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Thats How It Is

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Thats How It Is
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StatusDefunct
FrequencyWeekly
VenueBar Rumba
Location(s)36 Shaftesbury Ave, London W1D 7EP
CountryEngland

That's How It Is was a club night started by Giles Peterson and James Lavelle in 1993, which ran until 2005. Lavelle last played there regularly until at least the end of 1998 (see dates below). The logo and flyers were designed by Swifty[1]. In 2020 James Lavelle had the following to say about That's How It Is: "That's How It Is' was the club I started in the early '90s with Gilles Peterson which took place every Monday night at Bar Rumba on London's Shaftesbury Avenue, in the heart of Soho. I was 18 at the time, and together with his long term collaborator Janine Neye,‏ and Swifty on visuals, we launched the night."[2]

Notes

Notable nights include November 22 1993 when DJ Shadow made a guest appearance. November 16 1998 was That's How It Is' Fifth Birthday, and on November 16 1999 the Sixth Birthday served as a reunion with James Lavelle returning to DJ on the night.[3]

Several recordings were released by That's How It Is[4], including "That's How It Is" - One Year On[5] taken from a September 19 1994 set.

19 Aug 1996 is mentioned in Muzik September 1996 (p161) as featuring James Lavelle, but he was also advertised as appearing in Scotland for his Dusted North gig.

An MP3 circulating online is labelled as 'That's how it is mix by James Lavelle(18-12-1995)'[6]. This is mislabelled as it appeared to be the release TWO YEARS, 3 MONTHS 1 WEEK AND TWELVE HOURS IN THE LIFE OF "THAT'S HOW IT IS!" which features Attica Blues, Ben Wilcox, DJ Debra, Gilles Peterson, James Lavelle, Janine Neye, and Ross Allen.[7]

Gilles Peterson on That's How It Is

In The Wire September 2019 (Issue 427), page 25, Gilles Peterson discussed his time at That's How It Is

It was a club on a Monday in London. I mean, Shaftesbury Avenue, inside the Trocadero. It was a club that I started up with James Lavelle at the time. So we’re talking about sort of mid-to-late 90s. And it was an amazing period of time for both of us in terms of where we were at as people making music or being connected to people making music at that time. You can talk about the beginnings of Mo’ Wax, the golden period of Talkin’ Loud, the magic of drum ’n’ bass, the growth of groups like Massive Attack and Portishead, the scene in Japan. The art scene coming out of the graffiti, New York, post-hiphop and the beatmakers. All of this is happening in this glorious period where you’re beginning to get the influence of the style magazines and Britain is slightly obsessed by Britpop, which is great because we’re kind of in the shadow of that.

...

Definitely, the music coming out of this is really significant and powerful. Suddenly you’ve got an element of confidence in British music. And that’s what’s weird about it being on a Monday night, we wanted it to be the hardcore. That’s why I put it on a Monday, the worst night of the week. You went down the steps and there was just this big sound and dark room. We just had to have little jam sessions as well. The Roots, Björk, Bono would all come down. But at the end of the day, James and I would be just be playing all this music. And we were the only ones who would have had it because we were releasing it. You know, DJ Krush records, The Roots records, drum ’n’ bass, Roni Size. I’d come in with dubplate platter of “Brown Paper Bag” then James would come in with a DJ Shadow album, then a Richie Hawtin remix of La Funk Mob or I’d come in with “Bug In The Bass Bin” by Carl Craig.

Then suddenly there’d be “Strangers” by Portishead, or some new, unreleased Massive Attack stuff. People would come to this club because that was where they would hear both James and me playing this music on acetate. We could afford to buy acetate because we were DJing and we had our own record labels. So we were cutting our own plates and almost having a bit of a competition between us. And so this is just the explosive time.

When [Shadow’s music] was released, it was another absolutely humongous record. He was just joining the dots between what we loved about instrumental hiphop productions, with a more experimental, digger mentality to how he was going about his productions. And obviously he’s one of the most highly regarded producers of all time

