Yes, no doubt, to both your points! Jason
On 24 May 2010 17:34, kent williams <chaircrus...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> 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. >>>>> >>> >> >