Fri, 28 Jan 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote re:
Open to Kozzmozz
@ The End, WC1, London, UK
Derick May
DJ Rolando
Steve Rachmad
Anthony Rother (Live)
Fred Nasan, Jim Master T Rockliffe
in the back room..
Anthony Rother wasn't down to play...
First up was Kozz who runs a techno club in
Ghent, Belgium and brough loads of his mates over...
post a review, someone please.
here's one I wrote earlier..
Aplogies if the tone is perhaps a little more critical
than is normal on this list.
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Saturday at the End.
The new PA is v. v. good indeed - certainly sets the
standard for mids and tops anyway.
On the night top honours go to Derrick May in the main
room - he made it singFred Nasen in the back.
He played some lovely stuff - didn't recognise much
but started sorta house with heavy Hip Hop like beats
moving more metallic and techy with a hint of the new
German back room style that is popular at the moment.
Jim and Trevor stayed on a more hard houseish pumping
tip than was too my taste on the night.
Obviously not everyone will like what any one artist
plays but you gotta admire Derrick May's craftmanship.
He changes tempo, style, builds it up, drops it back,
vocals, jazzy chords and when he wants to he can layer
on the heavy techno with the best. I enjoy him more
and more recently, especially now he no longer always
plays the same set everytime.
Rolando had some fabulous moments but didn't get into
the deep, rolling groove he manages on his best
nights. Did I miss the new jaguar mixes? He did a 10
minute medley at the end cutting jaguar in repeatedly
but..??
Steve Rachmad was a subtle as a flying mallet
with old style urgent rolling thunder hammering with
angular and sheet metal sounds over the top. Still
works if it's done right. he did.
Really good atmosphere in the club - not something
everyone has found at the End recently. Let's hope it
continues to build as a music first venue and the
'clubbers' move to Home, Fabric, M.o.S.
Apparently they have Rob Hood first u.k. gig for over
3 years last w/e in March. ;-)
Marco Carola down the pub in Soho last Thursday.
Absolutely top techno memory that will last a
lifetime. As good a techno set as we've heard in
London for at least 2 years..inc. LOST. ;-).
One of his particular talents is being able to keep
several rythmns right across the frequency range
running simultaneously and shifting the emphasis
constantly. So much fresher than old style THUMP,
THUMP, tsssh, tsssh compressed power tedium.
John Selway in support - good up to date tunes and
structure but on the night proved a bit of an EQ
bandit at the expense of tight mixing. Go and see him
again mind...
Adam Beyer again in a fortnight
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Notes:-
Open (Jim Masters) 2 Torture (Billy Nasty)
has become the first regular club night to challenge
the supremacy of the, increasingly insular and
erratic, LOST for years
Jim Masters has been a major player in promoting
techno in London practically since time began. I've
learnt that his involvement is the nearest both
punters and crew can come to a guaranteed top techno
night. He's well organised and knows there is more to
it than booking the currently fashionable big name
'stars' and hoping for the best.
RoTF (Records of the Fortnight) is a Free techno
evening in the basement of a soho pub run by Richard
Summerhayes from Eukatech and Mark Collings from Tag
Records. It's been running for about 18 months now and
it's deliriously mad. They put in a real 7k rig,
drinks are obviously pub prices and by now at least
50% of the punters are clued up regulars. It's boozy,
in a pleasant way, very shouty with the floor cheering
and heckling the mix in turn as appropriate. No
compromise is made for the fact it's an early midweek
evening with the bar upstairs packed with yuppy suits
bawling into their mobiles. Just a right laff and
sweaty dancefloor.
Guests started out as the major London tech-House
crews (Nathan Coles, Terry Francis, Asad Rivzi, Evil
Eddie, Mr C, Layo, Nils Hess etc). Recently it seems
to have caught on with visiting international names.
Sneak Melanie Bell are the only Americans to put
their names forward so far but they have had Adam
Beyer, Geatek, Marco Carola as well as Ben Simms,
Oliver Ho. Put it down in your diaries if you ever
plan to be in London.
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Oi Oi
Fox xx
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