PS - yo let's have some 313 report on the downLow party though! :)
ahhh sorry me and minto have been too tired/busy to say much..and dunno
where to begin..and we're biased....and i'm kinda flipping out in dallas
anyways haha..
the party was very very nice...
it was at hole-in-the-wall club (The Red Blood Club) in downtown Dallas,
which was actually a very nice space...nice wide dancefloor and stage inside
(which was decorated with posters of classic detroit & chicago record
labels/coversm, and dL artwork), and a patio and balcony area outside..
it began early in the evening with anomaly playing nice deep electro and
techno like o.p.p. on the patio (mixing off laptop), and dj revolv inside
playing deep techno...these guys arent exactly from dL, they're from
"anomaly" but that's pretty much family...
minto went on next inside and played house..deep burnt, the new soul on wax,
maw #1, more russ g., dbx, poff4, maurizio, nebraska...pretty nice mixing
toe! especially considering no practice in months, and a freestyle set..
f.b.k. from 21/22 played hard techno outside on the patio while minto played
inside. dL isn't exactly enthusiastic about hard techno but he played some
decent stuff, and when i was out there people were into it...he played dL001
over soemthing that soudned like blacknation which was funny but it sounded
kinda cool..haha..he was down here to help shake out..
after f.b.k. on the patio, plastic sleeves played a short live set composed
in the past few days after his house flooded...on a moog and an eps, and a
few other bits..he had a flightsuit on and a silver mask, and made his
movements mechanical, which was really fun to watch...the music was also
very very good, dark and evil and in the area of recent ultradyne
stuff...dope!
after plastic sleeves, convextion played a short live set on the patio (his
first!) also composed in just a week..on a jd-800, mc-50, and with some
backup froma computer..played with his back to the crowd ;) instead of the
dubby stuff he's known for he played more of a deep techno towards electro
set..but still sounding very convextion, extremely deep and with those
strings....there was some mysterious buzz coming out the speakers but we
just ignored it, wasnt too bad, and gus could work with it anyways, kinda
fit his sound ;P
during this time ricky simpson played a great set of classics
inside...starman soundtrack into kaotic harmony into no ufo's into good
life...boo & glen on cajual, new and old convextion, plastic sleeves and
drexciya...ricky is a badass (no understatement!), he takes chances does
long mixes and jerks the pitch around like only the best can...and he wore a
wifebeater, total dL style haha!
after ending things on the patio, a local talent, maetrik, played a live
laptop set inside of dubby techno...pretty nice stuff, especially a couple
in particular which stood out from the buckets of this stuff there is out
there..not affiliated with dL but glad to have him there and he did a nice
job!
after maetrik came shake...playing everything from "cheesey" 80's disco (on
minto's request :P), talking heads, his own stuff, jack tracks, radiohead
(!), the new record on a very good new local label, mvm, and of course loads
of stuff which we have no idea what it was but it was dope. he says he had
an off night, ok some mistakes/looseness, but not that many overall pretty
tight and fun and just so much good music...the crowd was feeling it...and
shake was singing and talking to the crowd the whole time. after playing
stayed on stage and spent an hour talking and joking around with the
remaining audience...
all in all...there just arent many parties like that. the feeling and "vibe"
and relaxed atmosphere was unforgettable, pretty unbeatable. dunno if we'll
be doing another one soon as unfortunately we lost a good chunk but we aint
mad it was pretty worth it. 80-90% of the 150+ people there were true HEADZ,
half of which have been in the scene here for a decade, have run labels,
released records...pretty special group of people...we had hoped for a
bigger turnout but those who came were really the "best of the best" haha.
shake layed on the compliments which meant a lot to all involved.
had a really great weekend cruising around with shake and kevin, eating too
much bbq, listening to stupid records, getting lost looking for redneck
restaurants...beautiful time. so many incredible and hilarious stories and
lots of food for thought i'm still chewin on.
the end.
have a bunch of video to put online, dunno how much it will be edited down
to...but i'll post a link when its up.
did i leave anything out toe? i'm gonna go wipe boogers on your pillows :P
jt
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