Yesterday, after a few months, i went to D-Edge to see Ben UFO.
The doors opened at midnight. Turns out the main room would open at 1:00 AM so my only choice was the secondary room, where the DJ had just started his set. I was literally the first person to step in.
Overall it was a really shitty set. The fucking DJ didn't know the word "flow". The only thing he knew was beatmatching, kissing his girlfriend (who preferred to smoke at the terrace instead of watching him spinning) and later on, to kiss Ben UFO's ass jut to steal some tunes. He kept staring at Traktor while speaking to Ben and offering him a lot of drinks. What a joke.
At exactly 1AM i went to the main room.
Ney Faustini had the warm-up mission for Ben UFO. And what a great warm-up it was. He started with some deep Grime and reggae-like Electronic stuff. Went to deep Detroit House and built up with some trippy Techno and ended with a banging tune. One of the best mixes i've heard from a brazilian DJ.
Ben UFO had the responsibility to keep the great energy and atmosphere Ney's built. And he did. He started with a fantastic tribal-esque Techno and kept the high energy with banging tunes for some while. The first 3 hours or so were pretty good, after that, it had boring moments but overall it was very good. He played for, to my known, 7 straight hours. When i left, at 10:30 AM, he was spinning non-electronic music for just a few people that resisted the marathon. Apparently he told to the promoters that we would keep playing until the dancefloor was empty.
As Kenny said in my thread asking your opinions, Ben has a very deep bag indeed. He played mostly out of the ordinary House tracks and some Techno. From all the DJs i've seen, his set was the most unknown to me in terms of IDs. I think i could ID like 3 tunes, and one of them was Claro Intelecto's Peace Of Mind, an old tune.
Next stop: Seth Troxler, this Friday. Since Plex and Ocin will be one day before, on Thursday, i will skip them.
Nov-09-2015 01:57
SYSTEM-J
IDKFA.
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Manchester
quote:
Originally posted by wotyzoid
Please keep listening to, and calling everything prog forever.
I love that the absolute worst insult you can think of is: "You still listen to a style that isn't even cool anymore!" And in this thread of all threads. Keep flailing at those straws, little man.
If you enjoy any of these sets and want to hear me live, I'll be playing a 2 hour progressive trance set at Basing House in Shoreditch, London on 11th October.
I'm also a resident at our bi-monthly party Kibosh in Manchester: https://www.instagram.com/kibosh.mcr/
Nov-09-2015 13:12
wotyzoid
it's not house
Registered: Apr 2007
Location: New Jersey
quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I love that the absolute worst insult you can think of is: "You still listen to a style that isn't even cool anymore!" And in this thread of all threads. Keep flailing at those straws, little man.
It's not the fact that you listen to it, it's the fact that you think that's the best shit since sliced bread a decade after the fact. You strut around here like a dance music encyclopedia, when in truth you're a clueless little geek, stuck in your little prog bubble, from decades ago, not having the first idea why this music has taken the trajectory it has. I think in truth you know this, that's why you post these long ugly rants sparkled with all the pretty english words you learned in school about your nights out and your criticisms.
Yes, please don't go to the parties I would go to, chances are you're doing yourself a favor because there is probably a guy like me there, TRULY grooving, TRULY soaking in, and your girl would probably be looking at him the whole night trying to figure out a way to come talk to him and get rid of you and that would be kind of awkward for you.
Taste is subjective, enjoy what you enjoy. Fuck the rest of the noise.
Nov-09-2015 15:22
SYSTEM-J
IDKFA.
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Manchester
If you're going to straw man me as living in the prog bubble, you probably shouldn't have picked the thread where I discuss Andrew Weatherall, Move D, Gerd Jansen, Levon Vincent, Michael Mayer, Adam Shelton and Slam. You complete cretin.
I bet the things that fuck you off even more than all the bitch slaps you've received down the years are the posts in this thread saying how much people enjoy reading my write-ups. Hence this laughable blather about everyone "seeing through my mask".
If you enjoy any of these sets and want to hear me live, I'll be playing a 2 hour progressive trance set at Basing House in Shoreditch, London on 11th October.
I'm also a resident at our bi-monthly party Kibosh in Manchester: https://www.instagram.com/kibosh.mcr/
Nov-09-2015 16:07
wotyzoid
it's not house
Registered: Apr 2007
Location: New Jersey
quote:
Originally posted by idoru
Taste is subjective, enjoy what you enjoy. Fuck the rest of the noise.
that's not my gripe, the arrogance is my gripe. but let's move on, i'll contribute:
I went to this party in brooklyn called blk market last friday, it was at warehouse i had been to before for Clovis, Bill Patrick and Priku, it's weird you walk in and there's this long lit up stairway and a door to your right, you walk through that door and that's a big storage room where the party is with the shut garage door leading on to the street to your right as you walk in. bar, coat check, a couple of john's (with a really big line/cue at one point in the party i might add), proper brooklyn grit. The line up was Fahad, the blk market resident, Eats Everything and Sven Weisemann.
It was fun I enjoyed it, stayed until about 7am. Eats' set was choppy, he played plastic dreams somewhat early to salvage some choppyness i feel, he played the bangers he had to play, played some new york house towards the end. I think he really tried, but it just wasn't clicking, and I say this having seen Eats absolutely destroy cielo, probably the best set I've seen there. He played until about 5/530, Sven Weisemann comes and always drops the hammer. It was my third time seeing this kid and it kind of blows my mind how detroit school he is, fader slams left and right, no fade ins, backspins. He played the beginning chords of 'Rej' at one point, but just that, onto something else. So quick. He dropped this as I assume the sun was coming up outside and it was nice:
Fahad's set was my favorite, good warm ups always take the cake for me, he's a brainy and calculated guy with the tracks he plays as i see it but a solid understanding of rhythms and grooves. he ended with a new Sascha Dive he told me. he told me the name but I couldn't hold on to it. I believe it was this:
either way, bomba^, and totally like the vibes he built up to right before Eats went on. I'm almost positive it was this record, either this or the b-side. all i know is that it was more than appropriate. Good party. blk market rarely disappoints to be honest. if you're in new york, go check it out.
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
If you're going to straw man me as living in the prog bubble, you probably shouldn't have picked the thread where I discuss Andrew Weatherall, Move D, Gerd Jansen, Levon Vincent, Michael Mayer, Adam Shelton and Slam. You complete cretin.
Yeah on that note, why ARE you going to some parties I would go to and going home to talk shit? Nobody fucking cares what you think of Robag Wruhme, you idiot.
quote:
I bet the things that fuck you off even more than all the bitch slaps you've received down the years are the posts in this thread saying how much people enjoy reading my write-ups. Hence this laughable blather about everyone "seeing through my mask".
Great then, keep up your little internal monologue, guy.
