Re: (313) Re: Festival Debriefing?
benga WAS booked, but missed his flight. -- From: james.hurl...@utoronto.ca Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 5:38 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Re: Festival Debriefing? Here are some pics from our crew this year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chelseafaith/page2/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/52271...@n00/sets/72157618926534056/ some tech fest 09 highlights for me: P Maack from D.I.E. lambasting us techno geeks for not grinding with the ladies at Hump friday night Jay Denham bringing it strong! I wasnt sure what to expect after the more chill sounding last album but this is what I imagine seeing him back in the day was like. Xlent hard techno despite the shitty rig. Mills!!! Ear bleeding sound, great crowd (even greater after it thinned out a bit), and Mills bringing it cerebral style. Though technically not quite up there with the time he came out to the west coast, the selection was just want I needed. disappointments: The Real Detroit Stage. I'm sure it sounded cool after a few drinks at the bar but the island stage thing has got to be the stupidest arrangement I have ever seen in my life. so sad. Shady promoter tactics. One of the artists I was most curious to see, Benga, apparently was not even scheduled to perform. He didnt show up and then we noticed in the program a tiny little asterik next to his name and a tiny comment at the bottom saying subject to change. this was only on Benga's name! typical Detroit tactics I suppose hooj choons: Definetely was noticing alot of anthems this year. Francois K played what seemed to me like the detroit classics version of Girl Talk, remixing on the fly etc. Unfortunately it left me and my friends a bit cold. I guess we want to hear some new music these days. heard french kiss a few times, of course from Derrick but he didnt indulge in the full slow down female interlude. Also heard blackwater a few places. But the runaway hit of the fest which I am sure we will hear more of this Summer was a track from a pretty unknown serbian dude, gramaphone dzie with a great jazz standard samplefest called Why Dont You. We heard this cut played by Minx, Delano Smith as well as Luciano.
Re: (313) Re: Festival Debriefing?
I heard MK play it on the boat too. Did anyone else go on the boat? Lineup was stellar , sound was good. On May 29, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Frank Glazer wrote: WHY GOD WHY did so many people play that horrible why don't you track!? It really couldn't be worse, and has eff all to do with Detroit techno. HATE HATE HATE. Adding to your list Kevin, Francois and Quentin Harris, I think at least six people played it! WHY!? I much preferred the year everybody was playing erotic discourse. On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 5:38 PM, james.hurl...@utoronto.ca wrote: Here are some pics from our crew this year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chelseafaith/page2/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/52271...@n00/sets/72157618926534056/ some tech fest 09 highlights for me: P Maack from D.I.E. lambasting us techno geeks for not grinding with the ladies at Hump friday night Jay Denham bringing it strong! I wasnt sure what to expect after the more chill sounding last album but this is what I imagine seeing him back in the day was like. Xlent hard techno despite the shitty rig. Mills!!! Ear bleeding sound, great crowd (even greater after it thinned out a bit), and Mills bringing it cerebral style. Though technically not quite up there with the time he came out to the west coast, the selection was just want I needed. disappointments: The Real Detroit Stage. I'm sure it sounded cool after a few drinks at the bar but the island stage thing has got to be the stupidest arrangement I have ever seen in my life. so sad. Shady promoter tactics. One of the artists I was most curious to see, Benga, apparently was not even scheduled to perform. He didnt show up and then we noticed in the program a tiny little asterik next to his name and a tiny comment at the bottom saying subject to change. this was only on Benga's name! typical Detroit tactics I suppose hooj choons: Definetely was noticing alot of anthems this year. Francois K played what seemed to me like the detroit classics version of Girl Talk, remixing on the fly etc. Unfortunately it left me and my friends a bit cold. I guess we want to hear some new music these days. heard french kiss a few times, of course from Derrick but he didnt indulge in the full slow down female interlude. Also heard blackwater a few places. But the runaway hit of the fest which I am sure we will hear more of this Summer was a track from a pretty unknown serbian dude, gramaphone dzie with a great jazz standard samplefest called Why Dont You. We heard this cut played by Minx, Delano Smith as well as Luciano. -- peace, frank dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com
Re: (313) Re: Festival Debriefing?
