From general Sent Wed, Aug 5th 1998, 19:21
From general Sent Wed, Aug 5th 1998, 19:21
xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx wrote: > > It looks like my buddy and I are going to set up residency at a club here > up at school (Penn State). We are trying to cater to a college town > atmosphere w/o selling out and spinning disgusting Puffy. At the same > time, I have to recognize that dnb might not fly over too well at first. > We figure that my partner will house it with the 4/4 and I'll spin hip > hop (da real shit -- no commercial caca) and trip-hop type stuff. I do > not own any Icey, nor do I intend to buy any, but can somebody point me > in the direction of some of the better stuff out there that could > actually have cross-over appeal? Maybe I should even dabble into the > better side of big beat... Check anything on the Fuel label (Dave Tipper, ILS, Bargecharge)-- wicked dark electro-meets-breaks-meets-dark-d&b. Also check the Skint Under 5's label which is the more experimental side of Skint (which spawned Fatboy Slim on an unsuspecting world)..Domestic-wise check the 360 label outta San Fran, excellent downbeat trip-hop from Darkhorse and Tim 'Love' Lee... > Also, does anybody have any tips on how to bring a non-traditional crowd > into the more intelligent side of electronic music? We know that it > won't be overnight, and we'll probably have to still deal with the stupid > "play some spice girls" request, but we want to expose people to all this > music we constantly discuss on this list. > > Any and all leads are welcome... > > Peace, > > Pedro Cevallos Best of luck to you, me and my 2 partners have spent the better part of 2 years trying to maintain a free 'mixed-vibe'(techno,breaks,d&b,house,etc etc) night in NYC, and it's tough...But the people will come eventually...