Have to second that one.
I just got back from Winter Music Conference in Miami. The night
before last at the Planet E party (at Red Square) Dego came on in
concert with Gilb-r and played about two hours of laid back tag team!
The space was tiny, packed, and sweaty. It gave me alot of hope about
the future of this music. Especially because I am thinking about
trying to play some similar sets out in Chicago... Almost everyone
there was WAAAY into it. Phil Asher, Capital A, Brian Gillespie and a
few others were in the crowd. I don't know what else to say, except
that it was fantastic, deep, and new. Miami takes a lot out of you :)
Cheers, wish me luck recuperating,
.aaron shinn
>*pan to slack-jawed stephanie* Dego philly last
>night... what is it with all these incredible shows
>sucking me dry all within like 3 weeks? the mofo
>waited till like 1:15 to go on!!! Some of us have
>jobby jobs! I almost left, but so glad I didn't. He
>played all that mathmatic-organic cyclical drum stuff
>ala 2000 black, archive, etc. exactly what I wanted.
>
>
>I had an academic interest--I'd been wondering what
>that stuff sounded like live in a set, not watered
>down or sprinkled in with mostly jazzy house, and how
>people would respond. As expected, it sounded
>challenging to mix, but sublime when it's on. As far
>as crowd reaction, it was pretty good, better than i
>expected actually. The floor emptied out a little
>(josh wink and king britt were playing mostly
>4-to-the-floor b4 and after...snooze) but a lot of
>people stuck out the baffling beats and did lovely
>little salsa/samba/breakdance/post-rave moves.
>
>I won't go into describing the music because I won't
>do it justice, but if you're into Dego's sound you
>know what I mean anyway. The point, and the reason
>i'm writing, is to report that he delivered the goods,
>all the fresh new stuff I wanted to hear, didn't wuss
>out with any obvious crowd pleasers, kept pushing it,
>and the people were pretty into it, if slightly
>confused. For those of us on this side of the pond
>who haven't yet witnessed much of this style played
>out, it bodes well for its reception. kinda feels
>like a baptism.
>
>ok troops, get to work. we have heads to blow and
>gospel to spread.
>
>
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