From Shirei3000 Sent Fri, Oct 15th 1999, 19:45
From Shirei3000 Sent Fri, Oct 15th 1999, 19:45
alright folks, here's my review of the show at Crystalballroom, Portland, Or. 10-14-99. The day just felt right for me to try to scam my way into a concert. After talking to the bouncer, three guys, alot of he said, she said, "I was suppose to be on the list", and one tour manager I got in for free. "woo hoo" so onto the show. Starting it off was DJ Die with a set of dnb,jungle with dynamite mc doing his thing. For some reason dj die's set consisted of faint sounds of no u-turn style dnb with an added distortion. It was nice to see the dj that I've heard from the old universe tapes. "I feel like hiding, I don't know why, must be the sounds of dj die." Then with a quick transition on came Breakbeat Era (EEEra, for those uk folks). Not hearing of this band prior I came in with some mix'd idea of what they sounded like. So on with it already, not bad stuff, but then again nothing that really caught me as being good. I do have to stress though the drummer was excellent, I've never seen a drummer nearly as good. Roni Size, his set was diffen. fun for those dnb people. I just don't see where dnb is going at the moment with the constant use of the same breaks. Anyway, he was fun to listen while I sip'd on a cold one. DJ Shadow, ( I have to say I saw Shadow on tour about a year ago and it was the worst show I've seen) Shadow comes out and he just started mix'n stuff up so great I was surprised this was the same guy. His set up had two 1200's and a vestex mix along with what looked like some cd mixer on the side. Let me just say if you have a chance to see this show go for it, Shadow alone is worth it. He did a live rendetion of something off Endtroducing(can't remember the name asides it's the one with the clock on the wall reads a quarter past midnight). To top it off Shadow and Cut Chemist come out and do a dual thing only using 7"'s.!! I'm not going to go on, let me just say it was a fun experience seeing this show.