I just wish Richie would just bust out of that minimal mold and play great techno sets like he used to before the haircut. ;)
on that tip, I thought i'd slip in a link to a mix that i posted last year... the title of the mix is def on topic ! http://www.southernoutpost.com/2007/11/03/another-new-mix/ Peace, Patrick. On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Tristan Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: kent williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 02 June 2008 18:47 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: David Powers; list 313 >> Subject: Re: (313) reporting from Tokyo...... Theo >> >> This should be said: Techno is a lot bigger than >> Berlin-minimal, and one could remain a Techno DJ and never >> touch a track from Richie or Magda's USB drive. There are >> many DJs -- Claude Young, Dan Bell, Rob Hood, Buzz Goree, Ken >> & Karl Meier, Alan Oldham, Mike Huckaby come immediately to >> mind -- who stay more on the techno side of the fence and >> still manage to do interesting, dynamic, butt-moving sets. >> >> And of course, all of the people mentioned above will drop a >> house record if it fits what they're doing. > > What I'm finding interesting is that it's not just that mnml DJs are > changing their tune(s) but that promoters are booking guests who would have > been outside of their comfort zone 18 months ago. For instance the Run > parties here in London were ostensibly quite mnml (and/or minimal) and now > they have Alton Miller booked for their next party. I really wouldn't have > seen that coming. Have a look at their past guests and you'll see what I > mean: http://www.runsounds.com/events/ > > Another thing that I think might be unique about this is that it's a younger > crowd who are now being fed unapologetic deep house. And quality older house > as well. This trend has nothing to do with being the most current (yet). God > knows in what horrible way this will get compartmentalised and repackaged > over the next year or two if the trend persists, but it's an interesting > moment Right Now, for whatever that's worth. > > Tristan > ======= > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ---------------------------------------------- Southern Outpost Sydney - San Francisco - Berlin http://www.southernoutpost.com ----------------------------------------------
