And didn´t ´Pure´ bring in American DJ´s? they recently stopped didn´t they? Martijn
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Tom Robbins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: donderdag 19 oktober 2000 13:11 Aan: 313 mailing list Onderwerp: Re: [313] Detroit Techno in England Point taken, but remember that the Orbit went fortnightly a while back because it souldn't sustain weekly any more. And their line-ups are much more oriented towards UK DJs than they used to be, for financial reasons, I'd guess. > What about the orbit in Leeds, they are running for nine years now (i believe?) and bring in the big names almost every other week! > > So there must be an audience out there..or is it just a northern thing? > > Martijn > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Tom Robbins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Verzonden: donderdag 19 oktober 2000 12:16 > Aan: 313 mailing list > Onderwerp: Re: [313] Detroit Techno in England > > > Accusing Voodoo of being in it for the money is completely wrong. No-one > promotes techno nights in the UK for the money (except maybe Atomic Jam, > they're part of a large rave promotions company). Sustaining a techno night > in the UK is the hardest job in the game because the market is so small - > that's why there's rarely more than one techno night in any given major > city. Promoters like Voodoo have to go for DJs etc that a) they can afford, > and b) will bring people in. Cajmere has been playing Voodoo for years and > has obviously built up a good relationship with the promoters and the crowd. > Same for Craig. It's likely both give Voodoo a break on their price because > they know they will have a good night there. > > Thing is, over the years there aren't many people Voodoo haven't put on. I'm > sure they'd like to be able to fly in DJs from anywhere and everywhere, but > just can't afford it. If American DJs want to come and play here they have > to remember that the additional cost of flights and hotels etc represents a > considerable extra burden/risk for the promoters. In my experience too many > foreign DJs think the techno scene here is like the rest of the dance scene > when in fact it's very small and specialised, more than almost any other > genre of club music. They (and I'm not just talking Americans) think that > just because they have put a few twelves out they can command fees of > hundreds and hundreds of pounds when the reality is that perhaps one shop in > any given city stocks their music and has maybe sold ten copies of their > record, if they're lucky. > > So what I'm saying is that the reason there aren't more Detroit or foreign > DJs booked to play in the UK is that the scene is so small, they too often > charge way too much and bringing them over involves a lot of extra expense > for promoters who are lucky if they can get a couple of hundred people > through the door. > > Cyclone is right, the UK press have helped create a situation whereby the UK > public has been encouraged towards faddishness. It is extremely difficult > for promoters to operate in the face of this - that's why most techno nights > here don't last more than a couple of events - and Voodoo deserve every > credit for keeping it going for seven years. Seven years! I know the people > who run Voodoo, they are 100% into the music and they are decent people too. > But the club is their job (these things inevitably require full-time > committment), they have to make a living and aware of the environment in > which they have to operate and that inevitably influences their actions. > > OK, I'm done. > > Tom > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
