I remember when juan played at demf and he trainwrecked so bad that it started hailing out.
---- Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was there - don't remember Atkins playing there though - I've always > thought I'd never heard him DJ - obviously he must have been very unmemorable! > Twas a great night - The Advent were due to play too, but because the sh*tty > venue double booked with another event, the night was condensed from 2 to 1 > room and The Advent lost their slot. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Pays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 February 2006 14:44 > To: Hardie, Nick; [email protected] > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > > Yeah that's right. I'd forgotten about that bit. Weren't the two clubs > separated by a bit of scaffolding and some large curtains? Not exactly sound > proofing! > > Those were the days. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hardie, Nick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 February 2006 14:23 > To: Mark Pays; [email protected] > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > > And if memory serves me right, it was made all the more impressive by having > to play over some awful UK garage coming from the club next door. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Pays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 February 2006 13:57 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > > I've only seen DM play once but it was a belter. It showed me what it means > to be a truly professional DJ. I've often thought of sharing it with the > list. The evening went something like this..... > > It was an event called Hybrid sometime around '96 in a London warehouse type > venue just south of the river. The line-up was mouth watering - Juan Atkins, > Joey Beltram and Derrick May in that order. > > It started Badly. After the warm-up came Juan. He played a bad set that got > worse. He looked like he'd rather be anywhere but behind the decks. He > started getting booed. So he responded by playing 25 minutes of beatless > ambient nonsense mixed badly with a beatless mix of strings of life. Someone > started throwing empty plastic water bottles at the stage and off he went. > Rubbish. Started to think I'd wasted my money. > > On came Beltram. As ever, he started with Energy Flash and then dropped a > classic set of his own stuff interlaced with plenty of dark Chicago jacking > grooves and a load of the Robert Armani catalogue. The place came to life. > Then the power went. The music stopped for about an hour. Everyone waited it > out though. When the power came back DM came on. > > I can only think that DM felt he had to make up for what went before. Juan > was an embarrassment, while Joey was great, he was stopped in his tracks by > the power cut. > > DM dropped an absolutely classic set of house and techno. His mixing was > lightning fast, often using the headphones for just a few seconds before > dropping the next track. The crowd responded brilliantly. He worked the eq, > and cut and scratched superbly. He went way, way, over time until the > bouncers came to the stage and started shouting at him to stop. He wasn't > having any of it so this big bouncer guy just starts shaking the scaffold > that May is standing on and the record starts jumping all over the place. May > looks at the guy and shakes his head then picks the up the deck and holds it > out in his palm right above the bouncer and plays the tune again. This time > the shaking doesn't make the record jump. May is grinning his head off, the > crowd are cheering like mad and the bouncer looks like he's going to explode. > We got a few more minutes of his last track before they turned off the power > to make him stop! > > He then hung around for 30 mins afterwards chatting with stragglers and > getting well deserved thanks and compliments from all. It was one of the best > sets I've seen, but most impressive was the work rate, passion and > commitment. He could have done his two hours and left, but instead he turned > a bad night into one of the most memorable and that makes him a great DJ in > my eyes. > > It was a long time ago now, but I've heard plenty of people with similar > stories. I really must see him play again sometime.... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Kendrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 February 2006 11:05 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > > Its like Tristan and Rob said, Space base is about disco /funk and your > influences, its not LOST and DM being booked to play was getting me all > excited and he came and played techno & house....:O/ > > At least when Mills played he get in the spirit of it and plays loads of > disco, mixed very badly I must point out. He has the problem of thinking he > is playing techno and can't leave the records alone, and tries to mix for to > long with un beat synced records ha-ha. > > I saw DM Play a really good house/disco set years ago at the original Plastic > People when it was on Oxford Street (central London) on a Thur. night and boy > he killed it and that's what I was hoping we were going to get, but we > didn't. That was about 10 years ago though. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 February 2006 10:47 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: (313) RE: Derrick May > > > > > > > I couldn't disagree more ! > > I find that his Spacebase sets are usually quite messy. His selections are > O.K but the level of DJing usually moves up a notch when the guest comes on. > > I loved that Mills Spacebase set too! > > I do agree on this though ... > > ... Bring on the weekly sessions > > Joy! :o) > > > > > "Paul Kendrick" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> > .com> cc: > > Fax to: > > 20/02/06 09:06 Subject: RE: (313) RE: > Derrick May > > > > > > > > > Its all about Bicknell for me at Space base, because his techno sets are > lacking skills to say the least, but when he puts a disco/funk set together > he really comes alive... > > I've missed 2 space bases but from the ones I've been to Bicknell out played > all the other djs- that's mills , may and Slater.. > > Bring on the weekly sessions > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tristan Watkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 18 February 2006 15:46 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: (313) RE: Derrick May > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 18 February 2006 15:37 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: (313) RE: Derrick May > > > > On 2/18/06, Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I didn't enjoy May's set at all cos I was expecting disco and got > > > techno. If I'd been prepared for a techno set, I would have > > probably > > > loved it > > > > were you expecting disco from derrick may? any reason? i dont think > > ive ever heard of him playing much disco, or was this a special event? > > It was a Lost Spacebass, which they do every so often at Plastic People - > soon to be weekly on Fridays. It started out with Jeff Mills, Luke Slater and > Steve Bicknell as a sorta-Xmas party at the Bridge & Tunnel for £5. They all > played funk, disco and house. It was dope. Since then they've done it with a > lot of their regular guests - basically Mills and the Belleville Three. The > idea is that the guests will all play great stuff from the past, be it house, > techno, funk, soul, disco - whatever. Derrick May basically turned out a > modern house set, which while good in it's own right didn't really fit the > bill. > > It will be interesting to see how the weekly turns out and who the guests are. > > Tristan > ======= > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: 10/02/2006 > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > To find out more about Reuters visit www.about.reuters.com > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, > except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters > Ltd. > > > > > > > To find out more about Reuters visit www.about.reuters.com > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, > except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters > Ltd. > > > > ##################################################################################### > Note: > > Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent > those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. 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