Comments on: Introducing Fierce Angel http://simonjobling.com/blog/2006/introducing-fierce-angel/ also known as One Phat DJ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:59:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Luis Madureira http://simonjobling.com/blog/2006/introducing-fierce-angel/comment-page-1/#comment-41495 Luis Madureira Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:30:40 +0000 http://www.simonjobling.com/?p=154#comment-41495 Hi there, thought you might want to know that Fierce Angel is going strong in Portugal. As yourself and knowing Mark personaly I also believe he is a legend. Check the youtube to see the videos from our adventures here in Portugal. Best, Luis Madureira Hi there, thought you might want to know that Fierce Angel is going strong in Portugal. As yourself and knowing Mark personaly I also believe he is a legend. Check the youtube to see the videos from our adventures here in Portugal.
Best, Luis Madureira

]]> By: coy http://simonjobling.com/blog/2006/introducing-fierce-angel/comment-page-1/#comment-37182 coy Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:17:14 +0000 http://www.simonjobling.com/?p=154#comment-37182 Hey Mark, I think you fierce angels venture is great. I just got hold of the CD in our local music store here in the philippines. It's great man. keep up the good work. More power! Hey Mark,

I think you fierce angels venture is great. I just got hold of the CD in our local music store here in the philippines. It’s great man. keep up the good work. More power!

]]> By: Rick http://simonjobling.com/blog/2006/introducing-fierce-angel/comment-page-1/#comment-31988 Rick Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:41:20 +0000 http://www.simonjobling.com/?p=154#comment-31988 First of all Simon, loved the content of this blog. Being from Canada, Electronic more over so, House music is a rarity over here. The only access we few house music fans have down here, are the # of minuscule clubs that "may" play good house tunes but more than none, its the internet that has allowed us to gain access to the knowledge, interest and love for the music. Hed Kandi was my one stop access to funky house, disco, twisted disco. After the takeover, they remained to keep the rhythm going -however, the lack of Mark's presence was felt throughout the series. Knowing HK didnt feel "original" anymore. I decided on looking for alternatives, and came upon Fierce Angel, to my surprise it belonged to Mark. I gave the Fierce Angel box set a spin and lo and behold I was back in the original HK groove! Mark, I'd like to congratulate you on the new label and most importantly on your perseverance. Your actions gives us house music fans the drive to do the same, both through the music and in our everyday lives. I was especially blown away that Mr. Brooks continued his successful box art! (I am a partial fan of the new style on the HK series, not fully as the original) His art definitely portrays the sparkling yet smooth nature of the albums. Hope the series continues with success. I'll be watching for a new release eagerly. All the best in the New Year Mark! First of all Simon, loved the content of this blog. Being from Canada, Electronic more over so, House music is a rarity over here. The only access we few house music fans have down here, are the # of minuscule clubs that “may” play good house tunes but more than none, its the internet that has allowed us to gain access to the knowledge, interest and love for the music. Hed Kandi was my one stop access to funky house, disco, twisted disco. After the takeover, they remained to keep the rhythm going -however, the lack of Mark’s presence was felt throughout the series. Knowing HK didnt feel “original” anymore. I decided on looking for alternatives, and came upon Fierce Angel, to my surprise it belonged to Mark. I gave the Fierce Angel box set a spin and lo and behold I was back in the original HK groove!

Mark, I’d like to congratulate you on the new label and most importantly on your perseverance. Your actions gives us house music fans the drive to do the same, both through the music and in our everyday lives. I was especially blown away that Mr. Brooks continued his successful box art! (I am a partial fan of the new style on the HK series, not fully as the original) His art definitely portrays the sparkling yet smooth nature of the albums.
Hope the series continues with success. I’ll be watching for a new release eagerly.

All the best in the New Year Mark!

]]> By: Hall http://simonjobling.com/blog/2006/introducing-fierce-angel/comment-page-1/#comment-25775 Hall Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:11:24 +0000 http://www.simonjobling.com/?p=154#comment-25775 Was down at the record store and found Fierce Angel, I thought it was another new sister label from Hed Kandi (like Stereo Sushi). Thanks Simon for telling what's going on with Hed Kandi. Is a dissapointment for sure but it will all be good. Fierce Angel has a good start. Go Mark! Was down at the record store and found Fierce Angel, I thought it was another new sister label from Hed Kandi (like Stereo Sushi). Thanks Simon for telling what’s going on with Hed Kandi. Is a dissapointment for sure but it will all be good. Fierce Angel has a good start. Go Mark!

