i saw pullen in melbourne a few years back, at the now defunkt " redheads" - agent patrick and myself had a bahnstormin' night in da small room in the epicentre of the club, where a guy / girl combo were layin down some serious grooves. we flew [ 600 ] miles to hear stacey, but alas, 15 mins later , we found ourselves in a room with a much better vibe. i didn't catch him on his recent sojourn: can anyone from sydney give me tha lowdown on what happened there?........thanx.james bond. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313 Detroit" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [313] Ben Sims
> > >He came as a highly recommended and relatively unknown artist and left with > >a reputation as one of the greatest DJs on the planet. Not since Luke > >Slater's first visit as an artist has an artist left such an impression on > >Australia. > > > Not sure about that - but this is a press release-speak, right? And it's by > a Brit, too? :) He made a great impression in Melbourne but, alas, no one > knows who Ben Sims is in Sydney - except for the DJs! The Sydney scene as a > whole just doesn't embrace that music at all. Melbourne, Adelaide and you > could add to that Perth are the techno cities here - according to the > industry consensus. > > I think Stacey Pullen left by far the greater impression in Melbourne a > couple of weeks ago among a wider demographic!! He played for six hours in > Melbourne at the Innovator party along with Derrick Carter - and he played > 'til he was so tired he was kneeling at the decks, and it was sensational. > It was an appreciative, sophisticated crowd and the night had a great vibe. > People are still talking about it! I think it was an inspiration to pair up > these two DJs as they have a great rapport and inspired each other and both > attracted slightly different crowds who ended up experiencing the other DJ > for the first time and were converted. It was a good contrast of > personalities, too - Derrick's droll humour to Stacey's joyful whimsicality. > Derrick played deep and slipped in a few quirky R&B type records - like Mary > Mary's Shackles (Praise You), which is a uptempo gospel/R&B track and a top > 2 hit here, and The Artful Dodger feat Craig David. I believe he played the > Mayday mix of Jaguar, too. Then Stacey played tech-house through to house > and finished with a drum 'n' bass track by Goldie (we think) and Stevie > Wonder during his encores. I am not sure if it's common practice elsewhere > for DJs to do encores but in the clubs they often do them here due to crowd > reception. Stacey received an ovation here - it was the bomb. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
