>i:cube played the same space in Perth as Rick Wade did two weeks ago and
>played the set I was expecting from Rick. Deep and dubby tracks, mixed
>creatively, and through a sound system far superior to the one provided Rick
>Wade (can't blame him for that, but he did play way too many discoloops: why
>doesn't he play the sort of tracks he produces?). Cyclone was asking for a
>definition of deep, suggesting the notion of deepness might be as
>superficial as some people's interpretations of funk and soul. Well i:cube
>played the sort of tracks I define deepness by: Moodymann ('I can't kick
>this feeling', no less), losoul, Aril Brikha, Maurizio (actually, if you
>want a definition of deep, M4 would be it for me).It's funny but I:Cube played here in Melbourne too with Gilb-R and I thought it was very average - formulaic even! Nice tracks but there was no personality in it. He said he plays "weird" stuff but I didn't hear any of that. Gilb-R was quirkier - he played 1999 (!!) and Talking Heads (though everyone else does that now too when they're trying to be 'quirky') - but even that was kinda not working for me. I was let down. It's all down to personal opinion, I guess, which is fine. I went to Destiny's Child on the Monday with so-so expectations (it was to DAT, no live band, two original members have left), all the local house folks were there (DC have an incredible boundary-crossing fan-base here) and I had a ball, so..... Cheers Cyclone
