I saw Ken Ishii with Derrick May and Derrick Carter in Chicago a few years back in a high school gym. Surreal setting...
His set stradled the beginning of Derrick Carter's so I missed the end of his set. His mixing was not spectacular, but I got the impression he had trouble hearing (it was in a high school gym). His track selection was top notch though. Derrick May had none of the same problems - his set was awfully tight. I wouldn't compare their DJ styles - I think they're very different. Derrick May is extremely creative and Ken Ishii was pretty straightforward (not that that's necessarily a bad thing). I would definitely go out of my way to see him again though. It's been almost three years and I would like to see him in a proper setting. Tristan ========================================== PHONOPSIA<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/5102 "FrogboyMCI" on AOL Instant Messenger "Most people have the cataract. They do not see what they look at. Dum Dee Dum Dee Dum Dee Dum..." - Stereolab -----Original Message----- From: Cyclone Wehner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 313 Detroit <313@hyperreal.org> Date: Thursday, November 02, 2000 12:07 PM Subject: [313] Ken Ishii >Given the proximity of Australia and Japan you would expect Japanese DJs to >come out here to play very often, but it has only been recently that those >kind of exchanges have taken place - the trancier guys - like Tokyo Techno >Tribe and DJ Tsuyoshi, etc - come out all the time, but not so the techno >DJs. Ken Ishii made his first visit to Melbourne for the Earthcore outdoor >party for last New Year's Eve and is now returning to play club dates in >Sydney and Melbourne this weekend. I think it will be very cool, so maybe >people can consider going to that. He plays the next installment of the >Innovator party at Seven nightclub this Monday night - which is Cup Eve - in >Melbourne, I am unsure of the Sydney details. He is being described as a >Derrick May type DJ, so we'll see - funky, soulful and diverse! Has anyone >experienced Ken's sets - what can we expect? > >Recloose and Common Factor are playing the same night here in Melbourne at >Honytonks, so it's a case of needing a cloning machine or party-hopping, I >guess! > >Incidentally, Ken Ishii has a new album out in Japan - it actually came out >two months ago. It's called Flatspin and three of the tracks are part of the >soundtrack to a new film. There is also a track called Iceblink which is a >collaboration between Inner City and Ken - that is Ken did the track and the >vocals are performed by Paris Grey and produced by Inner City. > >I don't know if anyone has heard this track yet but I should imagine it >would be very interesting. > >The album should be released in Asia over the new few months and will get an >Australian release - at this stage possibly early in the New Year. > >Fumiya Tanaka is another Japanese DJ who has only just made his first foray >into these parts and I caught him at a small party a couple of weekends ago. >Unfortunately something went wrong with the mixer just as he was about to >start - I think with the monitor headphone jack breaking off in the socket, >just one of those things! So that caused a delay - for some the night lost a >little momentum, for others it added to the anticipation. He was very good - >subtle and subliminal, as I said in an earlier post, but I was tired (it was >Friday) and couldn't really focus on the whole night. I did wonder however >if anyone else caught Fumiya and had any thoughts? > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
