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KOS:
Awesome. SO good to see a DJ who actually knows how to play a warm-up set for once. Built it perfectly and left Fanciulli plenty of room to move, but had the energy levels up high enough for the time of night that Nic was due to start. Lots of nice deep tech and minimal house like Daniel Dubb - One Cue, Sebo K - Dance For Me and Buick Project's mix of Tiefschwarz - Damage.
Fanciulli solo set:
So much techno! I've lately really gotten in to the loopy, chunky, repetitive, percussive, sub-bass heavy techno sound, and that's exactly what Mr Fettucine brought to the party. Mixing was tight as fuck as well, and there was lots of subtle looping etc that really added to the tracks without overpowering them. Absolutely loved it. Track highlight, and personal highlight of the night: DJ Pierre - Destroy This Track (James Talk Mix)!! 
Zabiela solo set:
Followed on well from Fanciulli. Wicked intro to his set (as usual!). Really liked the Stakker - Humanoid bootleg to open. The first portion of his set was a little too electro housey for me, but bout 25 minutes in he started moving back towards tech house, and then the last 20 minutes was just absolutely thumping, loopy techno, and it was bloody awesome! Really enjoyed his take on the techno sound...tough and loopy, but with lots of funk to it. That second last track with the old hip-hop styled horn stab was just purely awesome. I must know what it is! Anyone? And finishing with Juergens - Love It
Personally I felt his effects use was the best it's probably ever been. There was a period a couple of years ago where it seemed like he would just fuck with tracks way way way too much, and it'd reach point where you'd think "yeah that's a cool trick, but the track didn't necessarily need it", whereas these days he's much more restrained, and has started using them to enhance and work with tracks, rather than just for the sake of looking tricky. The feedback looping was more subtly used during mixes, and he was triggering less samples as well, which I thought was great as it gave his tracks more room to do their thing. Plus the rolls on the DJM-800 where he'd bring them over the track and back out without totally stopping the track playing were a massive head fuck (in a good way).
One+One:
Loved the opening 20 minutes with the banging prog, especially that reworking of Booka Shade - In White Rooms. There was a period of maybe half an hour where it was again a bit too electro housey for my personal tastes, though there was one track in there which sounded like a Solid Groove or Switch track which was just absolutely ballsy! I thought the one hour mark signalled the point where the set became outstanding (or at least for my tastes). The Stanton Warriors mix of Who's Afraid of Detroit signalled them going deeper, and Andy Page & Phil K - Don't Die, Don't Kill Anyone and M.A.N.D.Y.'s remix of Push Push, Human, and No Pressure were serious highlights for mine.
While I thought portions of their mix CD seemed to lack flow, I found that live they managed to create a smoother progression to their set, and even though there were plenty of styles covered, in the jumps in genre seemed to translate much better to a live environment than a CD. Oh and all the subtle tweaking those two were doing was just ridiculous. I think every single track was messed with some how. Incredible.
And to those saying they thought Zabs was doing more, I think it was that moreso Nic was doing a lot of subtle tweaking and looping while Zabs would mix, and then vice versa. I think it says a lot about how well people gel when it's hard to tell who's doing what, unless it's something really obvious like a scratching session or something.
Oh and that feedback loop in to Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence  |
other tracks:
faxing berlin.
rover
enjoy the silence!! (jz edit)
in white rooms (jz rework)
stalker
push push
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