uh.... here we go again, get ready for 12.597 posts on hawtin! just kidding :P
I saw him about a month ago, but it wasn't minimal (I guess it wasn't promotion for the record) but also a bit boring, tracks like the bells, orange, user, ben sims... quite standar ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Girard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 12:49 PM Subject: [313] Hawtin & Magda > > ************************************************************************** > Entertainment UK Limited > Registered Office: 243 Blyth Road, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1DN. > Registered in England Numbered 409775 > > This e-mail is only intended for the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may > contain confidential information. Unless stated to the contrary, any opinions > or comments are personal to the writer and do not represent the official view of > the company. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us > immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. > Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to > any other person. Thank you for your co-operation. > ************************************************************************** > Hi there, > haven't posted to the list for quite some time as I've had very little > to say about Ritchie Hawtin > > That's a cue for a Richie debate if ever I heard one : ) > > I caught both Magda & Hawtin's set's at The End last w/e. I went in open-minded > as I'd never heard Magda before and had only heard Hawtin about 4 times > previously. > After all the debate about weather or not Magda can DJ I found that she is > quite good at mixing (no mistakes) but I didn't really enjoy her selection. I > didn't know any of the tracks but they seemed to be average to me ("Dry" was the > term a friend used.) > Hawtin played a 6 hour set. To be honest I found it quite boring. I've enjoyed > previous sets from him but this just seemed to be one minimal track blended > smoothly into another minimal track. There seemed to be a lack of variety, > nothing that really stood out. > Where was the madness? Where was the darkness? How about some deck skills? What > about the funk? It was all too serious (cold & clinical.) I think Professor > Hawtin needs to spend less time in the studio and maybe even go out for a dance > one night to remember what it's like to be the other side of the DJ booth. > I'm going to hear him again at Atomic Jam alongside Luke Slater this month so > he's got another chance to impress, I just hope he can prove me wrong. > > GG > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]