he said that was probably the best time he's ever had playing in SF.
his set the following night in LA was quite similar.. came on,
floored it for a while, backed off and played some de9:ce tracks, and
then wound up banging it out again - but more funky, like you said.
he snuck in that You Spin Me Round remix, as well as a rework of
Coffee Pot, which kept a little humor and a lot of screaming fans
going for it from beginning to end. they gave him an encore and damn
i wish i knew what that track was!
At 1:16 AM -0800 11/5/01, Eli Bingham wrote:
No one mentioned anything about his set at Nikita last Friday in SF.
I just wanted to drop a quick mention of it, and I must say, as someone
who has critized Richie's more recent (read: '99 up to present) sets,
I was really impressed. About an hour to an hour and half of bangin'
(but not the drumcode-stiff type bangin', more inna funky vein),
and then almost two hours of beautiful, deep, minimal, bliss. One of
the most emotional sets I've seen him play...There was actual melody!
And no 909 stupidity. I really felt like he's started trying to take
people on a journey again. I thanked him for it afterwards and he said
that he was really into it that night as well.
Maybe the final scratch thing has had a positive effect on his
programming...it was definitely reminding me of the richie of old...
-eli
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