On 13 Sep 95 at 13:57, g303 wrote:
quoted 3 lines On Wed, 13 Sep 1995, mbdscad wrote:> On Wed, 13 Sep 1995, mbdscad wrote:
> > In reply to :
> >
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quoted 10 lines So you were there too. I think someone (RH?) kept pushing the> > So you were there too. I think someone (RH?) kept pushing the
> > levels too high and hitting limiters on the house PA - causing the
> > volume to plummet for a few seconds - why it kept on happening
> > baffles me. It was bollocks.
>
> No. He did it deliberately, with a level fader on the mixer, along
> with much smirking amongst his DJ box cronies... Ok, it's fine to
> cut a few beats ocasionally, for effect, Hawtin has alsways made
> heavy use of Eqing for effect, but this was ridiculous.
>
I assumed it was being done deliberately, and it was irritating, but
it seemed to me that everyone danced with even more fervour when the
music returned. That's what I was referring to when I mentioned
crowd manipulation.
Perhaps I should have said I enjoyed his set _despite_ all that
nonsense.
The other thing is, this has happened several times before at
Sankey's. Make of that what you will.
Adam Huffman