]]> By: Mark Doyle http://simonjobling.com/blog/2006/introducing-fierce-angel/comment-page-1/#comment-3909 Mark Doyle Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:55:06 +0000 http://www.simonjobling.com/?p=154#comment-3909 Hi Simon. Thanks for your comments and support and criticisms believe me I need to hear what needs sorting out as much as I need to hear all the nice stuff. A couple of corrections - I left Hed Kandi at the end of June 2005, at this time I was joined by 5 of the original Hed Kandi office staff, Jason Brooks and 5 of the original DJ's. We added additional DJ's over the following 6 months, so I did have alot of support at the beginning. what followed was a long and painful court case that you will find written up on the internet and it's best that I don't comment on it. The result was we won the battle but lost the war .. the company was left with a massive legal bill and now finance and I had to make 3 of the office staff redundant in December. After this I had to take stock of the entire situation and decide whether to go it alone or join another company. It was also around this time that GMG sold Hed Kandi to Ministry. I relaunched a new company funded by my savings and the assistance of independent label All Around The World. Since then we've released Tokyo Disco and Beach Angel is out on June 19th. The website is definitely a work in progress and wouldn't have existed at all without the help of Rehab Studio. We could never have afforded the sort of site we wanted but Rehab have taken this on as a portfolio project and the work is ongoing. There will be massive changes over the next 4 weeks but the initial job was to get something up on the web. Thanks Again Mark Doyle Hi Simon.
Thanks for your comments and support and criticisms believe me I need to hear what needs sorting out as much as I need to hear all the nice stuff.
A couple of corrections - I left Hed Kandi at the end of June 2005, at this time I was joined by 5 of the original Hed Kandi office staff, Jason Brooks and 5 of the original DJ’s. We added additional DJ’s over the following 6 months, so I did have alot of support at the beginning. what followed was a long and painful court case that you will find written up on the internet and it’s best that I don’t comment on it. The result was we won the battle but lost the war .. the company was left with a massive legal bill and now finance and I had to make 3 of the office staff redundant in December.
After this I had to take stock of the entire situation and decide whether to go it alone or join another company. It was also around this time that GMG sold Hed Kandi to Ministry. I relaunched a new company funded by my savings and the assistance of independent label All Around The World. Since then we’ve released Tokyo Disco and Beach Angel is out on June 19th.
The website is definitely a work in progress and wouldn’t have existed at all without the help of Rehab Studio. We could never have afforded the sort of site we wanted but Rehab have taken this on as a portfolio project and the work is ongoing. There will be massive changes over the next 4 weeks but the initial job was to get something up on the web.
Thanks Again
Mark Doyle

]]> By: DJ Cruze http://simonjobling.com/blog/2006/introducing-fierce-angel/comment-page-1/#comment-3839 DJ Cruze Tue, 30 May 2006 08:20:21 +0000 http://www.simonjobling.com/?p=154#comment-3839 Nice post mate. I agree that Mark is one of major players in keeping the funkier side of house music alive. I think a lot of the Hed Kandi DJs were probably contracted in and hence couldn't "switch sides" so to speak. My spies also tell me that Hed Kandi DJs weren't meant to be playing Tokyo Project tunes out on Hed Kandi nights! Sounds a bit off to me if it is true. Hopefully Mark will continue to grow Fierce Angels into a major force in the funky house music world. Cheers, Marc Nice post mate.

I agree that Mark is one of major players in keeping the funkier side of house music alive.
I think a lot of the Hed Kandi DJs were probably contracted in and hence couldn’t “switch sides” so to speak.
My spies also tell me that Hed Kandi DJs weren’t meant to be playing Tokyo Project tunes out on Hed Kandi nights!
Sounds a bit off to me if it is true. Hopefully Mark will continue to grow Fierce Angels into a major force in the funky house music world.

Cheers,
Marc

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