Its been common knowledge that Rich bangs it early and gets funky-weird as the night goes on.
That strikes me not as a weeding technique (though it has that effect- whether its the music or the late hour), but as sort of a natural progression of a night. I can't speak for 93-95, but I remeber seeing Hawtin for the first time in 96 and being disturbed at how minimal it was. Being new to the music I found that boring. Of course, stating that anything was better back then is rather obvious. On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Peter Leidy wrote: > > > > The fact is, he played very little 140bpm boom-boom-boom > > > > Which must have been the hour-or so that I caught. Around 4:30 - 6am. > > I was speaking w/ a hawtin fan about his recent tendencies toward > hard repetitive stuff- and they were trying to tell me that he uses the > hard stuff to weed people out of the crowd early on- for instance, > playing hard banging stuff so that the only people who stay are those that > want to just dance to anything and let the dj control them- then after an > hour or two he gets into funkier and more fun stuff. i cant really comment > because the last couple times i've seen him - i did leave within the first > hour :) anyone have any thoughts on this idea? > > ps- my two cents: hawtin has demonstrated great skills, concepts and > innovations consistently over the years in terms of musical output and > production techniques, but as far as music at parties, i much prefer the > '93 - '96 hawtin than anything i've heard recently. > > pete > > > > > Please don't speak about partys you did not attend. > > > > Sorry, I *was* in attendance for a portion of the night. Not my cup of tea > > anymore, but he was obviously having a great time, and the crowd (what I > > could see of them) dug it. > > > > Perspective helps. If Richie held a "control" party every weekend in a new > > city, I'd worry about his sanity, ears, and liver. But this was a chance to > > go over the top. I'm looking forward to his next release, just to see if he > > can sucessfully develop beyond the DE9 concept... > > -- > > im > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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]
