Howdy Stephen,
quoted 6 lines There is going to be a Mo'Wax 'Headz' gig where I live on January 6.>There is going to be a Mo'Wax 'Headz' gig where I live on January 6.
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>Marky Mark will be playing live, DJ Shadow, James Lavelle and Charlie(of
>Attica Blues) will be DJing.
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>Has anyone attended something similar? Opinions?
Yeah I attended the Sydney night of the tour last saturday (30/12/95). The
night was pretty cool with Money Mark (not Marky Mark) being the only one
playing live and a lot of that was sequenced, BUT he did way cool things
with feedback and a harmonica not to mention his keyboards. The man must
have the strongest keyboard stand i've ever seen as he jumped up onto his
keyboard bent down and started playing it with one hand and in the the other
hand he had a mic and a harmonica which he played brilliantly.
The other guy's all just DJ'ed for the night, with the best DJ undoubtly
being DJ Shadow (who I think was the last DJ to play,if he wasn't well the
best DJ was the last one, anyway). He's set was a little more uptempo than
the others with him playing some excellent and surprising tunes such as 808
State's "Pacific State", Josh Wink's "Higher State of Conciousness (Freekin
tweakin acid mix)", Goldie's "Inner City Life" and surprise surprise Oasis's
"Wonderwall" which surprisingly got the crowd dancing.
My only real criticism of the night was that most of the music was just too
slow (really laidback trip hop) to dance to... no real problem, because
almost all of it was amazing to listen to. Though my partner and I wanted to
dance more... we hit the dancefloor during DJ Shadow's set. Which was as I
said amazing.
Good night, especially if you're into trip-hop and the slower side of dance,
jungle, etc.
Regards,
John
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