I hear the same stuff about record sales, that "old fashionned" music
sells less because its been the same for too long, and that young people
prefer to buy stuff fitting more to their tastes (lets say some regular
hard pounding techno).
For the last years ive heard the 25,30 and over people saying "it used
to be better, young do not appreciate the good things"... Err sounds
like my parents.
I think such parties (ive never been to Lost, but i guess what u mean)
should probably try to get some smaller venues to stay successful in
terms of crowd, atmosphere and music, rather than changing their musical
style which obviously does not fit with anybody (promoters , attenders)
linked to this event.
Dont misundertand me, i like it old school. I just prefer it succesful
in a small club (like that one at Moog with Jeff Mills at Sonar) rather
than big and boring (example that story saying Richie Hawtin was so
boring in 5000 people arena full of people expecting DJs like Adam Beyer).
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Benoît.
Odeluga, Ken a écrit :
Well, it must have something to do with his long-lasting relationship with Lost. I mean he's been playing there for over a decade, and even did things like that first Space Bass @ Bridge & Tunnel for £5 entry, so it must (at least partially) be due to the strength of the relationship. How many Detroit promoters have been throwing parties that would book Jeff Mills (consistently) over the last ten years? The same is almost as true of Rob Hood (who actually lives in Detroit rather than splitting time between Chicago and Berlin), no? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Lost must be one of the longest-running parties in the world (if not the longest at almost 14 years) that cater to Detroit techno.
Tristan
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Right on T. I say for all it's faults (most of them fairly recent) it really
ought to be recognized that Lost has played a major role in keeping a segment
of 'Detroit' music alive - at least by flying a flag, but also by actually
funding the producers of it with regular gigs (at I believe sensibly
competitive fees). Don't forget Atkins, and of course May.
The problem Lost must confront now of course, is that many of us punters and
the generation of DJs we grew up with, are getting on. We won't be able prop
Lost up forever (sooner or later most of us succumb to the wife/kids syndrome -
I said syndrome! ;-). Or at least, corporate/career life starts to make more
and more demands on our time, or some other type of responsibility does. Nor
will the same thing which kept us up all night necessarily keep doing that for
a crowd which might visit the institution in 5 years time, let alone ten years
time. Obviously, fresh blood and new ideas are becoming imperative. Till then,
I can't say I won't be back there soon because I know I will. And I'll enjoy it
most likely.
Ken
