From: "Michael D Tyrer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "s mcgill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 09:24 Subject: Angel Rockcliffe
> I would just like to second scott's comments here. > Around 93/95 Dave Angel was one of my top rated DJs. He was always > massively inventive and kept u interested throughout his sets. I have one > brilliant tape of his here which I still play regularly to this day. > I saw Dave play about 3 times in reasonably quick succession about a year > ago, twice here in and around London and once on continent - cant remember > where. I was very disappointed on each of the 3 occasions. > There's a very close tight-knit nepotic London techno scene and my > sentiments go the same way about the triumvirate. Will Umek > (http://www.groovetech.com/PhoenixData/SilverStream/Pages/srvltRecMed?Record > edMediaID=69685) who I have playing in the background come to rue the day? > > Sorry to waffle and now side track - I saw Umek / Valentino down the End on > Saturday Night at Billy's "Open to Torture". I'd seen the trio at Atomic > Jam on NYE and thought Valentino played a mighty impressive set. This time > I thought he sucked ... so boring. In fact my m8s went home. I'm a > stalwart ... and thank god. Umek started off in the same lame vein > Valentino had finished off. It took him about 20 minutes to find his groove > (and he's got it about 17/18 mins into the Groovetech set again) and from > there, well, probably one of the best sets I've heard in the last 18 months. > I totally enjoyed listening to something which kept me interested and > sounded so very different. > > I'm sorry, I'm not a DJ, not a producer, not a mixer - so I don't know one > tune from another but I think I have a good ear : I cant tell you what he > does which is different but I certainly but Umek up on the pedestal I once > held Mr Angel. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "s mcgill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "313" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 12:41 > Subject: Re: [313] Black techno artists > > > > hmm. I don't know where this thread started but to comment on these two > > artistically I would say that Angel has lost his way recently (in mine > > eyes), Rockliffe isn't a bad dj but I am not too sure about his > productions. > > He needs to move way from that Carl Cox, Billy Nasty, Jim Masters stable > to > > evolve (if he has that in the tank - remains...). > > > > Rachmad is probably the most in touch detroit-influenced black producer I > > can think of over here and he is from Holland. Everyone else is lost in > the > > commercial cancer that is UK garage. 4-hero are too much of an innovation > > now to be linked with influences all the time, 'the boyz done good.' > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