Here are some pics from our crew this year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chelseafaith/page2/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/52271...@n00/sets/72157618926534056/ some tech fest 09 highlights for me: P Maack from D.I.E. lambasting us techno geeks for not grinding with the ladies at Hump friday night Jay Denham bringing it strong! I wasnt sure what to expect after the more chill sounding last album but this is what I imagine seeing him back in the day was like. Xlent hard techno despite the shitty rig. Mills!!! Ear bleeding sound, great crowd (even greater after it thinned out a bit), and Mills bringing it cerebral style. Though technically not quite up there with the time he came out to the west coast, the selection was just want I needed. disappointments: The Real Detroit Stage. I'm sure it sounded cool after a few drinks at the bar but the island stage thing has got to be the stupidest arrangement I have ever seen in my life. so sad. Shady promoter tactics. One of the artists I was most curious to see, Benga, apparently was not even scheduled to perform. He didnt show up and then we noticed in the program a tiny little asterik next to his name and a tiny comment at the bottom saying subject to change. this was only on Benga's name! typical Detroit tactics I suppose hooj choons: Definetely was noticing alot of anthems this year. Francois K played what seemed to me like the detroit classics version of Girl Talk, remixing on the fly etc. Unfortunately it left me and my friends a bit cold. I guess we want to hear some new music these days. heard french kiss a few times, of course from Derrick but he didnt indulge in the full slow down female interlude. Also heard blackwater a few places. But the runaway hit of the fest which I am sure we will hear more of this Summer was a track from a pretty unknown serbian dude, gramaphone dzie with a great jazz standard samplefest called Why Dont You. We heard this cut played by Minx, Delano Smith as well as Luciano.
Re: (313) Re: Festival Debriefing?
WHY GOD WHY did so many people play that horrible why don't you track!? It really couldn't be worse, and has eff all to do with Detroit techno. HATE HATE HATE. Adding to your list Kevin, Francois and Quentin Harris, I think at least six people played it! WHY!? I much preferred the year everybody was playing erotic discourse. On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 5:38 PM, james.hurl...@utoronto.ca wrote: Here are some pics from our crew this year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chelseafaith/page2/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/52271...@n00/sets/72157618926534056/ some tech fest 09 highlights for me: P Maack from D.I.E. lambasting us techno geeks for not grinding with the ladies at Hump friday night Jay Denham bringing it strong! I wasnt sure what to expect after the more chill sounding last album but this is what I imagine seeing him back in the day was like. Xlent hard techno despite the shitty rig. Mills!!! Ear bleeding sound, great crowd (even greater after it thinned out a bit), and Mills bringing it cerebral style. Though technically not quite up there with the time he came out to the west coast, the selection was just want I needed. disappointments: The Real Detroit Stage. I'm sure it sounded cool after a few drinks at the bar but the island stage thing has got to be the stupidest arrangement I have ever seen in my life. so sad. Shady promoter tactics. One of the artists I was most curious to see, Benga, apparently was not even scheduled to perform. He didnt show up and then we noticed in the program a tiny little asterik next to his name and a tiny comment at the bottom saying subject to change. this was only on Benga's name! typical Detroit tactics I suppose hooj choons: Definetely was noticing alot of anthems this year. Francois K played what seemed to me like the detroit classics version of Girl Talk, remixing on the fly etc. Unfortunately it left me and my friends a bit cold. I guess we want to hear some new music these days. heard french kiss a few times, of course from Derrick but he didnt indulge in the full slow down female interlude. Also heard blackwater a few places. But the runaway hit of the fest which I am sure we will hear more of this Summer was a track from a pretty unknown serbian dude, gramaphone dzie with a great jazz standard samplefest called Why Dont You. We heard this cut played by Minx, Delano Smith as well as Luciano. -- peace, frank dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com
(313) Re: Festival Debriefing?
