Fri, 28 Jan 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote re: >Open to Kozzmozz >@ The End, WC1, London, UK > >Derick May >DJ Rolando >Steve Rachmad >Anthony Rother (Live)
Fred Nasan, Jim Master & T Rockliffe in the back room.. Anthony Rother wasn't down to play... First up was Kozz who runs a techno club in Ghent, Belgium and brough loads of his mates over... > post a review, someone please. here's one I wrote earlier...... Aplogies if the tone is perhaps a little more critical than is normal on this list. _____________ Saturday at the End. The new PA is v. v. good indeed - certainly sets the standard for mids and tops anyway. On the night top honours go to Derrick May in the main room - he made it sing...&.....Fred Nasen in the back. He played some lovely stuff - didn't recognise much but started sorta house with heavy Hip Hop like beats moving more metallic and techy with a hint of the new German back room style that is popular at the moment. Jim and Trevor stayed on a more hard houseish pumping tip than was too my taste on the night. Obviously not everyone will like what any one artist plays but you gotta admire Derrick May's craftmanship. He changes tempo, style, builds it up, drops it back, vocals, jazzy chords and when he wants to he can layer on the heavy techno with the best. I enjoy him more and more recently, especially now he no longer always plays the same set everytime. Rolando had some fabulous moments but didn't get into the deep, rolling groove he manages on his best nights. Did I miss the new jaguar mixes? He did a 10 minute medley at the end cutting jaguar in repeatedly but..?? Steve Rachmad was a subtle as a flying mallet with old style urgent rolling thunder hammering with angular and sheet metal sounds over the top. Still works if it's done right. & he did. Really good atmosphere in the club - not something everyone has found at the End recently. Let's hope it continues to build as a music first venue and the 'clubbers' move to Home, Fabric, M.o.S. Apparently they have Rob Hood first u.k. gig for over 3 years last w/e in March. ;-) -------- Marco Carola down the pub in Soho last Thursday. Absolutely top techno memory that will last a lifetime. As good a techno set as we've heard in London for at least 2 years......inc. LOST..... ;-). One of his particular talents is being able to keep several rythmns right across the frequency range running simultaneously and shifting the emphasis constantly. So much fresher than old style THUMP, THUMP, tsssh, tsssh compressed power tedium. John Selway in support - good up to date tunes and structure but on the night proved a bit of an EQ bandit at the expense of tight mixing. Go and see him again mind... Adam Beyer again in a fortnight!!!! __________ Notes:- Open (Jim Masters) 2 Torture (Billy Nasty) has become the first regular club night to challenge the supremacy of the, increasingly insular and erratic, LOST for years.... Jim Masters has been a major player in promoting techno in London practically since time began. I've learnt that his involvement is the nearest both punters and crew can come to a guaranteed top techno night. He's well organised and knows there is more to it than booking the currently fashionable big name 'stars' and hoping for the best. RoTF (Records of the Fortnight) is a Free techno evening in the basement of a soho pub run by Richard Summerhayes from Eukatech and Mark Collings from Tag Records. It's been running for about 18 months now and it's deliriously mad. They put in a real 7k rig, drinks are obviously pub prices and by now at least 50% of the punters are clued up regulars. It's boozy, in a pleasant way, very shouty with the floor cheering and heckling the mix in turn as appropriate. No compromise is made for the fact it's an early midweek evening with the bar upstairs packed with yuppy suits bawling into their mobiles. Just a right laff and sweaty dancefloor. Guests started out as the major London tech-House crews (Nathan Coles, Terry Francis, Asad Rivzi, Evil Eddie, Mr C, Layo, Nils Hess etc). Recently it seems to have caught on with visiting international names. Sneak & Melanie Bell are the only Americans to put their names forward so far but they have had Adam Beyer, Geatek, Marco Carola as well as Ben Simms, Oliver Ho. Put it down in your diaries if you ever plan to be in London. ----- Oi Oi Fox xx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
