(Nice to see you de-lurk, Mr. Ozy)
> There were a couple slow points when Richie and his tech had to argue
> with the gear, and all things being equal, I would have preferred he
> keep it as banging and uptempo as it was at the beginning of his set,
> but those are minor complaints. Nobody sounds like Richie Hawtin at
> this point, and I would imagine very few understand dance music as
> well as he does. If you get a chance to see him on this current tour
> (hello, LA people), you should do it for sure. Even if you think
> you're over him. It was hot.
Well, as you might imagine, I went. (First time out since Dan Bell ...
plz 2 send more Detroit people, I need to get out more.)
You're lucky - Ellen Allien got her own show at LA Electroclash HQ The Echo,
and you can't be two places at once, so I missed out on her ...
(For that matter, Carl Craig was a mile away from Rich at Wax. I felt
like I was at the DEMF, trying to decide between the 5 afterparties
I really wanted to go to. AUGGGH!)
> Within about 15 minutes he had the entire place going with his
> near-patented mixture of minimal, propulsive techno. I think I
> recognized two records throughout the 4 hours I watched him (I'm not
> much of a trainspotter these days, though), and one of them was a
> near-unrecognizable remix of "Technarchy". He played maybe four
> records with vocals or melodies. It was awesome.
He ended his LA set with a bootleg remix of Kosheen's "Hide You" that
was really interesting (and not even remotely D'n'B-ish). Now *that*
took me by surprise ...
Not much else to say other than to repeat what Ozy said in his post,
no real gear problems down here, so Rich was in a good mood (despite
some blonde ditz he affectionately(?) nicknamed "Psycho" constantly
bugging him when he was in the mix). Was nice to see that after the
lost luggage fiasco of Sonar.
Ob313: Saw Vidal (viagratek, late of this 313 parish) and finally met
[EMAIL PROTECTED], LA's latest theft from Detroit :-)
Apparently Rich's got a part-time HQ in Berlin, so I'm gonna hit him up
for favorite spots/restaurants/clubs tips - I'm headed over there in
mid-January (brrrrrr) for a long weekend ...
Speaking of trips ...
Remember that British Airways fare I posted the other day? Well,
Virgin (a much nicer airline to fly) matched it, *and* added a $20-off
on-line booking discount. Wahoo! So I booked 2 sets of flights for
all of $278 each, r/t from Los Angeles. w00t!@ Haven't seen that low
a (total) fare for West Coast - London since the Freddie Laker days ...
Anyway, the first set is mid-January (going on to Berlin, might stay over
one night in London on the way back) and the second set is from March 30
to April 12 - so, erm, how about that spring 313 London party then lads? :-)
- Greg
