallo Spaceboy'.

March 5, 1996
In Remixes and Production, added review to listing for Gavin Friday's
'You Me and World War Three'.

March 4, 1996
In Remixes and Production section added information to listing
for remix of Cornershop's single 'Jullandar Shere' and updated
announcement of same on the splash page. 

Feb. 27, 1996
Added Song Index to the Discography.

Feb. 26, 1996
In Compilations section added some info on the compilation album
"Survival" due out the end of February in the U.K.  In Remixes
and Production section added links to more info in the listing for the
band Cornershop.

Feb. 7, 1996
In Remixes and Production section, added listing for The Times' single
'Lundi Bleu', a version francais of 'Blue Monday' by New Order.
Thanks to glubby@KROQ.com and to the keeper of the Creation Records
discography.

Feb. 5, 1996
In Remixes and Production section, added listing for Gavin Friday's
single for 'You Me and World War Three'.

Jan. 29, 1996
In Compilations section, updated listing for "Loved Up" and added
listing for "The Greatest Hits of 1994".

In Remixes and Production section, added Cornershop remix listing (but
without any more details) and updated release date of Billie Ray
Martin's "Deadline for My Memories" to January 22, 1996, in U.K.

Jan. 24, 1996
On splash page added link to the new Interviews section that starts
off with just half of one article but will soon include more.

Jan. 16, 1996
On splash page, added link to the official Grid Network, operating
out of Hotel Deconstruction.

Jan. 4, 1996
In Compilations section, added listings for "The Best Dance Album in
the World...ever! -- Part 3", "Enter The HardBag:  26 Kung-Fu Kuts",
and Hardkiss' remix of 'Texas Cowboys'.

Dec. 29, 1995
On first page, added link to Hotel Deconstruction, the homepage
for the label that puts out The Grid.  Moved acknowledgements list from
the first page into what is now the Acknowledgements and Updates
section.  In Compilations section, added listing for Twitch
Recordings' re-release of their remix of 'Boom! (limited to 200 copies
only on 12" vinyl). 

Dec. 13, 1995
In Compilations section:  revised Twitch Recordings contact info
and links; plus, added items for "Club Euro Volume 1" and "Pirate
Radio Sessions 4" and links to the PirateSounds pages.  Thanks
to Vince Degiorgio (vince@virtualnoise.com) for information on those
two Canadian releases.

Dec. 5, 1995
In Recent News section, added excerpt from item in NME about Joe
Strummer's work with Richard Norris.

Nov. 26, 1995
In Recent News section, added excerpt of Pulse! magazine item about
Joe Strummer's work with Richard Norris.

Nov. 24, 1995
In Singles section, added additional information to track listing for
'A Beat Called Love'.

Nov. 13, 1995
In Singles section, added additional information to track listings for
'A Beat Called Love', 'Floatation', 'The Origins of Dance', 'Boom!',
'Crystal Clear', and 'Figure of Eight'.  Thanks to Perry Glorioso
(zackrota@netcom.netcom.com).

Nov. 6, 1995
In Compilations section, added Global Communication's "Remotion".  In
Remixes & Production section:  changed release date of B.R. Martin's
album from October 1995 to January 1996.

Oct. 25, 1995
Added Joe Strummer info to Recent News section.

Oct. 24, 1995
Added DMC "Remix Culture" #151 to Compilations section.

Oct. 11, 1995
Added indexes to the following sections of the discography:  Singles,
Albums, Remixes and Production, and Other Projects.
 
Oct. 10, 1995
In Albums section: added info & images to "Music for Dancing" listing.  In
Singles section:  added images to 'Diablo'; adjusted track listings for
'Floatation' and 'Boom!'
 
Oct. 24, 1995
Added DMC "Remix Culture" #151 to Compilations section.

Oct. 2, 1995
Added "Loved Up" soundtrack info to Compilations section.

Sept. 25, 1995
Added cancelation info for Tribal Gathering Ireland 95 to News section.

Sept. 19, 1995:
Added to Other Projects section, in the Psychic TV entry, a listing for the
remix album called "Beyond Thee Infinite Beat".

Sept. 18, 1995:
Added details of "Music for Dancing", the Grid remix/classics album, to the
Albums section, the News section.

Sept. 13, 1995:
Added details of 'Diablo' to the Singles section.

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