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Ricardo Villalobos 7 hour set @ Piknik Eletronic May 31st (Mutek) (pg. 7)
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| HALO555 |
it was too cold and wet. not fun. it should have been moved to metropolis which we found to be a cool venue. Also, the sound was better on Saturday for Piknic i. Not sure what happened there.
Real disappointed in this because this is what I was looking forward to the most. |
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| elFreak |
reviews are for the most part awesome in mtl but i guess we are just more rave than you:p
the sound being worse was because the rain forced them to wrap some of the stacks to protect them from water damage. |
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| Tunnel Rat |
Tunes were pretty good (for not being a huge Richardo fan), but the weather really put a damper on things. The vibe was really getting good during the 1st hour, but it got dampened pretty fast - literally.
Carl Craig et al. at Metropolis the night before was a better event.
Some really great other stuff to take in too at Mutek. This was unbelievable live: http://mutek.org/blog/81-mutek_10-p...rt-henkes--atom |
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| jon jon |
lol I heard the whole event was "overall pretty boring"
aw Montreal, how far the mighty have fallen... :p |
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| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by elFreak
the sound being worse was because the rain forced them to wrap some of the stacks to protect them from water damage. |
this
plus this party was ing awesome, it was a little chilly but then the sun came out and it was fine. villalobos played this one tune i couldn't believe my ears, i had to ask nata if she was hearing the same thing as me to confirm the goodness
a crazy ing loop with this insane snare and a sick piano melody that kept changing throughout the whole thing
also biggest surprise was seeing cobblestone jazz play at some afterparty venue, being amazed by the tunes and only finding out it was cobblestone jazz the next day lol
total fail |
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| musicsnob_NOT |
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
this
plus this party was ing awesome, it was a little chilly but then the sun came out and it was fine. villalobos played this one tune i couldn't believe my ears, i had to ask nata if she was hearing the same thing as me to confirm the goodness
a crazy ing loop with this insane snare and a sick piano melody that kept changing throughout the whole thing
also biggest surprise was seeing cobblestone jazz play at some afterparty venue, being amazed by the tunes and only finding out it was cobblestone jazz the next day lol
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I had an amazing time. Music was great, Villalobos was fun as usual. Yes the weather could have been better, but for those of us who stuck it out for the entire day we were awarded with an amazing day.
I think I have a video of that song...the sun had just come back out and Ricardo had a record in his hand when Sneak pulled out a cd and gave it to Ricardo and pointed to the CDJ and Ricardo played it.
PS...Zip needs to get some sleep |
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| knacker |
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
also biggest surprise was seeing cobblestone jazz play at some afterparty venue, being amazed by the tunes and only finding out it was cobblestone jazz the next day lol
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It was actually the Modern Deep Left Quartet -- which is the 3 members of Cobblestone Jazz and the Mole. Amazing live.
other than the weather on sunday, this years Mutek was fantastic!
| quote: | | Originally posted by jon jon lol I heard the whole event was "overall pretty boring" |
whomever told you it was boring is a ing nutter and probably only checked out a few things. There is NOTHING like this in toronto.
Anybody make it to the afterparty monday morning with Ricardo and Sneak? |
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| Big Boss |
| Picnik was lame. I don't care who I offend by saying that. Ricardo may be GOD to some of you, but it was a dull party (the horrible weather obviously killed a lot of the vibe). |
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| YouReadyB |
Milena: Do you speak any english?
Villalobos: Yes, of course.
Milena: I want you to meet my boyfriend Dave, he's a big fan of yours.
Ace: Hey man, big fan... much respect, I actually named my dog after you
Villalobos? YA?
Milena: Wanna see?
Villalobos: YA!
[Milena shows camera phone pic.]
Villalobos: You have 3 DOGS?!?
Ace: No, that's just one.
[Villalobos looks again.]
Villalobos: OH! wow.
[highlight of the weekend..... this and his sweater.] |
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| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by knacker
There is NOTHING like this in toronto. |
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| MKpacha |
| I started my weekend off being terribly ill.... went to see Atom on friday evening @ 6:30 which was pretty cool... went for a lovely italian dinner with the crew at a great restaurant called "Romeo". Got up in the morning, went to Coras across from our hotel with a bunch of peeps, and then headed off to Picnik day 1. The Mole was great, but Thomas Fehlmann really stole the show (boy that man can play). Went home and crashed for a little after that... headed out late to Metropolis (which is kind of like sonic and modclub mushed into one and extra big... lol. Don't know who the little dj was in the side room, but he stole me away till Carl Craig. Carl Craig was fantastic, and I was front row the whole time... but by 4am i was dying for sleep and headed home. Sunday got up around midday, grabbed a quick bite to eat, and jump started our afternoon to Picnik. Ricardo was already on when we arrived around 3pm... zip and him took turns alternatively playing off eachothers sound. I honestly didnt think I was going to be able to make it through the turmoil weather. Most of toronto headed home, but myself and a few others decided to brave it out. Front row right on the railing, neither hail nor wind nor rain nor thunder could have stopped us from danicng screaming and shaking. It was perfect weather for a festival, who cares, we are rockstars right? DJ Sneak made a guest appearance, and I hooked up with some of the people he had come in with, they informed me that there was an afterparty... so I decided to head home a little early from picnik around 8pm or so. I crashed hard till around 2am, got up, got ready, and busted my ass to SAT.Caught the end of the party @ SAT which was apparently really terrible, had a few drinks, and headed out with Sneak and Ricardo to the afterparty in old MTL. It wa sin an old studio loft appartment which was super cool. They had a makeshift bar in the kitchen, and I would say maybe 150-200 people max. It reached capacity instantly... but for those who made it in... what a monday morning it was to remember. DJ Sneak played all morning while ricardo busted a move or two on the dance floor with anyone and everyone...the walls were shaking and we couldnt open any windows incase the cops were called, so it was just a pure steam bath... no one looked pretty by the end of it, but absolutely everyone was having a blast. Sneak played some latin flavoured music late into the morning, followed by a little bit of moving and shaking tribal which turned the whole room animalistic. Quite possibly the best house party ever, and such a surreal moment in time. We decided to quit the afterparty just before midday and went back to Opus to chill with Ricardo and Sneak... had a few bevvies and chatted away. Tried to convince Riccardo on multiple occasions to come to toronto, even offered to change his flights for him but he said that his booking agent wouldnt allow...seriously considered missing my train and staying with a girlfriend for the night... to the point where in a sheer panick @ 3:10 i decided to smarten the hell up, get my together, checked out of my hotel form the opus by phone and scrammed to the train, only to get on the train for 3:20, as it departed @ 3:30. Following this, there was a load of ceasers consumed. |
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