From Danny Thierens Sent Mon, Oct 20th 1997, 09:07
From Danny Thierens Sent Mon, Oct 20th 1997, 09:07
As promised, herewith my review of the retro acid party of last Saturday =
in Ghent (.be). As posted previously, the bill was :
DJ Agent Orange (unknown to me but apperently from .be)
DJs Mo & Benoelie (well known crew from .be, very popular)
Mike Dredd (I thought he would be playing live but I was dead wrong)
Damon Wild (some comment as for Mike Dredd).
I managed to miss the first DJ-set, but hey ... who cares. The hall were =
the event took place could host about 1000 people and was jam-packed (I =
love the Jonzun Crew) by 1am. It was decorated with an abundance of =
smiley (you have to love them) balloons and styrofoam boards, funny & =
kitsch-y. My girlfriend actually managed to sneak out one of the =
styrofoam things (75 cm diameter ... soon to be decorating our bedroom) =
past security after several people tried to snag it out of my hands.
Oh yeah, there was music (sorry for being carried away) too, the second =
DJ-set was probably one of the best I ever heard I my life, these guys =
seemed to play my entire collection of acid-house records that I've =
worshipped for years and still do. I was there with some younger friends =
and that found it pretty funny to catch me laughing my head off in =
recognition to most of the tunes. They played a blistering mix of =
Phuture, Stakker Humanoid, Mayday, LNR, ... you name any ancient acid =
track and they played it. Needless to say I danced my head off ... They =
finished at around 1.30 am ...
... when Mike Dredd took over. I have to say I was disappointed to see =
that he did not perform live (eventhough his played his own track that =
was featured on the _in order to dance vol. 5_ compilation). Buy that =
time, the place was over-crowded and much too hot to dance (I really =
really hate this when it happens but the organisers did not limit the =
access ...) and Mr. Dredd decided to overload the sound-system time and =
time again so that I decided to watch from the balcony where there was =
room to breathe and sit down. I heard him spin some more classics like =
Bam Bam, Baby Ford (_oochy koochy_ is still one of my all time favorite =
tracks ever ...), again Phuture, Mr. Lee, Liddell Townsell, ... all the =
good stuff from Detroit and Chicago. Because of the messy sound and the =
ever growing crowd, I was not in the mood to stay for Damon Wild and we =
decided to call it a day and went to another party to unwind to some =
wanky disco-stuff.=20
All and all, a nice event with great music that made me feel young =
again. I was either this party or going to a gig by Sonar =
(industri-techno from .be, Panasonic^2) or a Thunderdome-rave (which is =
gabber for those of you that are not familiar with the term) that =
attracted 18.000 people (only 12 ended up in hospital apparently).
I'm still trying to decide if I'm going to shell out $25 for each of the =
ambient festivals that our going to be coming to my tiny country soon =
... eventhough it would be a rare occasion to see both Biosphere and =
Namlook (maybe joined by DSN/Move D and/or HIA) play live again.
Signing off,
dv8 (303-addict, soon to be playing with his new toy ... REBIRTH !!!)