sets he played in Sydney over the past year or so none seem to have >gone quite right for me. Which is really frustrating because I love the >Mayday Mix CD.
I don't think Derrick gets the right crowd in Sydney, personally. The city is so obsessed with commercial UK stuff, progressive house and that superclub Home. Of course there are always a few discerning types but I don't think anyone could say that Sydney has an overall scene that is amenable to Detroit and I believe the DJs themselves would confirm this. The media is very good, though. >Sound problems at the one last year in particular made that set a bit off >but I had an enjoyable night nonetheless. I was really looking forward to >his set a couple of weeks ago at the Metro where there's a nice PA, but last >minute stress with some friends of mine before getting there meant that I >had a bit of a bummer and left early. This time the sound was very good but the overall vibe of the venue and crowd wasn't quite right, though apparently Derrick wasn't too fazed and by the end he had a core of cool folks screaming for more. I just couldn't believe how different it was to Melbourne. >Which is a pity because the tunes he >played were pretty cool (no way back!) and apparently he did a bit of a meet >and greet afterwards... Yeah. He was encouraging folks to catch Kevin Saunderson at the after party. >btw do any Melbourne list-members know of any interesting events there next >weekend? (except for the What Is Music? festival that is, which I'll catch >in Sydney the week after) Anything worth missing the Scratch Perverts in >Sydney for? If you mean the week after next, then, no, it's relatively boring, but the week after that things will pick up with Masters At Work and Frankie Knuckles and I'm hearing rumours that Common Factor's coming to town. Chicks On Speed will play at that festival and they sound quite interesting. They have done some stuff with DJ Hell's International DeeJay Gigolo label. Peace Cyclone
