Well, After having missed only this Hawtin Party over the past 4 years I have to say that the last Control left me feeling a little empty. I love a loud sound system just as much as anyone, but even wearing earplugs the entire night my ears *still* rang for seven days afterwards. 1500 people jammed into a club designed for 500 is really no fun either- no room left to boogie without punching some poor guy behind you in the head :-) Also, I'm really, really, *really*, sick of City Club. Expecting people to stand for 12 hours is unrealistic, and sitting on the City Club floor leaves one literally filthy. The other thing that bothers me a bit, is that at Integral, U, NYE 1999, and the +8 party at Saint Andrews, a lot of attention was put into the physical environment- transforming it into something that it wasn't before. The past series of parties at the City Club, the club has been left essentially untouched. I really don't like seeing the same old damn club exactly the way it was when I was a goth kid at 18 years old. It leaves more than a little to be desired Despite a couple of glorious moments at Control I and Jak, I still feel that something very fundamental was missing- what exactly that was I can't put my finger on. I've been really hoping to hear something deeper and funkier, more along the lines of de9:ce, but that still hasn't happened. I respect Hawtin as a producer and a DJ- it was really his sets on 96.3 when I was a teenager that introduced me to Techno. I've been a Hawtin freak for years, but nonetheless I have to say that I am ready for something truly innovative from him, and I know that he has the ability to do something completely off the wall compared to what he's been doing. What he doing is played out. It's time to move on.
just my 666 cents jim ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mxyzptlk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Kent williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [313] Does anyone compare to Hawtin? > I find it bothersome that the people who are discarding Hawtin because of > his set weren't even at the party. > > The fact is, he played very little 140bpm boom-boom-boom > > He seems to be taking cues from the Perlon guys and getting into weirder > rhythms that are still funky and techno and housy all at the same time. > > > Yes, there was a few hours of techno KREKC!!! > > But over the ten hours I was at the party, I found myself getting down as > often as I was bangin' my head. > > Please don't speak about partys you did not attend. > > Its really bad form. > > > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Mxyzptlk wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >I have a lot of respect for Richie, but I don't think his DJ-ing long > > >sets of hard techno would really do it for me any more. There's too much > > >out there that's more interesting. > > > > Not to knock Mr. Hawtin at all, but I have to second Kent's sentiments. I > > am no veteran of his DJ sets, but I was pretty unamazed at his DEMF set a > > while back. It seemed like a bunch of people screaming every time the bass > > kicked in or the incessantly repeated snare rush incessantly repeated. > > > > jeff > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
