Incident with James Zabiela in Madrid

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Posted by woscar on Oct-20-2007 05:52:

Incident with James Zabiela in Madrid

From James' website:

quote:
Oct 03, 2007
SPACE OF SOUND, MADRID STATEMENT

There appears to be some lies floating around on the net by the promoters/club Space of Sound in Madrid regarding my performance Sunday night and I want to set the record straight. After 43 minutes they told me to 'get off' and literally forced me to stop playing. My flight was delayed and the club owner felt it was more important not to upset the residents. I thought maybe I had done something wrong or not played the right kind of music? I'm sorry if anyone was disappointed, but I was as well. Very much.

Much love,
James Zabiela

This was also posted on another forum. Apparently James replied to someone who wrote him a PM to his MySpace inbox, and gave him permission to post it.

quote:
�It really means a lot because I was so unhappy at the party. After 43 mins they told me to �get off� and literally forced me to stop playing. You could probably see I was upset.

My flight was delayed and the club owner felt it was more important not to upset the residents.

I thought maybe I had done something wrong or not played the right kind of music?

Can you please post this message from me? I�d just like people to know what went on. I was so sad!

I will never play at this club again, they also recorded my short set and put it on the internet without my permission.

I�m sorry you were dissapointed, but I was as well. Very much.

Maybe I�ll find somewhere else to play in Madrid, somewhere smaller perhaps with less egos involved. I hope so because I never get to play in Madrid and I really like the place and the crowd were very good.

Much love,

James Zabiela�

Unfortunate incident, to say the least. What a bunch of ignorant assholes.

Posted by wotyzoid on Oct-20-2007 05:58:

fucking club promoters... Ravelizards got JZab's back, no hard feelings.

Posted by shaw on Oct-20-2007 06:01:

Someone's going to pounce on the opportunity to make a Tenaglia reference, but it's not apropos.

I'm sure some people were irritated, but if there's anybody to whom I'd give the benefit of the doubt on something like this, it's JZ.

Posted by woscar on Oct-20-2007 06:10:

quote:
Originally posted by inconspicuous
I'm sure someone will pounce on the opportunity to make a Tenaglia reference, but it's not apropos.

I'm sure some people were irritated, but if there's anybody to whom I'd give the benefit of the doubt on something like this, it's JZ.

But of course, this is nothing like the Tenaglia incident. He really got treated like shit and really acted professional about it. No "YOU SHIT ON ME, NOW WATCH ME SHIT ON YOU!" antics.

I heard from some people that were at the club, that he literally was forced to stop playing. He wrote a big "THANKS!" on his laptop, and turned it around for everyone to see.

Posted by shaw on Oct-20-2007 06:14:

quote:
Originally posted by woscar99
No "YOU SHIT ON ME, NOW WATCH ME SHIT ON YOU!" antics.

Posted by WoF Owner on Oct-20-2007 10:17:

quote:
Originally posted by woscar99

He really got treated like shit and really acted professional about it. No "YOU SHIT ON ME, NOW WATCH ME SHIT ON YOU!" antics.

Same situation occured to Tenaglia when he came here in Italy, in an house club along the southern-east coast..

sometimes club promoters are really stupid...can't explain in any other ways their attitudes towards djs and special guests... expecially the one of recording without permission the sets to put in the p2p just to get more positive feedback of their clubs..... idiot!!

Posted by toffy on Oct-20-2007 10:47:

The truth is that Space Of Sound's main promoter is fucking rich and he just books every "underground" dj (understand no tiesto, armin & co. here) in the top of the djmag without even listen what style they play. James was going to play much more time but he started with a lot of breaks (nothing wron IMO but very different from the stuff played in the club) so the promoter basically was tired and unhappy with the croud attitude after 43 minutes and forced him to stop. Nothing about the flight here, just they dont know what they book. Abyway it was in an "after" session, not a regular night. Yes, IGNORANTS.

Tell this to James.

Posted by WoF Owner on Oct-20-2007 10:54:

quote:
Originally posted by toffy
The truth is that Space Of Sound's main promoter is fucking rich and he just books every "underground" dj (understand no tiesto, armin & co. here) in the top of the djmag without even listen what style they play. James was going to play much more time but he started with a lot of breaks (nothing wron IMO but very different from the stuff played in the club) so the promoter basically was tired and unhappy with the croud attitude after 43 minutes and forced him to stop. Nothing about the flight here, just they dont know what they book. Abyway it was in an "after" session, not a regular night. Yes, IGNORANTS.

