-----Original Message----- From: Cyclone Wehner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 313 Detroit <313@hyperreal.org> Date: Sunday, December 03, 2000 1:48 AM Subject: [313] Gemini
> >I am looking for info on the elusive Gemini for a little article I am >writing. Does anyone have any experince watching him DJ, ideas on his >releases etc. He just brought out The Music Hall this year which has a kinda >Detoit/Chicago feel and of course he's released material on Planet E (not >sure of all the titles). I've been a huge Gemini fan for years, although I can't say I've followed his newer output. For being known as a house DJ and producer I think he's always found sneaky ways to incorporate other elements, whether it be the very dubby sounds of "A Blue Night" on Peacefrog, the tech-house/speed-garage (turning both on their heads) of "Movement of the Body" on NRK, or any of the examples of incorporating techno: Imagine a Nation on Relief, Spirits Vibe (can't find the record now), the Planet E release and countless others. I think you have to consider him to be equally important as Derrick Carter and Cajmere when you look at the second wave of Chicago house. I do. Flame retardent: when Movement of the Body came out, it was around the time that tech-house and speed garage were both catching on. He found a way to incorporate elements of both into something new, while avoiding the constraints of both those sub-genres. One of my favorite Gemini tracks hands down. BTW: Thanks for the write-up on Garnier. Appartenly he played an underpromoted show in DC while I was in Europe (ain't that how it always happens?) so it was good to get a vicarious experience of it. Tristan ========================================== PHONOPSIA<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/5102 "FrogboyMCI" on AOL Instant Messenger "Feeling Like A Kid Again... My Eyes Are Glued to the Floor. I Hope I Mumble Goodbye As You Walk Out the Door. UhOhUhohh... UhOhUhohhh... UhOhUhohhh... The Damage is Done." - Yo La Tengo _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
