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thats right....in other news
there is a Big chance that PLATFORM wil be heading to cherry beach
Tommorow!!!!!!
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| Originally posted by CODE thats right....in other news there is a Big chance that PLATFORM wil be heading to cherry beach Tommorow!!!!!! |
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| Originally posted by CODE thats right....in other news there is a Big chance that PLATFORM wil be heading to cherry beach Tommorow!!!!!! |
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| Originally posted by CODE thats right....in other news there is a Big chance that PLATFORM wil be heading to cherry beach Tommorow!!!!!! |
well I have a nice sweet outdoor system and its going to be
25 degrees tommorow....
It will be confirmed by 8pm tonight if we decide to do it. just waiting on my generator
status and djs and special guests.....
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| Originally posted by CODE well I have a nice sweet outdoor system and its going to be 25 degrees tommorow.... It will be confirmed by 8pm tonight if we decide to do it. just waiting on my generator status and djs and special guests..... |
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| Originally posted by The Highroller I really enjoyed both Beyer & Mull. I wanted hard, and they certainly delivered. |
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| Originally posted by CODE there is a Big chance that PLATFORM wil be heading to cherry beach Tommorow!!!!!! |
All around a great night, Beyer delivered what I was really in the mood to hear that night and played a nice hard set. I was dancing pretty much the entire time I was there, from when I got in for Metalogics set, to finally heading home at around 4am or so.
Cribby/Highroller - nice to meet you both. Well, I've bumped into Cribby here and there before, but finally a "formal" introduction
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| Originally posted by The Highroller I really enjoyed both Beyer & Mull. I wanted hard, and they certainly delivered. It was a fun night, but the crowd wasn't into it enough. |
If he played hard, not really bummed I missed it...I haven't really been feeling the drumcode sound in the last year, it's been too banging for me. If he played like he did in NYC (see youtube vids) then I feel twinges of envy.
Drumcode Tour pushes into the red in Toronto
Drumcode Tour pushes into the red in Toronto
Written by: Industry Boy of beatportal.com
�I used to play the drums when I was a kid and I�ve always been fascinated by drums,� said Adam Beyer before last night�s gig at Circa club in Toronto.
�I like loud things. When I was a kid I used to run around hitting things and everywhere I went I tried to make as much noise as possible.
�I was the loudest kid in the classroom; although I have calmed down a lot now.�
But has he? The music was so loud in the DJ booth when Adam started his set at 2am, that for shits and giggles, I downloaded an app from the iPhone�s app store called Decibel Meter.
A few seconds before the iPhone died
�Ever wondered how loud a sound really is? Well now you can with Decibel Meter!� was the sell that hooked me.
Backstage, with two closed doors in between the iPhone and the DJ booth the counter peaked at about 106 db, roughly the same loudness as a chainsaw.
In the DJ booth though, the app couldn�t handle the overwhelming noise and it crashed.
�Adam always likes to come on and turn the levels up,� explained fellow Drumcoder Joel Mull, whilst pointing at the Allen & Heath Xone:92 mixer, its channels now clipping red.
�He likes to play techno loud.�
Adam explained his philosophy later.
�This is techno, and it�s supposed to be loud. You need to feel the music, and it has to be right in your face.�
Circa�s crowd seemed to like it in their face.
Circa getting into the Drumcode groove
It could have been because we were in Toronto, a city that is more European and more multicultural than most North American cities, or the fact that Adam Beyer is considered a techno hero here, but the crowd lapped up anything the duo threw at them.
From chunky driving techno grooves to slamming bleepers. it resonated loudly to much admiration.
The floor of the small DJ booth was one big puddle of Jagermeister, vodka, cranberry juice, broken glass and beer � the growling bass had caused all the drinks and bottles to shuffle towards the edge of a shelf like lemmings, before committing themselves to a messy suicide.
Marcel Dettmann and Ben Klock�s stripped back techno track �Scenario� (check it out in the player below) came on, and the dancing people responded with increased enthusiasm.
�You know we�ve never had techno is this room before,� revealed Alex the promoter.
�Normally the techno DJs we book play downstairs, but this is a much better space for it.�
Things start to get tribal in the DJ booth
The soundsystem and the lights in the room were definitely suited to the pure sound of Drumcode.
When we had first arrived in the club, a local double act was playing live, and the room was glowing dark red.
�It�s like a womb in here, I love it,� Joel Mull had said.
Too often in clubs the lighting guy gets carried away and does his own over-stimulated set, out of sync with the DJ�s music, but in Circa, they clearly knew what they were doing, and more importantly, they were listening to the set.
Rather than unleash a barrage of strobes and multicoloured madness, the lights in Circa remained motionless for at least 45 minutes into Joel Mull�s set.
The Drumcode boys connected with Circa�s crowd
Vrajitoroo �Mai Hai� started dribbling out of the speakers, and plenty of whistles filled the air.
At 2am Circa had to stop serving booze, but that didn�t seem to affect the level of attendees � the room was busy all the way till 4am, and by the time Adam finished the night at 4.30am with David K �Train of Thought� there was still a decent number in attendance.
Afterwards, Alex the promoter dragged us to his studio around the corner for an impromptu afterparty (the studio was located above a late night Caribbean eatery called The Jerk Spot).
Video: Adam Beyer reflects after he and Joel Mull finish their set
A few beers later, we scarpered back to the hotel for some shuteye.
