----- Original Message ----- From: "Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [313] Warp Magic Bus Tour
> John Osselaer wrote: > > > PS Before jumping me: Yes, there still are good and enjoyable events even > > for a picky bore like me, but they sure are getting scarce. > > I don't think 'back then' there were that much more high quality events > in absolute numbers. I think it just seems that way because it's the > percentage that has dropped because there are more average parties. In > the past, say there were 10 events every month, 5 of which were high > quality and now there are 100 every month, but the 5 high quality ones > are still there. The overground may grow, but the underground will > always be there. > > Otto, whose glass is always at least half full :) I'd say things are not that different stateside as far as all of this is concerned. The main difference I can see is that the underground actually exists throughout most of continental Europe and parts of the UK, where there is little to no scene whatsoever in most of the U.S., save a few larger markets and Michigan/Ohio. Please correct me if I'm wrong. :) That said, I got over my "grass is greener" syndrome a while back. I think clubbing is an inherently frustrating experience. I'd number my dissapointment to enjoyment ratio at about 3:1, and I don't even go out that much. A good local deep house scene keeps me going if I feel the itch - that and the one trully underground weekly that focuses on electroclash/IDM/techno/ambience, which keeps me sane, even if on a Sunday. On that note, if anyone's coming down to Baltimore for the oncetwice festival, you should think about stopping by Filler on Sunday for Sutekh, Safety Scissors, Tomas Jirku and Richard Chartier in Adams Morgan, DC. Only about 40 minutes away and it's free! If you're gonna come, it's a small place so get there early to find a couch (there isn't a dancefloor). I adore this place. More info below (these bios are hillarious): *FILLER* / SUNDAYS BEATS . BLEEPS . TONES . DRONES . SPOTS . DOTS . PIXELS . POPS "Filler...the most cutting edge stuff you'll hear in town" - WASHINGTON POST APRIL 7, 2002 * * *GUESTDJ . SUTEKH* (San Francisco) http://www.context.fm Since 1997, Sutekh has released consistently inconsistent electronic music on local and international labels Force Inc./Mille Plateaux, Source, Background, Plug Research, Cytrax/Delay, Tektite, and his own Context. Manipulating computers, samplers, synthesizers, ping pong tables, Scrabble pieces, and found sounds, he has created everything from minimal house and techno to dense, dissonant noise collage. Unable to explain his reasons for making such music, he blankets himself with sarcasm. People often have a difficult time deciding whether or not he is serious. Sutekh established Context Free Media and its associated record label in 1999. *GUESTDJ . SAFETY SCISSORS* (Berlin) http://www.context.fm + http://www.proptronix.com The boundary between 'artist' and 'geek' is fine, yet frequently unacknowledged or concealed by overzealous intellectuals. MPC (i.e., Safety Scissors) does little to hide his social awkwardness in the quirky techno he produces and performs. Although he is the ultimate dork debonair, MPC does not over-obsess with the computing process. Singing on his latest works for Force Tracks and Plug Research, MPC experiments with camp techno. Upcoming releases on Carpark and his own label Proptronix similarly pervert techno formula with an electric ukelele and bubble gum. Currently residing in Berlin, MPC is working on his next album for Plug Research and a collaborative project with Kit Clayton on Carpark. - MPC has an abstract and clumsy approach to making music and distinguishes himself from the intellectualism of abstract/minimal techno. The proud drop-out of the art school establishment pursues neither expressions of unmediated human feeling found in Abstract Expressionism or regimented lines of stucture in minimalism. Rather, with subtlety and smoothness, he references both in his unique sense of sarcasm. *GUESTDJ . TOMAS JIRKU* (Toronto) http://www.yirku.com Tomas Jirku has quickly established himself on the international minimal techno scene. Jirku's unrelenting, unpredictable explorations have since been released on such prestigious labels as Force Inc., Klang Elektronik, Alien8, and Traum, to name only a few. _A crowd pleaser with every live and DJ performance, Jirku is sure to treat the audience with his latest developments on the leading edge of the minimal techno movement, mixed with his own brand of techno nostalgia. Despite the visual limits with entertaining an audience with a laptop, Jirku manages to hold the crowd's attention with his upbeat mixes. He's even been known to throw in his own one-off remixes of dance music classics most of us are embarrassed to recognize. By the end of his live sets, the audience has been treated to mix of intricate experimentation and booty shaking funk, and is grinning ear to ear. + *GUESTVISUALS . BACKBREAKERNECKBRACE * (NJ) Dawn Bendick and MIchael Haleta will be supplying FILLER with their fascinatingly beautiful digital visuals for most of this sunday.... for more about them and their work please check out their website... http://www.backbreakerneckbrace.com + with resident FILLER DJs... RICHARD CHARTIER / MILO + EVENT SCHEDULE º http://www.3particles.com/filler @ BLUE ROOM º 2321 18TH ST NW DC / 202 332 0800 / 8PM-1:30AM / NO COVER / 21+ / DRINK SPECIALS 8PM-9:30PM Tristan ------------------- Upcoming Gigs: 4/14/02 - Filler @ Blue Room, Adams Morgan, DC http://www.mp313.com <- Music http://www.metrotechno.net <- DC techno + more http://www.metatrackstudios.com <- DC DJ/Production studios http://phonopsia.tripod.com <- Hub [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- email --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
