This was my review of Bob Brown from sometime last year, just to throw out a different POV. I recall when he was playing in NYC the reaction was not so hot.
>>> 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://www.mp313.com <- Music http://www.metrotechno.net <- DC techno + more http://www.metatrackstudios.com <- DC DJ/Production studios http://phonopsia.tripod.com <- Hub [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- email ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 8:25 PM Subject: Re: [313] bob brown in urb > On May 8, 2002 11:27 am, the following was written: > > i discovered bob brown while i was living in philly...he's just excellent > > both in technical skill and personality...a friend just sent me this > > article that came out in urb about him last month...if you ever, ever get a > > chance to catch him live i would do so..... > > > > -kathleen > > He's fantastic on the decks and a great producer to boot, we've got two of > his mixes up if you want to take a stab at them called "Composition 2" (64k > MP3) and "Composition 3" (64k Ogg) on http://www.twelveinch.com - just follow > the "audio" link on the top and then scroll down to pick his name from the > artists box (4th one down on the main audio page). He's also got a web site > http://www.frameworkmusic.com which'll give you a bit more about him (dates, > releases, etc) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
