So I go to the a show quietly advertised as having Juan Atkins play at '200 Orchard' on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Three semi-brooklyn looking hipster guys, one of whom wouldn't stop playing with his hair, mixing old (old) Aphex Twin with proto trance disco tech-house (beat matching anyone?), to a poor remix of an 808 State track, to what I gather was yet another bad remix (get a trend here?) of Berlin Sunrise. Apparently Juan Atkins will not play (Just got home). As much as I do player hate, and as much as I want to extend a hand to the guys who put this together (Lauren Flax of some sort of Chicago association?), overall, despite all my bickering, in all honesty, it just would've been nice to have a night of real techno, play by people who really know how to play it. Not minimal, not glitchy, not let-reaktor-go-haywire-andpress-record-and-let-a-wonky-kick-and-snappy-snare/clap drawl on on random arpeggio. Just straight up techno. Adios Detroit. (Cautiously removing foot from mouth) -- --- Michael Kuszynski [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.planerecordings.com New York, NY