I might come back to Detroit next year since C2 is heading up the direction of artists to perform, but I was interested how some of the Live performances went this year? How was A Critical Mass (Ame, Dixon, and Henrik Schwarz?) I'm away studying at the moment but back home some of the extended dL family had a little shindig with a rare performance by the original Plastic Sleeves. peep it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR-CBvhXG9s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HChiYeB9LQI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmlYOPfNF8c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U84GgNcG270 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSEEdzZczqA down low music http://downlowmusic.org
Re: (313) Re: Festival Debriefing?
I liked the A Critical Mass set, though I wandered off to get Coney Island about halfway through so it wasn't earth-shattering. Someone said while they were playing 'you know, one guy could do that as well as 4.' I'd almost say that's a compliment that the sound was unified, because my experience with Ricardo Villalobos Laptop Orchestra is that it's easy to get too much going at once. I was kind of disappointed with seeing Lusine, because he played a pretty standard techno/tech house set. Maybe a little more atmospheric than other people, but not at all what I listen to Lusine for. Flying Lotus was fantastic. A perfect combination of a natural performer, insane track selection, and a huge crowd well up for it. By the end when he was jamming out the Amen break at 200 bpm -- playing chunks of the break live on a keyboard -- I was done for. And he does what a lot of guys seem not to manage -- look like he's having fun. On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Minto George mintogeo...@yahoo.com wrote: I might come back to Detroit next year since C2 is heading up the direction of artists to perform, but I was interested how some of the Live performances went this year? How was A Critical Mass (Ame, Dixon, and Henrik Schwarz?) I'm away studying at the moment but back home some of the extended dL family had a little shindig with a rare performance by the original Plastic Sleeves. peep it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR-CBvhXG9s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HChiYeB9LQI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmlYOPfNF8c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U84GgNcG270 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSEEdzZczqA down low music http://downlowmusic.org
Re: (313) Re: Festival Debriefing?
Flying Lotus @ DEMF 09 clips can be found on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5_0SX2P4N4 there's more MEK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5_0SX2P4N4 kent williams chaircrus...@gmail.com wrote on 05/28/2009 12:39:12 PM: I liked the A Critical Mass set, though I wandered off to get Coney Island about halfway through so it wasn't earth-shattering. Someone said while they were playing 'you know, one guy could do that as well as 4.' I'd almost say that's a compliment that the sound was unified, because my experience with Ricardo Villalobos Laptop Orchestra is that it's easy to get too much going at once. I was kind of disappointed with seeing Lusine, because he played a pretty standard techno/tech house set. Maybe a little more atmospheric than other people, but not at all what I listen to Lusine for. Flying Lotus was fantastic. A perfect combination of a natural performer, insane track selection, and a huge crowd well up for it. By the end when he was jamming out the Amen break at 200 bpm -- playing chunks of the break live on a keyboard -- I was done for. And he does what a lot of guys seem not to manage -- look like he's having fun. On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Minto George mintogeo...@yahoo.com wrote: I might come back to Detroit next year since C2 is heading up the direction of artists to perform, but I was interested how some of the Live performances went this year? How was A Critical Mass (Ame, Dixon, and Henrik Schwarz?) I'm away studying at the moment but back home some of the extended dL family had a little shindig with a rare performance by the original Plastic Sleeves. peep it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR-CBvhXG9s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HChiYeB9LQI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmlYOPfNF8c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U84GgNcG270 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSEEdzZczqA down low music http://downlowmusic.org Disclaimer The information in this email and any attachments may contain proprietary and confidential information that is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, retention or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. When addressed to our clients or vendors, any information contained in this e-mail or any attachments is subject to the terms and conditions in any governing contract. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately contact the sender and delete the e-mail.
