I also just recently got Closer to the Edit and was very unimpressed. I
didn't think it was even as good as "Decks, EFX...", much less a step past
that.
The first time I saw Richie spin was in 93 or so in Detroit. The last time
he impressed me spinning was at Sickness in 96 (or 97???). Since he's
started doing the Decks EFX & 909 thing every time I see him it seems like
he's basically just playing the same set over and over. I'm sure that the
same is now true with the Closer to the Edit/Final Scratch set.
At 01:38 PM 10/3/2001 +0100, you wrote:
Although "Closer to the Edit" discussion has been on this board before, I
have only recently picked up a copy and must say that I was distinctly
underwhelmed. I expected a lot more from it, especially variety. However
having only listened on a home system, his set up may sound a whole lot more
interesting in a club set-up.
I saw Hawtin @ The End around November 2000 and was blown away by him, but
then at Sonar in June he was dismal, being rather dull and without variety.
I admire his methodology and approach, but I feel sometimes that the minimal
approach he uses might be better off as part of a live act rather than just
DJing. Although I'll probably be shouted down, in the UK especially I feel
that live acts are usually given much more time by a crowd if they
experiment rather than just Djing to a club atmosphere where people are
likely to get bored if they hear repitition.
I'd love to see a lot more "micro-house" (see The Wire a few months back)
acts over here in the UK but I just can't see them fitting into the music
policy of club promoters over here.
www.bleep43.co.uk
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> I s'pose it has all been said before. I was just expecting more coz you
hear so
> much about how good Richie is but his set last Sat just didn't live upto
my
> expectations.
> I have a friend who rates Hawtin as the best there is (like many others.)
He
> went to Brighton on Thursday night to catch him at Zap club, went to
Manchester
> on Friday to hear him at Sankeys Soap and then onto The End on Saturday to
hear
> him there! Three nights in a row of Hawtin! (all miles apart - for those
outside
> the U.K : )
> Personally, one six hour set was enough for me but each to their own ...
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