A little background on me: I'm a native Detroiter who's been living in SoCal for the last 8 years. This was my first DEMF. I spin house and progressive house. I'm techno-curious and love tech-house. I really don't have too many good memories of Detroit for having lived there for 18 years.
I'm happy to say that as a result of the festival I now have a(nother) fantastic memory of Detroit. Other than the fact that some dingleberry paparazzi tried to take a picture of my friend going into sugar shock and the fact that I heard that the crowd was as ready to fight as I remember Detroit audiences being, it was an all-around blast. I really enjoyed what I heard of Kenny Dope and Roy Davis Jr.'s sets, but I felt that Boo Williams (CPOP stage, Chicago guy from about 5-7 p.m. on Sunday) was dropping the damn bass out of the mix WAY too much. It seemed like he'd drop about 3 of every 4 beats. Maybe that's his style, but if so, it just didn't work for me. The music was great, but he did it a disservice the way he spun it. I did manage to check out the CPOP afterparty, and I think it was Kenny Dixon Jr.'s who was spinning at the time (about 3-4 a.m.?). Please let me know if that's not who was DJing at CPOP because whoever it was was spinning some great grooves. It looked like it was really hard to mix back there. He kept slamming from track to track, and while it all sounded good in the mix, it sounded like he wasn't really playing more than one record at any given time. Did anyone else get that impression? Have I even got the man's name right? The fact that Clinton et. al absolutely refused to leave the stage was great. I couldn't believe that they did anything after Maggot Brain... how can you top something like that? That was about the 3rd time I've seen that act, sixth for my friend, and we agreed it was the most amazing version of MB we'd ever seen. Anyway, opinions from a house-head. Hope everyone, regardless of all the controversy, found a way to enjoy themselves at the festival. There really was an amazing amount of talent there, and despite the commercialism and backstabbing that went on this year (more than other years?), I really did have a blast. Also, I took a lot of pictures, is there anywhere that's accepting submissions or should I just throw them up on my site? Cheers, -m --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
