Nice review, sounded like a wicked night. Welcome back Jason! robin... On 28 Apr 2008, at 13:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, now that Tom has unsubbed and the list is going to be "quiet" without him, I've decided to fill the gap temporarily with a quick report of Model 500 who played live here in Glasgow for Rubadub's 16th birthday party. There was a fair amount of preparation needed for the gig so we were all pretty hyped up about it- there were also folk buying tickets for the show who hadn't been seen out for 10 years or more so the pressure was on to make sure it was night worth venturing out for the "silver surfers". After an hour or so of warm up from the Rubadub DJ's it was all go- we had to lock the doors at 1 AM leaving a queue half way down the street for the unfortunates without tickets. Juan, Mike, Skurge and Mark Tayor took the stage and it all just exploded from there- Cosmic Cars, The Chase, No UFOs, Clear, an extended jam on Game One, Alleys Of Your Mind....ahh, it was all just too good. The beats are pre-recorded with Skurge mixing them in but all the basslines and synth parts were played by the guys live- Mike did the basslines, Mark Taylor did the lead melodies and Juan awas doing all the vocoder vocals and additional synth parts- it was loose enough that you knew it was live but tight enough that you didn't loose any of the mechanical drive of good Techno/Electro- even just teh odd unexpted extra bass not or solo was enough to remind you that it was 4 guys and not 4 machines making all the noise. Best bits- Juan adlibbing the lyrics to Dead Or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (like A Record Baby)" over the top of Game One, the general hug-fest that broke out at the front of the stage towards the end where it seemed like half the crowd were all together in mass huddle of warmth and general goodness, seeing Marco Bernardi's smile when Marty dropped his remix on the new Iridite after Model 500 had finished.......lot's of shining little moments mostly lost in the fog now! Then it was back to our Warehouse near Glasgow Airport for the After Party - Skurge was on the decks straight away and tore it up for a good couple of hours- in my opinion he's about the best of the UR DJs because he plays the widest variety of music- the best of the UR back cat AND a wicked variety of other stuff too. Mike and the rest of the guys were all there too, just hanging out and enjoying the vibes. We had a good couple of hundred people there and no bouncers needed at all- good people, good music, great night. Eventually the night had to end- think I staggered out at around 12-ish to the most brutal sunny day I remember in a long time- watched the football (Rangers v Celtic!) at a friends house and collapsed about 4ish into a 16 hour sleep. Feeling pretty bad today but not as bad as Wilba, Ruadub head honcho who had to get up on the Sunday afternoon to take Mike and the guys up to Loch Lomond (he loves the hills of Scotland does Mike!) and therefore didn't have the luxury of the 16 hour sleep :) It was just a total music-centred, feel good sort of night and really helped me remember that there's more to Techno that arguing endlessley about small details on internet forums :) cheers Jason
