Yeah when he played in Chicago recently, he may not have been moving much on
stage, but the sound was incredible and all the kids and punters were going
ape$h!T...
I have this same argument with the other two people in my electropop band,
which is totally live, because i'm planning to play a laptop set after our band
plays.
~David
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Subject: RE: (313) ..earth calling francis....or other berlin goers....
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:50:10 -0000
From: "Robert Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Martin Dust" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I've seen him play a few times and he's one of the most compelling DJs to hear
- never seen him lose the floor at all.
-----Original Message-----
From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 2:51 PM
To: Martin Dust
Cc: 313 Detroit
Subject: Re: (313) ..earth calling francis....or other berlin goers....
> First off, what a load of boll*cks.
>
> What you are basically saying is that by "performing like a seal" you
> are magically transformed from a good DJ to a great DJ - absolute utter
> rubbish.
>
> The case in point, Surgeon, he clearly speaks through his music and
> that's the way he is, he doesn't perform but who actually does? Last
> weekend I watched Karl scream Ov Power into his face from a couple of
> mill away, he didn't bat an eyelid, it's who he is - and Karl is
> completely the opposite - which is why it works. Now, we (S23) on the
> other hand go nuts because it's the way we express ourselves - we even
> go for when we practice because it's natural to us but don't think for a
> minute that Surge isn't giving it 100%. It just a different way.
>
> I think it's a crying shame that unless you do something like a two
> step dance by the frigging Drifters you aren't a "great" DJ in your
> eyes, that is just proper mentalist.
each to their own martin. but a dj that isn't involved with the crowd
just isn't doing their job.
don't get me wrong there are many ways in which a dj can be involved
with that crowd (just being _genuinely_ physically into the music is
_one_ way, see my original post) but i'm not saying that is the only
way. i've not seen surgeon play so assuming he does have the crowd
interested then he has a different method.
at no point am i saying that a dj has to fake the funk to get things
going (performing, as you put it, like a seal) but for me a dj fails if
the floor loses interest for a sustained period of time.
and to link this to the original point the source of the sounds is
immaterial, the intention of the dj is.
robin...
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