Re: [313] UR in London, how was it? Why?
"Most people were blown away by the live set, KDJ was fantastic and, despite dodgy mixing, the UR DJ sets were full of classic stuff, I thought." dodgy mixing?? Don't get me wrong, I'm not obsessed with smooth mixing over track selection, but this is U.R. we're talking about... who gave us Rolando and Suburban Knight as assault DJ's. with the people they have available, something is seriously f**ked up if they can't put forward a decent technical DJ for a gig this size, unless of course it was ranx's echoing walls. Seth _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
Re: [313] UR in London, how was it? Why?
> There's no objective view on a night out. Can't argue with that. Guess we'll have to agree to disagree! TOM
Re: [313] UR in London, how was it? Why?
yup, of course there's going to be 3 - 4000 different versions of the night. I am just glad i was there and loving it. peas _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
Re: [313] UR in London, how was it? Why?
Tom, It does seem you have had a completely different take on it to almost everyone I spoke to. Most people were blown away by the live set, KDJ was fantastic and, despite dodgy mixing, the UR DJ sets were full of classic stuff, I thought. The organisation, as you say, might have been better - I was lucky enough to miss the queuing problems - but the staffing, like the crowd (I saw plenty of smiling faces), was very friendly. As for the billing changes, these were well documented on 313 before the event. Ideally we would have got Drexciya etc, but I am not going to argue with *that* version of Amazon. UR were always going to do it their own way. Still, you saw it differently - fair enough, if you missed the bits I loved I can completely understand why, and you missed a great night. I think I missed the kind of night Frank Jack got, he caught a lot more of the live show and the KDJ show. There's little point in creating an argument about it. 313 has got two sides to the story. End of, I guess. I'm sure people don't want to hear a fruitless discussion on who got the right view on it all. Interestingly (but coincidently rather than anything else, I'm not trying to cast doubt on your journalistic credentials at all), I recall Jockey Slut getting a radically different take on the 3 Chairs night which still remains the best night out I have ever had. There's no objective view on a night out. Take care, Jonny.
Re: [313] UR in London, how was it? Why?
place for you. > We were there for the music, and we got more! We got soul, excitement, > fervours, and sensations. > For people who suspected Rankx, big HOURRAH to him, he made it by his own,I > guess he got a hard time to make it happen, good lesson for a lot of > promoters, they should learn from him. > Tom, why at 6h30 am, people didn't want to leave and clapped thunderously? > > And by the way, I hadn't like the UR party in London, 2 years ago. > > > > > >From: Michael Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Tom Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: 313 mailing list <313@hyperreal.org> > >Subject: Re: [313] UR in London, how was it? Why? > >Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 13:09:51 -0500 > > > >Hi Tom, > > > >Why was it a let down? I do not doubt the validity of your opinion, I am > >just curious about the specifics. > > > >Take care, > >Mike > > > >Tom Robbins wrote: > > > > > > Personally I thought it was all very disappointing - a real let-down - > >and > > > my review in the February issue of Jockey Slut will reflect that point > >of > > > view, which seems to be shared by everyone I've spoken to, both at the > >event > > > and since. Anyone else? > > > > > > That said, it was really nice to hook up with some people from the list > >like > > > John O and his illin' girlfriend (whose name I forget because it was so > > > late), Otto Koppius (inserting CD now...) and Rob Needham. Also good to > >see > > > Nick Craddock and Alice again. Missed Rob Webb and quite a few others, > > > though. > > > > > > But don't go calling me no Londoner! ;-) > > > > > > - Tom MF > > > > > > > Well, speak up Londoners. > > > > > > > > Tristan > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. >
Re: [313] UR in London, how was it? Why?
I thought it was excellent as well, though I wouldn't go as far as saying the best ever. I arrived a bit late, having seen in the New Year in the comfort of my own home with my girlfriend. Upon arrival I was glad to discover very friendly joking security, loads of massive heaters, no trouble getting in and some mate of Rachel's spinning UK Garage. Upstairs, and first stopping port of call, there was Rick Wilhite, which sounded a bit pedestrian due to a very quiet sound system (at that time, anyway, it improved by the time KDJ appeared). He was playing a greatest hits of Carl Craig set, or so it seemed. I remember at the 3 Chairs night Rick played the most Detroity of the 3 sets. We grabbed a beer each and investigated further. Down the stairs and... f**king hell! A massive aircraft hanger sized derelict room with a massive crack down the side and a live version of Amazon like I have never heard before in my life! This was Agent Chaos, I have since been told, and it was damn impressive. The 30 quid entrance was worth it for that alone. After that the DJing in there was a bit of a let down, there was some pretty bad echo coming back off the far wall if you were on the stage (behind which the Djing was be done from) which maybe didn't help, but I would imagine the monitoring would be up to scratch, nothing appeared to be done half heartedly when it came to things like that. Still, the tracks were a what's what of classic UR (Final Frontier, Stardancer, Mirage, a lot of Octave One stuff) - anyone know what the track directly after Stardancer was? The whole thing was interspersed with UR folk appearing silhouetted in cracks on the wall doing what looked like some pole dancing without the pole. Moved up to catch the end of Moodymann's set (we'd been up earlier and heard "If You Should Need A Friend", which is a favourite of my girlfriend's). That seemed to be very good. In advance I wasn't really that fussed about Kenny playing, having seen him DJ and be blown away by Theo Parrish at the 3 chairs night. So it came as a surpise to find this set to be very good indeed. The move to a half DJ half live set was very canny - gets a bit more of his personality across, which he can only do partly by DJing with his own records. I don't know who it was that Djed after, but they weren't nearly as good - they played that awful gimmicky 7" remake of MAW's "To be in love" - most of it was alright, though. Here we remained until we left at around 5am, not having the, err, stamina of some others. It was good to meet, albeit briefly, with John (who'd come into the shop earlier in the day and pick up a copy of "Gravitational Arch", which I had missed) and Otto (who confessed to being as bad a trainspotter as I was being!). It was a very friendly crowd, and the staffing was excellent too - the bouncer as we left commanding the mini cab drivers to give us a good price for the journey home. Well done Freddy Ranx - a very good way to start the year, I thought. I can imagine, however, that if you missed Amazon live and Moodymann it would seem a bit pedestrian - you couldn't help but be blown away by the UR room (that seems a ridiculous word for it), though, which was well suited to their sound. I didn't miss either and I loved it. Take care, Jonny.
