A whole lifetime ago, for christmas 1991, I received a £10 Woolworths voucher from my uncle Joe. At the time, my home town of Harlow, didn't have a Woolies, but there was one in the next town of Bishop's Stortford. 

I got on my 5 speed racer and cycled the 10 miles each way, and while I was there I spent the voucher on two 12" singles, one was Activ 8 (Come With Me) by Altern 8, and the other was The Complete Dominator by Human Resource. 

These were the first Rave/Techno/Hardcore records that I ever bought, and they set me on the road to years of crate digging, record buying and wishing that one day I'd become a DJ.

Fast forward 31 years and I've had a crack at making my own remix of one of those tunes, and here is a two minute snippet of what I've done. I've sent copies of the full version to a few people and the feedback I've received has been truly positive.

I hope you like it, and all feedback is welcome; but if you want to hear it in full, you'll have to tune into my radio show this saturday night on Unity DAB

Human Resource - Dominator (Martin Dear 2022 Remix) [Teaser Snippet]

*As played by Slipmatt on Slip's House 16-03-2022* https://www.mixcloud.com/Centreforce883/slipmatt-slips-house-on-centreforce-radio-8-10pm-16-03-2022-mp3/

I’ve had a go at making my own tune from scratch, rather than a dodgy bootleg of someone else’s work. I’ve used royalty free sample packs and Apple Loops (plus a breakbeat that you’ll all recognise, and stolen some of Malcolm X’s words) and this is what I ended up with.

I’m quite pleased with it, and I hope you’ll like it enough to play it out….

Too strong

Too Strong

Short teaser of my totally unofficial bootleg of the old skool classic 'The Sound of Music' by Nookie

Hope you like what you hear, all feedback welcomed

Nookie - The Sound Of Music (Martin Dear 2022 Bootleg) [Teaser Snippet]

The only plus about having to hide in the bedroom all week with covid, and trying to not infect the wife and step kids with it, is that i've had plenty of time to mess around in Logic and I've came up with this ⬇️.

It’s not a dodgy bootleg for once and is something I’ve done myself. Obviously, I’ve used sample packs and loop packs, but it’s as close to an original track as someone at my level can make.

It’s a bit of a tribute to some of the legends who created and pushed this scene that we all love. I’ve used vocal snippets from the DJ SS track ‘respect to the following’ and I’ve called it ‘Icons’. You’ll understand why when you hear it…

If you like what you hear, feel free to hit me up for a download link....

Icons

Martin Dear - Icons

Here's my unofficial bootleg of the classic 'Made in Two Minutes' by Bug Kann & The Plastic Jam

Hope you like it

Bug Kann & The Plastic Jam - Made In Two Minutes (Martin Dear's Street Knowledge Bootleg)

The remix of Salsa House by Boddhi Satva is excellent, but as it's instrumental and quite chilled i thought it needed a bit extra; so over the top of it I layered one of the most important speeches ever given.

I've had to pitch the track down to get past the soundcloud copyright bots

African-Ism, Bod-Dhi Sat _Va Vs Jesse Jackson - I Am Salsa House (Martin Dear Vocal Version

I spent most of the weekend messing around with Logic Pro, some Apple Loops, a stolen Hard House beat, samples cut from a 1995 Happy Hardcore anthem, and the acapella from it that I conveniently found online, and attempted to remix it into Hard House.
What I ended up with was kind of a mongrel hybrid of Hard House, Hard Trance, and Happy Hardcore.
You might like it, you might hate it, but give it a listen either way...

Dune - Can't Stop Raving (Martin Dear 2025 Hard Trance Reboot)

my son has spent the last day teaching me how to use Logic, this is what we came up with....

your Love

The Prodigy - Your Love (Martin & Micky's "Needs More Cowbell" Remix)

My reboot of the classic Leftfield track/Guinness commercial.

