Check out the Deep Space Parties in Sydney for some quality house like Theo Parish, Moody man etc.
-----Original Message----- From: James Bucknell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2002 4:00 AM To: Cyclone Wehner; 313 Detroit Subject: Re: (313) deep house (was 100 BEST DJ IN THE WORLD (Mills) i'm a deep house (among other genres) dj who moved (back) to sydney after 10 years in new york. i can't get a booking playing deep house here. i get booked to play techno and electro. the stuff that people in sydney call deep house has nothing to do with the stuff i play. i go to nights billed as deep house here and they're playing progressive. laylo and bushwacka are't deep house, and nor are peace division. i hope someone can prove me wrong and tell me where they're playing real house in sydney, i realy really want to go dancing. maybe melbounre is better (i did get booked to play a house set in melbourne at a club called honkytonks, but my records box never showed up). james > From: "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 03:20:59 +1100 > To: 313 Detroit <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: (313) 100 BEST DJ IN THE WORLD (Mills) > > I had a feeling my 'sleep house' would get me into trouble. > > ;) > > I am just so frustrated that here in Australia house promoters want to > book these new school house DJs who play so smooth you wanna bring a > pillow and drink cocoa yet they don't wanna book great DJs from the US > as they're not hip (well maybe West Coast). You just know that they > were into Sasha, not Kevin Saunderson and Mayday, back in the day. > They play great records (eg > Classic) just very boringly. It's... nice. > > There's one particular don of sleep house from the UK but I don't > wanna get in trouble. > > If you're getting that kinda response then you're not playing sleep > house. > > Sleep house DJs don't mess with the EQs much or anything much like > that, it's all about The Mix. It's not a performance, it's not > innovative, it's just immaculately boring. I can't think of any 313 > sleep housers. > >> From: "Jonny McIntosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: (313) 100 BEST DJ IN THE WORLD (Mills) >> Date: 05/11/2002 2:16:38 >> To: "313 Detroit" <[email protected]> >> >> Personally, I like to get the dancers dancing and the 'spotters >> 'spotting: I like having the whooping, screaming, yelling, jacking, >> climbing the walls AND the googly eyed "what's he doing?!? What's >> that record?!" You don't have to dance to recognise that it's a >> pretty similar achievement: everyone comes away saying, damn he/she >> banged it out - *that's* what I'm after. >> >> As to how you do it, do it any way you want to. I used to do tricks >> far more than I do now, I now never scratch beyond the odd second >> copy doubling up, and I pretty much conform to Cyclone's "sleep >> house" school of DJing. I certainly *wouldn't* say that the mix >> supercedes the records - quite the opposite - and in any case, it's >> just something that I have observed works better for the music I >> play. Some of the "sleep house" gang would say that mixing it up in >> the Mills style is mix over content, but they'd be equally wrong. >> It's horses for courses, and I suppose a good DJ will adapt >> accordingly. In my case, it's certainly not lack of skill - I'm >> relying on some charity here :) - nor is it some deeper than thou >> homage to the house canon, it just works for me. Not to say there >> aren't style over content DJs, but they're the *real* boring ones. >> >> All just IMHO. > A Member of the Concorde International Travel Group. Over 50 years of travel experience, solutions and knowledge in servicing our customers. Please visit us at http://www.concorde.com.au ============================================================== Legal Information This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately and delete the e-mails and all copies. Concorde does not guarantee that this e-mail is virus or error free. The attached files are provided and may only be used on the basis that the user assumes all responsibility for any loss, damage or consequence resulting directly or indirectly from the use of the attached files, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not. Concorde is not responsible for any changes made to a document other than those made by Concorde, or for the effect of any changes (not made by Concorde) on a documents meaning. The content and opinions in non-business e-mail are not necessarily those of Concorde. Thank you. ==============================================================