Re: [313] UR in London, how was it? Why?
do I detect a windup? A let down!? That was the best party I've been to for a very long time, if not ever. 3-4000 people in an incredible venue, listening to amazing music on a huge and clear soundsystem. plus excellent atmosphere and no trouble. It was like the old days but with better tunes. nice one transit. did anyone go to the afterparty at plastic people? _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
Re: [313] UR in London, how was it? Why?
Hi, Han ??? Maybe we were not at the same party...! First the location: amazing place, in building in demolition, first and last party there, they will re-build an office building(in the room where UR played),Rankx brought back the electricity, put back the doors, put heat, just for the party. The first room (from the entrance) was more hip-hop music. The second (main) room, was UR all night long till 6h30 am, started at eleven or so, with a dj set then came Chaos,at midnight, was amazing,blew us away. The sound was enormous, imagine a place like a Cathedral, think about the height of the ceiling... wherever we were in this room, the sound was of an impressive quality. Chaos was brilliant! Excellent, I saw a lot of live in my live, but not like this one. He Performed a LIVE for one hour, provided some captivating and seductive tracks, like this Indian track! Like this other one with a girl singing...!The live was funky, new UR sound, 2001 started with Chaos, and 2001 will be Chaos year, I bet! And I can give him my weapons. I’m still under shock. The Dj's set, I think there was, during all the night, 4 different DJ’s, not sure, they played, really in UR vein, as usual most of the tracks are unreleased tracks, yet, no dark, really "funky" like this one with a guy singing: dance, move, shake etc... Then, upstairs I checked Kenny, I cannot say that I'm disappointed, but the man has changed, it was really a one man show, signed autographs during 15 minutes, on CD, on sheet of paper, let people take pictures… He played for 50 minutes, more with MPC than with the turntables, and spoke to us a lot in a microphone, I was expected to see him playing piano, but he started for 10 seconds and left it. All in all, the night was fascinating, magnetic, with mysterious quality and powerful, more than 4.000 people, no drama, happy crowd, we all of us had a lot of fun. And UR one more time delivered again a perfect underground night, like at the beginning of the movement, their sound has really evolved, and their attitude still remain the same, someone can give me another example, of artists like them ? But it's true, speaking here for Tom Robbins, if you are not anymore in the real underground wave, if you like more your comfort, than the music, it was not a place for you. We were there for the music, and we got more! We got soul, excitement, fervours, and sensations. For people who suspected Rankx, big HOURRAH to him, he made it by his own,I guess he got a hard time to make it happen, good lesson for a lot of promoters, they should learn from him. Tom, why at 6h30 am, people didn't want to leave and clapped thunderously? And by the way, I hadn't like the UR party in London, 2 years ago. From: Michael Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tom Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: 313 mailing list <313@hyperreal.org> Subject: Re: [313] UR in London, how was it? Why? Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 13:09:51 -0500 Hi Tom, Why was it a let down? I do not doubt the validity of your opinion, I am just curious about the specifics. Take care, Mike Tom Robbins wrote: > > Personally I thought it was all very disappointing - a real let-down - and > my review in the February issue of Jockey Slut will reflect that point of > view, which seems to be shared by everyone I've spoken to, both at the event > and since. Anyone else? > > That said, it was really nice to hook up with some people from the list like > John O and his illin' girlfriend (whose name I forget because it was so > late), Otto Koppius (inserting CD now...) and Rob Needham. Also good to see > Nick Craddock and Alice again. Missed Rob Webb and quite a few others, > though. > > But don't go calling me no Londoner! ;-) > > - Tom MF > > > Well, speak up Londoners. > > > > Tristan > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
Re: [313] UR in London, how was it? Why?
Hi Tom, Why was it a let down? I do not doubt the validity of your opinion, I am just curious about the specifics. Take care, Mike Tom Robbins wrote: > > Personally I thought it was all very disappointing - a real let-down - and > my review in the February issue of Jockey Slut will reflect that point of > view, which seems to be shared by everyone I've spoken to, both at the event > and since. Anyone else? > > That said, it was really nice to hook up with some people from the list like > John O and his illin' girlfriend (whose name I forget because it was so > late), Otto Koppius (inserting CD now...) and Rob Needham. Also good to see > Nick Craddock and Alice again. Missed Rob Webb and quite a few others, > though. > > But don't go calling me no Londoner! ;-) > > - Tom MF > > > Well, speak up Londoners. > > > > Tristan > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
