this DC thing must stop as i keep thinking derrick carter
On Fri, 21 May 2004, phonofunk wrote: > Yes! Yes! Yes! > > And did you see him play on one deck?? > > During his set, one of the decks went out and they had to install a new > one. When it was all said and done, it turned out that he sampled a > bit off somewhere and looped it using the pioneer mixer's sample/loop > function and worked the loop with the record!!! The equipment guy was > standing there with another deck and Dave told the guy to hold on until > he was ready to make the switch. We were all standing there with our > jaws agape backstage. All this without a blemish in the mix, > unbeknownst to the audience. Frankly, I'm not a dj at all and most of > you on the list would say its no big deal but I've never seen > showmanship like that before and watching that scene unfold was HEAVEN. > Then I heard that there was a near riot from a couple of people. > > I'm not surprised that Dave said that DEMF was one of his most amazing > gigs of his life because its most definitely one I won't forget. > > On Friday, May 21, 2004, at 12:11 PM, Greg Earle wrote: > > > On May 20, 2004, at 1:56 PM, Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Interview with Dave or DC as I call him now ;) > >> > >> http://www.littledetroit.net/Features/InterviewWithDaveClarkePa-2.php > > > > Cheers Martin, nice one ... > > > > However, how'd this little bit slip through unnoticed? > > > > "This time I didn't brick myself, rehearsed for one hour before the gig > > ( BO! at Creamfields), rehearsed with CoS for the first time at the > > sound check and then two hours before bricked myself bigger than at > > any > > time of my career! However that was the most amazing gig of my life > > (next to DEMF), [...]" > > > > So he's saying his DJ gig at the Underground Stage at the DEMF was > > the most amazing gig of his life?!? Should've probed a bit more on > > that one Martin, tsk :-) > > > > I'm really curious if this is the case because I was there, Dave > > absolutely *killed* it, the Underground Stage was rammed to the gills > > and people were going bezerk, and just thinking about the spontaneous > > eruption of "DEE-TROIT! DEE-TROIT!" still gives me the chills ... > > definitely one of my all-time Techno highlights! > > > > "All time top five punk and electro tracks? > > Damn ... > > Five Punk/new wave groups....will that do? > > 1) Devo > > 2) John Foxx > > 3) The Ruts > > 4) The Damned > > 5) Stranglers" > > > > Was never much of a Ruts fan but spot-on for the others ... any > > man who rates John Foxx is alright with me :-) > > > > - Greg > > > > P.S. Remember, the walls have ears ... after I posted an enthusiastic > > review of a great set he played at Awakenings in Amsterdam a few > > years back on 313, got a nice e-mail note from the man himself ... > > > >
