Re: Do they still want Rare Groove?

From: M. Gudmunson (m_gudmunson20@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Jun 02 2000 - 22:56:24 MET DST

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    Essential wrote:

    >I've been djing for 8 years, everything from rare groove/ acid jazz/
    >downtempo to house (deep, funky, tech) to drum &bass/ jungle to most
    >recently Underground Garage (2 Step). Last night I played local night
    >Wicka Wicka (an innovative hip hop night w/ live turntablism and
    >freestyling from Morse Code crew) in Phoenix.
    >They wanted rare groove, so I gave it to them. Here's the problem, not
    >in my 8 years of my djing have I seen or felt a complete lack of
    >understanding of the mighty groove from a crowd. There was about 125
    >people there, and no one danced (huh? you say). I thought I was losing
    >my touch. I play for crowds from 100-150 up to 750, at bigger "rave"
    >parties, but mostly tech house or a few years back jungle. Here's the
    >tracklisting, Is this funky and ecclectic enough for people around the
    >world these days? [playlist followed]

    That playlist sounds bad-ass to me! Unfortunately, a lot of underground
    hip-hop/ turntablism fans don't go to shows to dance. I guess they'd rather
    just look at the DJ.

    Blame it on the Skratch Piklz. ;)

    -max

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