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Recompression 2009 set

Apr 07, 2009 00:45

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playingtruant April 7 2009, 18:42:41 UTC

can't wait to listen.
ugh, when i come back for the summer i just want to party so much! i feel like i've missed everything fun :(

sciencequeen April 8 2009, 03:35:15 UTC

Yeah but you've been doing some super rad stuff that not many people get to do. There will always be parties.

playingtruant April 8 2009, 21:58:14 UTC

fair enough. i just miss hanging out+letting off steam with y'all :)

sciencequeen April 9 2009, 14:46:29 UTC

I totally hear that. You could be stone cold sober and see your friends and feel like you're high for days!

joejack April 8 2009, 07:49:35 UTC

A lot of djs think too hard about what they do. I've seen improvisers do some of the coolest stuff, that got a hell of a reaction out of the crowd, and you just knew that they were pulling a good part of it out of their ass.

sciencequeen April 9 2009, 14:47:52 UTC

True. However, a lot of improv people like that can do it alright, but if they planned it or put in more forethought, it could be a lot better.

I've set myself up to deliver the best every time. So, if I didn't obsess over it, sure it would sound fine, but not fantastic. And if you just sound like everyone else, then what's the point?

joejack April 10 2009, 01:38:48 UTC

The people who are really good at improvising don't necessarily need to plan, that's the thing. They just live playing records all the time to where they know their music up and down. I'm not really talking about the people who just sound alright. But some music is more suited to improvisation, and some isn't. Psychedelic trance definitely isn't (at least to me, fuck that!). It's got all of those long, dramatic sorts of builds and stuff. But slam and cut and mash sort of music is kind of weak if a person can't think to improvise or tweak around a little. Especially when it comes to really syncopated or mid-tempo sort of stuff. And if soundclashes are what you do, then you pretty much have no choice to improvise a lot of the time. I guess it really comes down to the medium and the type of music a person is into playing.

rytalin April 12 2009, 21:54:57 UTC

I think the need to plan alot for dj sets is largely a limitation of CDJs now. I can improvise a psytrance set in traktor anytime.

CDJs are just so... clunky

Thread 6

gustavolacerda April 24 2009, 06:49:32 UTC

Recompression, as in Vancouver's version of Burning Man?

sciencequeen April 24 2009, 16:57:19 UTC

Yes!

Hey aren't you Caitlin's friend? She was telling me about you (she wanted us to meet). Apparently you were at Phosphene and I never ran into you.

gustavolacerda April 24 2009, 17:21:06 UTC

Yes! I vaguely remember her wanting me to meet someone. Now I'm curious.

gustavolacerda April 24 2009, 07:08:51 UTC

I love this mix.

sciencequeen April 24 2009, 16:58:22 UTC

Thanks!!

I'm playing next at Organix @ Club 23 on May 15th. If you are on Face Book, search for "Juice Box @ Organix May 15th" and the event should come up. :)

gustavolacerda April 25 2009, 01:55:10 UTC

btw, OkCupid matched us on Quiver. Vancouver is a small city, at least virtually.

I'll remember: May 15.

sciencequeen April 25 2009, 20:15:51 UTC

Haha oh really? What is your username on OKC??

Yeah May 15th from midnight to 1:30am. It's free before 10:30pm, or if Caitlin is going, I can put her on the list +1.