Dates

Date Citation
22 Nov 1993 Instagram
13 Dec 1993 Flyer
29 May 1995 Muzik June 1995 p111
5 Jun 1995 Muzik June 1995 p112
12 Jun 1995 Muzik June 1995 p114
19 Jun 1995 Muzik July 1995 p105
26 Jun 1995 Muzik July 1995 p109
3 Jul 1995 Muzik July 1995 p112
10 Jul 1995 Muzik July 1995 p114
17 Jul 1995 Muzik August 1995 p105
24 Jul 1995 Muzik August 1995 p108
31 Jul 1995 Muzik August 1995 p112
7 Aug 1995 Muzik August 1995 p115
14 Aug 1995 Muzik September 1995 p104
21 Aug 1995 Muzik September 1995 p106
28 Aug 1995 Muzik September 1995 p109
4 Sep 1995 Muzik September 1995 p112
11 Sep 1995 Muzik September 1995 p114
18 Sep 1995 Muzik October 1995 p117
2 Oct 1995 Muzik October 1995 p126
9 Oct 1995 Muzik October 1995 p131
16 Oct 1995 Muzik November 1995 p127]
23 Oct 1995 Muzik November 1995 p131
30 Oct 1995 Muzik November 1995 p134
6 Nov 1995 Muzik November 1995 p136
13 Nov 1995 Muzik December 1995 p130
20 Nov 1995 Muzik December 1995 p133
27 Nov 1995 Muzik December 1995 p137
4 Dec 1995 Muzik December 1995 p141
11 Dec 1995 Muzik December 1995 p142
18 Dec 1995 Muzik January 1996 p125
8 Jan 1996 Muzik January 1996 p139
15 Jan 1996 Muzik Febuary 1996 p117
29 Jan 1996 Muzik Febuary 1996 p120
5 Feb 1996 Muzik Febuary 1996 p123
12 Feb 1996 Muzik Febuary 1996 p124
19 Feb 1996 Muzik March 1996 p143
26 Feb 1996 Muzik March 1996 p146
4 Mar 1996 Muzik March 1996 p150
11 Mar 1996 Muzik March 1996 p155
18 Mar 1996 Muzik April 1996 p151
25 Mar 1996 Muzik April 1996 p154
1 Apr 1996 Muzik April 1996 p160
8 Apr 1996 Muzik April 1996 p162
15 Apr 1996 Muzik May 1996 p153
29 Apr 1996 Muzik May 1996 p161
6 May 1996 Muzik May 1996 p162
13 May 1996 Muzik May 1996 p165
20 May 1996 Muzik June 1996 p167
27 May 1996 The Guardian Clubs Guide 25 May 1996[8]
3 Jun 1996 Muzik June 1996 p174
10 Jun 1996 Muzik June 1996 p176
17 Jun 1996 The Guardian Clubs Guide 15 June 1996[9]
1 Jul 1996 Muzik July 1996 p191
8 Jul 1996 Muzik July 1996 p195
15 Jul 1996 Muzik August 1996 p159
23 Jul 1996 Muzik August 1996 p166
5 Aug 1996 Muzik August 1996 p169
12 Aug 1996 Muzik August 1996 p170
19 Aug 1996 Muzik September 1996 p161
2 Sep 1996 Muzik September 1996 p168
9 Sep 1996 Muzik September 1996 p169
16 Sep 1996 Muzik October 1996 p171
23 Sep 1996 The Guardian Clubs Guide 21 September 1996[10]
30 Sep 1996 Muzik October 1996 p182
7 Oct 1996 Muzik October 1996 p185
14 Oct 1996 The Guardian Clubs Guide 12 October 1996[11]
21 Oct 1996 The Guardian Clubs Guide 19 October 1996[12]
4 Nov 1996 The Guardian Clubs Guide 2 November 1996[13]
11 Nov 1996 The Guardian Clubs Guide 9 November 1996[14]
18 Nov 1996 The Guardian Clubs Guide 16 November 1996[15]
25 Nov 1996 The Guardian Clubs Guide 23 November 1996[16]
2 Dec 1996* Muzik December 1996 p187
9 Dec 1996* Muzik January 1997 p153
16 Dec 1996* Muzik January 1997 p153
23 Dec 1996* Muzik January 1997 p153
30 Dec 1996* Muzik January 1997 p153
6 Jan 1997* Muzik January 1997 p153
13 Jan 1997* Muzik Febuary 1997 p131
20 Jan 1997* Muzik Febuary 1997 p131
27 Jan 1997* Muzik Febuary 1997 p131
3 Feb 1997* Muzik Febuary 1997 p131
10 Feb 1997* Muzik Febuary 1997 p131
17 Feb 1997* Muzik March 1997 p147
24 Feb 1997* Muzik March 1997 p131
3 Mar 1997* Muzik March 1997 p131
10 Mar 1997* Muzik March 1997 p131
31 Mar 1997 The Guardian Clubs Guide 29 March 1997[17]
21 Apr 1997 The Guardian Clubs Guide 19 April 1997[18]
26 May 1997 The Guardian Clubs Guide 24 May 1997[19]
16 Jun 1997* Muzik July 1997 p171
23 Jun 1997* Muzik July 1997 p171
30 Jun 1997* Muzik July 1997 p171
7 Jul 1997* Muzik July 1997 p171
28 Jul 1997 The Guardian Clubs Guide 26 July 1997[20]
18 Aug 1997 The Guardian Clubs Guide 16 August 1997[21]
6 Oct 1997 The Guardian Clubs Guide 4 October 1997[22]
17 Nov 1997* Muzik December 1997 p159
24 Nov 1997* Muzik December 1997 p159
1 Dec 1997* Muzik December 1997 p159
8 Dec 1997* Muzik December 1997 p159
16 Mar 1998 The Guardian Clubs Guide 14 March 1998[23]
23 Mar 1998 The Guardian Clubs Guide 21 March 1998[24]
13 Jul 1998 The Guardian Clubs Guide 11 July 1998[25]
27 Jul 1998 The Guardian Clubs Guide 25 July 1998[26]
17 Aug 1998 The Guardian Clubs Guide 15 July 1998[27]
7 Sep 1998 The Guardian Clubs Guide 5 September 1998[28]
5 Oct 1998 The Guardian Clubs Guide 3 October 1998[29]
2 Nov 1998 The Guardian Clubs Guide 31 October 1998[30]
16 Nov 1998 Fifth Birthday - The Guardian Clubs Guide 14 November 1998[31]
14 Dec 1998 The Guardian Clubs Guide 12 December 1998[32]
16 Nov 1999 Sixth Birthday Reunion - The Guardian Clubs Guide 30 October 1999[33]
  • From Muzik's December 1996 issue That's How It Is was advertised only as being on Mondays at Bar Rumba rather than with a specific date. It is possible that during this period That's How It Is may not have always been on. This affects all dates after 7 October 1996 which rely on the magazine as Muzik changed to this format for their November 1996 issue (but no Bar Rumba gigs were listed in the November issue). Then from August 1997 Muzik only listed the Top 50 Nights Out, so That's How It Is doesn't always get mentioned.

