Here are some pics from our crew this year:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chelseafaith/page2/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52271...@n00/sets/72157618926534056/
some tech fest 09 highlights for me:
P Maack from D.I.E. lambasting us techno geeks for not grinding with
the ladies at Hump friday night
Jay Denham bringing it strong! I wasnt sure what to expect after the
more chill sounding last album but this is what I imagine seeing him
back in the day was like. Xlent hard techno despite the shitty rig.
Mills!!! Ear bleeding sound, great crowd (even greater after it
thinned out a bit), and Mills bringing it cerebral style. Though
technically not quite up there with the time he came out to the west
coast, the selection was just want I needed.
disappointments:
The Real Detroit Stage. I'm sure it sounded cool after a few drinks at
the bar but the island stage thing has got to be the stupidest
arrangement I have ever seen in my life. so sad.
Shady promoter tactics. One of the artists I was most curious to see,
Benga, apparently was not even scheduled to perform. He didnt show up
and then we noticed in the program a tiny little
asterik next to his name and a tiny comment at the bottom saying
"subject to change". this was only on Benga's name! typical Detroit
tactics I suppose
hooj choons:
Definetely was noticing alot of anthems this year. Francois K played
what seemed to me like the detroit classics version of Girl Talk,
remixing on the fly etc. Unfortunately it left me and my friends a bit
cold. I guess we want to hear some new music these days.
heard "french kiss" a few times, of course from Derrick but he didnt
indulge in the full slow down female interlude. Also heard blackwater
a few places.
But the runaway hit of the fest which I am sure we will hear
more of this Summer was a track from a pretty unknown serbian dude,
gramaphone dzie with a great jazz standard samplefest called Why Dont
You. We heard this cut played by Minx, Delano Smith as well as Luciano.
