VL: Galliano - definition of groove

Kovalainen Antti (Antti.Kovalainen@hke.fi)
Wed, 27 Aug 1997 13:25:56 +0300

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>L=E4hett=E4j=E4: Kovalainen Antti
>L=E4hetetty: 27. elokuuta 1997 13:21
>Vastaanottaja: 'Acid Jazz Mailing List'
>Aihe: Galliano - definition of groove
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>Hi everyone, here in Helsinki is a festweek going on and last night I =
went to
>see Galliano's gig - boom, it was totally awesome ! BNH were supposed =
to
>perform, but because they cancelled Galliano played instead and I must =
say
>that IMO BNH couldn't have even come close to the feeling Galliano gave =
us.
>They rocked the joint _totally_, which was a bit surprising for me =
because
>the last time I saw them live ('95 in London@Royal Albert Hall) they =
played
>ok, but the show all in all was a bit boring. This time they played =
'Jazz' so
>funky it made everybody go absolutely wild (well atleast the most =
dedicated
>people) The solos were all really groovy the band played beautifully =
and
>between the songs Rob dissed and made jokes about Michael Jackson (who
>performed at the same time at another venue), the show was very =
entertaining
>and I think that was the best 100FIM (around $20) I've spent this year. =

> There was also an afterparty, but I don't know what had been going =
through
>the heads of the organizers when they picked the bands to play there. =
The
>party started off with a sort of mixed Brit/Irish-pop band called The
>Pansies, and they were definitely the worst band I've seen live in my =
entire
>life ! They sucked so bad it made my beer taste awful and that's never
>happened before, I was getting really pissed but fortunately there was =
also a
>band called The Elevators and they played great groovy stuff which =
pretty
>much saved the evening.=20
> So for everyone who has the opportunity to go to see Galliano live, =
GO!
>They're definitely worth checking out. Last night I heard this rumor =
that
>Galliano is breaking up sometime this fall after doing gigs around =
Europe,
>and something about Rob going solo doing dnb ... is this true ?? And =
why ??
>;)
> Tomorrow there's a great dnb party and a groove party at different =
venues,
>I'm kinda confused which one to choose ... (will my liver live thru =
this
>week, and where the hell I'ma get food next week if I spend all my =
money
>partying around ?) Questions, oh questions ... life's hard sometimes, =
but
>never mind just groove on everyone !!
>
>Peace, @ntti =20
>