after spending more than three days immersed in detroit techno last week, i'm spending this weekend in the San Francisco Bay area looking for jobs and whatnot. The interesting thing is how so different the two scenes are. Bay area is known for such a wide diversity of sounds, which i can definitely appreciate, but the two big scenes of late seem to be the turntablism/hip-hop thing and the trance stuff. last night i was listening to this late night radio show called "subsonic" and it was pretty cool, though a bit heavy on the trance stuff. to me, trance hasn't evolved much since its first heyday in the 93-95 amid the Goa and happy hardcore trends. anyway, despite the fact that trance is more popular in the West (John digweed is spinning tues, for example), i did notice a few interesting detroit names on some flyers on picked up at a head shop in Mountain View (basically, Silicon Valley): "Quest" July 1, Santa Clara Fairgrounds, San Jose -- Richie Hawtin with .. Terry Francis, Kevin Yost, Dieselboy, J Majik, Fierce, Dara, Sage, Christopher Lawrence, Joshua Ryan, Taylor, Doran, Mars, etc. www.silverpearl.com "Metropolis" June 17, Santa Clara Fairgrounds -- Stacey Pullen ...with Gene Farris, DJ Dan, Sandra Collins, Angel Alanis, De La Soul, Rahzel (roots), danny tha wildchild, www.clockworkeventz.com "Cyberfest" July 22 -- Santa Clara -- Juan Atkins . . . with Paul Oakenfold(! ugh!!), Carl Cox, ED Rush & Optical, Digital Underground, Aphrodite, Mix Master Mike, Wish Fm, dave ralph, bt. www.coolworldprod.com
lastly, anyone into fila brazillia??? very cool stuff. any downtempo fans? detroit still rules timmmiP __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com
