Cheeky bootleg that i did this afternoon of one of my favourite ever hard house tracks. Just for personal use to play in my sets...

BK - Funk Addiction (Martin Dear Simple Bootleg) (Mastered) V2

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]

I've made this just for fun over the course of one evening and an afternoon, but it turned out well so i thought i'd stick it up here for a free download.

It's my homage to one of the most controversial yet totally brilliant movies of all time. The hospital scenes at the end were filmed in the same hospital that I and my children were born in, and you'll see from the artwork that I also used it as the theme for customising my scooter.

hope you enjoy it

Clockwork Orange (Original Mix) [Free Download]

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)

Short teaser of my latest bootleg, and this time i've tried to make something funky.

If you want to hear the full version, i'll be giving it it's first radio play on my show on www.housemusicradio.co.uk this coming friday (14/04/230

Duke - So In Love With You (Martin Dear's Funky Love Remix) [Snippet]

My totally unofficial bootleg of the Tamla Motown classic "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)" by The Isley Brothers

I've made this as a bit of fun to play in my sets, I hope you like it

The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (Martin Dear 2023 Booty)

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

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)

Something I've been working on for the last couple of days; my tribute to the greatest film ever made.

It might still be a work in progress, but equally it might be finished; I'm still yet to decide...

Theme From The Warriors

Martin Dear Vs Barry De Vorzon - The Acid Warriors (Original Mix)

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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