his set at LOST at the Works here in London was unreal, made one f88k up stopped all three decks, played the first one backwards freestyle , mixed in the second to that beat and then dropped the third...never forget that night > > > > > 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 > > > > "Paul Kendrick" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > .com> To > "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." > 02/22/06 09:25 AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <[email protected]> > cc > > Subject > RE: (313) Derrick May > > > > > > > > > > > Everyone seems to have a DM being brilliant story, so what happen???? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22 February 2006 15:11 > To: [email protected] > 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 > > > >
-- www.midnightbeats.de www.reactor-bookings.com www.aonpromotions.com www.kube72.com
