Mr. "pouvrenoir" better check his stats ... and his attitude. To review:
"I mean we read this article where Juan was bitching that he took like 2,000 a show and Oakenfold took 1 million for the tour, and how that he's white=rascism=trance whatever. Obviously Juan has to get a new booking agent or realize if you don't do anything musically for almost a decade, that people won't know you across the country, and 2,000 is a lot to play records in that case. I mean he was counting the Ford ad where they use his music as a recent accomplishment, an ad company using his music isn't something he did as recent. They referred to him playing at the DEMF, that was rained just into his set, he was only up there a bit. I think he needs to get his head out of his ass. There are soo many better Detroit DJ's that are actually working their sets, and pushing new sounds, but it's hard to get any where out of Detroit when you have these leaches sucking the life blood out of the Detroit name. Internationally they think that's the Detroit, when it's funny we really don't listen to them all that much here." Let's review the actual FACTS: Jazz Is The Teacher/Cosmic Courier/Bassmental 1993 Sonic Sunset/I Wanna Be There 1994 I See the Light/Pick Up the Flow 1995 Techno City 95 1995 Game One/Think Quick 1995 Higher 1996 Skynet 1998 Never Tempt Me 1999 Be Brave 1999 And the Deep Space album (1995), one of my five or six favorite ones of the decade (along with Orbital's "brown" album, Mr. Onester's "African Dream", etc.) Juan Atkins started a revolution in the 1980s. OK, that's not enough for you? His track record in the 1990s is damn good. Or maybe "Cosmic Courier" and "Game One" didn't rock the house worldwide, that was just my imagination I guess.. Finally, his "just a bit" at DEMF last year was almost all his scheduled time. It was probably the most atmospheric moment I can remember -- do you all remember the color of the sky and the lightning while he played? And it was a good set too. I wish people would get off Juan's case. But I guess I'm asking too much, right? Disgusted, phred --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
