got to the place just as Ninja's Dynamic Syncopation got started with a
loose-flying 2x4 set of hip-hop. i assume that the tracks were mostly
theirs, but i'm not certain at all. they seemed to be having considerable
monitoring problems, which led to some less-than-perfect mixing, but it was
all very fun and groovy and they certainly seemed to be enjoying themselves.
next was Cinematic Orchestra. now, as a Ninja fan i'm a bit ashamed to say
that i'm not terribly familiar with their music (or DS for that matter),
but i certainly didn't expect the awesome ass-whooping that was given to
me. the band (and i do mean BAND) consisted of a drummer, sampler,
keys/sax guy, turntablist and bassist. they simply blew me away with their
tightness and consideration in their playing. this was no "acid jazz"-type
wankery. it was a polished jazz quintet that absolutely ROCKED with lots
of thoughtful segues and drops. i'm still recovering from the rhythm section.
next was the Skint boys. i'm even less familiar with them, but they
quickly showed what they were about: party music. the sets (General
Midfield, Cut La Rock, and some other guy) all kinda bleed together in
memory, but they certainly had Velvet up and moving with some
modestly-tempoed dance music (around 110 and slowly rising as the night
went on; for a while at the beginning everything seemed to have a
positively weird 1989 feel to it). Cut La Roc showed of some pretty neat
tricks with a few of the tracks but mostly seemed to stay pretty musch in
the pocket with his mixing.
overall a fun night. Cinematic Orchestra was definitely the high point for
the night. i would have loved to walk on over to Spiro's to see Carl Craig
play, but apparently the cover for non-wristbanders was astronomical :(
-jeff
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