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?
Just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in and semi-bash Spooky as well. I saw him
a couple of weeks ago at the Vancouver Jazz festival and can concur that his
set was entirely underwhelming, not at all fun, and I generally felt it was
hard to be interested in it. Any time there was even a semblance of rhythm
he would try to burry it under some non-descript undistinguishable noise.
Also I don't know if any of your shows included his great "visual" set, but
that too struck me as underwhelming, but then again I've seen the video for
Grammy Winners...
However on the lighter side of that night, I did get the catch the Clifford
Gilberto Rhythm Combination who put on one hell of a fantastic show. Very
jazzy all the way through, and (with all due respect to Amon Tobin, whose
CDs I love) exactly what I think Amon Tobin _should_ have sounded like live.
I would add Clifford Gilberto to the list of Ninjas which you must see live,
right behind The Herbaliser, Kid Koala, and Hexstatic.
The saddest thing about Clifford Gilberto was the line up of the night. The
show was organized in the poorest way possible. The New Deal opened (a
little peppy jazz trio from Toronto), and were pretty good to get the crowd
moving. Then DJ Spooky came on and killed any momentum the show might have
had (aside from die hard d'n'd raver kids, nobody was moving). Then on came
Jacksoul, who is about the worst excuse for jazz I've could imagine. And
finally on came Clifford Gilberto. I have no idea who the show was designed
for, because anyone who was there for DJ Spooky would probably not like
Jacksoul, and anyone who liked Jacksoul would most definitely hate DJ
Spooky. And nobody (except people who were there to see them, and let me
tell you, the place got pretty empty) would stay 'till 12:45am at a Tuesday
night show to hear a mainly unknown performer play AFTER the headliner has
gone on.
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