A few hundred pictures later we are back safely in London. Hannah and I had a great festival. I thought it was as good as last year or the second year, and really have trouble measuring the greatness of the festivals side by side except to say that the first wil always be the best (as you'd expect) and the third held the least appeal for me personally. Anyway... I think everything I saw at the festival this year was excellent. That was:
Derek Plaslaiko Cam Amp DJs Amp Fiddler TP + MoReese Fat Freddy's Drop Alton Miller Ron Trent Danny Krivit Sean Deason Aardvark All Out K Kenny Larkin Electrofunk A couple of scheduling collisions mean I missed a few things I most wanted to see, but... you'll have that every year. Long sets meant it looks like we didn't see that much but we watched most of these acts straight through. Top three highlights of the afterparties were: Claude Young and Shawn Rudiman (unfortunately the only bit of that I caught) Mathew Jonson Live Carlos Souffront Only huge dissapointment was the Osunlade no-show. :( All told, I think the thing that will stand out the most for me about this year's festival was how funny it was, like: May is Drinking Water Month in Detroit Derek Plaslaiko playing 'Baby Got Back' The Japanese fella and the chicken-white-girl-hater wrestling The Hard Rock Cafe playing Rob Hood on its outdoor speakers Derrick May on a golf cart with bullhorn in-hand, demanding people's money Kenny Larking getting heckled for a comedy routine The cleaning lady at the Shorecrest showering Pittsburgh and Iowa with a trash can Argh... I'm going on far too long. Need sleep. Full report with loads of pics forthcoming. Big ups to technotouring friends new and old plus the Detroit folk who make this happen every year. Tristan ======= http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
