From Chester Blaze Sent Sun, Apr 11th 1999, 19:15
From Chester Blaze Sent Sun, Apr 11th 1999, 19:15
Anyone know if this is making it to the US anywhere? ..chesterblaze signing off.. =80-=80-=80-=80-=80-=80-=80-=80-=80-=80-=80-=80 ...stay linked... (in my cd player now: Markant - Cat M-18) --I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money-- ---------- >From: "Irene McC" <xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> >To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx >Subject: (idm) Ninjas into Afrika! >Date: Sun, Apr 11, 1999, 5:13 AM > > KID KOALA / DJ FOOD / AMON TOBIN NINJA TUNE TOUR > [Cape Town leg] > > The event was scheduled for 8pm and we arrived at the enormous > cavernous venue deep in industria at 10:30pm, hoping to avoid the > local kwaito (sort of township house) and hip hop warm up acts. > They were fully at it when we wandered in, totally swallowed up by > the cold and barren interior (okay, so this is 'warehouse raving'?) > > A separate chill area had been set up in the form of a large tent, > held in place on the cement floor by sandbags. Initially they were > playing K&D's version of Bomb the Bass' Bug Powder Dust, but > soon that area too degenerated into hip hop, which was then > booming from both areas and one got a mish-mash crossover effect > of the two opposing PA systems booming off against each other. > > The crowd grew, the mood picked up, and by 12:15 Kid Koala took > the mic and made a fitting comment about people hopefully 'not > being intimidated by this creepy space' - he certainly raised the > roof and dropped jaws with his initial exhibition set. I was unable to > see exactly how many turntables he was using, but it was > reputedly four and he mixed and scratched flawlessly without > headphones - displaying utterly awesome speed, dexterity and > confidence. > > DJ Food excellently cut up and mashed together a variety of beats, > which got the people shuffling and moving and by the time Amon > Tobin came on with his incredibly dark and moody set, the crowd > was going mental. They all took turns, playing again in rotation - > apart form the old standard "Summertime" I didn't recognise any of > DJ Food or Kid Koala's tunes, although I passed somebody in the > crowd word-perfectly lip synching a whole long rap section with a > look of swooning joy on his face. > > Lots of what Amon Tobin played was familiar and quite obviously > many others recognised chunks too, at one stage everybody was > loudly singing along "da da da" with the melody line as he mixed > somethine else into it. > > The sound system was big and clean (except that it died > completely within the first 10 minutes before coming up again) and > it was solar-plexus-thumpingly LOUD - I mean... I felt the hairs on > my arms vibrate! > > By the time I left at 4am things were still going strong, although I > could not slake my craving for the Hare Krishna's little potato > thingies - they'd all sold out. > > Hopefully we can hold the Ninja's to their promise of this just being > the first wave - with a whole lot more to follow! Thanks to all the > Ninja crew for taking this step into deepest Africa - we DO > appreciate it a lot. > > I > * >