There are three stipulations for putting these songs / albums on a list ( Read more... )

$3.50 shots and Amsterdams until 11:00. No cover ( Read more... )

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Alan Cross once contacted me by e-mail saying that he liked my website (RIP) and wanted to reference it for his feature on Electronica. I was flattered until I heard the show. Three glaring mistakes ensued ( Read more... )

It has been just over a year since my last post, and depending on your point of view, with good reason ( Read more... )

* Best DJ performance ever IMO *A four-piece from Belgium who performed live dance remixes of their rock songs. So the singer and his brother were using modular electronic gear instead of guitars, alongside their bandmates playing bass and drums. They played for over an hour with loads of charisma, bursting into a couple of jam sessions where they ( Read more... )

* Best overall performance ever IMO *Blockhead was lots of fun. He played with a bunch of loops on his laptop while DJ Signify worked the turntable. Samples included Sexual Healing, Knight Rider, and Word Up by Cameo, which The Orb played in the very same spot 10 years earlier. The next performance was by One Self, of which DJ Vadim is a member. ( Read more... )

I was really into the girls and their style. Mira looked like a cross between a school girl and a space pilot, Helen was very classy in a black dress and reminded me of Siouxsie Sioux. John did not enjoy himself. He said that the performance lacked energy and warmth. To put a positive spin on it, it was very atmospheric like one long ambient piece ( Read more... )

It was great to be at this venue again, since the closing of Studio 69. And it didn't look all that different from when Elle and I attended the FM 102 retro nights there so long ago. Although Mani didn't show, it was an enjoyable night. The replacement DJ, supposedly from The Hacienda, was decent. In fact when I flashed my 808 State shirt at him he ( Read more... )

I was surprised to find The Prodigy still as popular here as ever. And their crowd hasn't aged either. They were all between 18 and 30. And very pushy. And annoying. And very clueless as to who Adam Freeland was and what he was doing. To anyone who hadn't seen The Prodigy live before, like my friend Cameron, I'm sure they were pretty exciting. They ( Read more... )