I read and enjoyed your reports. I think a lack of feedback is easy to mistake for being ignored ;-)
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Jacob Arnold <ja...@gridface.com> wrote: > Since I didn't get any responses to part 1, I didn't post parts 2 and 3 of my > daily reports to the list, but there are some photos if anyone's interested: > > http://www.gridface.com/features/demf_2010_2.html > http://www.gridface.com/features/demf_2010_3.html > > It was tricky to see people, especially Moritz. On most of the stages, they > put the performers really far back this year, and the media pass was separate > from the "media stage" pass. > > Cheers, > Jacob > > > On Jun 2, 2010, at 5:15 AM, kuszyn...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Thanks for the review folks. >> >> Any more reflections are highly welcome, at least from me, as one of >> those couldn't-make-it-this-year folks. >> >> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:11 AM, Mr. jp <j...@phreak.net> wrote: >>> I second that it was not a great weekend overall, though sunday was a >>> great day at the fest, could stand against any other one day at DEMFs >>> I have known, of 6 for me. Overall, it was still a whole lot better >>> than '06, but that was the year Paxahau took over the fest last >>> minute. Sequence of performers, and stages the performers play on, >>> still is terrible, there's little flow conducive to dancing or even >>> chilling [why was Moritz on Red Bull, and not Beatport, for instance]- >>> Red Bull is like a spring break party stage, Beatport is great for >>> chillin with the nice grass and open view of the river]. Afterparties >>> were just above average too. Detroit Odyssey film fest on friday was >>> incredible, the J Dilla movie was so inspring, missed the first film >>> tho [cycles of the machine or whatever] Then Timeline [w/Mad Mike] >>> played a very soulful shorter set, more on the jazz tip with lots of >>> bright, ambitious sax solos, perfect ending, just great. The Omar-s >>> party later that night was so-so, disappointing after the raves last >>> year, ended early after 3am. Sat. day at the fest was disappointing, >>> Scion were good, tho muted, but the sound/setting didn't do them >>> justice. >>> My top were Orlando Voorn, Model 500 live, Shake, Rolando, ESP, >>> Starski and Clutch, Larry Heard and Kirk Degiorgio at the fest. Rob >>> Hood was too much mhs for me, but solid. Never saw him at Metroplex 25 >>> year, or Sims either. DMX Krew never played at the afterparty at >>> Blondie's sat. night [wasted night]. Metroplex party had logistical >>> problems, only got to hear Sergeon, Stingray, Assault, and Juan, still >>> a good time tho, solid party, lots of jitters and jukers showing how >>> it's done. Monday was a big disappointment at the fest due to rain >>> cutting off sets in the afternoon, and mediocre sets too. Model 500 >>> was awesome, mostly for the flow of the classics, some reworking to >>> make them snap, some hip hop courtesy of MC Nick Speed, who has a >>> forthcoming album on UR. The visuals were straight out of star trek, >>> the whole main stage audience was jumpin. Monday night I went to Oslo >>> for more jukin/jittin, was not as good a vibe as Metroplex, Assault >>> spun mostly the same set, still fun. >>> >>> I'd do this weekend again but skip sat. at the fest, and the >>> afterparty at Blondie's. More on the trip from my Demented Scrawlings >>> From DEMF-twisted tales from the underbelly of Detroit, later. >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Arturo Lopez <arturo.m.lo...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> In case anyone is interested, my $0.02, a few highlights from the long >>>> weekend: >>>> >>>> Overall this was just a so-so fest for me. A few standouts here and >>>> there but I wasn't blown away by the majority of the acts, but >>>> definitely plenty of fun moments throughout. As usual the afterparties >>>> were generally more entertaining than anything going on at the >>>> festival proper. >>>> >>>> Festival - Mark Ernestus was great, but I could still hear sound >>>> bleeding from the stage behind the amphitheater, which was a bit >>>> distracting. Enjoyed the reggae but as usual no one around to hear it >>>> at that time of day. It's unfortunate with paxahau banishing all the >>>> locals underground to the land of terrible sound quality, but caught a >>>> few sets that were quite good (Shakir, R. Hood, etc). Larry Heard was >>>> a lot of fun and was great to hear something more mellow for a Sunday >>>> afternoon. Inner City was fun, probably the best way for me to >>>> describe it. >>>> >>>> Beatport Stage - Pardon my hatoraide but I couldn't listen to more >>>> than about 30 seconds of that nonsense at any point over three days. >>>> Thought the music was 90% junk. A lot of people on that stage thought >>>> they were -very- cool, though. One of the only stages that each >>>> performer needed to bring a 30 person entourage along with them to >>>> populate the performance area. Lame. >>>> >>>> Redbull Stage - As I've found over last few years there's always >>>> something entertaining going on in that direction, even if I'm not a >>>> fan of the music it seems like everyone is having a pretty good time >>>> over there. >>>> >>>> Afterparties - Center Street Social - Got shut down around 4-ish >>>> before I really got into it. I never did get the whole story with all >>>> the other drama associated with that party, and along with the whole >>>> police thing made Saturday was a miss for me all around. >>>> Sunday - Interdimensional Transmission Party - Great venue, and an >>>> awesome crew. They've thrown some of my favorite demf-related parties >>>> (Cannonball Run) and I had an amazing time. The main room was a >>>> sweatbox though, but aside from that quite fun music and a great >>>> atmosphere. >>>> Metroplex - Didn't catch it, and none of my friends did, have yet to >>>> hear how it went. >>>> Old Miami - Apparently the place to be now? I went to it a few years >>>> ago for the early morning party and had an amazing time. Was a lot of >>>> fun, good food, and very reasonably populated (room to hang out, >>>> dance, and have conversations). By the time I got there this year >>>> there were like 500 people wall-to-wall, and a line around the block. >>>> Thankfully with the onset of rain and the threat of the fire-dept >>>> people the majority cleared out as the music was turned off. I stuck >>>> it out with my friends and soon things were back in action. Some >>>> dancing in the rain followed. Great times. >>>> Monday Night - Poker at the casino (haha). >>>> >>>> So all in all I had fun, but I feel decidedly different from years >>>> past where I felt I had to make difficult decisions all day long, >>>> choosing between pairs or three artists at a time that I felt I needed >>>> to see. I hope everyone that went had a blast thought! >>>> >>>> -Art >>>> >>> >> >> > >
