----- Original Message ----- From: "Grammenos, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 1:38 PM Subject: [313] Bob Brown
> > Does anyone have any info on Bob Brown the "Philly Techno King" ? > > Here's a snip i read somewhere : > > "Bob Brown's production and DJing continue to guarantee him international > recognition. As a producer, he has been compared to the likes of Christian > Vogel and Subhead. Pushing the boundaries of the genre, Bob's production is > constantly innovative and sought after. He is presently realizing EPs for > five different record labels. He is poised to make major contributions to > the world of Techno.' I was supposed to DJ with him at a small party just outside of DC in January, but unfortunately my set was abruptly terminated by a pyromaniacal raver... Anyway, before that he played for about an hour and a half for a bunch of young kids. He played *some* nice tracks, but also threw in some really uninspired older crap. I generally play a lot of older music too. The emphasis is meant to be on the "uninspired" comment. He was playing some older "rave-y" and east/west coast breaks stuff that don't do a whole lot of anything for me. I got up off my sober ass and danced for about 1/4 of his set when he dropped some nice techno. The one thing that struck me more than anything else was that he seemed really confused as a DJ, and I'm not trying to be rude or destroy his reputation. There were numerous full-on wrecks and most of the time his sets of 8/16/32 weren't lined up. Besides that, when he was in the mix, he did a lot of really obscure tweaking that seemed more of a cover-up than inspiring. If you can't tell, I was pretty dissapointed. For what it's worth, I know it wasn't the gear, b/c the two DJs on either side of him had really nice sets on 3 turntables. I hear his production is good though, and it may just have been an off night on the decks. In his defense, he had to drive through a *nasty* blizzard for almost 4 hours to get to the event, and may have been worn out and put-off by the crowd/venue, and we all have off nights. I know others in the area that have an awful lot of respect for him and enjoy his DJing. If he can pull in a crowd for a techno event near DC in that kind of blizzard, there must be something to him. Tristan ---------- http://ampcast.com/phonopsia <- Music http://phonopsia.tripod.com <- Mixes, pics, thought, travelogue & info http://www.metatrackstudios.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- email <FrogboyMCI> <- AOL Instant Messenger --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
