Hey - thanks for putting on a great night- just so i dont get accused of being a club lurker and list lurker that is me in the #76 blue shirt looking real happy boogying on the dance floor and only after one vodka and cranberry ;). I managed to drag a few friends along who are more into trance music and they were blown away by the music on the night- great selections! and great vibe.
Later i made it down to fabric to check out Fabrice Lig, Rolando and Steve Bug- i must say the 313 party was much better then fabric, there seems to be some bad crowd elements at fabric. Fabrice was doing the live thing with percussion accompaniments- very nice to hear this top class music in a commercial club. Rolando was spinning some Detroit classics and Chicago classics but wasn't quite as smoth as I have seen him b4 but still classic tracks. Steve bug was quite amazing for the small bit I heard him, funky as all hell, can't complain about Detroit options in this town. Anyway i will be checking out Ken and Toby's night this weekend at public life as scape1 is playing and because i plan to make the most of the UK before moving back to Sydney next month to help transfer the 313 vibe Sydney side. Nice to see all the 313 londoners again. Quest Pond > -----Original Message----- > From: Brendan Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 October 2003 11:14 AM > To: Phonopsia; john harvey; 313 > Subject: RE: (313) public life > > > Thanks for the positive messages from everyone about > Saturday's 313 party here in London - I think everyone > involved can congratulate themselves on a job well done! As > Tristan said, the venue was absolutely packed, and the > dancefloor responded spectactularly. And to think that, at > around 10pm, the venue was practically empty and I'd been > seriously expecting the whole party to turn into a complete flop...! > > The football definitely had an effect on the time people > arrived, though, and so only an hour later things were really > getting going. I'd probably say that, if there was a point at > which the night really "kicked off" (to stay on the football > theme!) it was Matt Chester's devastating set at 11.30pm - > the BPM and the volume were cranked up, much to the pleasure > of the crowd. I was coming on afterwards and remember being > quite worried about how I was going to sustain the energy > Matt had built up! > > But luckily I managed not to completely kill the momentum and > the scene was set for the rest of the party - Public Life > stuffed full of people, from wall to wall, and each DJ that > played dropping both classics and more obscure gems to an > extremely responsive crowd. I only wish the night ran longer > so that each DJ could have played a longer set; Ken, Dan, > Toby, Tristan, Matt and Guy each did an amazing job, > accomplishing the feat of delivering a programme of music > where the BPM might go up and down over time but the energy > on the dancefloor just keeps slowly building. > > It was also really good to meet even more 313ers who've > previously just been names on a screen - big thanks to > everyone who was able to make it down, and I hope you enjoyed > the night even half as much as I did. I fully accept my half > of the blame for the recording mess-up, of course, and I also > have some of Tristan's adapters and a copy of someone's > record to return (who lost a Network EP?). But it was very > encouraging to see the 313 massive show its stuff in such > spectacular fashion, to echo Tristan once again - and just > *who* says the Detroit techno scene is on its last legs??? ;) > > We've got some photos from the night as well, which will be > going online imminently. Thanks once again, to everyone who > came down, and particularly to all of the DJs! I'm looking > forward to the next one already! > > Brendan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Phonopsia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 12 October 2003 12:49 > > To: john harvey; 313 > > Subject: Re: (313) public life > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "john harvey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "313" <313@hyperreal.org> > > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 11:00 AM > > Subject: (313) public life > > > > > > > great to meet everyone, really good night! > > > fabric was good too. > > > > Good to meet you too John! I just got home after crazy > birthday party > > shenanigans post-Public Life. I have much to report. > > > > First, it was a fantastic night. I don't think Public Life > has been so > > rammed since NYE. WHO WERE ALL THOSE PEOPLE??? Regardless, > > the music was > > splendid all night, and the dancefloor responded (even if > the nexus of > > activity seemed to be focus on the bar and the new barmaid ;). > > > > I have many pictures. I also have a recording. I also > > seriously f*cked the > > recording... >
