Yeah that leakage needs to be attended to if Lost intend to use the venue again. It's one of those things that makes you ask yourself: 'Is anyone (from Lost) in charge here?' I must say though, I managed to ignore it eventually.
>-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Wise [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 8:50 PM >To: Odeluga, Ken; 313 mailing list >Subject: Re: [313] Lost With Francois Kervorkian & Derrick May > > >I tohught the sound let it down didn't think it was very clear >and hearing >the banging from the smaller room next made the breakdowns almost inaudible > >But..still had a wikked time as you'd exxpect with 2 of the best >dj's in the >world > >> I personally had an ace time as expected. >> >> Thoughts: Francois Kervorkian did not disappoint me, although I >know he did >> some people. His style isn't often seen at Lost: Very long >mixes, with more >> attention paid to layering and painting new parts of the current groove >> rather than changing that groove ... so some people reported >getting bored. >> He of course played some sterling stuff. Including not only wild >disco which >> perplexed the hell out of me but also glitch techno which did >the same. All >> in all, his evident enthusiasm and ability to be patently moved >by the music >> as much as the crowd, endeared him to me. >> >> Derrick May was supberb (if I had a penny for everytime ... >etc). He played >> 'Strings..'! He played it in the last half-hour. I found his >selection to be >> very thoughtful. In the last fifteen minutes he broke it down almost >> completely, took off the beat and overlayed a kind of free jazz >thing over a >> simple bass motif. Then he went away and fiddled a bit and >gradually built >> it back up, but with disco and funk, before ending on something >more techy. >> I'd rank it amongst the best I've seen him play. >> >> I agree with comments on the venue. It's ideal, the sound is >crystal clear, >> it's massive, although we did note that the Lost event in the same venue >> with Aphex Twin and Richie Hawtin was much better attended .... maybe as >> much as 50% better. >> >> The next Lost is with Jeff Mills, 25.8, UK Bank Holiday and Notting Hill >> Carnival weekend. >> >> k >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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]
