Quick report for all the peeps who didn't get to go.
Highlights : Aphex Twin DJ set. Did he rinse it? Damn right! Blinding set
and great flow. The kids loved it too. Felt a bit sorry for the people in
the SKAM room, as no bastard was in there. (bit of ragga vocals in the
middle of the set too) RDJ looked like he was having a good time.
Public Enemy were awesome - Kinda shocked at all the guitar stuff, but AC/DC
and Led Zep covers were sweet. Played for longer than advertised too.
DJ Lord (from PE) spinning D+B in the pub. Excellent selection if you are
into the D+B ting. Surprised my mate than an american hip hop DJ played
stuff like that. He seemed to be enjoying himself too.
SKAM room was generally excellent. Meam were wicked (if you don't have the
CD / DVD, go buy), Wevie Stonder (the bit I saw of them) were fantastic. I
think "bee man" is the greatest person ever (guy in shirt and tie, middle
aged spread with bee wings and antenna "giving it large" on stage - like the
bee guy out of the Simpsons) - Team Doyobi, Mortal and Chemist, Dr Derek F.
Russell Haswell was good, but nothing like I expected. Started off all kinda
rave-tastic, then 5 minutes in howling noise, then back to "shake your ass"
stuff. Not as noisey as I expected at all.
Kool Keith and co. rocked the spot. MURS and El-P also did a good set - Bit
too much "jump jump" action, but hey, I'm not going to complain too much.
Pissed off about not seeing Coil / Jim O'Rourke / Snares, but I had to
bounce. Was too tired to watch Gescom. I'm sure it was ace, as the Skam DJ's
were universally excellent.
Later.
-i.
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