I heard that it didn't get the same vibe in Syd and Q'land - but Melbourne people being rampant playa haters I tend not to pay heed unless someone from those cities says as much. Yeah thought it was Final Scratch but I haven't been able to look at it that close before and I wasn't sure what Traktor could mean. ;) My only regret was wearing boots I couldn't dance in - I had some misguided notion of looking cute in Sienna Miller boho boots and I will never be seduced by Vogue's fashion pages again. Boo! Death to high heels!
> Looks like Melbourne definitely got the better end of the deal! > > It was good to see him in Sydney - the first time I've ever seen him in any > incarnation, but the gig itself wasn't really put together with much love; > it seemed to be an out-and-out exercise in making money rather than a party > put on by passionate folk. > > Carl played fantastic music throughout - starting off all minimal with some > Rhythm and Sound and the new Luciano on cadenza, moving through nice dubby > house a la KDJ, into some nice tech and he generally stayed in that tech > area for most of the night, colouring it with latin/african rhythms. He > played lots of his own stuff (it was great to finally hear his remix of > Beanfield on a big system, though I'm a little disappointed he didn't give > Angola a whirl) and finished up with some really emotive strings-based > tech. When he dropped the seemingly obligatory tracks he did it with > panache. Jaguar coming in over Good Girls was a particular highlight. > > And then the next support came on and played nosebleed techno. And most > people went home. > > Carl seemed to be enjoying himself at times, and there were moments of > brilliance, but in all I didn't really feel that he was at any time running > on full steam. I think he had a very very tough crowd to please and so > couldn't take the kind of risks I was hoping he would, track > selection-wise, without alienating a lot of people. Sounds like the > Honkytonks crowd were more open-minded on the whole. I'm not really > complaining though - as said, it was good to hear some fantastic music on > such a great system - and to see so many people enjoying it; a real rareity > for Sydney. And from a fanboy perspective it was just super cool to be in > the same space as one of my heroes! > > Just to elaborate on Cyclone's description of his setup - he was using the > latest version of Final Scratch with the new firewire scratch amp and > full-blown Traktor interface, a DJM600 whose effects he was working from > time to time (only delays and echos - no flangetastic nonsense from CC!), > and he also had a 16-pad midi controller that he was using to trigger > various sounds (and maybe loops and tracks as well). > >>>> "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/30/05 5:41 am >>> > > He was great in Melb at Honkytonks. > > He DJed with a computer set-up - Stanton Tracktor thing. (I don't know much > on this stuff but I observed as much). > > Started with a 'sample' from Apocalypse Now - a part with the whirling > helicopters and dialogue - and played v minimal techno (as in the newer > German micro style Hawtin favours too) and gradually built up to Detroit > style with a few faves like Strings Of Life - and then finished the arc with > jazzy vibes. His last track was one by Detroit Experiment, from memory. I > think Carl DJs as a programmer and the new technologies have helped him come > into his own as a DJ. Really superb. > > Most proclaimed it to be one of the best gigs we've experienced in some > time. Fabulous, responsive crowd. > > Christian Vance played live as Phunk De Sonique - layered lush sounds. One > of the most talented techno/house producers in Melb. > > ---------- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: 313@hyperreal.org >>Subject: (313) Carl Craig in Sydney? >>Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 4:16 PM >> > >> >> >> >> >> did anybody go? how was he? how were the other djs? >> >> i couldn't make it - i was away up the coast >> james >> www.jbucknell.com >> >