Tell this to James.

this occurres in my place too sometimes... with djs forced to play something different from their style 'cause they realise that their music is far far away from the crowd tastes ( usually more cheesie commercial)...

Posted by Domesticated on Oct-20-2007 11:05:

James Zabiela is a legend and one of the nicest DJs going around, everyone knows that.

This shouldn't do shit all to his rep.

Posted by stren on Oct-20-2007 11:53:

You think you've had it bad ? I was supposed to see Zabiela yesterday and he was cancelled:

quote:
Hi,

I regret to inform you all I will not be performing tonight at Warsaw due to a delay in receiving my passport from the US Embassy where it was being processed for a visa. This accompanied by bad traffic from Southampton to Heathrow meant my flight was sadly missed.

BUT, I will be in Poznan Saturday night Smile And I re-sheduled my flight accordingly. I will be spending the night in the airport, nothing will stop me coming to Poland! I really cannot wait!!! Smile

Many apologies,

James

I hope James will come back to Warsaw sometime soon though

goddamn american policies

Posted by woscar on Oct-20-2007 14:06:

quote:
Originally posted by stren
goddamn U.S.A. policies

Fixed.

Posted by woscar on Oct-20-2007 14:09:

quote:
Originally posted by WoF Owner
Same situation occured to Tenaglia when he came here in Italy, in an house club along the southern-east coast..

sometimes club promoters are really stupid...can't explain in any other ways their attitudes towards djs and special guests... expecially the one of recording without permission the sets to put in the p2p just to get more positive feedback of their clubs..... idiot!!

Actually the main issue here is not the un-authorized recording. It's the fact that the threw him out 43 minutes into his set.

Posted by RJT on Oct-20-2007 15:37:

quote:
Originally posted by stren
You think you've had it bad ? I was supposed to see Zabiela yesterday and he was cancelled:

I hope James will come back to Warsaw sometime soon though

goddamn american policies

Isn't Zabiela English? Why in fucks name would he need an American passport?

Posted by woscar on Oct-20-2007 15:40:

quote:
Originally posted by RJT

Isn't Zabiela English? Why in fucks name would he need an American passport?

Had you read the post carefully, you would have learned that his English passport was at the US Embassy because it was being processed for a Visa.

Read, comprehend, post. In that order please.

Posted by stren on Oct-20-2007 15:47:

quote:
Originally posted by RJT

Isn't Zabiela English? Why in fucks name would he need an American passport?

american visa, not passport

Posted by cmay119 on Oct-20-2007 19:30:

I still hope he got payed for his time...

Posted by TranceArmstrong on Oct-20-2007 19:52:

that's nothing. last night I was DJing a house party and after two songs (Jim Rivers - I Go Deep and Ferrer - Love Can Damage Your Health) they tell me to play more "housey" stuff, more commercial shit I guess.

And I couldnt go 5 minutes without some fucking dumb girl asking me to play rap or soulja boy

seriously though, why are you idiot promoters thinking you are above DJs like JZ? isn't he basically a legend?

Posted by tunesman2k1 on Oct-20-2007 20:08:

yes i would think so .,,very good dj .on the wrong end of the so called club p.. no wonder it takes a lot fOR a dj to travel miles to make USE happy & all he gets is 43 mins to prove him self to them ,they dont know music then ,sounds like a cheesy club to me ..cheesy understatement,,, shit club

Posted by iammesol on Oct-20-2007 22:48:

Wow.

lol @ the US Embassy. They haven't been doing that job right for years.

Posted by bobba lou on Oct-20-2007 23:05:

Promoters should stick to promoting, and not take the role of musical directors.

Posted by miamitranceman on Oct-20-2007 23:33:

quote:
Originally posted by bobba lou
Promoters should stick to promoting, and not take the role of musical directors.

Seriously. Know the type of DJ you're booking!

Posted by Clovis on Oct-20-2007 23:34:

quote:
Originally posted by bobba lou
Promoters should stick to promoting, and not take the role of musical directors.

Thank you capitano obvious

Posted by djdk on Oct-21-2007 00:13:

quote:
Originally posted by Clovis
Thank you capitano obvious

As much as it is obvious, one has to think that even if this message was beamed into to promoters heads on a loop 24/7, they still wouldnt quite get it.

Posted by bobba lou on Oct-21-2007 01:22:

quote:
Originally posted by Clovis
Thank you capitano obvious

no worries, frenchy

Posted by stren on Oct-21-2007 08:36:

besides...I never knew UK citizens needed a visa to get to the US

sounds fishy..

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