I put this together for all my fellow Guinness drinkers of the world who, like myself, could murder a nice cold draught pint of the black stuff; but who, also like myself,  are far too scared to go to the pub until it's safe to breathe the same air as other human beings again.

Hope you enjoy it

Phat Planet

Leftfield - Phat Planet (Martin Dear's 'Three Months Without A Guinness' Remodel)

I spent last night and this morning doing this. I think it turned out ok...

Hope you enjoy it

Come Together

Martin Dear Vs Primal Scream - Come Together & Get Loaded (Martin's Tribal Disco Booty)

The original of this is my favourite hardcore tune from my favourite year of rave, 1992. It is definitely one of my top 3 all time hardcore tracks and is pretty much perfect in my opinion; one of those beautiful occasions where the B-side is so much better than the A-side.

Here is my cheeky groovy reboot of it, I just hope I've done it justice...

Trip II The Moon Pt 2 (Side B)

Acen - The Life & Crimes Of A Ruffneck (Martin Dear Safe Sax Remix) (mastered)

Essex/London based DJ, 
Martin Dear’s sound is mainly newer remixes and original versions of classic house and Old Skool rave anthems. He is also known to dip his toe into modern styles such as techno and tech-house, and sometimes even D&B/Jungle.
Events, venues, and promoters played for recently include: Sunbourne/Moondance festival, Back of Beyond Festival, Slip Back in Time/Old Skool Ibiza, Slipmatt & Chalkie White’s 90s House Party, Proper Oldskool, House is a Feeling: One Love, EOS, We are Family, Old’s Kool, Essigi (Summum) Ibiza, Fest Camden, Club Aquarium, McQueen From Superfly at The Square to Dirty House Inc, to Universoul all-dayers, to Groove Machine.
History:
Martin has been involved in the Harlow event scene for over 20 years, but it’s been during the last two that things have really taken off for him.
Following his set at the first EOS event in October 2017, Martin achieved a life long dream and found himself booked to play in Ibiza for Detached Parties in May 2018. This led to a phone call from Slipmatt asking him to play an extra set on the final night at Plastik.
After Ibiza, he played his first-ever set in London and started to see many of the mixes that he uploaded to Mixcloud hit the top 15 of their respective charts. 
On the back of this Martin decided that Harlow needed an Old Skool event and launched Old’s Kool in November 2018.
2019 was a great year for Martin, and he played lots of events including Slipmatt & Chalkie White’s 90s House Party at McQueen, Shoreditch Chalkie White’s Birthday Bash, at Westbank Gallery EOS pt III at The Shark House is a Feeling: One Love At Fest, Camden, We Are Family/Raver Tots in Orpington, Kent. Sold-out Old’s Kool parts II & III Slip Back in Time/Old Skool Ibiza, where he played at Essigi and at the Boat Party.
He has also played his first big festivals with sets at both Sunbourne/Moondance Festival, and Back of Beyond Festival. 
2020:
2020 saw Martin have bookings confirmed for: 
Reflexion, Slip Back in Time /Old Skool Ibiza, Proper Oldskool/Acid House Experience, and We Are Family. 
Martin was also booked to play the main stages at House & Classics Festival and Proper Fest this summer, but due to Covid-19 restrictions these events have either been cancelled or moved to 2021.
During the lockdown period, Martin has played twice for Proper Fest as part of their live stream events. These streams, along with his monthly show on Electric Radio and fortnightly show on the legendary Fantasy FM, have kept him nice and busy.
The Future:
For 2021, Martin has once again had bookings confirmed for Slip Back in Time/Old Skool Ibiza, and main stage appearances at Proper Fest and House & Classics Festival.

Martin can now be also be found kicking off your weekends every friday afternoon from 4-6pm (uk time) with his radio show "The Weekend Has Landed" on www.housemusicradio.co.uk

For any booking enquiries please contact: martdear@hotmail.co.uk
You can hear all of Martin’s recent mixes at:
https://www.mixcloud.com/BaldyMD/

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