I get ya, Robin and I agree. While on the dancefloor, I'd like to be
able to catch a glimse of the dj being aware of the crowd and be
skillful enough to react any crowd reaction and go back to
concentrating on what they're doing. Its not alot to ask for, just
balance.
Also, Kraftwerk is known to be stiff to portray the "Showroom Dummies"
and the "Robots" concept.
On Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at 09:12 AM, robin wrote:
My mate saw Basic Channel live at Lost, behind a screen. Awesome he
said.
Moodymann played behind a sheet in Manchester. No difference there
either..
Kraftwerk, stood still, didnt move a jot in 2 ours of a live show.
Possibly
the most stunning thing I've ever seen in my life.
what i'm saying is that there is something else that is compelling
about their performance.
and the part of that sentence that i predict people will pull me up on
is 'performance'. but that is what they are there to do.
my preference is for the music to convey massive enthusiasm in a
technical manner from the dj (like stewarts example of dan curtin),
but that energy/enthusiasm can come from many different aspects to
that djs approach.
y'know what. this is a never-ending argument. and the original point
has now gone from the discussion (laptop djs being inherently more
dull that turntable djs).
to re-iterate tho i'm not talking about the dj having some kind of
routine/dance/fist-pumping/blah but it is the energy imparted to the
crowd that matters.
right, why did i bother with all that? :)
robin...