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References

  1. http://swifty.co.uk
  2. https://www.mixcloud.com/weoutherefestival/james-lavelles-thats-how-it-is-def-mix-1-the-warm-up/
  3. ry this! The Guardian (1959-2003); London (UK) [London (UK)]30 Oct 1999: F24.
  4. https://www.discogs.com/label/100117-Thats-How-It-Is!
  5. https://www.mowaxplease.com/thats-1st-birthday-recording
  6. https://www.coachella.com/forum/showthread.php?15478-The-IDM-amp-Downtempo-Lounge/page32
  7. https://www.discogs.com/ja/Thats-How-It-Is-TWO-YEARS-3-MONTHS-1-WEEK-AND-TWELVE-HOURS-IN-THE-LIFE-OF-THATS-HOW-IT-IS/release/9309233
  8. Clubs: Trust no one, advises Jacques Peretti. The Guardian (1959-2003); London (UK) 25 May 1996: B28.
  9. Clubs: Jacques Peretti admires some fancy footwork. Peretti, Jacques. The Guardian; London (UK) 15 June 1996: C28
  10. Clubs: Jacques Peretti can breathe clearly now the cheese has gone. The Guardian; London (UK) 21 Sep 1996: C34.
  11. Clubs: Jacaues Peretti has a ticket to ride. The Guardian; London (UK) 12 Oct 1996: C34.
  12. Clubs: Jacques Peretti yawns at the North-South chasm. Peretti, Jacques. The Guardian; London (UK) 19 Oct 1996: C34.
  13. Monday 4: Aural Sex at The Crossbar. The Guardian; London (UK) 02 Nov 1996: D35.
  14. Money talks--but not as loudly as Jacques Peretti. The Guardian; London (UK) 09 Nov 1996: C34.
  15. Clubs: Jacques Peretti puts the techno back into technology. Peretti, Jacques. The Guardian; London (UK) 16 Nov 1996: C34.
  16. Clubs: Jacques Peretti waits for The Next Big Thing. The Guardian; London (UK) 23 Nov 1996: C34.
  17. Sunday 30: Selections. The Guardian (1959-2003); London (UK) [London (UK)]29 Mar 1997: C33.
  18. No Title. The Guardian; London (UK) 19 Apr 1997: C37.
  19. Clubs: Jacques Peretti meets a truly great Dane. Peretti, Jacques. The Guardian; London (UK) 24 May 1997: C32
  20. Clubs: Just another weekend for Jacques Peretti. The Guardian; London (UK) 26 July 1997: C32.
  21. Clubs: Jacques Peretti takes it all back. The Guardian; London (UK) 16 Aug 1997: C30
  22. Clubs: The door swings both ways for Nick Green. The Guardian; London (UK) 04 Oct 1997: C36.
  23. Saturday 14 Selections. The Guardian; London (UK) 14 Mar 1998: C32.
  24. Saturday 21: Selections, The Guardian; London (UK) 21 Mar 1998: C32..
  25. No Title. Peretti, Jacques. The Guardian; London (UK) 11 July 1998: D42
  26. Jacques Peretti smells (like) a rat. The Guardian; London (UK) 25 July 1998: D40.
  27. Saturday 15: Selections. The Guardian; London (UK) 15 Aug 1998: D38.
  28. Saturday: Selection. The Guardian; London (UK) 05 Sep 1998: D54.
  29. Clubs: Jacques Peretti comes clean. Peretti, Jacques. The Guardian; London (UK) 03 Oct 1998: D53.
  30. Clubs: Jacques Peretti is happening. The Guardian; London (UK) 31 Oct 1998: D53.
  31. Clubs: Jacques Peretti has a bone to pick. The Guardian; London (UK) 14 Nov 1998: D53.
  32. Clubs: Jacques Peretti slums it. The Guardian; London (UK) 12 Dec 1998: D48
  33. ry this! The Guardian (1959-2003); London (UK) [London (UK)]30 Oct 1999: F24.
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