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2001-08-10 07:03Irene McCYesterday South Africa celebrated National Women's Day - and what better way to round off

From:: Irene McC <substar@iafrica.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:03:52 +0200
Subject:: [idm] Luke Vibert ::: Cape Town review

Yesterday South Africa celebrated National Women's Day - and what better way to round off that uneventful sham than to go shake some ass at a dodgy dark and dingy dance club... LUKE VIBERT // WAGON CHRIST - THE JAM, CAPE TOWN 10 AUGUST 2001 Cape Town's audiences are very polarised into the definable camps of Trance, House, D&B and Hip Hop, etc - but predominantly house rules. Thus the first local DJ left a few people baffled on the floor, unsure of which way the beats were going, with a warm, organic amalgam of floaty arrhythms. Luke Vibert, in his Atari T-shirt, hit the decks at midnight and swiftly turned the night into a journey of humour infused twisted funk with drum and bass overtones shot through with a distinct jazzy flavour. There seemed to be a few slight technical hitches to start with, but he let the music flow on through Venusian D&B laced with acid squelches to something that sounded like Klute's 'Hang-Up' played at plus 8 (it wasn't, but that's not such a bad idea...) After some serious bits he had the floor in his hands with hedonistic dead-on disco and then took us through a quieter patch featuring Thomas Koener-like visceral sub-bass, which had the hairs on my arms vibrating. The second hour built like a steam train charging on toward its inevitably too-early end which came at two hours on the nose. There was no bringing him back... but after dropping Popcorn, there's nowhere to go, really, is there? :-) He'd given us Windowlicker which fed straight into My Red Hot Car (Girl) both of which went to whoops of recognition (good to see that Cape Town is not THAT behind the scenes). I also loved the inclusion of Tom Tom Club's 'Wordy Rappinghood', which sent jolts of memories down me from the first beats of a manual typewriter being tapped... Surely that's one of the original 'raps' - from around '81 or so? He also played lots of tunes I know I know; and I have somewhere - but even if you put a gun to my head, I couldn't think of their names. Sorry. But everything wove together in a big and beautiful way and people begged for more and after disappearing off the stage, he returned to triumphant anticipation, only to pick up his record box and wave goodbye! The dark and dense D&B DJ who came on after him swiftly swept the floor clean to just a few stragglers, but it's certain that everybody who had been there, had a good night out. I * np : Klute - Total Self EP --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2001-08-12 12:13?? ???t>>Surely that's one of the original 'raps' - from around '81 or so? Nawh, but its a nice t

From:: ?? ???t <Oways@msn.com>
To:: <substar@iafrica.com>, <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 07:13:13 -0500
Subject:: Re: [idm] Luke Vibert ::: Cape Town review

quoted 1 line Surely that's one of the original 'raps' - from around

>>Surely that's one of the original 'raps' - from around

'81 or so? Nawh, but its a nice tune tho Irene ----- Original Message ----- From: Irene McC Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 1:56 AM To: idm@hyperreal.org Subject: [idm] Luke Vibert ::: Cape Town review Yesterday South Africa celebrated National Women's Day - and what better way to round off that uneventful sham than to go shake some ass at a dodgy dark and dingy dance club... LUKE VIBERT // WAGON CHRIST - THE JAM, CAPE TOWN 10 AUGUST 2001 Cape Town's audiences are very polarised into the definable camps of Trance, House, D&B and Hip Hop, etc - but predominantly house rules. Thus the first local DJ left a few people baffled on the floor, unsure of which way the beats were going, with a warm, organic amalgam of floaty arrhythms. Luke Vibert, in his Atari T-shirt, hit the decks at midnight and swiftly turned the night into a journey of humour infused twisted funk with drum and bass overtones shot through with a distinct jazzy flavour. There seemed to be a few slight technical hitches to start with, but he let the music flow on through Venusian D&B laced with acid squelches to something that sounded like Klute's 'Hang-Up' played at plus 8 (it wasn't, but that's not such a bad idea...) After some serious bits he had the floor in his hands with hedonistic dead-on disco and then took us through a quieter patch featuring Thomas Koener-like visceral sub-bass, which had the hairs on my arms vibrating. The second hour built like a steam train charging on toward its inevitably too-early end which came at two hours on the nose. There was no bringing him back... but after dropping Popcorn, there's nowhere to go, really, is there? :-) He'd given us Windowlicker which fed straight into My Red Hot Car (Girl) both of which went to whoops of recognition (good to see that Cape Town is not THAT behind the scenes). I also loved the inclusion of Tom Tom Club's 'Wordy Rappinghood', which sent jolts of memories down me from the first beats of a manual typewriter being tapped... Surely that's one of the original 'raps' - from around '81 or so? He also played lots of tunes I know I know; and I have somewhere - but even if you put a gun to my head, I couldn't think of their names. Sorry. But everything wove together in a big and beautiful way and people begged for more and after disappearing off the stage, he returned to triumphant anticipation, only to pick up his record box and wave goodbye! The dark and dense D&B DJ who came on after him swiftly swept the floor clean to just a few stragglers, but it's certain that everybody who had been there, had a good night out. I * np : Klute - Total Self EP --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2001-08-12 19:12BigKumquat@aol.comIrene, Great write-up! I was transported to the event itself. << The second hour built lik

From:: <BigKumquat@aol.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 15:12:27 EDT
Subject:: Re: [idm] Luke Vibert ::: Cape Town review

Irene, Great write-up! I was transported to the event itself. << The second hour built like a steam train charging on toward its inevitably too-early end which came at two hours on the nose. There was no bringing him back... but after dropping Popcorn, there's nowhere to go, really, is there? :-) >> Do you mean the James Brown tune? Or, did he actually drop popcorn all over the turntables, rendering them useless? Probably the JB tune. - fred http://www.nofuncharlie.com/kumquat (it's free) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2001-08-13 13:27Irene McCOn 12 Aug 2001, at 15:12, BigKumquat@aol.com wrote: > Great write-up! I was transported to

From:: Irene McC <substar@iafrica.com>
To:: <BigKumquat@aol.com>, <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:27:14 +0200
Subject:: [idm] popcorn/y
Reply to:: Re: [idm] Luke Vibert ::: Cape Town review

On 12 Aug 2001, at 15:12, BigKumquat@aol.com wrote:

quoted 1 line Great write-up! I was transported to the event itself.

> Great write-up! I was transported to the event itself.

Thanks! It was lots of fun. Re- Popcorn:

quoted 2 lines Or, did he actually drop popcorn all

> Or, did he actually drop popcorn all > over the turntables, rendering them useless?

Ha ha !! Damn the jargon - and you're quite right drawing that conclusion - but I meant the tune Popcorn, which was a hit for Hot Butter in the 70's, originally written by Perrey-Kingsley (I think?) and remixed by the venerable Aphex Twin. PS Hello Mr Kumquat - nice to see you on the list again. I * --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Re: [idm] Luke Vibert ::: Cape Town review