> As for the afterparties, they were completely uneven, with some > of the most hyped ones (Trackmode, Planet E, Minus) completely > overpacked, and some that deserved more attention getting little.
Planet E's party didn't seem that overpacked to me ... esp. in contrast to what I've heard of the Minus party this year and last. We got there at 11:30 (we planned to see Clinton, but we got in too late to squeeze into the mass of people). There was a line around the building for Control and no line whatsoever for All Access 2. Granted that changed over time ... I got to see everyone's set (or a piece of it) that night, and it was definitely the highlight of the weekend for me (ok, that and seeing Alan on the "jumbotron"). Shake was in Jedi mode that night, mixing all kinds of records seamlessly and to great emotional effect ... Carl was ripping up the classics and Mike Clark was incredible as well -- he was just on too early for most to catch. The Radioboy set was impressive, but Todd Sines' live PA is still resonating with me. He played a host of new material (some of which will be released this summer on Planet E) with Toronto vocalist Natacha Labelle. Her very beautiful and comparatively fragile jazz style played well with Todd's warmer sounding dug/glitch/techno/whathaveyou. Sort of like the Herbert+Siciliano project if it had been hatched under the ~scape umbrella. Maybe PE could have opened up the top floor like they did last year, but then I think the crowd would have been too stretched out. It was kind of weird seeing 10-12 people dance to Recloose and Orin Walters up there last year. -d --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
