Whooohoooo!!! Sheesh, does it ever stop in Europe? =) It'll be my turn that's for sure when I head off to Berlin for 10 days of techno...(or fill in the blank) fun at m + m, Love Parade and Tresor later on today.
Lord, give me strength... G. stuffed bird wrote: > Hi peepz, > > As July has been officially named party-month at the > > stuffed-residence I had quite some blasts these last days. > > A review: > > Thursday 12 July: called some mates, got into the car and > > drove to Paris to check out what could have turned out to > > be one of the last Garnier-dj sets ever. The man is > > suffering from hearing problems and cancelled almost all > > of his gigs for the rest of the year and it remains to be > > seen if he will ever return to the decks. With this in > > mind the night was rather a mixed feelings one. Now most > > of you will know Garnier as a techno dj, but the Rex being > > his home he plays allnighters there where he proves just > > how diverse his tastes are. The first two hours were so > > deep and so house that I just kicked myself in the head > > for not going to his Rex-residencies sooner... After the > > guest Laurent finished in true Garnier-techno-style: deep, > > melodic, full of strings and diversity. If this was > > goodbye than it was a good one! > > Got back to Belgium in time for the Axion Beach > > Beats-festival, the dance counterpart of Beach Rock. Still > > tired of the Paris-trip I wanted a slow start and headed > > over to the House-tent to check Llorca...to be blown away > > from the very first track I heard... This man > > single-handedly delivered all that I ever wanted from a > > house set: deeper than deep basslines, heavenly vocals, > > chicago jack trax (DJ Pierre Phuture mad me totally wild) > > and steaming us grooves. Talk about a wake-up call... > > After two hours of partying we definitely needed a break > > and crashed on the beach to check out Dreadzone on the > > main stage; and although I'm not to fond of their > > ragga-styled vocals and basslines, they did deliver a > > great show and earned everybody's respect. > > On to the techno-tent for Stacey Pullen! He had to take > > over from T-Quest, who was boring me to death with his > > hard, looped techno, and did this in tremendous fashion. > > Whereas the crowd went mad to the beats of T-Quest, Stacey > > made'em go even more mad to more-than-beats. I know where > > my preferences are... > > After an hour of Stacey Pullen we had to move again to the > > house tent, where master Carter was going to drop some > > jackin' beats...and so he did. The first hour was a bit > > predictable, but the second hour he gave all he can give, > > which in his case means rump-shaking beats and a capella's > > thrown in at the right time. My ears were getting a bit > > tired by the end of his set, so I decided to call the > > dancefloor a day and headed over to the techno tent once > > more for the last hour of DJ Hell. And no regrets there! > > To my delight Hell's dj sets are going more and more into > > the direction of his label-efforts. Delicious 80ies > > influenced techno mixed with 'real' 80ies beats and > > jackin' house tracks always make my day :-) I headed home > > a happy camper... > > A good sleep had to get me back in shape for the first day > > of the Ten Days Off festival in Ghent (formerly 10 days of > > techno). I had been looking forward to this one for some > > time: Joe Claussell of Body&Soul, Ibadan, Spiritual Life > > came to bless us with a 3-hour set! And blessing was > > indeed the word! I have NEVER heard anyone put that much > > passion and variety into a dj-set. The dj before him > > played nowadays typical house set: fast, uninspired, > > looped disco beats. And the crowd was digging it in the > > way that you are dancing to beats just because everyone > > else is and just because it's a party, but there ain't no > > true emotion in there, but when Claussell started he > > immediately dropped the BPM to a true house-level > > (120/125) and started working the EQ's like only NY-dj's > > can do. Giving us beats only when we needed them, and then > > mixing 'Groovin La Chord' with some Kerri Chandler track > > making the whole venue go absolutely insane. It's hard to > > describe the feeling I got when he suddenly powered down > > the 1200 and played 'Is this love' by Bob Marley... Some > > 1000 people singing 'Is this love, is this love, is this > > love that I'm feeling' when Joe faded the track out during > > the chorus is just simply magical. At that moment you > > realize that you are not on a house party, you are not on > > a techno party, you are just listening and dancing to > > music. And all those house and techno purists alike, all > > those dj's playing to the formats, all those arty farty > > let's follow whatever the hype is types can just retire > > and get it over wit > > Interested in Turkey? Visit http://www.turkey.com! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
