That's a shame, the city that really misses out is Adelaide. No
wonder they're all moving here!
Kenny Larkin is touring in May. I have heard rumours of Jimmy Edgar.
Did you not see Stacey in Perth?
On 27/04/2006, at 12:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So DEMF and Perth have something in common this year - not many
Detroit
artists playing
;-)
MEK
"Michael Bramwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/25/2006
09:07:32 PM:
Nice post Simon. Here in Perth West Australia the last times I
went out
to
see a good international DJ play was Mills around 2001, Alton
Miller in
2002
and Theo Parrish in 2003. Other good people have come to play;
just in
the
form of expensive 'festivals' where 95% of the line up is a complete
waste
of money. I have missed a few good Detroit, Chigaco and Compost label
artists but I could count them on one hand.
My first post to this list, hello all.
Michael B.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Kong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <313@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 7:58 AM
Subject: (313) Techno on the otherside .. NZ
This post is for everyone having a cry baby about DEMF
..
Stacey Pullen came to play in Wellington NZ the other week.
By some sheer accident I ended up making a one way 16 hour
road trip to see him play, and a flight home at 8am.
A good friend also flew in from Sydney for the occasion so
it was really cool to be connected by Techno.
Mostly I just wanted to say to the list that in some places in
the world we rarely get to hear Techno. New Zealand has had
three US producers visit in the last two years.
You may recall me writing in about Carl Craig last year.
I go bug for Techno especially Detroit styles. It is the only
music
that makes me dance like "Sven" hugs or no hugs. It's the only
music that motivates me to dance at all these days.
Stacey was just brilliant, and I don't care for the politics.
He got on the decks at 2am and was still playing when I had
to get
to the airport at 7am. It was a sonic inspiration for me .. and
was
twice as cool cause the dance floor was full .. unlike Carl
Craig.
wah.
While I can understand the frustrations of the DEMF line up .. I
think
you need to look at the greater context of what the scene is
able
to
support.
New Zealand has small population, and so a very small Techno
scene.
Our ability to foster our own scene, let alone have events or
festivals
that feature Techno artists is very very limited.
On a global scale Techno is still a very underground sound.
Over
here
where I am sitting . the DEMF does heaps to put Techno on the
Map.
Locally .. I would probably be upset as well. However the
opportunity
still remains to use the focus on the DEMF to raise the
awareness
of
the 313 sound .. and it's affiliations.
I think the Line up is that evil balance between commercial and
true.
However on any given day it's a line up I would very much
like to
see,
and
from a global perspective I think its a very interesting
representation of
how far the influences of Detroit music have traveled.
I think Detroit heads have a lot of heritage to be proud of, and
while
there
is obviously a strong local scene that is looking for
representation.
I think
you have to appreciate that due to the musical foundations of
Detroit
many people from around the world now share in the positive
influence.
Somehow in the face of all the commercial dance scenes around
the
world
Techno has managed to hold onto it's integrity. The artists
listed
are by no
means heavy hitters in the commercial dance scene. They are a
fairly
gritty
bunch of left field innovators of electronic sounds.
For all the people that stand in Hart Plaza .. there are as many
people all
around the world who bring their attention to the goings on in
Detroit.
Promotion is the evil brother of Appreciation, and by all
accounts
the
DEMF
has been a constant battle from day one.
I just want to send love and respect to the Festival and remind
everyone
having issues with the event, that some of us are still
struggling
to
hear
any sort of Techno once a year.
DEMF does bring global attention. We are listening out here
on the
edge.
.simon
