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From:
Greg Clow
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Date:
Sun, 9 Jul 2000 14:06:36 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:
[idm] DJ Spooky
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Andrew Duke wrote:
quoted 2 lines My question after all this blather: was last night an atypical DJ> My question after all this blather: was last night an atypical DJ > Spooky set, or is he truly someone who shouldn't be DJing?
Well, I saw him play a couple of years back, and my experience was much the same as the one you describe. He walked up on stage, put a copy of the same Panacea record on both decks, and proceeded to trainwreck them back and forth for the first few minutes. After another 20 minutes of sloppy mixes of mediocre drum'n'bass records, I left. I like his earlier records (the more experimental stuff - his hip-hop and d'n'b influenced work leave me cold), but I have yet to hear a good word about his live performances, and I find his writing horribly self-important and pretentious. I considered going to see him here in Toronto on Friday night to see if it would be any better, but decided to rent a flick and stay home instead. Greg -- Greg Clow - greg@stainedproductions.com - greg@feedbackmonitor.com concert & event promotions - http://www.stainedproductions.com electronic music radio/reviews/interviews - http://www.feedbackmonitor.com 158 Close Ave. 2nd Floor - Toronto, Ontario M6K 2V5 - Canada --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org