From cl Sent Sun, May 2nd 1999, 17:44
From cl Sent Sun, May 2nd 1999, 17:44
>it was good to see quite a few people out for this. it was more than mike j. and i expected, but there were still many no-shows of people that had planned on attending. > heres the goods: > > mannequin lung: dj set...i was expecting this due to the info given on > the plugresearch.com site... well what can i say... it was poorly > done. the tracks he played were good. but the order and the flow was > just disorganized. he went from noisey techno to electro to noise to hip > hop w/lyrics to noisy techno to trip hop to electro... the flow just > wasnt there...the tracks were nice... but as it has to be called: > "jukeboxing" not djing. i tend to agree here. strong individual tracks (din, rhythm+sound, some pr tracks), but they didnt necessarily work well as a whole. he did a short housey set after low res that was much better. > Phthalocyanine: the one i came to see.... i have the navy.worship if there is a way to generate randomness, he figured it out. > Low Res: by far the highlight of the nite... abstrakt beats and chaotic low res did an excellent set. imagine love boat... with dubby effects and some more organized beats. got to drive danny from the airport to the venue and had a very interesting conversation. very nice, down-to-earth guy. > overall it was worth well over 5 bucks... mad props to m/j for if any other listmembers were there, it was me collecting the 5 bucks. thanks again to mj for getting the pr show and to everyone who came. more cool shows are in the pipeline. if you liked what you saw and know of artists/venues etc. that would be interested in the future, please contact mike at xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx or reply to me and will get the info forwarded. cl