try living in adelaide :-( i don't seem to be able to find anything cool to go to. i'm into deep house too, and would love to play out. the only hope i see is organising something myself. maybe i should move over to melb and experience honkytonks, which from patrick's email below, and other's reports, sounds great!! also i'd love to hear some of cyclone's 'sexy' dj sets when she plays!!!
deep house = sexy!! nath np - callisto - the cimmerian. ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Wacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 313 Detroit <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 11:34 AM Subject: RE: (313) deep house (was 100 BEST DJ IN THE WORLD (Mills) > I agree, it's pretty hard to find real deep house in Sydney. It may pop up > once in a while at a one off party or on the radio, but mostly it's pretty > weak off-shoots. > > After spending the weekend down in Melbourne, it's definately a great place > to hear deep house... and I gotta say Angela Maison really throws it down @ > Honkey Tonks on Saturday nights. Man, she was playing some great tracks. One > of Melbourne's best dj's! > > Peace, > Patrick. > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Bucknell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 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. > > >