Jerking around at the afterparty
After four hours of interrupted sleep we were standing on the sidewalk outside the hotel with sunglasses on, surrounded by record bags and suitcases.
We looked like proverbial techno refugees. No home to go to, malnourished, and with no recognizable roots.
And then it hits me, a moment of clarity shining through the fog.
Beyond the music and glamour of DJing, Adam Beyer, Joel Mull and the hundreds of other globetrotting DJs out there are a product of our time.
Technological determinism led to their existence. Globalisation enabled their prominence.
They travel through the world like free radicals in a machine, corrupting the fabricated system by a process of evolution reversal.
By re-introducing human beings to the joys of dancing, they remind us of our animalistic roots. They teach us to let go.
Everything that we do, everything that we say, and everything that we think was pre-determined by man before us, but by exposing us to our innate feelings dancing to electronic music rapidly shortens the gap that was created by evolution and history.
A few short hours of techno hypnotism reminds us of our souls and rewinds time as though the last 2000 years didn�t happen.
The indifferences we feel towards our neighbors in everyday life, seem to dissipate on the dancefloor.
It�s like the overwhelming feedback of life somehow tails out when we dance free.
�For me, techno is for the consumption of DJing,� says Beyer. �The music is a tool, with the greater goal of making people dance and enjoy themselves.
�It�s not timeless, it�s about right here right now.�
And DJs wake us up to the fact that life is precious and that this exact moment will never come again.
Adam Beyer just happens to do it a bit louder than most.
Full review: http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item...red-in-toronto/
Re: Drumcode Tour pushes into the red in Toronto
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| Originally posted by jer79 But has he? The music was so loud in the DJ booth when Adam started his set at 2am, that for shits and giggles, I downloaded an app from the iPhone�s app store called Decibel Meter. A few seconds before the iPhone died �Ever wondered how loud a sound really is? Well now you can with Decibel Meter!� was the sell that hooked me. Backstage, with two closed doors in between the iPhone and the DJ booth the counter peaked at about 106 db, roughly the same loudness as a chainsaw. In the DJ booth though, the app couldn�t handle the overwhelming noise and it crashed. �Adam always likes to come on and turn the levels up,� explained fellow Drumcoder Joel Mull, whilst pointing at the Allen & Heath Xone:92 mixer, its channels now clipping red. �He likes to play techno loud.� Adam explained his philosophy later. �This is techno, and it�s supposed to be loud. You need to feel the music, and it has to be right in your face.� |
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| Originally posted by Yohan ugh. I just don't understand this louder, does not equate to better! when the mixer is clipping red, it means the sound is getting distorted, esp on A&H mixers even in yellow you start noticing some distortions. green is good. red is BAD. if you want the volume to be louder, tell the sound tech to turn the amp up, or turn up the master volume on the mixer. don't turn the gain up |
Re: Re: Drumcode Tour pushes into the red in Toronto
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| Originally posted by Yohan when the mixer is clipping red, it means the sound is getting distorted, esp on A&H mixers even in yellow you start noticing some distortions. green is good. red is BAD. |
Beyer knows what he is doing....trust that. I was in the booth the whole time and it never distorted once....the whole point of his style is to be loud hence "DRUMCODE" Yes it was in the red but he knows exactly what he is doing....its not like he is an amature and dosent know good sound. He has been playing since 94 and there are only a few artist in techno that I can say that about.
BEYER=Legend
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| Originally posted by CODE Beyer knows what he is doing....trust that. I was in the booth the whole time and it never distorted once....the whole point of his style is to be loud hence "DRUMCODE" Yes it was in the red but he knows exactly what he is doing....its not like he is an amature and dosent know good sound. He has been playing since 94 and there are only a few artist in techno that I can say that about. BEYER=Legend |
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| Originally posted by Yohan you'd be surprised... i wonder if we do an analysis of a beyer set, how the wavelines look like |
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| Originally posted by DigiNut Buddy, stop acting like you know so much. Yes, in the red means it's clipping, but on analog equipment the only distortion is 2nd-order harmonics, which sound fine to the human ear. It's different in the digital domain where you have aliasing distortion, but that's not what we're talking about. What do you think "overdrive" is? It's clipping distortion, and people started using it as an effect because it sounded good. Doesn't mean you should clip and distort anything and everything, but it's all about context. Get over yourself, you didn't even go to this event and you're going to complain to those of us who did that Beyer's set was too distorted? It's not even called a "waveline", it's a waveform. |
Re: Drumcode Tour pushes into the red in Toronto
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| Originally posted by jer79 �He likes to play techno loud.� Adam explained his philosophy later. �This is techno, and it�s supposed to be loud. |
haha whats with tota ripping on each other this week? serotonin a little low from anniversary parties? jeeeeebuz go buy some 5htp
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| Originally posted by jchung52 haha whats with tota ripping on each other this week? serotonin a little low from anniversary parties? jeeeeebuz go buy some 5htp |
Re: Drumcode Tour pushes into the red in Toronto
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| Originally posted by jer79 "The floor of the small DJ booth was one big puddle of Jagermeister, vodka, cranberry juice, broken glass and beer � the growling bass had caused all the drinks and bottles to shuffle towards the edge of a shelf like lemmings, before committing themselves to a messy suicide." |
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| Originally posted by jchung52 haha whats with tota ripping on each other this week? serotonin a little low from anniversary parties? jeeeeebuz go buy some 5htp |
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| Originally posted by DigiNut Please note the following error(s): 1. I am this snarky all the time. |
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