Sorry to be the party pooper, but I thought that the LOST christmas
party was a bit disappointing, certainly not unique musically. I
recently got hold of a mix by Mills taped from his 'Wizard' radio
show. The mix was incredible, a full on fusion of go-go, early house
and hip hop mixed at lightning speed complete with mad scratching
skills. I had hoped for some more of this action at LOST so I was a
bit disappointed by the rather pedestrian mix of funk and disco that
didn't seem at all fresh. This might just be because I'm very
familiar with that music and am quite jaded towards it, but I wasn't
feeling it that night. The fact that Mills and Slater (rather than an
unknown DJ in practically any semi-trendy bar you might visit on a
weekday evening in London these days) were putting the needle on the
records wasn't enough. I also think that B&T was a poor venue - the
long thin shape of the upstairs room is a natural obastacle to
generating a good vibe. Where was Steve Stasis?
Nonetheless, nice one to LOST for breaking away from the huge party
route and doing something a bit different, however, for small
parties, SLICES still wins hands down.
Dan
Quit surprised that nobody of the London area 313-ers did not post
anything about the last Lost party... I thought it was an amazing
and unique party. How often can you hear in a 300 people venue Steve
Bicknell, Luke Slater and Jeff Mills play back to back (kinda) with
just soul, funk, disco and 80's house music? The most modern record
that Jeff Mills dropped was Move Your Body from Marshal Jefferson!
The rest of his records where stuff like Loose Joints, Dan Hartman,
O'Jays, Sylvester JD's etc. It was maybe a little bit to full to
dance nicely (well there was not really a dancefloor anyway) but
still i thought it was one of the best parties i have been to in a
long while
... and it is a bit of old news but the Bleep43 New years eve party
was brilliant, never had so much fun on NY eve! Bleep43 for
president! :) and more boring news, Tristan, you rock!
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