![]() ![]() He’s charismatic and disarming, with an infectious laugh. Every few minutes his phone receives another message about the Louie Vega party clearly, half of Baltimore wants to be there. “I remixed his very first record, ‘Ride On The Rhythm’, for Atlantic when Masters At Work were just being formed. They were big fans of ours back in the day, so when the label asked who he wanted to remix the record, he said The Basement Boys. That was ’91,” he adds, that contagious laugh popping up again. Teddy’s earliest appearances (as Teddy D) were at iconic Baltimore spot Odells, in 1984. Today, Baltimore has lost all of its most influential clubs: Odells, Paradox, Sonar, infamous gay club The Hippo and many more. “The main difference between then and now is that we don’t have any venues,” Teddy explains. Huge promoters like Lonnie Fisher’s Ultraworld once dominated the larger end of the rave spectrum with events including StarScape Festival. Other local heroes include Lovegrove, who was involved with organising the city’s first 'rave', Warehouse Rave 1. Inspired by the acid house scene in the UK, DJ Scott Henry (along with Lovegrove and a few others) used a warehouse loft space to put on their pioneering event. ![]() Boat parties in the harbour were a common occurrence.
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