Carl Craig @ PP was just brilliant. That tiny pitch black room has the best sound system in London, forget Fabric and it's body sonic room, this little room fills nicely with people having their guts squeezed by bass. It's the only place I feel comfortable without my ER-25s firmly in place, cos the sound is just so clean. Carl played such a great set, it was so varied, and as ever @ PP one felt one was experiencing something special and exclusive. He played jazz, funk, house, techno, ambient, some electro and african tribal stuff. Awesome from start to end. There was a 25 minute or so period, from when he played 69, on through to Fix Flash and beyond, when the crowd was just mental, but they were pretty mad the whole time, even when he played the strings mix of "Jaguar" (the only time I've ever heard that track played when it wasn't just for impact/effect)...... with the crowd gasping for a beat, only for him to play an old heavy chorded ambient remix of his from yonks ago which went on for another 10 minutes or so. Magic. The resident DJ was also excellent, but I forget his name. Anyway, that night was definitely one of the best music nights out for a long time.
I really enjoyed Lost, but not until about half way through Bicknell's set. Du-Kru, who I think are excellent and have seen them play brilliantly, were lacklustre, and I'm not surprised given that they were stuck in the corner of the large main room with the volume knob set to about 1.5. Should have been in the smaller room I reckon. Fumiya, well I dunno what happened to him,but it's the first time I've heard him play badly. He was really bad,didn't seem to notice one deck skipping constantly, bland tracks, bad mixes. What happened? Seriously, the only time I've ever felt like I couldn't follow a DJ was when I played after Fumiya in Tokyo last year, but this time I was not impressed one bit. As I said, Bicknell's set seemed to start off where Fumiya's finished, but developed nicely. People complain about him letting tracks play and then cutting straight to another, but I always loved that in his style, and he played some wicked tracks. Jeff played the best I've heard him since about '97. Not as good as then by a long way, but he certainly rocked and I was not disappointed. I liked the way he let tracks play rather than quickfire mixing, I like to listen to tracks for a while. Plenty of "what the f**k?" moments, some nice breakdowns, a great vibe, lots of lovely sweating. A great night out indeed. Not too sure about the rapid return in a month though. The last one was a month ago, this is the first time Lost parties have been a month apart for maybe 6 or 7 years. Interested to know who Ken's "names" are. Nice to see you again Ken, (and Toby of course). RE: other DJs, I agree, but Lost is their party and I'd never presume to tell them how to run it, after all they've been running one of the worlds most revered techno night for 10 years now, they must know what they're doing. Attendance is still strong, which is a paradox in the London environment. How they've managed it for so long is totally beyond me. Max --- http://www.ARCart.org --- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
