I keep hearing great things about the Awakenings festival in Holland with people saying it's not like other festivals and a couple of good things in Croatia (think half of Glasgow went there this year.....its the new Barcelona!) but I've not quite got the energy to go and find out for myself. I've always been a "small dark room with 100 people in it" sort of guy really.
Jason On 2 September 2011 21:33, David Powers <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >
