Ben Sims was in Detroit, I was chatting to him at the festival. He flew all the way there yet no-one contacted him.
Gary Girard | Product Support Specialist | RWD Technologies | www.rwd.com 1 Furzeground Way, Stockley Park East, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB11 1BD Join the RWD Products Users Group on LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=1937582) Follow RWD Products on Twitter (http://twitter.com/RWDProducts) -----Original Message----- From: kuszyn...@gmail.com [mailto:kuszyn...@gmail.com] Sent: 02 June 2010 11:15 Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) DEMF Post-Op Thoughts 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 >> > ============================================================================== Please follow the hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: Veuillez suivre le lien hypertexte pour un déni important de communications électroniques: http://www.rwd.com/emaildisclaimer.htm ==============================================================================
