sadly I missed this event.... I did however, catch the motor reunion on friday night, and was slightly disappointed to find that they had to move the event at the last minute from motor to the tangent gallery. it was pretty nice to walk in and have stacey pullen kicking azz downstairs and tp upstairs dropping the swingiest, grooviest house :) then of course green velvet killed it on the main floor.
interesting night for sure... tons of detroiters, pouring rain outside, dripping ceiling in the venue, hot as hellll towards the end of the night, and people *danced*!!! :) I wish I could have made both parties, but going out is expensive when you take the 4 hour round trip into account :\ theres another party at motor on 10-24, but its josh wink and Im not sure what to expect out of him it was nice to attend an event which didn't leave me feeling that the promoters would be selling their cars to afford gas money to get home :) there *are* still techno fans in detroit, they just hide most nights :) -Joe I felt the same way when I heard them in Barcelona, Reinhard has so much energy and knows how to move the crowd. He's my number one live set as of late. Did he get down and dirty, take his shirt off and go moshing in the crowd? Yeahhhhhhh... They also had a 5 yr anniversary party in barcelona, on the beach though, with surprisingly good sound, from sunrise to sunset and back again to sunrise ... I'm not sure what would be better , a dirty dingy detroit warehouse or dancing on the beach. Tough one, and I'm not being sarcastic. I'll forward this off to Riley, let him know his boys were well received in the D. -Pete -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Donohue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 2:10 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) paxahau/kompakt I haven't seen Detroit dance like that in a long while. Big ups to Paxacrew and to the people that came out and had a great time. For those that weren't there: The party started off at "Times Square Detroit", which normally caters to shiny shirts and sequins. Michel Mayer was playing some really wicked tracks, very "bleepy" and "bloopy", for lack of better adjectives. The intensity of the crowd hasn't been felt like that since at least DEMF. Reinhard Voigt came on with a live set that was extremely facsinating to listen to and at the same time EXTREMELY dancable. At 2am, the party was moved to the "afterparty" location, which happens to be the Legendary Burst Audio equipment warehouse. I shouldn't even have to add that the sound was impeccable, but it was - and the venue was a cement warehouse out on Michigan Ave., not too far from "the Works" or the Old Tiger Stadium. Immediately upon entering, everyone knew what was up. There was an electricity and a (dare I say) "vibe" that only a warehouse party in Detroit can offer, and it was certainly well recieved. The Paxahau residents, Drew Maddox and Chuck Flask were on point to start the after party, and as soon as the entire crowd had relocated, it was just madness. To close off the night, Deadbeat (from Montreal) played some really "dub" type ambient or downtempo that eased the crowd, and sounded spectacular. Dennis BTW - I'm still recovering, and I'm sure that most everyone is - as Christian Bloch's going away party on Friday kicked off the madness, and Saturday drove it home... -----Original Message----- From: atomly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 1:53 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) paxahau/kompakt I'm pretty damn surprised nobody's been talking about this. The Paxaahau Five Year Kompakt Party (Three Parties in One!) totally went off in Detroit last weekend. Haven't raved (yes, I raved) like that in years. -- :: atomly :: [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] : www.atomly.com ... [ atomiq records : po box 805319 chicago il 60680 : 312.804.5389 ... [ e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for atomly info and updates ...
