Quick review: Freeform was shit (though admittedly the problems were
probably cvaused by the power outage). Autechre was good in parts and
not so good in others - stuff they played was just simple percussion,
little intricacy or melodies etc. They also played some hiphop. Richard
James goes on, gets heckled a number of times "pick it up!" RDJ leaves
the dj booth after approx 20 mins. Mark Broom plays a couple of hours,
nice stuff. Jimi Tenor gives an unforgetable performance in the back
room - brilliant. plays a duck-taped hammond organ, a flute, sings out
of key, says "baby" a lot and generally rocks out in his pink flamenco
style chest-exposing shirt. Mark Broom finishes. RDJ returns to play a
wicked set consisting of numerous afx DATs mixed in with some acid
breaks, some drum n bass, and general RDJ madness - wiiicked. RDJ ends
his set approx 1.5 hours later (?) with massive attacks unfinished
sympathy, then leaves the booth and dissapears with the record still
playing (and then ending) with the next DJ nowhere in site and lots of
people standing around looking bewildered...siiiilence. In the back
room, Chantal plays to an empty room. A good time is had by all. oh, and
yes, waaaaay too many drugs. kudos to tp#1 in MA, tp#2 in CA, Peter
Astral, Nahila and Sunshine. Oops, one more thing, not a Warp or Blech
logo in site anywhere in the place (actually, there was a blech sticker
on the bottom of one of Autechre's roadcases). Bye.
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