Re: Amateur Hour

Bård Øvervoll (herb@icenet.no)
Thu, 26 Jun 1997 09:34:42 +0200

Michael F. Grafe wrote:
>
> Here's a scenario:
>About two hundred 15 to 18 year-old students will attend
> the PTO sponsored "Senior Celebration", an all night drug and
> alcohol free graduation party at the high school this Saturday.
> 3. With a couple more shopping days left I thought I would solicit
> your global opinions on some cuts that might grab the attention of
> such a crowd.

Id do the following, id start with some stuff that some of them will be
able to relate alittle to (i.e. "block rocking beats" kinda stuff :P):

*Coldcut - "atomic moog 2000" (ninja tune)
*Propellerheads - "spy breaks!" (wall of sound)
*

Then id slowly sneak in more and more "weird" music without them
noticing it, just to fuck with their heads...:
*Up,Bustle & Out's "silks, perfumes & gold" (ninja tune) ...it got a
indian vibe, but it aint really banghra...
*Anything from Amon Tobin's album on Ninja Tune.
+ whatever else you think is apropriate...

Then, id play some drum'n'bass just to see 200 jocks ridiculing
themselves while trying to dance to it and eventually, when everyone is
either so ashamed of themselves or so confused that theyve left AND the
rest of the people are drained for energy after dancing to the drums
instead of the bass during your jungle set..id play some laidback jazz
while constantly looping Dj Vadim's "heads aint ready" in the
background... ;)

good luck :)

bPlus