James Holden Balance 005 @ Room680 Fri. 11th Feb

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Posted by 00soups00 on Feb-11-2005 22:39:

wish i could've gone.

on the flipside, Work Awards dinner was good
fun.. and i got a work award

Posted by sLiCk_NiCk on Feb-11-2005 22:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Virginia_L
Add me!

Lucky we didnt

No show Virginia

Please explain..

ps.review to come..

Posted by Light The Fuse on Feb-12-2005 10:25:

Lubbed it.

Posted by tachyon on Feb-12-2005 22:14:

looks like weather is looking up this morning..

st. kilda excursion is a go i think!!!

will be there from 2 onwards, will txt the usual suspects when i get there..

who's going?

Posted by Paulie on Feb-12-2005 23:07:

quote:
Originally posted by tachyon
looks like weather is looking up this morning..

st. kilda excursion is a go i think!!!

will be there from 2 onwards, will txt the usual suspects when i get there..

who's going?

Its alcohol free zone... might go down for a cpl hours geourgeous day

Posted by tachyon on Feb-13-2005 09:33:

just got home from another serving of holden with a healthy dose of fun in the sun!!

as expected he play more bangers, less tech and more melodic, as usual i met a few familiar faces from this board.. front and centre as always!!

almost got pounded by a trashed 100+kg bitch(exaggeration), countless muzz stepping on my foot and drunken hippies shouting in my ears whenever they scored free drugs..

apart from all that, i'm glad i went!

babes are of good qualities too

Posted by Light The Fuse on Feb-13-2005 11:46:

I <3 Drunken hippies.

Yehaw Im fuckeds.

Posted by Renegade on Feb-13-2005 12:31:

Heh, tried to catch him again at the St Kilda fest this afternoon but we ended up getting there too late (I didn't finish work till 5 :-/) and couldn't find the stage anyway, so we just kinda ended up walking around in the sun for a couple of hours. Thank god for the eye-candy, otherwise it would have been a complete waste of time...

Anyway, yeah, how good was Holden on Friday? Wasn't too sure about what to expect but he definitely exceeded all expectations. Before Friday - even though I'd seen his tracklists take on a much techier edge over the past few months - I'd still have considered him a predominantly "progressive" DJ, but not any more. He may have an incredibly unique sound, but James Holden is now officially a tech DJ and a damn good one at that. His mixing has tightened up considerably since I last saw him and he's learnt how to program sets much better as well. Didn't spot much - got the Mayer mix of Superpitcher - Happiness, Sky is Pink, ADJD - Believe (think this was the track I was trying to ID for you guys, Gerry and Jules) and a few others that have slipped my mind for the time being. But yeah - that was one of the freshest most innovative sets I've heard for ages. Considering he's only been playing out for about 3 years, I think Holden really has the potential to join the elite level of DJs pretty damn soon.

Oh and I was only 3 hours late for work the next day. Go me.

EDIT: Also, for the seven people that actually decided not to leave the club as soon as Holden finished, Dimitri Frost played a fucking wicked, driving not quite house not quite tech set after Holden finished. Haven't heard much from him before, but he kept us there until the end. It was just a shame that there was no-one left to hear him by that stage.

Posted by tachyon on Feb-13-2005 20:48:

man did i send you a text that arvo? i remember sending to a bunch of ppl, sorry if i missed sending one to yours!!

i remember telling andrew on friday night to check my post on this thread to find where the stage was though..

Posted by sLiCk_NiCk on Feb-14-2005 02:14:

Got there pretty early and the place was empty but slowly it began filling up which was a good sign.

The dude before Boogs who was apparently an ex Salt dj done a real good job i liked his set. Boogs was ok to start of with then just got to cheesy for me. He played handbag house but all the different remixes..lol i think Gerry enjoyed it

Decided to go for a walk to the toilet, as u do, and hap[pened to bump into James Holden with his grey trench coat on..of course it always looks better on u when ur popular.

Holdens set started off very minimal and after 5 tracks the beat still sounded the same...he then got into some more chunkier and funky basslines which i didnt mind at all. He really went through all elements during his set from minimal-tech-psy-deep-and a little melodic at times. Dropping A Break In The Clouds towards the end of his set was an obvious highlight

Good to see the 5 strong TA faithfuls out in full force. Was good catching up with Gerry, Jules, James and Andrew..

I rarely listen to this style but of what ive heard this is what i could ID

*Petter - All Together
*James Holden - A Break In The Clouds
*Avus - Fancy Arse (James Holden Sunday Extension)
*Nathan Fake - The Sky Was Pink (James Holden Remix)
*Britney Spears - Breathe On Me (James Holden Dub Remix)
*Andre Krami - Safari (James Holden Remix)
*Alter Ego - Rocker
*Sebastian Ingrosso - Walk Talk Acid (Petter's Docklands 97 Remake)??

Encore
*Kirsty Hawkshaw - Fine Day (James Holden Remix)

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