I'm with Ian. Hadn't seen him until a couple of years ago but each of the 3 or 4 times since then have been wicked. KJ, your descriptions of his Dutch sets have always really baffled me! Only one of those sets felt unfunky to me, but in that case the brutality made up for it. Generally I find he plays some pretty deep stuff (if at 140-150 bpm) and generally a fair amount of his own stuff. And he's been one of the tightest mixers I've seen on each occasion. Sometimes it even seems like he mixes minimal techno like a deep house DJ, with really long blends, etc. Sounds weird but seems that way to me.
Oh, and he sh*ts on the rest of the world from a great height when it comes to the 909. *Really* looking forward to he and Passarani at Fabric next Saturday (and Akufen and Crackhaus who I probably won't see because I'll be watching the other two all night, err at least a good chunk of it following some time at Flushpoint). Tristan ======= [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phonopsia.co.uk ________________ Original message ________________ Subject: SPAM-LOW: Re: (313) Rob Hood - Sleepcycles Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 16th March 2005 4:55:1 what? I can't believe that....he played at Split party in London and people were ravinf about him being on form..I saw him at the Custard Factory in Birmmingham a year or so ago and he was unreal! I have never heard him train wreck, honest. > > On Mar 16, 2005, at 3:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I remember when I was a mere cheeky young scamp, and one day Rob Hood >> played at Swankys Soap in Manchester. >> >> He played a nice sounding record. >> >> I wandered up to the box. Kinda knew him to talk to at the time >> >> "Hi Rob" I said, in a polite voice. >> >> "What's this record please?" > > So you actually heard him play a good set recently? I heard him last > saturday after 3 years avoiding him because of other horrible sets from > the man. I have to say that he couldn't get a straight mix (and i am > talking serious train-wrecks here) in the first 45 minutes. Once again > his whole set was filled with nothing more then non-inspirational, > non-funky music. We have chords and scales for a reason, they make > music sound good, please use them. > After Rob Hood however came James Ruskin and he was quite good to be > honest. He dropped some more funkier stuff and even some Blaze, Blake > Baxter and Electroids... > > I am so disappointed in Rob Hood the last couple of years, what > happened to the Minimal Nation? Did the US listed it as a country that > supported terrorism or what? > > > KJ > > >
