Programming of the fest has never been as good as in the first 2 years, and those that don't realize that, i don't know. i say this with all due respect to all involved this and recent years. Comparing a "detroit" fest that headlines marco carola, and had benny benassi, to one in which the last poets's Umar Bin Hassan recited poetry with Kenny Dixon and Derrick May is nuts.
One highlight for me was Mills' first time playing, when he got slightly wizard on the decks. (and when the mixer blew up, and dmay got on the mic - drama is good sometimes). And finally, a big mistake is the absence of DJ Hell. He merits a place on the lineup. Maybe even a whole night or stage devoted to his sound, from his punkier days to now, curated by him. There's a reason jeff mills is the international dj gigolo on gigolo 2, and its annoying that that connection hasnt been brought to bear on the world stage that the demf sometimes is when the music stands for itself. I mean last year was a great year, but in my ears only because of a few choice, hot moments at the fest, and a couple of parties that stood out, like the friday night party at the works, and the matchless Music Institute party. A few of those moments and connecting with friends is all i need. -Alex ps just remembered, whats up with omar s not playing (or is he?) On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Tristan Watkins <phonop...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Nuff respect to Michael Geiger. I think he's an excellent DJ - but it's mad > to see him on that list, given that as soon as I saw Carola at 4x I was > thinking WTF. Does anyone outside of Detroit or people who have visited > Detroit know who Michael Geiger is? I'm not trying to make too big of a deal > about this, but I'd expect to see Derrick May there before him. > > That said, there's little rhyme or reason to this across multiple festivals > and multiple sets of political pressures. > > Tristan >
