I don't blame him for not wanting to play festivals, those giant festival sets are always the most boring and dumbed down sets that DJ's do--and anyone who knows me knows I like things as deep as possible these days. Definitely takes guts to turn down the cash though, I have a whole new level of respect for Claude!
~David On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:15 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > There's an excellent Claude interview on the Resident Advisor site: > > http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1398 > > I definitely miss the days when Claude stayed in Glasgow (from the > little I remember of them) - every time I left his flat (he stayed > just around the corner from me) I had a BAG of Detroit gossip and > incendiary stories- none of which I could ever remember when I woke up > the next day unfortunately :) > > He says at the end: > > "I don't think I'll ever go back to the point where I want to do > festivals. Financially it would be fantastic, but that would put me in > a situation where I'd have to play records I don't want to. I'd much > rather play the back rooms and be free. You know, you meet a lot of > DJs—the really big ones—and they're kind of characters. I'm the > farthest away from a character you can get. When you see Derrick May > there is something iconic about the way he carries himself. He's an > artist. I'm not really like that. I'm just a tech geek who does music. > That's my thing." > > I think he does himself a MAJOR disservice here - Claude is definitely > an artist and a character - maybe if he'd seen Derrick May's truly > pitiful set at last years Bloc Festival he wouldn't hold himself in > such low esteem! > > cheers > > > Jason > > On 2 September 2011 20:44, John Sokolowski <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That was brilliant. Claude and Shawn played off each other amazingly. They >> went on early. >> >> Then it was the tequila :) >> >> ---------------------------------------- >>> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 21:05:48 -0700 >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: (313) [EVT][Portland] Claude Young - Brian Zentz - The >>> Mitchell Brothers - Sept 3, 2011 >>> >>> exactly! >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:36 PM, kent williams <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > I was mostly sober. It was brilliant. You know how Jazz players can >>> > just work into the cracks of each others' grooves? That was Sean and >>> > Claude. >>> > >>> > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Matt Kane's Brain >>> > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> This happened once before. (at a DEMF pre party) >>> >> >>> >> I don't remember much except about the tequila. 8) >>> >> >>> >> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 21:17, Kevin Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> SEPTEMBER 10TH IN PITTSBURGH IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY NUTS!!!!! >>> >>> >>> >>> Shawn Rudiman AND Claude Young in the same room? I don't think I can >>> >>> miss this:) >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> matt kane's brain >>> >> http://hydrogenproject.com >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> fbk >>> >>> sleepengineering/absoloop US >
