----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 4:29 PM Subject: RE: (313) Devils Advocate - London Launch Party
> BTW The Secret History album launch was fantastic. > Good to finally meet Alex Bond - nice one mate. > Kirk De Gioigio played a fun Ableton set of big tunes and Alex and the other DJ (Dan someone?) played excellent eclectic sets that me and Tristan were flailing about drunkenly to - I remember dancing to The Cure's Close To Me and Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill with big grin on my face - nice eye candy too!;-) > Echo... echo... echo... F*cking brilliant party, despite some basic divide between the punters (mostly female) and the industry types (mostly male) who wouldn't touch a dancefloor with a ten foot pole. Seriously, this didn't amount to much of a detraction at all (probably for obvious reasons). Those who were there to be seen hung out by the bar, and those who were there to groove cut their sh*t up on the dancefloor. A really brilliant selection it was. I spotted that one Clash disco-y song (I think it's 'Magnificent Seven'), The Cure and Kate Bush, as Rob said, Depeche Mode's 'Enjoy the Silence', Moroder's 'The Chase', and a whole load of other songs that I only know by sound or am not remembering, and a whole lot more I'd love to find out more about (volume 2-10004573897583274580432, anyone?). ;) DeGiorgio came on and started with Deep Burnt, followed it up with a mixture of cleaner Detroit house sounds and slightly east coast-y house tunes, then out of nowhere, at about -10 (speed, not pitch, remember this is Ableton) 'The Bells' bassline came in, and looped for ages without the actual Bells coming in. Tres Demented vocals surfaced on top for a moment, then faded out, then some older Probish acid thing joined in (I think it may have been Three 'o Three by Public Energy) without any of the low end, and kind of hovered in the background for about 5 minutes, as it built up to the 'actual' Bells, and then stayed in throughout the whole 'Bells-ing'. To be honest, this sounds a lot better than it actually played out. The bassline went on for too long before anything interesting happened, and then the whole mixture just sounded a bit cluttered when it culminated, but this was the only moment where I questioned what was happening all night, and cheers to him for taking a risk with it! Rob and I barely tore ourselves away from there around 1:30, despite it being a school night, mutual illness, and a daunting battle with London transport to follow (which turned out OK, for those who are concerned). No idea when Andrew finally left, and hope he is alive today. ;) For what it's worth, I suffered a great deal this Friday, and it was entirely worth it to enjoy the tunes presented. Great night! Mr. Bond, we salute you! :) Tristan ======= http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
