From c Sent Mon, Oct 5th 1998, 05:04
So, after our two hour drive from Tijuana to LA and some stops along the = way, we managed to get to the palladium at a good hour. A couple of = security/ticket checks and we were inside the building.=20 As we waited, two DJ's opened the show with a hip hop set. But sadly and = truthfully, I must say that they weren't very good. The tracks they were = playing were ok, but the sound was bad, like they cut all the high's and = accentuated the middle, not nice. And not just that, but they weren't = mixing at all, not even trying. One of them, was actually doing some = decent scratches, but was about it.=20 So they're we are just standing and thinking that we just wasted five = bucks and some neurons on some decent acid.=20 After some serious booing from the crowd they stop, only to continue for = a couple of more tracks.=20 A few minutes of silence and the musicians come on stage, and that 808 = kick from heaven. "you are my angel" Beautiful track on the voice of horace andy. The show, to my surprise, was very acoustic. Not a lot of secuences, but = very live playing. The bassist was all over the place, the guitarist = made some wonderfull sounds, keyboards and drums were fine also. If any = Analogue Heaven'ers are reading, the keyboardist had a kurzweil PC 80, = some small samplers and the dreaded JP-8000 (although it was covered = with black sheething of sorts) some more tracks from the album, blue lines and protection ( and no = protection was not played). teardrop on the voice of alpha was not as = sweet as liz's but nice, nonetheless. Two encore's and the song I was waiting for, inertia creeps. the muslim = rythims were not as accented as on the record, a low for me. But Daddy G = and 3D made it come alive. Mushroom looked alittle silly trying to play = the tambourine, stick to the turntables man. At that moment I thought Tricky's show had been much more powerfull, but = then all of the members went on stage, and this huge sound started = revolving round the theater, with an amazing bass that shook our = clothes. fucking great show. Although thru out the event you could feel the tension between the = members, it was a fucking great show. -So then photek? -photek it is! After some microscopic puffs of canabbis we headed for science, only to = get lost in lil' ol' LA!. Arriving way to late to hear any of the other = DJ's. The club was pitch dark, hot and very crowded. You could barely = dance. But Rupert Parks was spining some heavy stuff, ocasionaly = dropping tracks from the new album. Hard beats, dark bass lines. = (somebody said they were getting tired of dnb, open your eyes boys and = girls) Ram, Decoder. Calyx, excelent tracks and stunning dissolves. The MC was fabulous (Bryan Gee?) I had seen him before with the opening = acts at the Roni Size show.=20 The patrons of the place were very nice, despite an initial bad feeling, = the atmosphere was good. I'd come back to the place. 2:00am and the show was over. not a bad sunday night ey? must head back for Tijuana. c g v r a m a . v rama: dnb* *drugs and bass