I have to agree with Paul and Brendan , CC was definitely on form on
Sunday, streets ahead of his last Plastic People appearance. I was
wondering what sort of direction he was going to take after Ross Allen's
set, as Ross seemed to be playing everything from West London breaks to
Britney Spears.
There seemed to be an air of expectancy and some trepidation waiting for
Carl. When he came on and grabbed the mic, he said "I'd like to thank
Ross Allen for the London experience, but maybe not for the Britney
Spears experience". Then Carl proceeded to rock it from the off. At
about that time a few of the usual UK 313 suspects seemed to appear out
of thin air and the night definitely stepped up a gear. My version of
events also gets blurry after that, but it more than made up for what I
thought was a disappointing set from Kevin Saunderson the night before.
sImon
Brendan Nelson wrote:
I'd definitely agree with Paul that it was one of the best
sets I've seen him play, especially in the last few years.
It beat his appearance at Plastic People hands down, IMHO.
You could probably sum up his set by saying it was harder
and more "techno" than he typically plays these days, but
as it's Carl Craig we're talking about, I shouldn't have
to point out that this doesn't mean he was just banging it
out - the same level of subtlety, intricacy and variation that
you'd expect from Carl was on display.
The interplay between us on the dancefloor and Carl on the
decks was working really well, he seemed to feed off the
crowd's energy a lot, and of course we were feeding quite
nicely off of his frankly stunning set!
I had been umming and aaahing about heading down there right
up until the last minute, and in the end I arrived about two
minutes before Carl Craig's set began. By the end of the night
I was seriously glad I'd decided not to flake out - I'd have
been kicking myself to have missed a set that good...
Brendan
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Kendrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 06 May 2004 10:53
To: Robert Taylor; Dan Bean; [email protected]
Subject: RE: (313) Kevin Saunderson & Carl Craig last weekend in London
Yeah I went with Gary & Dan from the list and Carl rocked at the Nuphonic party
on Sunday. Great venue, some strange place at the Top of Kings X with really cool
staff.
Carl came on a bit late but as soon as he put his first records on he took the pace a step up, he played some of his own re mixes (jaguar sticks in my mind), some really cool tracks on wave and I do remember that his last track was the new UR 12" wind chime. Apart from that its all a bit of a blur, but think its one of the best sets I've seen him play and defo the best of the last few years.
Sorry not a great report but you how it can be.!!!
PK
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