RE: [313] CiM live, deFocus tour
313'er Simon Walley (CiM) came through Los Angeles last night, on a bill with Claire (of Clear/Smallfish/deFocus fame) DJ'ing and John Tejada live. And what a top night it was! Great! The Chicago stop of the deFocus mini-tour last Thursday was brilliant as well. The party was at Subterranean, an intimate joint in the Wicker Park hood with 2 floors and some pretty cool sightlines to the stage, little candles everywhere and photograph projections cycling thru behind the stage. Clark Warner from MINUS/Plus 8 camp DJ'd an hour of dynamic electronics while packing plenty of beats and rhythms, a really nice 'journey' kind of a DJ set. Then CiM took the stage for about 45 minutes for a gripping live PA, cutting through old and new tracks and plenty of midtempo techno/idm with his signature 'warm data' style, deep chords and melodies juxtaposed with punchy beats with bleeps and plenty of material I hadn't heard before. Plus cool little 'bolt' style mini interludes to stitch the tracks together in transition. A sonic bridge between Detroit's past warmth and soul with an experimental British twist. Cheers and applause at the close... let's have another EP then Simon! if ya didn't sprain your wrist twisting all those knobs... ;) Finally a DJ set by Clair closed out the night -- cross-fader tricking a wicked and authoritative set of UK old and new (classic Network and Warp records never sounded so good), and packed a walloping portion of both Detroit anthems and obscure 313 classics, a bumping set for the headz brought smiles all around. Took some photos, I'll send out a link when we get some online. So did anyone out west catch the San Francisco show last night? Cheers, Matt MacQueen - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cim and Defocus
Hello, Phonopsia wrote: I must second the late respect-due. Picked this up about a month ago. Pretty grrovy stuff I must say. And it's amazing how much music you can pack onto one slab of wax. I know what you mean, but I would give my left leg for CiM to write longer tracks. I totally love his music, I just wish I could love it for longer. Please Simon, write a few 8 minute tracks for us, Pleeze!!! ;) While we are on the topic, has anyone heard that new limited edition John Tejeda 12 that came out a few weeks back on Defocus? Defocus is turning into one of my favorite labels, the Lackluster and Metamatics records are so good. ...gees this is off topic take care, mt Tristan == PHONOPSIA[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/5102 FrogboyMCI on AOL Instant Messenger New Album, Québécois, online now. -Original Message- From: Oliver Barkovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tim Barr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 313 list 313@hyperreal.org Date: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [313] PS Hey!!! Picked up the CIM comp album (Reverence err I forget) last night!!! Fantastic!! Isn't he on the list?? If you are on the list great job, I never seen any of your Focus 12's around here but email me privately and we can talk. I saw that Tom's name was on the back of the album. Ollie Tim Barr wrote: It's getting close to Christmas and still no Tom Churchill album. Please Tom, u don't want to see a grown man cry do you? Love Tim -- Michael Taylor : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.billionairesforbushorgore.com
