yeah, i was really suprised that Kontrol was such a rockin party-- went down because i was intruiged by all the Mutek reviews for Galoppierende Zuversicht, fully expecting a bunch of non-dancing chin-strokers, and lo and behold it was packed (to capacity) with attractive people up for a good time.
THoughts on Galoppierende Zuversicht: They were quite competent and fluid with their (huge pile of) gear and did a nice job keeping the party moving despite getting spending some time in the broken-down, not-entirely-straight-ahead zone, but the bulk of the set was pretty stock minimal tech house, with some acid and microhouse sounds in there. and despite the fact it was a fun, rockin party, i have to admit that for the first three quarters of the set i was a bit disappointed with the music-- i was hoping for something a little more interesting/novel after all the Mutek reviews (including someone quoting Ricardo Villalobos as saying they were they best act in live minimal techno right now). ...and then the last couple "tracks" were fantastic-- much more of what i was expecting out of the set-- cool arpeggios and chords with more of that raw jarre/jamal moss sound, more interesting drum programming and a great touch with the sound. i wonder if the early stuff was pandering to the SF crowd, or what, because i sure would have loved 2 straight hours of the kind of sounds they ended with...
