People-Music-Moments #1
I am Peter Thomas Kernoghan, shortened to Pete Kernoghan, then to Petey K based on my initials being PTK, then for DJing purposes I go under PTYK which commonly people say as P-T-Y-K as in the separate letters but in actual fact the intention was to be known as PeteyK. So in short the branding exercise of naming myself PTYK (to be pronounced PeteyK) has fallen slightly short on my intentions, but we are here now. Hopefully that will clear up any confusion.
Welcome to the first in a series of short blog posts that will explore the connection between People, Music & Moments. In these posts we will hear how music encapsulates moments in peoples lives. We can all remember a time where a song played at the perfect moment, in the perfect instance, and it solidified that moment of time in our memory. It is a beautiful collision of an individuals creative process in making music and the unknown intersection of that creative process and the intangible impact it has on the human experience.
Participants are invited to share a bit about themselves, their musical taste of influences and 3 songs that have encapsulated 3 moments in their lives in their own words. There is no censorship, no rules, no narrative shaping, just the simple honesty of the individuals experience of music in their lives.
I will go first to kick things off
Well I think I have introduced myself - if you have skipped to this bit you have missed an absolute riveter of a story around my DJ name (its a real rollercoaster of a story). I am Pete / PeteyK / PTYK - I am father, husband, DJ, with a passion to combat modern slavery & human trafficking.
I was brought up in a mildly musical household with my mother being an avid pianist, teaching and playing in our local church. This was my introduction to music, thankfully my taste evolved beyond the religious confines of hymnal music.
My music tastes vary I enjoy listening to house, disco, funk, soul, ambient music, but I can appreciate all forms of music.
Song 1
Barbers Adagio for Strings
In the spring of 1999 I had just purchased my first set of decks and started building my record collection. I was mad keen on trance music at the time and bought William Orbit - Barbers Adagio for Strings. On the vinyl release B side had an excerpt from the original Barbers Adagio for Strings. I remember the moment the door swung open as I was playing it, my mother often swung that door open and it was quickly followed with ‘TURN THAT DOWN’. This time was different it swung open and she said ‘oooh barbers adagio for strings, I love this piece’ she sat down beside me and we listened in silence, just appreciating the moment shared between mother and son. It became a piece that bridged the divide in our musical tastes and something we often listened to together. Fast forward to 2020 my mum passed away at her funeral we played the original piece it was sweetest of bitter moments. Although I was dealing with the pain of loss, I took great comfort in this piece of music and the memory it will always hold for me.
Song 2
David Morales - Needin’ U
It is 1998 and MTV was all the biz, this song was on a heavy rotation and it really opened me up to the Balearic sounds of the white isle. When I got my first set of decks the following spring this is one of the first vinyls I bought, released on manifesto records. 2008 came around and Morales played a 5 hour set in Shine. I remember plunking myself in the middle of a relatively empty dance floor at the start of the night. I looked over my shoulder and there he was the man himself checking the sound in the middle of the dance floor before he started his set. I said hello we had brief chat and off he went and played his set. Even now for me this song carries so much energy and great memories of learning to DJ and experiencing amazing DJs play great music.
Song 3
Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat Song
This was my ultimate hype song before a football match, every time I hear this play I think of countless trips to various overgrown poorly maintained public football pitches on Saturday afternoons with David Fellows. This song turned up so loud to mask our horrific singing as we cruised up for battle in a ocean blue Peugeot 106 (which had coloured seatbelts I thought they were class) I am sure the image of two slender late teenagers in that car, with that song blasting out struck a level of fear into the opposition like they’d never experienced before.
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