At 01:06 PM 8/4/2002 -0700, you wrote:
quoted 8 lines Hi,>Hi,
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>Does anyone in the Twin Cities (Minnesota) area know if there are any clubs
>that play stuff even remotely IDM? I'm really sick of dancing to Top 40
>crap.
>It would be cool to find a place that had a little more discretion in what
>they
>play. Even trance would be better. :) Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
I just moved away from the twin cities, although it wasn't for the music
reasons. The 400 Bar on the west bank has some good stuff every once in a
while (had to rococo rot come through once, and marumari played there
before, too). Cex has played at Bon Appetit in Dinkytown, although they
usually do more local stuff. Across the street at the DinkyTowner, they
usually have DJ's and I've heard Boards of Canada and analog bubblebath era
AFX spun there, and they occasionally get some live acts (once again,
usually local).
As far as larger clubs, First Ave gets a fair share of decent music,
although since fewer people listen to electronic music, there's fewer
electronic musicians there in comparison to other stuff. I've seen Coldcut
play there. Right down the street from First Ave is also The Quest, and
I've seen Autechre there and also Vibert & Paradinas.
Coming in November is the Morr group; I believe they're playing First Ave.
It's worthwhile to just find a way to access the upcoming shows for all of
those places. That's where most of the better music is played, and they
either have websites or flyers that detail stuff for at least a month in
advance.
As far as actual CLUBS though, there's nothing. Clubs usually play dance
music, and want to get more people there. They don't care what music is
played, as long as it packs the place.
Sadly, even if a club were to open in the Twin Cities that played more
experimental music, it would probably close soon; my experience in the twin
cities is that the people just *cannot* dance :)
derek
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