a drum and bass room for the > girls > huh? girls like dnb?
> This is off topic. We were talking how the gig was sh1t because *I* thought > he played lame hip hop and the fact someone on a mic was chatting through > everything. > pussies always cry off topic when they can't hang =P > |-----Original Message----- > |From: Benn Glazier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > |Sent: 15 July 2003 06:43 > |To: Ryan Snowden; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 313@hyperreal.org > |Subject: RE: (313) 313 Weekend in London > | > | > |On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:24:47 +0100, "Ryan Snowden" > |<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > |> I thought it was very average in Manchester. If I wanted a hip hop > |> gig I'd go to one. Is this what planet-e is pushing for? And he > |> could have played > |> some better hip hop too *snigger*. Apart from that, the > |fact that an MC > |> was > |> talking over everything and one air conditioning wall unit upstairs > |> blowing smoke really made it an average night. And those curtains > |> just did NOTHING > |> except get in the way. Whats the point? > | > |On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:07:52 +0100, "Ryan Snowden" > |<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > |> A hip hop gig where they play deep house & disco. Interesting. It > |> must be a manchester thing.. You know, next thing mills will be > |> playing drum and bass. > | > |Well Mills plays disco and house as well as techno. Laurent > |Garnier whilst being a techno/tech-house producer (to box him > |in) plays anything and everything. I've seen him layup 155bpm > |Roni Size records alongside Luke Slater records. > | > |The key is to playing good music, no matter what the genre. > |Who says you can't play Sade next to T La Rock next to Common > |Factor next to Drexciya? Throw the rule book out the window. > |Are the tracks good? Yes. Does the transition work? Quite possibly. > | > |Unfortunately, some DJs are a little one-dimensional in the > |attitude towards playing music, and those that can trascend > |genres are typically better DJs IMHO. When I was younger, it > |was detroit tech and nothing else. I gradually eased into > |other genres such as house, and now I'll play whatever I think > |will make people dance and be happy. > | > |I remember a night in Adelaide where HMC used to play for 6 or > |so hours, and it would range from dub to minimal tech, vocal > |house some electro, and whatever. Recloose the two times I've > |seen him (as previously mentioned by a few other > |Sydney-siders) laid down the full 9, hip-hop, broken beat, > |house, electro etc.. Sure, you wouldn't put him on at a > |straight up hip hop night, but put him on at a 'deep house' > |night and it will work because he's the type of artist that > |has a following of slightly older persons who are more > |excepting to a little variet in their music tastes - as long > |as it's off class, then it's all good. > | > | > |-- > | > |Benn Glazier > |aka DJ Royal > |[EMAIL PROTECTED] > |ph:+61 (0)413 316 618 > |http://www.royaltech.net > | >
