> > I can't speak for 93-95, but I remeber seeing Hawtin for the first time in > 96 and being disturbed at how minimal it was. Being new to the music I > found that boring. Of course, stating that anything was better back then > is rather obvious. >
yeah, with most developing scenes, younger = better about 90 percent of the time :) i hate sounding so old and nostalgic, but sometimes can't help myself. also, regarding the older richie parties, i too was younger and knew little about the music at the time- but his parties seemed more like a musical rollercoaster back then, now they are a little closer to a musical amtrack. but hey, thats my rather uneducated opinion speaking on the recent parties that I rarely attend, so i should probably shut up and go back to reminiscing about the good old days or something :) > > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Peter Leidy wrote: > > > > > > > The fact is, he played very little 140bpm boom-boom-boom > > > > > > Which must have been the hour-or so that I caught. Around 4:30 - 6am. > > > > I was speaking w/ a hawtin fan about his recent tendencies toward > > hard repetitive stuff- and they were trying to tell me that he uses the > > hard stuff to weed people out of the crowd early on- for instance, > > playing hard banging stuff so that the only people who stay are those that > > want to just dance to anything and let the dj control them- then after an > > hour or two he gets into funkier and more fun stuff. i cant really comment > > because the last couple times i've seen him - i did leave within the first > > hour :) anyone have any thoughts on this idea? > > > > ps- my two cents: hawtin has demonstrated great skills, concepts and > > innovations consistently over the years in terms of musical output and > > production techniques, but as far as music at parties, i much prefer the > > '93 - '96 hawtin than anything i've heard recently. > > > > pete > > > > > > > Please don't speak about partys you did not attend. > > > > > > Sorry, I *was* in attendance for a portion of the night. Not my cup of > > > tea > > > anymore, but he was obviously having a great time, and the crowd (what I > > > could see of them) dug it. > > > > > > Perspective helps. If Richie held a "control" party every weekend in a > > > new > > > city, I'd worry about his sanity, ears, and liver. But this was a chance > > > to > > > go over the top. I'm looking forward to his next release, just to see if > > > he > > > can sucessfully develop beyond the DE9 concept... > > > -- > > > im > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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]
