I think he's still brilliant. He played here last time and killed it. I
suppose it has more to do with people's expectations than Derrick's
ability. I know a few kids here thought what he played wasn't techno
because it wasn't "banging" or because they mistook a track he played as
being a trance tune. It was a tune with Ann Saunderson singing on it. I
think it was one of her newer tracks. All the younger techno fans thought
it was "progressive house" or some such sh: so they decided that D. May
sucked.
I know at the Movement afterparty with F. Kevorkian he was fantastic as
well. A welcome relief after Kevorkian's utterly dull bashing loop fest,
May brought back some personality to the music - what could beat
"Everything's Gone Pear-shaped" at 5am with the early morning light
starting to filter through the warehouse skylights?
Also, if you've seen him once and he's blown you away, which he's bound to
do the first time, you'll always compare each subsequent show. Which is
unfair I think - natural but unfair because each event will have different
circumstances surrounding it.
MEK
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Everyone seems to have a DM being brilliant story, so what happen????
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From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: (313) Derrick May
On 2/22/06, O'Connor, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My first experience seeing him spin was memorable like that too.
>
> It was at this big outdoor rave outside of Pittsburgh... He rolled in
> in a limo with two fine ladies, and proceeded to kill it!! I had
> never seen anyone attack records and a mixer like that, and it really
> made me appreciate what it means to get into it with the crowd, and
> not just play records.
>
> The best part was when some dude jumped up onto stage near the end of
> the set and picked up Derrick's headphones and was acting like a
> dick... In TOTALLY CLASSIC fashion, derrick stepped in front of the
> tables and in one swift move, he blasted the guy in the chest with
> both of his hands and threw him off of the stage! The stage was about
> 6 feet high.
>
> What I also remember about that night was hearing jaguar for the first
> time. Alan Oldham was playing, it was raining lightly, the lasers were
> crazy, and hearing that on a huge outdoor system was really nice.
that was a wild night, indeed. derrick was a little better in 98 in
cleveland though, the first time i heard him. i think he played for like
5 hours or something like that. it was off the charts.
tmo
