I've no doubt that Kevin Saunderson will show up to be on main stage
for this, and who knows, maybe they've worked up something live-ish
(or Live-ish perhaps) to perform, but I can't get that worked up about
missing this.
The last time I saw Saunderson at DEMF he played a pretty generic big
room hands in the air set*, with a few cheesy prog-house tracks in the
mix. I'm more of a small room, sweat on the walls kind of person, so
it did nothing for me.
Nothing would please me more than to hear afterwards "DUDE, It was
AMAZING!" but my hopes aren't high.
*this is a real problem, especially in Europe, where they still have
big room events. There's a certain kind of least common denominator
set that gets a big reaction from a large crowd of pilled-up punters.
So the DJs that play out 2 or 3 times a week all the time tend to
streamline their sets to What Always Works. And just as all cars
optimized for drag coefficient will tend to look the same, all
perfected Big Room DJ sets will look the same.
That's fine if you want the biggest reaction from a big crowd, but
it's generic and uninspiring to anyone who actually cares about the
music. It means that Richie Hawtin, Sven Vath, Kevin Saunderson,
Benny Benassi, Carl Cox, etc all sound the same.
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:53 AM, ja...@iridite.com <ja...@iridite.com> wrote:
> Just to chime in - Inner City were billed to play here in Glasgow a
> couple of months ago and a couple of people who's opinion I trust went
> along and said it was.......more than a little dissapointing to be
> generous about it.
>
> Just Paris Grey singing some of the parts of Inner City tracks over a
> DAT (very 1990's!!!) and not even all the lead vocals either!! It's a
> bit lame when there's only two people in a group and one of them
> doesn't turn up :)
>
> Jason
>
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> On 24 May 2010 15:28, darnistle <darnis...@cafe-ebola.com> wrote:
>> Inner City's performance may be only so-so, but I would still like to hear
>> them live. Given that their sound is from a different era, it will likely
>> be a welcome stylistic change in music.
>>
>> Derrick May may play everywhere all the time, but he never plays near where
>> I live so it would be silly to miss the opportunity to hear him again. He's
>> always played well and interestingly when I've heard him so I see no reason
>> to skip him altogether.
>>
>> That said, I love Hood to bits!!! Granted, I was truly disappointed with his
>> amazingly lackluster set the last time he played the main stage at DEMF, but
>> I can forgive him since I've heard him play enough times to know that he can
>> send me into orbit in a way that very few DJs can, especially when he plays
>> in smaller venues.
>>
>> The fact that he'll be playing "live" makes me super curious.
>>
>> Changes are opt for May and Hood and pop into Inner City occasionally
>>
>> I hate having to float from stage to stage, but sometimes it can't be
>> helped.
>>
>> {}0+>|
>>
>> On 5/24/2010 10:03 AM, kent williams wrote:
>>>
>>> Well, to my mind it's a no brainer -- Inner City will be meh, Derrick
>>> May plays everywhere all the time.
>>>
>>> Robert Hood is a monster, not to be missed. You know how every DJ
>>> that plays banging minimal techno sounds the same? Robert Hood
>>> doesn't. His sets are hard as nails, and always exciting.
>>>
>>> I've seen DJ Bone and T1000 be excellent playing hard and fast, but
>>> Hood is unique.
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:24 AM, darnistle<darnis...@cafe-ebola.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.movement.us/?p=1752
>>>>
>>>> Derrick May, Robert Hood and Inner City all at the same time!?!?
>>>>
>>>> Good gooly!! That puts me in a very difficult situation.
>>>>
>>
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